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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Cunningham Abroad by Artsjournal1

Compagnie CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston dances Merce at Jacob's Pillow " Deborah Jowitt

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"That Little Exhibition": The Late Douglas Crimp on His Show that Anointed "The Pictures Generation" by Artsjournal1

Here are some excerpts from a brief but illuminating chat I had ten years ago with Douglas Crimp, the influential critic, curator and art historian who died Friday at the age of 74. " Lee Ro…

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Sunday, July 7, 2019

Blind Dance Company brings talent into the light by Artsjournal1

"The Blind Dance Company currently has ten blind dancers, some of whom lost their eyesight later in life. 'Many blind people love to dance, and stopped dancing when losing their sight,' [com…

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Creating an Intersectional Future: A Report From The Deaf Theatre Action Planning Session by Artsjournal1

"Thirty Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing (DDBHH) theatre artists, administrators, and scholars gathered in Boston 15-17 March 2019 for the Deaf Theatre Action Planning Session (DTAPS). …

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Employers who recruit graduates for entry-level jobs are preventing diversity in the arts " report by Artsjournal1

"Employers in the creative industries risk alienating diverse young talent by 'needlessly asking for degrees' for entry-level jobs, according to a new report. This was identified as one of a…

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Nan Goldin's P.A.I.N. Group Stages Anti-Sackler Protest at Louvre by Artsjournal1

"Artist Nan Goldin, her P.A.I.N. group, and other opioid activists staged an action at the Louvre in Paris this afternoon, calling on the museum to remove the Sackler name from one of its wi…

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Celebrating African Music and Artists with the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice by Artsjournal1

"A key part of the Western musical tradition, opera is an art form that's, unsurprisingly, associated mainly with white artists and white audiences. But, as with so many aspects of culture a…

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Elizabeth Alexander, Mellon Foundation President, Reflects on Centering Community and Taking Diversity as a Value by Artsjournal1

"Addressing the important work of justice and labor to vision a better world, Alexander speaks to Mellon's aims by 'identifying the leaders, the scholars and thinkers and justice workers and…

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Friday, July 5, 2019

How Aaron Copland Created An American Sound For Classical Music by Artsjournal1

"He was a man of the left, though of no political party, gay, but neither closeted nor out, Jewish, but agnostic, unless you count music as a religion. On this July 4th weekend, WNYC's Sara …

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In The World Of Video Games, Black Women Are Making Themselves Heard And Felt by Artsjournal1

"Black women are among the least represented demographic in the $135 billion global gaming industry. … But an emerging generation of millennial women of color is now beginning to carve out…

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A New Play Brings The #MeToo Discussion Forward In Singapore by Artsjournal1

"In Singapore, … many still hold to another century's view of the roles of men and women. Victims of sexual misconduct often face shame and blame, and the global reckoning seems far away. …

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Life As A Dancer In Khamenei's Iran by Artsjournal1

Writing under a pseudonym, an Iranian woman who studies and practices traditional Persian dance, describes both the art form and attempts to preserve and perform in in today's Islamic Republ…

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What Theatre Critics Deal With, In The U.S. And Elsewhere by Artsjournal1

Wendy Rosenfield travels to the International Association of Theatre Critics gathering in Montpellier, shares stories with colleagues, and realizes how much she didn't know. " Broad Street R…

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Arte Johnson, Comedian Remembered For 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In', Dead At 90 by Artsjournal1

"Mr. Johnson had appeared in New York theater productions and on television shows including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone and The Andy Griffith Show before his breakthrough in…

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'Mad' Magazine Is Almost-Not-Quite-But-Basically Shutting Down by Artsjournal1

"Readers will only be able to find the 67-year-old humor magazine at comic book stores and through subscriptions. After issue No. 10 this fall, there will no longer be new content, except fo…

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Chicago's Beloved 'Bean' Is Vandalized by Artsjournal1

Late in the evening of July 1, say Chicago police, seven people tagged with white spray paint the Anish Kapoor sculpture Cloud Gate in Millennium Park. The tags were cleaned off by 10:30 the…

