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Monday, November 4, 2019

How Welsh Actor Matthew Rhys Learned About Mister Rogers After A Movie Director Called by Artsjournal2

Rhys, who starred opposite American actor Keri Russell in The Americans " and eventually became her partner in life as well " asked her who Rogers was. Rhys: "And then she launched into a tw…

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What Happens When A School Unlocks Its Books And Hires More Librarians? by Artsjournal2

Well, after the librarians remodeled the library and encouraged teachers at the Melbourne school to bring their entire classes " not just kids in detention " to the space, the school's test …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AM[SHARE]

Minneapolis' Children's Theatre Company Settles With Remaining Plaintiffs In Sex Abuse Cases by Artsjournal2

At the announcement of the settlement, theatre administration and survivors stood side by side. "The moment brought a close to a decadeslong ordeal and underscored the pain of those whose ch…

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Actors In Canada Go Through A Lot Of Emotional Wear In Their Training by Artsjournal2

Student mental health, teacher favoritism, inequities in class makeup and in casting … it's all stressful for the young actors of Canada (and there are ways that some of these things could…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 3, 2019

Musician Stephen Morris Left His Priceless Violin On The Train by Artsjournal2

That was October 22, and the train was in southeast London. The soloist from the Royal Phil eventually received a private message on Twitter from someone who said he recognized (from a secur…

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As Developers Buy The Setting Of James Joyce's Greatest Short Story, Dublin Mourns by Artsjournal2

The place that Dubliners call the House of the Dead (really, the House of "The Dead," of course) has been sold. "Last week city authorities announced a plan to turn the House of the Dead int…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24PM[SHARE]

The Art World's Most Lucrative Prize Goes To Colombian Artist Doris Salcedo by Artsjournal2

The Nomura Award is in its inaugural year, and it gives $1 million to a living artist. Salcedo won "for her body of work produced over the last 25 years, which has focused on the human co…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM[SHARE]

They've Maybe Found William Henry Harrison's Sword by Artsjournal2

He wasn't president for long (31 days, actually), but during that time, he sported his (then famous) sword from the (then famous) Battle of Tippecanoe. In 1979, it was stolen from the Connec…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM[SHARE]

As 'Nutcracker' Season Cranks Up, Kansas City Ballet Says It's Time To 'Phase Out' Racist Stereotypes by Artsjournal2

The Nutcracker, which is the source of much funding for ballet companies across the Western world and especially in the U.S., is a huge tradition " and one that, increasingly, audiences are …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM[SHARE]

This Film Festival Goes Way Beyond Inspiration P0rn by Artsjournal2

The only time you'll see an actor with a disability in a Hollywood movie is when the actor isn't disabled, and the movie is the kind of thing that disability activists call "inspo porn." (Th…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM[SHARE]

The Glorious Aesthetics Of A 'Mundane' Halloween by Artsjournal2

The tradition, which has been focused in Japan but spread out from there via the internet (of course), gets people wearing "costumes" like "just got out of bed and grabbed the first thing I …

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East German Art Makes A Relevant Return by Artsjournal2

Themes of surveillance, sexuality, gender inequality, and evading censors are certainly, sadly relevant in 2019. East German artists knew all about all of that, and "their subversive and oft…

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So, Is This A Malevich Or Not? by Artsjournal2

Malevich lived and worked in Belorus " and "for 25 years [this painting] has been on display in the city of Hrodna, near the Polish border, with the label: Malevich?" But does Belorus fin…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]

In DC, Increasing Access " And Audience, Maybe " At The Kennedy Center by Artsjournal2

What does Deborah Rutter really want to do with the expanded, busier, more national " perhaps " Kennedy Center? "The New York Times

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Buddhist Scholars Say Mindfulness Apps Are Only Increasing Our Reliance On Tech by Artsjournal2

Are all of those mindfulness apps easing our stress? Ha. Getting us more addicted to technology, more like. " Fast Company

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]

Better Than The Golden Rule by Artsjournal2

The Golden Rule begins with imagining oneself as selfish, but try Mengzi instead. "Mengzian extension starts from the assumption that you are already concerned about nearby others, and takes…

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Cookbooks Go Way Beyond Recipes And Photography by Artsjournal2

Think memoir, travel, family history, history of the world. That's what a good cookbook is. " Literary Hub

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]

British Animation Is Making A(nother) Comeback by Artsjournal2

At least, it will if it can get some funding. "Much of the problem is financial " with huge challenges in securing funding for such labour-intensive work. And when British productions do man…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]

Why Are Hollywood Assistants 'In Open Revolt'? by Artsjournal2

Assistants are mad as hell, and they have the law behind them now, too. "Subjected to grueling hours, low pay, few benefits or protections and the vagaries of monomaniacal bosses, assistants…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]

From Jazz To Classical Without Losing The Beat by Artsjournal2

Myra Melford is a composer as comfortable in jazz scenes as she is composing for new music ensembles. "Call it an 'organic approach to composition,' which is how her one-time teacher Henry T…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]

There's Always A Reason To Hate 'Perfect' Images Of Other People by Artsjournal2

It used to be magazines and the Photoshopping that went into making cover models and celebrities look even thinner and more "perfect" than they already are. But this time it's regular people…

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The Oscars May Turn Into A Battle Of Two Genders by Artsjournal2

Will "boy films" or "girl films" dominate? And also, WTF, Hollywood? " The Guardian (UK)

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An Old Text, Set To New Music by Artsjournal2

Catholic Scottish composer James MacMillan, whose version of the "Stabat Mater" " a meditation on Mary, the mother of Jesus, suffering during the Crucifixion " is at the Lincoln Center this …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]

Raising Successful Kids Comes At The Expense Of A Decent Society by Artsjournal2

In the U.S., at least, kindness and empathy are on a statistical decline. So what can parents do? Stop the focus on success, and focus on what we can do that's decent and good. "The point is…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]
Monday, October 21, 2019

The Coded Emotional Appeal Of 'The Matrix' by Artsjournal2

Seriously, why would anyone go to the movie in theatres 11 times? Sometimes you need distance to figure something like that out. "In The Matrix, I realized, I had found a message about my…

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Who Are The Bots Watching Us (And Our Stories)? by Artsjournal2

Bots worm their way into everything, including the once much more intimate Instagram Stories. Why? To get more engagement back. (There's a Russian "secret app" for this social media marketin…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AM[SHARE]

Can Computers Really Learn How To Understand What They Read? by Artsjournal2

Maybe. They're doing a lot better at reading comprehension exams, for instance. On a new "benchmark designed to measure machines' real understanding of natural language " or to expose their …

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Klaus Friedeberger, Abstract Painter Who Found Inspiration In The Australian Outback, Has Died At 97 by Artsjournal2

Friedeberger was inspired by his time as a European refugee in Australia during WWII. "Whereas many abstract painters of the 60s were working on a large scale with fields of unmodulated colo…

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What Are Theatre Reviews For? by Artsjournal2

Or, more specifically, whom are they for? "Doing it just for an audience ties criticism to weird stuff about selling a show, which I'm sort of uncomfortable with. But if critics are reviewin…

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Horror Writers See Climate Change As The Ultimate Fear by Artsjournal2

The thing about horror is that it has always been about amplifying regular fear. The genre "works against false comfort, complacency and euphemism, against attempts to repress or sanitize th…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AM[SHARE]

Extinction Rebellion Protesters Cover Their Half-Naked Bodies In Fake Oil In London's National Portrait Gallery by Artsjournal2

The protest was held at the end of a show sponsored by BP (British Petroleum) to protest the museum's ties to the company. One, a 19-year-old named Eden, said, "Who will there be left to see…

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