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Sunday, May 22, 2022
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What You Need to Know About NFTs


 You've heard about them everywhere - blockchain and NFTs are the way to maximize your organization's role in Web3. Read our primer to understand their history, impact, and legal implications across the arts. [READ MORE]
 

 

Chief Curator, Palm Springs Museum


 Chief CuratorDepartment: CuratorialReports to: Executive Director / CEOSummary: The Chief Curator is responsible for directing the curatorial department, overseeing all exhibitions and publications, and developing, managing and displaying the permanent collection. Overview The Palm Springs Art Museum (PSAM) returned from a long COVID closure with a new Executive Director / CEO and we are coming […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Austin Opera seeks Director of Business Operations & Analytics


 Austin Opera is a highly collaborative opera company that has built a national reputation for innovation. [READ MORE]
 

 

Apply Now for MA in Arts Administration at Goucher College. Consider What’s Next.


 An innovative MA program in Arts Administration will help you prepare for the ever-changing environment of today's arts administrator. Designed for those who are also working full-time, this limited-residency program is practical and affordable. [READ MORE]
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Director, Mannes Prep 

The Director of Mannes Prep will be a gifted administrator with experience leading and developing pre-collegiate and/or collegiate performing arts education programs. [READ MORE]

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Director of Development- Broad Stage 

The DOD will serve as a key organizational ambassador, engaging donors and stakeholders with Broad Stage’s compelling case for support and exciting artistic vision. [READ MORE]

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Executive Director- League of Chicago Theatres 

The Executive Director will be an inspirational, creative, and forward-thinking industry shaper with an exceptional understanding of the dynamics of cultural ecosystems in the United States. [READ MORE]

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Artistic Producer – Theater for Young Audiences 

The Artistic Producer, Theater for Young Audiences (TYA), as coordinated with the Director of Education Programs and Productions, manages nearly all aspects of commissioning, new work development, and overall producing of the Theater for Young Audiences season of in-house and touring productions. [READ MORE]

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Wyeth Foundation Curator, Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection 

This new senior curator position has emerged from a three-way collection sharing partnership between the Brandywine River Museum of Art (BRMA), the Farnsworth Art Museum (FAM), and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art (WFAA). [READ MORE]

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center seeks Director of Touring and Artistic Planning 

This position offers a unique opportunity to an experienced, creative, and entrepreneurial individual to work closely with CMS’s Artistic Directors in virtually all areas of a robust and growing touring program nationally and internationally. [READ MORE]

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General Manager Position 

The General Manager (GM) is a key member of the organization’s senior management team and works in close partnership with the Executive Director (ED) to develop and implement the strategic direction of the organization. [READ MORE]

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Directing of Marketing and Public Engagement 

The Director of Marketing and Public Engagement is responsible for overseeing all aspects of IN Series engagement with its external community – including patrons, the general public, and the media. [READ MORE]

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DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT and ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF 

The Director of Development and Acting Chief of Staff is responsible for overseeing the strategy and realization of resource acquisition for IN Series, as well as managing the staff operations for IN Series personnel. [READ MORE]

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Chief Marketing Officer – Overture Center for the Arts 

As a collaborative member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), reporting to the Board of Directors, the CMO will actively participate in crafting the strategic direction and organizational vision. [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – Artists For Humanity 

Our next Executive Director will support and celebrate our mission, expand our community, and maximize our future. [READ MORE]

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DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES — MCC THEATER, New York, NY 

The Director of Marketing & Audience Services will direct all institutional, subscription, and single ticket marketing campaigns for MCC, as well as ensure optimal audience experience before, during, and following performances. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

Calvin Royal III Takes Mother Jones To The Ballet

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Ousted Director Of Munich’s Ballet Company Is Basically Putin’s Son-In-Law: Report

- The Moscow Times


If Russian State TV Suddenly Starts Playing “Swan Lake”, Look Out

- Newsweek


Choreomania: The Great Strasbourg Dance Plague Of 1518

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The Women Changing 21st Century Dance

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An Exodus From The Bolshoi Benefits Brazil

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IDEAS

How Our Memory Is Becoming More Specialized

- The Baffler


What Cancer Therapy Is Teaching Us About The Vast Complexity Of The Human Condition

- Los Angeles Review of Books


Somehow The Internet Went Wrong. We Could Fix It

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How To Make Good Ideas Successful In Teams

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Why Prosperity Doesn’t Make You Happy

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The Fracturing Of Antagonistic Criticism

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Are You Still You If You’ve Gone Through A Transformational Experience?

