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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Georg Ratzinger, Famed Choirmaster And Pope Benedict's Elder Brother, Dead At 96 by Artsjournal1

"Ordained on the same day as his brother, Ratzinger proved to be a talented musician and went on oversee the recording of numerous masterpieces and concert tours around the world by the Rege…

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The Met Breuer: What It Achieved And Why It Mattered by Artsjournal1

"For decades, the Met's programming has been associated with a kind of elegant classicism. The Breuer, it seemed, would allow the museum to strike a new balance between grandeur and somethin…

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Rudolfo Anaya, Founding Father Of Chicano Literature, Dead At 82 by Artsjournal1

"Literary critics say [that Bless Me, Ultima,] Anaya's World War II-era novel about a young Mexican-American boy's relationship with an older curandera, or healer, influenced a generation of…

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

'Translationese' " What Japan's Most Important Modern Novelists Have In Common by Artsjournal1

Haruki Murakami famously wrote his first novel in English and then translated it into his mother tongue himself, resulting in a plainspoken, "neutral" (his word) style far removed from stand…

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Under New Director, Ballet San Antonio Will Go Ahead With New Season by Artsjournal1

"The coronavirus had barely arrived in Germany just before Sofiane Sylve was hired Feb. 1 as the new artistic advisor for Ballet San Antonio. Her experiences there in May with strict coronav…

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How Can A Full Orchestra Place Itself Onstage Safely While COVID's Still Here? Tokyo Scientists And Musicians Have Been Figuring That Out by Artsjournal1

Conductor Kazushi Ono and the players of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra spent two days at the Bunka Kaikan concert hall in mid-June with researchers from a university and medical …

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Freddy Cole, Jazz Great Who Came Out From His Famous Brother's Shadow, Dead At 88 by Artsjournal1

"With his charming, easeful baritone and a crisp, efficient touch at the piano, Cole carved out a professional career of more than 65 years. … Because of a familial resemblance in vocal ti…

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People Either Adore Or Despise The Rothko Chapel " Could Its Restoration Change The Haters' Minds? by Artsjournal1

"The space, which features fourteen dark paintings by Rothko, is famous for being dim and moody. It's a sensory deprivation chamber that also functions as a theological deprivation chamber."…

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Why NPR's 'Code Switch" Is Now Number One On The Podcast Charts by Artsjournal1

"It's precisely because Code Switch has spent years interrogating the effects of race and identity on society that it's the podcast many listeners are now turning to. Launched in 2016, Code …

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Kirill Serebrennikov Gets Three-Year Suspended Sentence In Controversial Embezzlement Case by Artsjournal1

"[The decision is] a surprise legal victory in a fraud case his supporters say was politically motivated and a test of artistic freedom in Russia. Suspended sentences are widely seen as the …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AM[SHARE]

World's Two Biggest Movie Theater Chains Say Never Mind, We're Not Reopening Just Yet by Artsjournal1

With coronavirus cases surging again in much of the U.S. and not really slowing in the UK, and with the release of the summer's two big tentpole titles, Tenet and Mulan, postponed, AMC and C…

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Cirque Du Soleil Files For Bankruptcy Protection, Lays Off 3,500 Employees by Artsjournal1

The global circus giant was struggling with an estimated $900 million in debt (much of it incurred by acquiring other companies) even before the pandemic hit and ended all ticket income. In …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]

Museums And Art Galleries In England Can Open On July 4, But Most Of Them Won't by Artsjournal1

The National Gallery and Royal Academy will accept visitors the following week, but the Tate won't open its four locations until July 27; others are waiting until August or September, and ma…

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Bolsonaro Names A Soap Opera Star (The Second In A Row) Brazil's Culture Secretary by Artsjournal1

"Mário Frias … is the fifth person to hold the role in the 17 months since president Jair Bolsonaro was elected and, like most of his predecessors, Frias has no political experience. �…

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Friday, June 26, 2020

How The Virus Turned This Ballet Master Into A Real-Life Phantom Of The Opera by Artsjournal1

Curtis Foley, who danced with the Royal Winnipeg ballet and Les Ballets Grandiva, was, until this year, a ballet master at the Polish National Ballet He had just arrived to coach the ballet …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PM[SHARE]

