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This Week's Newsletter
Sunday, August 20, 2023

Good Morning:

This summer has been something of an inflection point for culture. Hollywood strikes, regional theatres in crisis, faltering of the streaming and podcasting models… On ArtsJournal you read the drip drip drip of stories that are defining these trends. In the coming weeks, we’ll be introducing some features to connect the dots. In the meantime, to keep up with what’s happening in real time, follow us at @ArtsJournalNews. On my own feed @AJDoug, I comment on those trends in a little more detail.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

Douglas McLennan, Editor




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Director, Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens


 Bayou Bend, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s house museum for American decorative arts, seeks a highly motivated Director to grow its audience and patronage. Located in the historic River Oaks neighborhood just minutes from the MFAH’s main campus, this 14-acre oasis is the former home of Houstonian Ima Hogg (1882-1975), a prominent civic leader, […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Director of Advancement – Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park


 The Director of Advancement reports directly to the Producing Artistic Director and is a member of the senior staff team. In concert with the Producing Artistic Director, and in alignment with Playhouse initiatives, the Director of Advancement creates, develops, and implements a comprehensive annual institutional advancement plan that successfully achieves the organization’s contributed income goals. […] [READ MORE]
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Audience Development and Community Outreach Director – Richardson Symphony Orchestra 

Position Summary The Audience Development and Community Outreach Director (Director)’s goal is to increase attendance for the Richardson Symphony Orchestra’s concerts. The Director oversees subscription campaigns as well as the solicitation and analysis of patron data. The Director develops and executes strategies, programs, and events designed to deepen relationships with the greater community to ultimately […] [READ MORE]

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National Portrait Gallery Director of Advancement 

Founded in 1962 by the United States Congress with the mission to acquire and display portraits of people who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the United States of America, the Smithsonian Institution’s https://npg.si.edu/ (NPG) has evolved into an extraordinary institution whose vision is to represent the breadth of American achievement and […] [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – The Knights 

POSITION SUMMARY The Executive Director of The Knights is a strategic, entrepreneurial leader who works in tandem with The Knights’ Artistic Directors and Board of Trustees to provide leadership and drive revenue growth, managing the artistic, human, and financial resources of an ambitious and creative orchestral collective at home in New York City and on […] [READ MORE]

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Long Wharf Theatre seeks Director of Marketing and Communications 

Position Summary The Director of Marketing and Communications, in partnership with the Artistic Director and Managing Director, will create the most compelling narrative to tell the exciting new story of Long Wharf Theatre. This person will use innovative tools and initiatives to communicate the message that LWT makes exciting art and tells impactful stories that […] [READ MORE]

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Vice President of Development- Museum of Latin American Art 

Position Summary The Vice President of Development (VP) will join a passionate and energized team dedicated to the advancement of MOLAA’s mission. Reporting to the President & CEO and in partnership with the Chief Officer of Government and External Affairs, the VP will collaborate with and support the board of directors in building engagement that […] [READ MORE]

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Executive Director (Los Angeles Children’s Chorus) 

LACC is seeking a collaborative, passionate leader to advance this award-winning institution in partnership with its dynamic Artistic Director. WHO ARE WE? Recognized as one of the world’s preeminent youth choruses, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) is dedicated to empowering and changing lives through the collaborative experience of choral music performance. Its programs ignite a […] [READ MORE]

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Arts Commons – Vice President, Programming 

Arts Commons is seeking a creative, motivated, and energetic individual to serve as its next Vice President, Programming. The Vice President, Programming will join Arts Commons at a time of unprecedented growth and excitement for the organization, as they prepare to break ground on the Arts Commons Transformation (ACT) project, the single largest cultural infrastructure […] [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

A Double-Amputee Soldier Has Become A Star Of The Ukrainian Ballet

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Ailey’s Most Iconic Work: Why “Revelations” Is So Extraordinary

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Younger People In England Are Making Morris Dancing, Well, Actually Kind of Cool

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A Daughter of Korean Immigrants To America Could Win Olympic Gold In Breakdancing

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IDEAS

What Defines Gen-Xers? Music? Movies? Books? What?

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Blowing Up Cultural Icons – Why Is Our Pop Culture So Obsessed With This Right Now?

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Study On Creativity: A Creative Dance Between Our Brain Networks

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Just How Well Does AI Score In Creativity Tests?

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Defining How/What Creativity Is In The Brain (Kinda Hard and Maybe Not What You Think)

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The Meaning Of America (As In – Why Have We Been Getting So Much Meaner?)

