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Sunday, April 29, 2018

Polixeni Papapetrou, Photographer Known For Whimsical And Eerie Images, Has Died At 57 by Artsjournal2

Her images (including one of her young daughter naked, sitting on a rock) often involved her children and her children's friends in odd and psychologically intense costumes, in the Australia…

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The Women Who Will Run Venice's Architecture Biennale by Artsjournal2

The new "queens of Venice" are Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects, a practice that's been doing the work without getting starchitect status - but that could change now…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM[SHARE]

MoviePass Changes Things Up Right As Marvel's Long-Awaited 'Infinity War' Hits Theatres by Artsjournal2

First, MoviePass changed its plan so that new subscribers are limited to 4 movies a month instead of one movie per day. Then, on Friday, the day that Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War came out…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:54PM[SHARE]

On The Centenary Of Jerome Robbins, Master Choreographer Who Reshaped Broadway And Ballet by Artsjournal2

Robbins, who directed and choreographed On the Town, The King and I, West Side Story, and many more classic musicals, returned to ballet fully in 1969 - and changed American ballet as well. …

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Mississippi Gets A New Writers' Trail, Stretching From Faulkner To Ward by Artsjournal2

Eudora Welty and Richard Ford will also be getting markers in a new series stretching across the state. Will Richard Wright make the cut? That's yet to be decided.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AM[SHARE]

The New Lynching Memorial Is 'Gut-Wrenching And Beautiful' by Artsjournal2

"That's the genius of the museum's design. It neither shies away from nor revels in the horrors it asks you to contemplate. ... It grabs you by the throat but makes sure not to choke you. It…

SOURCE: www.vice.com at 10:42AM[SHARE]

Polish Theatre Directors Push Back Against The Government's Hard Right Turn by Artsjournal2

Warsaw just hosted a theatre festival with five women directors and a lot of young, fiery daring. One of the glass-ceiling-breaking women: "I'm trying to sound some kind of alarm"that we sho…

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:36AM[SHARE]

Sam Hamill, Poet And Founder Of Copper Canyon Press, Dies At 74 by Artsjournal2

Hamill also sparked a massive movement of poets against the war with Iraq after being invited to a White House symposium in 2003. "He built a website to present the poems he received, and th…

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A Museum Devoted To One French Artist Just Discovered That More Than Half Of Its Collection Is Made Of Fakes by Artsjournal2

Étienne Terrus was a friend of Henri Matisse, and the museum devoted to his works had gotten the help of the town of Elne to buy many works over two decades. Then an art historian came t…

SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:36AM[SHARE]

Thirty-One Hours Of Marvel Movies In One Theatre? Sure, Why Not? by Artsjournal2

Eleven movies, leading up to the newest Avengers show. A two-day movie marathon. "By the time Infinity War was on deck, 28 hours in, the excitement was palpable. When the 3D seemed to be mis…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:36AM[SHARE]

T.V. Revivals Have Become Dangerous, Lazy Replicants by Artsjournal2

Just stop already. "Each joke is played with a knowing wink, with countless call-backs to episodes of yore. It's reminiscent of a breaking of the fourth wall, but done in a fashion so grand …

SOURCE: nationalpost.com at 08:36AM[SHARE]

The Inspiration For The Set Of A Broadway Revival Came From A Disaster by Artsjournal2

How did the creative team of the Once on This Island revival make their set? They scouted in earthquake-ravaged, and rebuilding, Haiti.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:33AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 23, 2018

The Soul-Crushing Burden Of Writing, And Reading, The College Student Essay by Artsjournal2

U.S. college students just aren't good at essays, says one prof, and that's because no one takes those students seriously, not even themselves. "A decade teaching young writers has taught me…

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What's It Like Photographing Life In The Poorest County In The U.S.? by Artsjournal2

Jane Rule Burdine: "I could have lived anywhere. I've traveled a great bit for work, but I came back to Mississippi because it's what I know. When I go out hunting for these photographs, it'…

SOURCE: www.vice.com at 11:36AM[SHARE]

After The Sale Of A Rockwell, The Berkshire Museum May Get Its Local Government Grant Back by Artsjournal2

The Massachusetts Cultural Council grant, frozen in September when the museum decided to deaccession and sell some of its art, represents a tiny fraction of the money that's coming in from a…

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In The Netflix Vs. Cannes Skirmish, Everybody Lost by Artsjournal2

The Guardian says: "In this brittle standoff, fault lies on both sides. The French anti-streaming measures may be draconian, but resistance to Netflix's anti-cinema model is quite understand…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM[SHARE]

Can White Playwrights' Plays About Race Help Combat Racism, Or Are They Just One More Example Of It? by Artsjournal2