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Scientists Want To Know Which Problems Are Too Difficult

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What Music And Physics Have In Common

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The Clutter Versus Anti-Clutter Wars

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Texas Judge Doesn’t Think YouTube Is A Website. This Could Be A Problem

- The Verge


The Musician Making New Words In Hmong

- Sahan Journal



 

ISSUES

The Ways Disabilities Are Being Portrayed Are Changing

- The Guardian


The Morality Of Critics

- The Point


Researching The Smells Of The Ancient World With Modern High Technology

- Artnet


A New Golden Age of Satires Of Academia?

- T — The New York Times Style Magazine


Could Boris Johnson’s Government Be On The Verge Of Shutting Its Cultural Funding Agencies?

- The Art Newspaper


Dallas’ ATT Performing Arts Center Picks a New Director

- KERA


Fascinating: Who’s Rich In America And What They Do

- The New York Times


Have NFTs Busted? Not Really

- Fast Company


How Working-Class People Are Systematically Shut Out Of Arts Careers

- The Guardian


The Case For Government Investment In The Arts

- ArtsHub


Despite Years Of House Arrest, Exile, And A Horrendous War, Kirill Serebrennikov Will Keep Defending Russian Culture

- Variety


A New Generations Of Deaf Artists (And Arts)

- The Guardian


Why a Heightened Concern For Cultural Appropriation Now?

- BBC


As An Election Approaches, Australia’s Main Opposition Party Announces A More Expansive Arts Policy

- The Guardian



 

MEDIA

Public TV Fundraising Telethons Are Losing Their Effectiveness

- Current


Could a New $100 Million Movie Studio Transform Newark’s Economy?

- The New York Times


Head Of Cannes’ First Tiktok Festival Jury Quits Over Concerns About Independence

- Deadline


Virtual Reality Gets Smelly: Startups Are Trying To Bring Aroma To The Metaverse

- Fast Company


Popular Podcast “Reply All” Is Ending Next Month

- The Verge


How Toronto Movie Theatres Survived COVID

- Toronto Star


How Hollywood Movies Fed Southern California’s Addiction To Water-Guzzling Green Lawns

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)


Motion Picture Academy Makes Post-COVID Changes To Oscar Rules

- The Hollywood Reporter


As War Drags On And Censorship Grows More Strict, Russian Filmmakers Choose Between Flight And Submission

- Variety


Peter Greenaway, Cinema’s Most Playful Post-Structuralist

- Variety



 

MUSIC

For The First Time, Ethel Smyth’s “The Wreckers” Is Being Produced As She Wrote It In 1906

- The Guardian


Roots Music Star And Macarthur Genius Rhiannon Giddens Returns To Her First Art Form, Opera — As A Composer

- The New York Times


We Need A New Conversation About Music Powered By AI

- NewMusicBox


“Sisters With Transistors”: The Female Pioneers Of Electronic Music

- BBC


BIG/Bjarke Ingels Will Design Prague’s New Riverside Concert Hall Complex

- Prague Morning


San Francisco Conservatory of Music Buys The Record Label Pentatone

- San Francisco Classical Voice


When Ukrainian Music Thrived

- The New York Times


Wondering About The Orchestra Canon…

- Medium


Alex Ross: Why The South Dakota Symphony Is One Of America’s Most Interesting Orchestras

- The New Yorker


Saved: Dallas’s Classical Radio Station Will (Probably) Be Taken Over By The Region’s NPR/PBS Affiliate

- D Magazine (Dallas)


100+ UK Music Festivals Pledge To Take Tougher Stand On Sexual Violence

- The Guardian


How To Buy Music So Musicians Get The Most For It

- Wired



 

PEOPLE

Legendary New Yorker Writer Roger Angell Has Died At 101

- The New York Times


Elspeth Barker, Journalist Who Wrote “One Of The Best Least-Known Novels Of The 20th Century,” Dead At 81

- The New York Times


Greek Movie Composer Vangelis, 79

- BBC


Willa Cather’s Surprisingly Open Life With Edith Lewis

- Literary Hub


The Einstein Franchise – Rapacious And Wealthy

- The Guardian


Did Henry VIII Ever Regret Having Anne Boleyn Beheaded?

