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Sunday, September 3, 2023
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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]
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Executive Director – Art Papers 

Art Papers Seeks Executive Director Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Art Papers Executive Director (ED) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Art Papers’ staff, programs, fund development, strategic planning, and execution of its mission. This is an exciting time for Art Papers programmatically and the Executive Director will have the opportunity […] [READ MORE]

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Artistic Director – Alberta Ballet 

Position Summary Reporting to the Board of Directors alongside the President and CEO, the Artistic Director will be responsible for conceiving, developing, and implementing a dynamic, creative, and exciting artistic vision, that resonates with audiences and maximizes ticket sales. Serving as the organization’s public face and spokesperson, they will be an active community presence, cultivating […] [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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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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Wyona Lynch-McWhite talks about executive search and diverse senior leadership in the arts

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DANCE

The Transition From A Dance Career To Coaching Figure Skating

- Dance Magazine


Trying Out Virtual Reality At Birmingham Royal Ballet

- The Guardian


Street Dancers All Over L.A. Are Bringing New Excitement To The Shuffle

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)


What’s The Delay With Building Philadelphia Ballet’s New Headquarters?

- MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)


Have US Ballet Companies Been Performing More Works By Women Choreographers? Yes And No.

- Dance Data Project


A Project To Connect Funders With Chicago Black Dance Companies

- The New York Times


Alexei Ratmansky Says He Doesn’t Want His Ballets Ever Staged In Russia Again

- The Guardian (UK)


The School Where Choreographers Learn To Dance With Spreadsheets

- The New York Times


IDEAS

Creativity And Brilliance Seem To Cluster In Certain Places In Certain Times. Why?

- City Journal


The Problem With Criticism: As A Culture We’re Rejecting Hierarchy?

- Artnet


Professor Engages ChatGPT As Participant In Class

- Slate


Tracking Your Screen Time So You Have A Healthier Life? Don’t! (It’s A Trap)

- Wired


The Oh-So-Complicated Power Dynamic Between Artist And Patron

- 3 Quarks Daily


Criticism As A Creative Act…

- The Point


The Need To Fail Better

- The Guardian


Every Photo We Take Is Aided By AI. So How Much Before Its More AI Than Us?

- The Guardian


What Happens When You Turn Your Own Life Into A Film

- The Guardian (UK)


Ursula Le Guin’s Greatest Legacy

- LitHub


Sure, Social Media Has Changed Music, But MySpace Did It First

- The Atlantic


How Our Brains Think They Know If Something We See Is Real

- Wired



 

ISSUES

The Problem With Non-Profit Journalism

- The Point


Major Increase In Philanthropy For Journalism

- AP


Religion At Burning Man (There’s Actually A Lot Of It)

- Religion News Service


Major New Arts Center Opens In Lower Manhattan

- New York Magazine


Could The AI Boom Quickly Bust?

- Dezeen


Teacher: Perhaps AI Will Let Us Focus On Teaching What Matters

- the Atlantic


Brandeis University Evidently Finds The Arts Expendable

- ArtsFuse


The Plan To Reinvent Lincoln Center

- The New York Times


Toronto’s Leading Provider Of Affordable Rehearsal And Studio Space Declares Bankruptcy

- CBC


In A Rush To Remodel Cairo, Egypt’s Government Is Demolishing Historic Buildings, Cultural Centers, And Green Space

- The New York Times


The Looming (And Existential) Legal Battles Over AI And Copyright

- The Walrus


Thefts At The British Museum Point Up Its Terrible Stance On Returning Artefacts

- The Guardian (UK)


Online Ratings Are Deeply Broken

- The Atlantic


Why We’re So Sad About The End Of The DVD

- The Atlantic



 

MEDIA

How Authors Are Being Influenced By Their Fan Communities

- The Guardian


Using AI Animation To Depict Real-Life Crimes

- International News Media Association


Scalpers Make Out Like Bandits At Toronto International Film Festival

- The Wrap


At Film Festivals During The Hollywood Strikes, Stars Must Walk A Tricky Tightrope

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)


Study: YouTube May Have Solved Its “Rabbit Hole” Recommendation Problem

- The Atlantic


A Cut Or Just A Rearrangement? New England Media Moves Its Flagship Radio Stations From Classical To News/Talk

- MassLive


Why Netflix Is Betting Big On Gaming

- BBC


Putin’s Government Brings Its Ukraine War Propaganda To Russian Cinemas

- AP


The Collateral Damage Of The Hollywood Strikes

- AP


YouTube Could Face Billions Of Dollars In Fines Over Ads Targeted At Children

- ArsTechnica



 

MUSIC

The Metropolitan Opera’s Focus On New Opera Is Great. But It’s Going About It Wrong

- Van


This Conductor Got His Orchestra To Play The Fiendishly Complicated “Rite Of Spring” From Memory

- The Guardian


Riccardo Muti, Unbound

- BachTrack


Study (For What It’s Worth): 84 Percent Of The General Population Would Like To Go To An Orchestra Concert

- ClassicFM


John Eliot Gardiner Withdraws From All Concerts For The Rest Of This Year

- MSN (The Telegraph)


The Myth That Has Let Conductors Like John Eliot Gardiner Get Away With Punching Musicians

- MSN (The Washington Post)


New Jersey Symphony Cuts Staff And Concert Dates

- NJ.com


End Of An Era: Frank Oteri Steps Down From NewMusicBox After 24 Years

- NewMusicUSA


Why Schoenberg Matters

- LA Review of Books


Recovering, After Five Centuries, The Music Of Europe’s First Published Black Composer

- Early Music America


Has Lincoln Center Lost Its Way?

