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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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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'Nixon in China' comes to Princeton " literally smarter than ever by Artsjournal1

Everybody from singers to directors to conductors to critics has needed a few decades to determine what exactly is in John Adams's first opera and how to draw the most out of it. Steven LaCo…

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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Northern Ireland Rescinds Strict Prison Ban On Books About Terrorism Or Paramilitaries by Artsjournal1

"A review by the Northern Ireland Prison Service deemed the ban 'not proportionate' … Books and other reading material will now be permitted unless they overtly promote or encourage the co…

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At Youth Festival In Crimea, Play Shows Girls Kissing; Russian Right Fumes About 'Gay Propaganda' by Artsjournal1

"The production was staged by the Gogol School theatre lab during the Tavrida Festival, an annual art event organised by Russian state youth agency Rosmolodyozh. Reaction has been mixed, wit…

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Boris Johnson Or Jeremy Hunt " As UK Prime Minister, Which One Would Be Better For The Arts? by Artsjournal1

Ed Vaizey, who was Conservative PM David Cameron's minister for culture: "Safe to say, the arts and cultural policy have not featured highly in the many debates and hustings that have taken …

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The Book Editor Whose Sessions With Authors Are Like Psychoanalysis by Artsjournal1

Judith Gurewich, the publisher of Other Press. trained as a Lacanian analyst and still practices as one part-time. "She brings her intensity to her uniquely aural editing process, hosting au…

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Egypt's New Capital Will Have A Major New Cultural Complex (But Will Anyone Come To It?) by Artsjournal1

New Cairo City, currently under construction on the edge of the metro area, about 25 miles from central Cairo, will become Egypt's administrative center; the "city of arts and culture" withi…

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Maverick Conductor Teodor Currentzis Stomps Away From His Russian Home Base by Artsjournal1

The Greek-born maestro, a naturalized Russian citizen, has been getting plenty of love-it-or-hate-it attention for recordings (particularly of Mozart operas) with his period-orchestra-and-ch…

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Next Head Of Paris Opera Will Be Canadian Opera Company's Alexander Neef: Report by Artsjournal1

According to the French newspaper Le Figaro, Neef, who was director of casting at the Paris Opera before becoming General Director of COC in 2008, will succeed Stéphane Lissner as General D…

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Pakistan Would Love To Restrict Bollywood Movies, But Its People Just Can't Quit Them by Artsjournal1

After brief military hostilities between India and Pakistan in 2016, Pakistani cinema owners boycotted Indian movies; attendance promptly fell to 11 percent, and the boycott was over within …

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Watch Paul Taylor Dance Company Director Michael Novak At Work by Artsjournal1

"No one was more surprised than Novak when Taylor tapped him to be his successor last year, three months before the legendary choreographer died. Dance Magazine recently caught up with Novak…

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'Undisturbed' Ancient Roman Shipwreck Discovered Near Cyprus by Artsjournal1

"Not many details have been released about the shipwreck, but the Department of Antiquities notes that it 'is the first undisturbed Roman shipwreck ever found in Cyprus.' The vessel is still…

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David Koloane, Major South African Artist Of Apartheid Era, Dead At 81 by Artsjournal1

"Koloane's work " which comprised art-making, curating, activism, and writing " dealt head-on with colonialism and the continued oppression of black South Africans. His [art], which often ta…

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Female Video Game Designers Take On The Debate Over Abortion Rights by Artsjournal1

"As Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio work to reverse hard-won reproductive rights with 'fetal heartbeat' bills and potential 99-year sentences for performing abortions, game …

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Help For Dave Frishberg by Artsjournal1

Pianist, singer and songwriter Dave Frishberg has suffered medical setbacks that have led him and his wife April to seek help in meeting his long-term health care needs. " Doug Ramsey

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Hot Nights at the Barbican by Artsjournal1

The hottest tickets in London last Saturday, on the hottest day in London for at least forty years, were both at the Barbican " the Lee Krasner retrospective and Rattle conducting the LSO in…

