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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Italy's Art Police Bust Antiquities Trafficking Ring by Artsjournal1

"The Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, a branch of the Italian carabinieri responsible for combatting art and antiquities crimes, believe the suspects are members of an crimin…

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Opera San Antonio Names New General Director And Its First-Ever Music Director by Artsjournal1

"E. Loren Meeker was announced Friday as the company's general and artistic director, and Francesco Milioto will become music director. Meeker replaces both Adam Diegel, who departed as arti…

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George Soros Funds Program To Return African Art And Artifacts To Africa by Artsjournal1

"Last November, French President Emmanuel Macron commissioned a report recommending the repatriation of looted African cultural objects from France's public collections, spurring a national …

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World's First Vagina Museum Is Now Open by Artsjournal1

"The [London] museum exists thanks to a public fundraising drive, with more than 1,000 people collectively donating almost £50,000. The director, Florence Schechter, says her motivation b…

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Propwatch: the jukebox in 'Master Harold … and the boys' by Artsjournal1

Dozens of records, stacked and ready for selection. Before the walkman, spotify and sodcasting, they let you decide your own mood music. Public yet personal, sweetly selfish " the jukebox fl…

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Recent Listening: The New David Friesen Trio CD by Artsjournal1

David Friesen Circle 3 Trio: Interaction (Origin)"From the Portland, Oregon, sinecure in which he thrives when he's not touring the world, bassist Friesen has been performing at home and abr…

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Sunday, November 17, 2019

This artist brings Native folklore to life with artwork you can touch by Artsjournal1

"With wall-sized scrolls of coloring-book panels, [RYAN! Feddersen] shares her modern take on traditional Native American Coyote stories. (Coyote is addicted to technology; Coyote gets caugh…

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An outsider artist's unblinking look at racial terror by Artsjournal1

"Much of [Mary Frances] Whitfield's work depicts these stories from the days of slavery] " of picking cotton, singing songs, and other images of life for black Americans in days past. But Wh…

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Continuing Embrace of Equity: Bonfils-Stanton's Journey by Artsjournal1

Eddy Torres: "I am honored to have this opportunity to interview Gary Steuer, president and CEO of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. Gary is a respected colleague, a member of Grantmakers in t…

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Arts in Society: A Case Study in Collaborative Cross-Sector Grantmaking by Artsjournal1

"As grantmakers, we often ask our applicants to amplify their impact through collaboration, but what happens when we turn this mandate on ourselves and join forces with other funders to magn…

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Open Society Foundations Launches Program To Advance Diverse Artistic Practices by Artsjournal1

"The Open Society Foundations announced recently the launch of its Culture and Art program, which 'seeks to advance diverse artistic practices and strengthen locally-led cultural spaces arou…

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Asphalt Art Initiative, Providing Cities How-To Guidance to Transform Streets and Public Spaces with Artwork by Artsjournal1

"Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the launch of the Asphalt Art Initiative which will assist cities looking to use art and design to improve street safety, revitalize public spaces, …

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The Theaster Gates project Black Monastic is all about preserving black art and culture in all forms by Artsjournal1

"'Black Monastic [is] a performance program examining the history of black sound and how it is present in today's contemporary music. 'Black Monastic' was created by celebrated local artist …

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Sphinx Virtuosi "For Justice and Peace" Confronts Social Justice Issues by Artsjournal1

"On Friday, October 11th, 2019, the Sphinx Virtuosi string orchestra concluded their annual United States tour at Carnegie Hall with a program entitled 'For Justice and Peace.' Six hours lat…

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Dallas Opera's Hart Institute attempts to correct gender inequality among conductors by Artsjournal1

"'Historically speaking, it's a man on the podium leading an orchestra,' said Lisa Bury, Dallas Opera's chief advancement and strategy officer. 'There have been women, and very successful wo…

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Friday, November 15, 2019

Urban Dictionary Has Become A Research Tool, A Legal Resource, And Sometimes Even A Style Arbiter by Artsjournal1

