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The Gigification of Publishing | Dan Sinykin
Publishing, even among culture industries, is notoriously sleepy as a capitalist enterprise. Many enter the field—and take spiritual compensation in lieu of higher pay, shaping employee demographics—because they…
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How Artists are Keeping Mountains of Dead Pointe Shoes Out of Landfills
Pacific Northwest Ballet goes through roughly 2,000 pairs of pointe shoes per year. New York City Ballet uses 500 pairs per month during Nutcracker season. Some pros exhaust multiple pairs of shoes in a single performance day.
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Arts Council England under the microscope in government review
The UK scientist Mary Archer will scrutinise how Arts Council England (ACE) distributes public subsidies as part of a wide-ranging review overseen by the UK government.The assessment is part of the Cabinet Office’s cross-government…
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How Universal Music Group Is Lobbying On AI
UMG played an instrumental role in bringing together a coalition of 150-plus organizations both in and outside the industry last year for the Human Artistry Campaign (HAC), which established a framework for the responsible use of AI for…
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Martha Graham was ‘Where the Action Was’
“The Marionette Show,” by Martha Graham, for her trio: (from left) Thelma Biracree, Evelyn Sabin, and Betty Macdonald (November 18, 1926).
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American Bible Society Will Close Its $60 Million Museum…… | News & Reporting
American Bible Society announced it will shutter its Faith and Liberty Discovery Center (FLDC), a Bible museum it invested more than $60 million into, after less than three years in operation.
ABS had projected that the museum, centrally…
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Watch: Notre Dame Cathedral restoration’s 5-year journey of dedication
PARIS (AP) — The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following a tragic blaze in April 2019 is a story of dedication and recovery.The iconic medieval monument immortalized in history,…
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Aribert Reimann, Masterful German Opera Composer, Is Dead at 88
“The encounter with Weill’s music, which I had never heard before because it was not allowed to be played in the Third Reich, was absolutely overwhelming for me because it opened up a tonal but completely new sound world,” Mr. Reimann…
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How Did Wagner Want His ‘Ring’ Cycle to Sound?
What began as a flippantly offered pipe dream, on second thought sounded too good to resist.Kent Nagano was leading the period-instrument ensemble Concerto Köln in concert performances of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in 2016 when one musician…
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Dozens of Russian Artists Investigated by Kremlin’s FSB Secret Service
In a move that has shocked Russia’s art community, the Kremlin-controlled FSB secret service has begun investigating the country’s contemporary artists who are known to make…
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