Art and Culture

David Taylor and JH perform Schubert’s “Der Doppelganger” at the 2023 Brevard Music Festival Writing in The American Scholar, Sudip Bose said of David Taylor playing Schubert’s “Der Doppelgänger”: “Not in my wildest imaginings…
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To be a good art dealer you need to be both prescient and manipulative. The mere ability to spot a trend or an artist is not enough. You have to know how to get what you want from the situation, to buy early and hold your nerve. That I…
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Pro-Palestine activists staged a protest at the Venice Biennale on Wednesday, April 17, calling for the complete closure of Israel’s pavilion, which remains locked after artist Ruth Patir, who…
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My first library job was in the Kankakee, Illinois public library. Back then, I thought I was going to go to law school—I just needed a job.Then, I saw how the library engaged the community with youth and adult classes. I saw a bunch of…
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In this episode, we learn how leaders of a global network of arts and cultural districts regard their influence on community health and well-being. A transcript is available on the NEA website. Source link
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Our possessions – the things we view as “mine” – play an important role in our lives. Beyond their functionality, they can serve as poignant reminders of cherished memories. They can symbolise not only who we are, but also who we…
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“What’s the world for you if you can’tmake it up the way you want it?”–Toni Morrison, Jazz* The attempts I made to get out of my own head were sundry and full of nonsense. I visited a petting zoo for adults. I tried learning to…
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Digitizing the real world involves the tedium of real-world processes. Three-dimensional models are created using lidar and photogrammetry, a technique in which hundreds or thousands of photographs of a single object are stitched…
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Aye Write, the Glasgow literary festival that was cancelled last month after its funding application was turned down by Creative Scotland has announced that it will present a slimmed programme after an “unexpected, but very welcome”…
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Government regulation can help and hinder the creative sector, just as much as it does agriculture and housing. – The Big Idea Source link
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