Writer Christine Ro gives an overview of the ways the crowdsourced slang dictionary, now 20 years old (ancient in internet terms), is being used by (among others) linguists and sociologists,…

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The Latest Jobs Program For Actors? Anti-Sexual Harassment Training Videos by Artsjournal1

"New or expanded laws mandating sexual harassment training in states like New York and California, as well as a nationwide awakening to a very real problem, have fostered a market for workpl…

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'Setting Us Up To Fail': More One-Quarter Of Australia's Arts Organizations To Lose Federal Funding by Artsjournal1

This week is the application deadline for the next four-year round (2021-24) of Australia Council for the Arts funding for small-to-medium organizations, a category which includes all groups…

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After One Week Of Freedom, Turkish Author Ahmet Altan Is Re-Arrested by Artsjournal1

The court that had sentenced Altan, along with his brother and one colleague, to ten years in prison (on a charge of assisting the attempted 2016 coup that many believe was trumped-up) order…

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'She Walks Like A Bird, But That Bird Is A Duck' " Loie Fuller, The Unlikely Dance Superstar Of Fin-De-Siècle Paris by Artsjournal1

Offstage, she was a dumpy little frump of a Midwestern girl who lived openly with her mother and her female lover. Onstage, she was "la fée éléctricité," who manipulated with sewn-in rod…

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Using Aroma As A Stage Effect by Artsjournal1

"From at least the late 19th century, when David Belasco had actors cook and brew coffee on stage to heighten the realism of domestic scenes, to recent efforts to evoke a piney forest or the…

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Mo'Nique Sues Netflix For Gender And Racial Discrimination Over Lowball Pay Offer by Artsjournal1

The Oscar-winning actress and comedienne alleges in her court filing that, in offering her $500,000 as a talent fee for a stand-up comedy special, the company "offered or paid [Chris] Rock, …

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New Prize For Arts And Social Activism To Be Named For Lena Horne by Artsjournal1

The Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact, sponsored by the Town Hall in New York City, "will recognize those who 'promote awareness and create social change.' The inaugural wi…

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Venice Floods: No Damage To Artworks, Say Museums by Artsjournal1

"Though Italy is gearing up to declare a state of emergency over the flooding that has engulfed Venice in the past two days, many of the city's art institutions have somewhat miraculously re…

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Detroit Symphony To Give Free Instrument And Lessons To Any Detroit Child Who Wants Them by Artsjournal1

"Detroit Harmony, as the project is called, represents a bid to dramatically expand music education throughout the city, one that hopefully will generate demand for an entirely new workforce…

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Attempt To Steal Rembrandt Paintings Stopped By Police by Artsjournal1

"One or more intruders broke in to Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London late on Wednesday and removed two paintings from the Rembrandt's Light exhibition. Police were called and following…

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Thursday, November 14, 2019

She Gave Up On A Pro Basketball Career To Sing Opera. Now She's One Of The Met's Next Stars by Artsjournal1

In younger days, J'Nai Bridges, who's been getting terrific reviews for her house debut as Nefertiti in Philip Glass's Akhnaten, really was a championship-level basketball player back home i…

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Philadelphia Has Had A Major Antiquities Museum For Well Over A Century. Finally, It's Truly Welcoming The Public. by Artsjournal1

The Penn Museum (officially, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology) has theoretically been available to visitors since its opening in 1887, but it was actuall…

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The One-Sentence-1,000-Pages Novel Missed Out On The Booker, But It's Won This Prize by Artsjournal1

Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport was an obvious choice for the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize, which honors "fiction at its most novel." Jury chair Erica Wagner said, "In her gripping and hypn…

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Joshua Bell Extends As Music Director Of Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields To 2023 by Artsjournal1

"Bell is only the second holder of the music director role at the Academy, succeeding the Academy's founder Sir Neville Marriner, who held the post from the orchestra's formation in 1958 unt…

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Why Do We Even Need Fiction? Asks Isaac Bashevis Singer by Artsjournal1

"Why invent things when nature and life supply so many strange events? … Why bother proving a lie when truth needs no preface? I sometimes fear that all of humankind may sooner or later co…

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