Poets, Playwrights, Novelists, And A Swashbuckling Conquistador Nun: The Women Writers Of The Siglo De Oro by Artsjournal1

The polymath Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was only one of numerous women in Spain and its New World colonies who became accomplished authors during the 16th and 17th centuries (and who should b…

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Fully Half Of The Dramas On US Broadcast TV Are About Cops by Artsjournal1

"Perhaps one reason why America's national reckoning on police brutality took so long to arrive is because TV is conditioning its citizens to view cops as reliable heroes. Of the 69 scripted…

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Photographer Li Zhengsheng, Who Captured The Cultural Revolution On Film, Dead At 79 by Artsjournal1

"At great personal risk [he] documented the dark side of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, producing powerful black-and-white images that remain a rare visual testament to the brutality of t…

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Uffizi Gallery Becomes High Art's Top TikTok Jester by Artsjournal1

Until just a few years ago, the august Florence museum "acted like the internet didn't exist": it didn't even launch a website until 2015 and only got itself a Facebook page after the COVID …

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Director Kirill Serebrennikov Convicted Of Embezzlement In Case Many See As Trumped-Up by Artsjournal1

The 50-year-old Russian, celebrated at home and overseas for his productions of theatre, film, and opera, is artistic director of the Gogol Center, Moscow's most celebrated stage for avant-g…

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Please (Don't) Touch (Without Hand Sanitizer): How Children's Museums And Interactive Exhibits Are Trying To Reopen Safely by Artsjournal1

"As states ease restrictions, many museums and animal attractions are next in line to reopen, if they haven't already. Like other businesses, they must enforce social distancing rules and re…

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Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Hires New CEO by Artsjournal1

Steven Brosvik comes to Utah from the Nashville Symphony, where he was Chief Operating Officer. He has previously worked in management at the Baltimore, Houston, and San Antonio Symphony Orc…

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'The Black Experience in the Concert Hall' by Artsjournal1

"Classical musicians of African descent have existed on the margins of obscurity for centuries " in the classroom, the concert hall, the record industry, and on the radio," says Terrance McK…

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After Years Of Criticism, An Off-Broadway Institution All At Once Agrees To Pay Its Actors by Artsjournal1

When the Flea Theater was founded by Sigourney Weaver, playwright Mac Wellman and two others in 1996, it was intended to have no stable location and to shut down after five years. Twenty-six…

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Boris Johnson's Government Releases 'Roadmap' To Restarting Live Performance; Arts World Says, Is That All There Is? by Artsjournal1

"On Thursday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published the five-stage plan for a 'phased return', which will initially let performances take place outdoors, with indoors performances to fol…

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Five Arrested, Including Ex-Curator At Louvre, In Major Antiquities Trafficking Case by Artsjournal1

"The case concerns 'the sale of hundreds of pieces for tens of millions of euros', which were allegedly looted from Egypt, Syria and Yemen as well as zones in Libya under Islamic State contr…

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Early, Unfinished Story By Louisa May Alcott Published For First Time " With Invitation For Writers To Finish It by Artsjournal1

"Aunt Nellie's Diary," a 9,000-word piece written when Alcott was in her late teens, "is narrated by the 40-year-old title character, and follows her observations as a romantic triangle appe…

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Why Studying How To Teach Dance Is Important, Even For The Best Dancers by Artsjournal1

"There is a pervasive idea that if you are a great dancer, you are automatically qualified to teach, whether you have training or experience in education practices or not. There is also an a…

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How America's Big Three Cinema Chains Messed Up Their Reopening Plans by Artsjournal1

Last week, AMC, Regal, and Cinemark all issued elaborate safety plans for reopening " but all three said that they wouldn't require patrons to wear masks except where local governments order…

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Co-Founder Of DC's Signature Theater Resigns Following Allegations Of Sexual Assault by Artsjournal1

Two actors have publicly accused Eric Schaeffer, who has been the Northern Virginia company's artistic director since its beginnings in 1989, of repeatedly grabbing their genitals during pub…

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Omaha Symphony Names Next Music Director: Ankush Kumar Bahl by Artsjournal1

Bahl, who succeeds Thomas Wilkins at the start of the 2021-22 season, becomes the second conductor of color in a row to hold the music director position in Omaha. An Indian-American born and…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM[SHARE]

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