One theatre writer (who's white) says that it's disingenuous to have all-white casts, white directors, and white designers for plays that supposedly examine white privilege.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:54AM[SHARE]

Sylvia Plath's Surviving Goods Went Up For Sale, But Who Bought Them? by Artsjournal2

Wow: "There was poetic justice of a sort in the auction of the poets' belongings by their daughter, Frieda Hughes, at Bonhams in London in March. Ms. Plath's lots, which included clothes, je…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54AM[SHARE]

Art Photography From Ethiopia Does More Than Just Give Us Nice Pictures To Look At by Artsjournal2

Aïda Muluneh brought East Africa's first (and still only) international photography exhibition into being, but she's doing more than that with her color-saturated studio images. "This pla…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:54AM[SHARE]

A Ten-Year-Old From Australia Becomes The Youngest Ever Winner Of The Menuhin Competition by Artsjournal2

Junior winner Christian Li "shared his win with Chloe Chua from Singapore, who at age 11 was the second-youngest to compete this year. Each of them won 10,000 Swiss francs and Li also was aw…

SOURCE: www.abc.net.au at 09:54AM[SHARE]

Dogs Get Their Day (And Their Own Art And Museums) by Artsjournal2

Of course there's the Jeff Koons "Balloon Dog (Orange)," but as a museum of the Dachshund opens in Bavaria and the American Kennel Club prepares to move its AKC Museum of the Dog from St. Lo…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54AM[SHARE]

Can Young Cuban Dancers Remain Connected To Their Country Even As They Form A New Company With Carlos Acosta? by Artsjournal2

Acosta, who had a painful separation from his country and family in order to become a star in Europe and the U.S., says "I want to bring them to the world, but also to bring the world to the…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:36AM[SHARE]

The Many Times Still-Living Celebrities Got To Read Their Own Obits (Even Before Twitter) by Artsjournal2

There are slip-ups, and then there's the CNN Incident. "Many of the obits were filled in with text from Britain's Queen Mother, who had died the year before, including a description of Dick …

SOURCE: www.avclub.com at 08:36AM[SHARE]

Why Does A Silo Play Such A Significant Role In The Accidental Blockbuster 'The Quiet Place'? by Artsjournal2

The writers are from Iowa, of course. One of them says: "We just knew inherently those were dangerous. They were always things that farmers and parents said to stay away from, because you ca…

SOURCE: www.thegazette.com at 08:36AM[SHARE]

What It Feels Like To Get Equal Pay, At Long, Long Last by Artsjournal2

Thandie Newton, on getting equal pay to the men of HBO's Westworld for the upcoming Season 3: "It's unprecedented. It's " goodness; it shatters so much calcified pain, resentment, frustratio…

SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 07:33AM[SHARE]

Numbers Can Be Beautiful, And That Might Affect Whether Security Codes Are Truly Random At All by Artsjournal2

There's a reason this might be happening: "More often than not, the passcodes that appear in my Google Authenticator app seem tailored to reduce the cognitive burden of storing them in my wo…

SOURCE: www.wired.com at 07:32AM[SHARE]
Sunday, April 22, 2018

What's Going To Happen To The American Jazz Museum? by Artsjournal2

The thing is, "the museum received a blistering report from a City Council-hired consultant earlier this month calling for a 'complete rebirth; and reorganized leadership. Museum Management …

SOURCE: www.bizjournals.com at 05:18PM[SHARE]

Judging A Translation Is Fairly Tough, But Here Are Some Ideas To Consider by Artsjournal2

Here's the deal: "We owe translators, and perhaps also ourselves, some recognition of what it might have meant to have handled every single word (space and punctuation mark) of the writing-t…

SOURCE: lithub.com at 04:12PM[SHARE]

Top AJBlogs For The Weekend Of 04.22.18 by Artsjournal2

La Salle Art Museum's Promo Video Highlights Deaccessioned Works "Wander through six permanentgalleries [emphasis added]," the caption for the video walk-through on the La Salle Univer…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PM[SHARE]

Richard Oldenburg, Who Expanded MoMA And Drew Massive Crowds, Has Died At 84 by Artsjournal2

He led the museum through competing curatorial arguments, staff strikes, and more, while also getting a massive expansion and a boost to the endowment. But it all began with books, and a clo…

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The Turner Prizewinner Who's Using Her Fame And Fortune To Help Others Up The Ladder by Artsjournal2

Lubaina Himid won the prize in 2017 and has shows planned all over Europe this year. "All were programmed before the prize was announced, but Ms. Himid is now using her enhanced clout to req…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PM[SHARE]

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