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Neuroscientists Reconstruct Pink Floyd Song From Brain Scan Of Listener

- The Wall Street Journal


Canceling Shakespeare Is Definitely Not The Way, Or Is It?

- The New York Times


The United States Still Has A Deep Cultural Love Affair With Europe

- The New York Times


The Dracula On A Boat Movie Is Tanking, But The Memes Are Hypnotically Strong

- Vulture


What Are The Rules For Calling A Piece Of Art Overrated, Anyway?

- Irish Times


The Strikes Are Terrible, But Not Having New Content Brings A Sigh Of Relief

- The New York Times



 

ISSUES

World’s Top Chess Federation Makes Peculiar Ruling About Participation Of Transgender Players

- Fast Company


An Austin Theater Company Joins A Freedom-Of-Expression Lawsuit Against Texas’s New Anti-Drag Law

- KXAN (Austin)


In Popular Culture, An Explosion Of Out-And-Proud White Gay Male Villainy (And That’s A Good Thing)

- T — The New York Times Style Magazine


It’s Time To Stop Blaming The Pandemic For People’s Bad Behavior

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)


Goodbye Toxic Online Comments? OpenAI Building AI-Driven Content Moderation System

- Engadget


Jan Morris Was Right: We Should Just Let Venice Sink

- Wired


Study: Products Launches During A Recession Do Better

- Harvard Business Review


Amazon Says It Will Use AI To Help Review Products

- TechCrunch


An Existential Ethics Review At America’s Leading Medical Museum

- The Observer (UK)


We’re Addicted To Writing Online

- The Guardian (UK)


Are LGBTQIA Films Getting Unfairly Slapped With R And NC-17 Ratings?

- CBC


Microfossils Like Shark Teeth Are Changing Our Climate Change Planning

- The Atlantic


West Virginia’s Flagship Campus Plans To Cut All Languages, And All Language Faculty

- Inside Higher Ed



 

MEDIA

Netflix Offers DVD Subscribers Ten Extra Discs As Service Ends

- NPR


The Leonard Bernstein Biopic’s Nose Controversy

- CBC


“TikTok In A Parallel Dimension”: Europe Is About To Let Users Turn Off The App’s Personalization Algorithm

- MSN (The Atlantic)


Closed Landmark LA Theatre Unsettles Hollywood

- The New York Times


Why The Dialogue On Streaming TV Is So Hard To Understand

- The New York Times


Why Streaming Subscriptions Are Getting So Expensive

- The Verge


Traditional TV Is Dying At An Accelerating Rate

- The Verge


Inside LA’s Lavish TikTok Content Clubhouses (Totally Fun Read)

- Harper's


Are Hollywood’s Writers And Actors Right To Be Freaking Out Over Generative AI?

- Variety


The TikTokers Getting Millions Of Reviews For Their Movie Reviews

- The New York Times



 

MUSIC

Tod Machover On How AI Will Change Music

- Chamber Music America


We Live In A Visual World: So More Classical Concerts Are Going Multimedia

- MSN (San Diego Union-Tribune)


Composer György Kurtág At 97

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The Concert Archive Treasures Of Pasadena’s Ambassador Auditorium, Hidden In Plain Sight

- San Francisco Classical Voice


Beautiful, Complex, Even Dangerous — The Recorder, Perhaps The Most Underrated Instrument

- The Guardian


Opera News Magazine To Cease Publication As Metropolitan Opera Guild Shuts Down

- AP


Opera Philadelphia Cuts Budget And Staff, And Its Director Will Step Down

- The Philadelphia Inquirer


Music Labels Sue Internet Archive Over Giving Access To Historic Recordings

- Reuters


What’s Ailing University Music Programs: Study Of The Art Form

- Times Higher Education Supplement


Nigel Kennedy: Today’s Musicians Are “Clones”

- The Guardian


A Musician Describes Years Of Playing Through Pain

- NewMusicUSA



 

PEOPLE

Ron Cephas Jones, Emmy Winner For This Is Us, Has Died At 66

- Variety


The French General Overseeing Notre Dame’s Reconstruction Has Died At 74

- Associated Press


Lorne Michaels, Cultural Phenomenon

- LongReads


Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” Is Still A Hit After 20 Years, But She Herself Is Done With Comics

- Publishers Weekly


Designer And Architect Thierry Despont Is Dead At 75

- Architectural Record


Soprano Renata Scotto, 89

- MSN (The Washington Post)


The Harder They Fall: New Tucker Carlson Bio Sells Only 3000 Copies

- The Guardian


So, Who’d Have The Perfect Voice For Reading Poetry Written By An A.I. Robot? Werner Herzog, of Course

- The New York Times


Italians Gather En Masse To Mourn Feminist, Outspoken Novelist Michela Murgia

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

There Goes Another: Public Theater Of San Antonio “Pauses” Its 2023-24 Season

- San Antonio Report


Theater In Chicago Is Facing A Lot Of Problems. Here’s One Of The Least Talked About.

