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Monday, June 3, 2019

By The Numbers, U.S. Museums Are Overwhelmingly Male, And White by Artsjournal2

A new study says that, at 18 major U.S. museums, with 10,000 artworks analyzed, the numbers are overwhelmingly clear. "The study found that 85.4% of the works in the collections of all ma…

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The London Olympics Poet Has Just Won A Major Free Speech Prize by Artsjournal2

Lemn Sissay says that the Pen Pinter prize, named in honor of playwright Harold Pinter, is welcome. "What I like about this award is that it is from a great writer and a great organisation. …

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Dear Kids, In The Late 20th Century, We Were Into This Thing Called 'Human Rights' by Artsjournal2

The entire concept " and certainly the promise of human rights as a way out of suffering for millions, if not billions " appears to be disappearing. "The human rights idealism of the late 20…

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Ballet Is Beautiful, And It's Also A Sport by Artsjournal2

"The ballerina's challenge is to hide how hard she's working, which is why behind-the-scenes ballet stories are always so appealing " it's satisfying to see the athleticism inherent…

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Fox Petitions To Be In Emmy Consideration For Its Live-ish Version Of 'Rent' by Artsjournal2

So here's how Fox (successfully!) argued for putting the show in the variety special (live) category, after the broadcast turned out to be somewhat previously taped due to injury: "Although …

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Tote Bags Might Be A Fun 'Weird Media Flex,' But It's Also Time To Admit They're Terrible by Artsjournal2

This is a thorough takedown of tote bags, media people, tote-toting people, and New York, with a couple of arrows aimed directly at Brooklyn. "the tote is a stand-in for being in-the-know. '…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]

Leah Chase, Creole Chef Who Fed Freedom Riders And Presidents, Has Died At 95 by Artsjournal2

Chase wasn't just a chef, thought "she would argue that there is no greater calling than feeding people. She spread her message through cookbooks, countless media interviews and television s…

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How They Filmed That Huge 'Rocketman' Scene At Dodgers Stadium by Artsjournal2

This is what happens, the director says, "when you choose to take Elton John's story and turn it into a phantasmagorical dancing play rather than a standard biographical picture." Bring on t…

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The Radical Vision And Joy Of Keith Haring by Artsjournal2

Haring died almost 30 years ago, but his art remains as fresh, and as relevant, as ever. "Haring did much more than provide cute cartoons. He was publicly minded. His art faced outwards. He …

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Tony DeLap, Who Made A Name, And Space, For Abstract Art On The West Coast, Has Died At 91 by Artsjournal2

DeLap, whose finely finished pieces sit at the intersection of sculpture and painting, minimalism and abstract expressionism, was the first art professor hired at UC Irvine and influenced ma…

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BBC Dramas Get Remade All Over The World, Which Is Frankly A Little Weird by Artsjournal2

What's up with all of the remakes, which shows get remade the most, and why is the BBC so good at writing about itself? No, but really: "Shows like Criminal Justice, The Office and Luther ha…

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Chinese Artists Who Address Tiananmen Square Live In The Shadows by Artsjournal2

Or they're put there by Chinese authorities: "It has been three months since Chinese rock musician Li Zhi disappeared from public view. First, an upcoming tour was canceled and his social me…

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Musicians Aren't Making Money Selling Music, So Why Not Sell Pot? by Artsjournal2

The streaming wars, in which artists haven't made much off of their actual music, take a weird turn: "'Many artists sell clothes or shoes, some sell wine and beer, others advertise for fast-…

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Suddenly, This Young Actor Is On 5,000 Screens by Artsjournal2

She's in Booksmart as a mean but sexy love interest, and now she's got top billing with Octavia Spencer in a new horror movie. That's a lot in a short time for an actor who has had three mov…

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How Much Of What You Post Online Will End Up In Research Papers? by Artsjournal2

Our YouTube videos, Tweets, and other posts are public, but that can be hard to wrap your head around " and even harder to understand the long-lasting data-mining possibilities inherent in p…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 2, 2019

Leonardo Expert Will Not Certify 'Salvator Mundi' As His Work by Artsjournal2

Carmen Bambach, a curator at the Met, says no. "In her forthcoming four-volume study of the polymath " a vast project spanning more than 1m words and 1,500 images " Bambach attributes most o…