- City Journal


Recalculating The Enviromental Impact Of Music Festivals

- Complete Music Update


One Way To Look At It: Get Rid Of Ill-Tempered, Indulged, Larger-Than-Life Conductors And Classical Music Suffers

- The Spectator


Eminem Stops Ramaswamy From Using His Music As Theme Song

- BBC


Gustavo Dudamel Reunites With The Orchestra He Grew Up Conducting

- The New York Times


What Simon Rattle’s Departure From The London Symphony Means For UK Music

- INews


How Google Is Playing Musicians In Its Deal With Big Music Labels

- The Verge


Brandeis University Says It Will Shut Down Ph.D Program In Music

- Boston Globe



 

PEOPLE

How JD Salinger Used Copyright To Shield His Privacy

- LitHub


Naomi Klein’s New Book, “Doppelganger,” Isn’t Really About Being Mistaken For Naomi Wolf

- The New York Times Magazine


Film Producer And Alleged $245 Million Fraudster Remington Chase Is Dead At 65

- Variety


Playwright Tina Howe, A Tony And Pulitzer Finalist, Is Dead At 85

- Deadline


Anna Wintour Is Raising Money To Offset Cuts To Arts Funding In London

- BBC


Claude Ruiz-Picasso, Keeper Of His Father’s Estate, Has Died At 76

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

Major Layoffs At Steppenwolf Theatre

- MSN (Chicago Tribune)


Tiananmen Musical Announces Casting While Its Star Is Touring China. He Drops Out The Next Day.

- CNN


“She’s A High Priestess Of Silence And Stillness” — Playwright Annie Baker

- The New York Times


Algorithmic Theatre: Artists Need To Consider Their Role In Using AI

- American Theatre


The Subscription Model Is Collapsing At American Theaters

- The New York Times


Toronto Theatre’s Audience Problem

- Toronto Star


Frank Rich Gathers The Oral History Of How Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical Was Created

- New York Magazine


London Police Remove Four Audience Members From “Grease” As Everyone Else Cheers

- The Guardian


This Is Not A Comedian

- CBC


Heckling Is Not Just Welcomed, But Encouraged

- The New York Times



 

VISUAL

The Real Villain In The British Museum Scandal: Politicians

- The Guardian


The Legal Battle Over A Highway Tunnel Near Stonehenge Is On Again

- Smithsonian Magazine


Authorities Seize Ancient Roman Statue From Cleveland Museum of Art

- AP


What’s At Stake: Artists Sue Over AI Training On Their Work

- AP


Can Visual Design Defeat NIMBY? (On The Aesthetics Of Wind Farms)

- Curbed


Climate-Protesting Art Vandal Strikes Canada’s National Gallery

- Artnet


The Portraits That Define Presidents

- The New York Times


Chinese Media Calls On British Museum To Return All Chinese Artifacts

- BBC


Did They Just Catch The People Who Stole The Solid Gold Toilet Sculpture?

- Artnet


Why We Particularly Need Bad Reviews

- Artnet


The Architects Returning To Wood, Stone, And Brick

- Slate


Some Of The Objects Stolen From The British Museum May Never Be Located. Here’s Why.

- The Guardian


Suddenly, There Are Big Questions Around Hilma af Klint, From Control Of IP Rights To Whether She Did All Those Paintings

- The New York Times


Claims Mount Against Art Advisor Lisa Schiff

- Artnet


Britain’s Arts Venues Are Selling Out

- The Guardian (UK)


Artist Spent Years Hand-Painting A Video Game Set Inside Monet’s Eyes

- Washington Post


The British Museum’s Reputation May Never Recover

- The Observer (UK)


What We Know About The British Museum’s Missing Items, So Far

- BBC



 

WORDS

Federal Judge Puts Hold On Texas Book Rating/Ban Law

- Publishers Weekly


Fight Over “Woke” Coverage Is Tearing Apart Atlanta Magazine

- Washington Post


Star YA Author John Green Never Wanted To Get Caught Up In The Library Culture Wars, But …

- The New York Times


Bookstores’ Author Events Are Changing In The Post-Pandemic Era

- Publishers Weekly


How Goodreads Went Wrong

- The Walrus


“Collaborative Metamorphosis”: An Author And A Translator Talk About How They Work Together

- Slate


Britain’s Obscenity Law Vs. Nabokov’s “Lolita”

- Literary Hub


Time For Another Full-On Attack On Book Blurbs

- The Atlantic


An Iowa School District Banned “Friday Night Lights” Because ChatGPT Flagged It

- MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)


Will AI Disrupt Wikipedia?

- Slate


Alice Winn’s In Memoriam Wins A Debut Fiction Prize

- The Guardian (UK)


What US Literature Has To Say About Forgiveness

- The New York Times


When Millions Of People Know About Your Childhood Obsession With Blueberries

- The New York Times


Zadie Smith Returns To London, In Fiction And Reality

- The Guardian (UK)



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