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The Birthplace Of The United States Is Crumbling, And No One Seems Inclined To Fix It by Artsjournal1

"Independence National Historical Park [is] the fourth-most-visited national park in the country. It welcomed 4.6 million pilgrims last year alone " ahead of Yellowstone, Yosemite or Zion (a…

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Alaska May Become The Only U.S. State Without An Arts Agency by Artsjournal1

"When $444 million in line-item budget vetoes were announced Friday, the [Alaska State Council on the Arts] was given notice it would have two weeks to shut down, said Benjamin Brown of June…

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How 'The Star-Spangled Banner' (And A Scheming New York Phil Board Member) Got The Boston Symphony's Conductor Sent To An Internment Camp by Artsjournal1

Alex Ross recounts the story of Karl Muck, the elegant former director of Kaiser Wilhelm's Berlin Court Opera, who came to the BSO in 1906 and was there for an unfortunate decision, shortly …

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Hong Kong's Artists And The Protests Against The Extradition Law by Artsjournal1

As one gallerist put it, "With this extradition law, however, the firewall protecting our freedom of expression is effectively removed and everybody falls into self-censorship. One would wor…

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Max Wright, Stage Actor Who Became Known For TV's 'ALF', Dead At 75 by Artsjournal1

He never much enjoyed working on the popular series, though he acknowledged that that "doesn't matter … ALF brought people a lot of joy. They adored it." While he did quite a bit of other …

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After 35 Years Of Performing, Tap Master Savion Glover Is Still Searching by Artsjournal1

"His post-rehearsal explanations kept coming out like Zen meditations: 'Do you hear what you see? Or do you see what you hear? … What does the sound look like that you see when you are lis…

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Controversial Purchase Of Westminster Choir College By Chinese Company Canceled by Artsjournal1

"Rider University has dropped a controversial plan to sell Westminster Choir College to a for-profit company based in China and instead is resuscitating efforts to relocate the choir college…

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Venice's Mayor, And The Cruise Companies That Control Its Port, Want The Monster Cruise Ships To Keep Coming by Artsjournal1

Despite concern over both the huge amount of daytripper traffic by passengers and the physical damage that the enormous ships cause to both the Venice Lagoon and the low-lying city itself, t…

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Plan To Merge Florence's Uffizi And Accademia Galleries by Artsjournal1

"The Italian culture minister, Alberto Bonisoli, is planning to merge the Gallerie degli Uffizi with the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence under a single administration" as part of a new s…

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In Barbershops And Laundromats, Bringing Books To Kids Who Can't Get To Libraries by Artsjournal1

"This developing movement, supported by nonprofit groups, entrepreneurs, libraries and community fund-raising, is redefining the borders of traditional neighborhood public libraries by creat…

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With 'AMC Artisan Films', Big Theater Chain Tries To Give Smaller Movies A Boost by Artsjournal1

"According to a press release, the initiative will spotlight 'character and narrative driven movies' that big-budget box-office behemoths tend to overshadow. … If any of this sounds famili…

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A Fringe Festival Of A Fringe Festival Is Popping Up In Philly by Artsjournal1

"At the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the vast majority of shows require paid admission … with tickets for the curated shows (those are the shows that the festival invites to participate) …

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Two Women Writers Claim They Were 'Pushed Off' Idris Elba/Kwame Kwei-Armah Play by Artsjournal1

Tree, inspired by Elba's 2014 "character album" Mi Mandela, is debuting this week at the Manchester International Festival before a run at London's Young Vic, where Kwei-Armah is artistic di…

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Andy Warhol's Portraits Of Prince Don't Violate Copyright, Rules Federal Court by Artsjournal1

"A 2017 lawsuit by photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation has come to a close, as a federal judge in New York ruled yesterday that Warhol's 1984 Prince Series works, …

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Melbourne's Two Biggest Arts Festivals To Merge Into New Event by Artsjournal1

The Melbourne International Arts Festival, the city's premier showcase for "high art," and White Night, a late-winter outdoor festival, will unite into a new 18-day festival under a new name…

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