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One Place The Print Newspaper Is Still Relevant: Deadwood by Artsjournal2

The paper that plays a major role in the series and new movie, The Black Hills Pioneer, is real, and it's still around … and you can read the archives. "The editorial voice of the paper st…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]

Will The U.S. Ever Get Net Neutrality Back? by Artsjournal2

Advocates for net neutrality say it just needs a big push from the public " support is high, and no one believes the FCC. But on the Senate floor, Mitch McConnell says legislation restoring …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]

Music, Like All Art, Can Change History by Artsjournal2

Or at least what we know about our history, and how we look at it. Check out two recent concerts that work as art, of course, and "as historical corrective, guided by a commitment to scrambl…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]

Mindy Kaling, Who Created Her Own TV Show And Now Has A Movie Out With Emma Thompson, On Being A 'Diversity Hire' by Artsjournal2

Kaling was initially embarrassed about that when she was on The Office, but she's over it. And now, as a 39-year-old movie writer, she says, "It does feel amazing to have done this, but I've…

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Tayari Jones On The Clear Before And After Dividing Line Of Reading Toni Morrison by Artsjournal2

The author of An American Marriage says she was 19 when she read Beloved, and it changed her life. "I hate to use such a chilly word to describe an experience that was spiritual, emotional a…

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When Management Canceled Summer Concerts And Told Baltimore Musicians They Wouldn't Be Paid, They Played On by Artsjournal2

The chair of the players' committee strode to the front of the stage and said, "We are stunned and grieve for our beloved B.S.O. … We will be making music with even more passion and purpos…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PM[SHARE]

As Silicon Valley Bros Try To Go 'Transhumanist,' It's Time To Pay Attention To The Mind In The Body by Artsjournal2

And who better to do that than generations of women, thinking and theorizing about those mind-body connections? "Fresh theories and findings about human cognition suggest that those feminise…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]

The Museum Of Tibetan Art Is Every Small Museum In A Battle For Audience, Space " And Money by Artsjournal2

The museum, which opened on Staten Island in 1947 after the collector Jacques Marchais and a local Italian stone mason worked to find the right stone for a "traditional mountain feel," is in…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]

The Star Of The Elton John Biopic Isn't OK With Russia's Censorship Of The Gay Scenes by Artsjournal2

Taron Egerton wrote on Instagram, "'I, in no way, condone this decision and feel disappointed I wasn't made aware and given the chance to fight this move. Love is love. No compromises.' He a…

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It's June. Bust Out. by Artsjournal2

Who needs another cover " a jazz cover! " of "June Is Bustin' Out All Over"? (We do.) " Doug Ramsey

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In St. Louis, A Group Of Rising Theatre Leaders Of Color Find Mutual Support by Artsjournal2

As theatre makers confront a rapidly shifting landscape " one of them, a professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, saw her entire department eliminated, all student productions ende…

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Turkish Novelist Elif Shafak Calls For Support For Writers As The Country's Prosecutors Examine Her Novels by Artsjournal2

The Erdogan government has become a nastily anti-art authoritarian regime, Shafak says. "'Turkey today is the world's leading jailer of journalists,' she told the Hay Festival. 'It's also ve…

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Virginia Zabriskie, Art Dealer Who Promoted The Formerly Overlooked, Has Died At 91 by Artsjournal2

Zabriskie's New York gallery started in 1954 and closed in 2010; her Paris gallery was so beloved that when she closed it after a 21-year run in 1998, the city awarded her a Medal of Honor. …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AM[SHARE]

The Two Writers Taking Over From Hilton Als At The New Yorker by Artsjournal2

Vinson Cunningham and Alexandra Schwartz have been staff writers at The New Yorker since 2016, and they "filled in on the stage beat while longtime chief critic Hilton Als was on…

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Hurray, A Popular Art Festival, And Boo, The Popular Art Festival's Thousands Of Visitors by Artsjournal2

In the planning for New York's Figment Arts Festival, moving from Governors Island to Roosevelt Island this year, "'Everything was fine,' Judith Berdy, a longtime resident said. 'And then ca…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AM[SHARE]

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