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Recent Listening In Brief (Very Brief) by Artsjournal1

Peter Furlan Project, Between The Lines (Beany Bops Music)Stan Getz: Getz At The Gate (Verve)" Doug Ramsey

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Whitman and Music: A Fresh Discovery by Artsjournal1

The best setting of Walt Whitman's words by an American composer may just be a 30-minute radio play by Norman Corwin and Bernard Herrmann. " Joe Horowitz

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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Hearing Each Other Over The Gun Fire by Artsjournal1

"When, back in May 2018, Pittsburgh's Quantum Theatre programmed E.M. Lewis's The Gun Show for the following February, it was with the intention of starting a conversation around gun violenc…

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ChamberQUEER: Identity, Inclusiveness, And Audience Participation by Artsjournal1

"Meet ChamberQUEER, a plucky new group dedicated to unstraightening the smaller musical spaces that fill [New York City]. … National Sawdust Log recently sat down with two ChamberQUEER co-…

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Gender Equity Still Far Off In Orchestral Programming by Artsjournal1

The results of this year's analysis of the 2019-2020 seasons of the world's top orchestras by DONNE, Women in Music, which is founded and curated by soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, show that ou…

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Friday, June 28, 2019

The Académie Française Has Ruled On The Difference Between A Slut And A Bastard by Artsjournal1

Yes, with this recent bulletin, les immortels of the august body founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1634 want to be sure that all French-speakers properly distinguish between une salope (a slu…

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Court Gives Trump-Connected Oligarch Who Used To Own 'Salvator Mundi' Go-Ahead To Sue Sotheby's by Artsjournal1

"A federal judge in New York rejected Sotheby's bid to dismiss a $380 million lawsuit where Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev accused the auction house of helping his longtime art dealer…

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An Oral History Of The Orgy Scene In Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut' (It Was Supposed To Be A Lot Better Than It Came Out) by Artsjournal1

Turns out Stanley Kubrick and colleagues worked on and rehearsed the scene for weeks, and it was highly (if not always clearly) thought out. Then Kubrick died, and the rest of the team had t…

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The So-Cal Native Who's Giving Cambodian Classical Dance A Queer Twist by Artsjournal1

"[Prumsodun] Ok, a Long Beach, California, native whose parents were Cambodian refugees, not only restages traditional works of Khmer classical dance but also uses the stories and vocabulary…

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Yannick And Jaap Sitting Around Talking by Artsjournal1

Jaap van Zweden: "If you see Dallas, it's a real sports town. If you see Hong Kong, it's a real business town. And I think we are both very fortunate because New York is a real arts town. Th…

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Who Bought That Caravaggio That Was Found In An Attic? This Guy by Artsjournal1

"The American billionaire hedge fund manager and art collector J. Tomilson Hill is the mysterious buyer of an early 17th-century canvas billed as a rediscovered masterpiece by Caravaggio, ac…

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Principal Of 'Fame' High School Is Out After Pushing Too Hard For Academics by Artsjournal1

After six years in charge of LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, Lisa Mars has resigned. "For years, Mars' leadership … has been criticized for what students, facul…

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Novelist Michael Chabon Will Be Showrunner Of Next 'Star Trek' Series by Artsjournal1

The Pulitzer-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Moonglow, Wonder Boys and The Yiddish Policemen's Union will be in charge of Star Trek: Picard, the upcoming CBS…

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Baltimore Symphony Board Sets Date For End Of Lockout, Pays Health Insurance For Locked-Out Musicians by Artsjournal1

Contributions from board members and others will cover the cost of the health insurance for July and August, and management will end the lockout on Sept. 9 if no contract agreement has been …

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The Poverty-Level-Paid, Overworked Adjunct Professors Of Florida Are Fighting Back by Artsjournal1

"In just the past few years, [SEIU] has organized close to 10,000 Florida adjuncts, in what is one of the most remarkable and little-noticed large scale labor campaigns in the country." " Sp…

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