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How August Wilson Changed Theatre

- The Atlantic


40-Year-Old Portland Oregon Theatre Shuts Down, Blames “National Crisis” In Theatre

- Oregon Public Broadcasting


Bread And Puppet Theater’s Founder Is 89. What Happens When He Finally Passes Away?

- The New York Times


Edinburgh Fringe: On The Road To Terminal Decline?

- The Stage


Has The Edinburgh Fringe Regained Its Magic? Or Is It An Atrocity of Chaos?

- The Guardian


Stand-Up Comedians Vs. A.I.: Can The Bots Win?

- The New York Times


Directors Of Theatres All Over Britain Are Resigning Because The Job Is So Miserable These Days

- The Observer (UK)


The Fantasticks, Weirdly, Had A Four-Decade And Massively Quiet Journey From Stage To Screen

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VISUAL

Try It Out: The National Mall Is Filled With Monuments. Now Six New Temporary Ones

- The New York Times


Israel Wants To Lend An 1,800-Year-Old Mosaic Floor To The Museum Of The Bible. Archaeologists Are Alarmed.

- AP


Louisville’s Speed Art Museum Is Getting A New Three-Acre Sculpture Garden

- The Architects' Newspaper


Unionization Of Museum Workers Spreads – Chicago Art Institue Employees Approve Contract

- ArtForum


Here’s The Longtime Curator Said To Have Stolen And Sold British Museum Treasures

- The Art Newspaper


Cambodia, Laos, And Vietnam Say Denver Art Museum Still Has Works Looted From Their Historic Sites

- The Denver Post


Another Museum Joins The $30 Admission Fee Club: SF-MOMA

- ARTnews


Why A Major Hollywood Talent Agency Is Busy Signing Digital Artists

- Artnet


British Museum Fires Employee After Discovering Missing And Damaged Treasures

- BBC


Milan’s Landmark Futurist Sports Stadium Has Been Saved From The Wrecking Ball

- Dezeen


Orlando Museum Of Art Sues Its Former Director Over Fake Basquiat Scandal

- Orlando Sentinel


National Gallery In London Extends Its First Pay-What-You-Wish Program

- FAD Magazine


How A Big Investment Bank (Morgan Stanley) Breaks Down The Art Market

- Artnet


The UK Is In A Cost Of Living Crisis, And The National Gallery Wants To Ease It

- The Guardian (UK)


Rethinking, And Reordering, The Idea Of ‘American’ Ceramics

- The New York Times


Ignore Keith And Mick, For England Has Some Actually Decent Public Sculpture

- The Observer (UK)


The Man Who Helped Invent Surrealism

- The Guardian (UK)



 

WORDS

Too Much: The “-Ification” Of Everything

- The New Yorker


The Long Quest To Decipher The Rapa Nui Glyphs Of Easter Island

- History Today


Belarus Labels Two 19th-Century Poems By One Of The Nation’s Great Authors As “Extremist Material”

- BBC


Can Graphic Novels Really Teach College-Level Math And Physics?

- The Conversation


70 Years After It Was Discovered, An Ancient Near Eastern Script Is Being Deciphered

- Artnet


Small Washington Town’s Library Under Siege By Book-Banners

- Seattle Times


Iowa School District Used ChatGPT To Decide Which Books To Ban

- Iowa Gazette


Parisian Booksellers Explain How They Are Preparing For The 2024 Olympics

- The Paris Review


London Evening Standard Is Hemorrhaging Money And Would Shut Down Without Its Deep-Pocketed Owner, Say Auditors

- The Guardian


Has The Culture Of Possessing Art Subverted The Power Of Art?

- ArtReview


How Ancient Rome Used Libraries To Project Power

- Psyche


The Pandemic Changed Many Things, Including What It Means To ‘Own’ A Book

- The New York Times


Shakespeare Is Far Too Sexy For Florida

- NPR


After Bad Publicity, Amazon Removes Books ‘Generated By AI’ Under Author’s Name

- The Guardian (UK)



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