- Mental Floss


Simon Preston, Organist And Choirmaster With A Major Recording Legacy, Dead At 83

- Gramophone


Questions About The Arts Donations Of The UK’s Richest Man

- The Guardian


Disgraced LA Gallerist Ordered To Pay $14.2 Million After Cheating Artists

- The Art Newspaper


The Prolific Korean Movie Director Who Does It All

- The New Yorker



 

THEATRE

One Of India’s Bravest Playwrights Takes On Her Touchiest Subject Yet: The Man Who Murdered Gandhi

- The Guardian


This Year’s Tonys – A Cry For Normalcy

- The New York Times


Actors Who Worked On Scott Rudin Shows Are Being Released From NDAs

- Deadline


It’s Official: The Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus Is Coming Back

- The New York Times


The Missing Category The Tonys Really Should Have: Best Ensemble Cast

- The New York Times


The 389-Year-Old Oberammergau Passion Play Has Recovered From COVID

- The Guardian


Immersive Theatre — Another World But With Real-World Concerns

- CNET



 

VISUAL

Why Art Prices Are Shooting Toward The Stratosphere

- The Guardian (UK)


Workers At The Whitney Museum Protest Wages At Gala

- Hyperallergic


How Does Activist Art Fit In The Big Business Of Art Selling?

- The Art Newspaper


Looters Who Stole Idols From Hindu Temple Return Them After Being Tormented By Nightmares

- The Guardian (AFP)


Britain Agrees To Serious Negotiations With Greece About Returning The Parthenon Marbles

- ARTnews


Artist Gerhard Richter, Even At 90, Could Not Stay Retired

- Artnet


Guardian Readers Choose Their Favorite Modern Architecture

- Anonymous


How Color Repeatedly Surprises Us

- Lapham's Quarterly


The Collective That Launched Australia’s Indigenous Art Movement 50 Years Ago

- Smithsonian Magazine


Love Wordle? Well, Here’s Artle

- Hyperallergic


How Looted Cambodian Statues Ended Up At The British Museum And V&A

- BBC


Archaeologists Find 4,300-Year-old Egyptian Tomb

- ARTnews


Indianapolis Museum Newfields Gets a New Director

- Indianapolis Star


Unseen Reliefs And Engravings Uncovered In Ancient Egyptian Temple

- ARTnews


BIG/Bjarke Ingels Will Design Prague’s New Riverside Concert Hall Complex

- Prague Morning


An Art Consultant Talks About The Chaotic State Of The Art Market

- The New York Times


An LA Studio Collective That’s Something Different

- The New York Times


Ukrainian Soldiers Make Archaeological Find While Digging Defenses In Odesa

- ARTnews



 

WORDS

What It’s Like To Spend Your Life In Translation

- The New York Times


Don’t Get The Whole Fanfiction Thing? This Will Explain It All

- Quartz


Classics? How Do We Define Them?

- Counter Craft


“Egghead Paperbacks”, The Publishing Innovation That Changed America

- The American Scholar


The Atlantic To Launch A New Book Imprint

- Publishers Weekly


DeafBlind People Are Adapting ASL Into A Language Of Touch

- The New Yorker


Rescued From The Clutches Of The Sex Toy Collective, “The Believer” Magazine Will Go Home To McSweeney’s

- AP


The “Like” Problem

- The Guardian


Toronto Gets A Horror Bookstore

- Toronto Star


The Heartbreak And Necessity Of Ending A Feminist Magazine Right Now

- Slate


Guess Where You Can Get The Best Free E-Books, Music, And Movies On The Internet?

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The UN’s Global Emergency Meeting Of Writers

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