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The Daily Digest of Arts, Culture & Ideas featuring links to stories culled from around the internet, including blogs and more than 200 English-language newspapers, magazines, and publications featuring writing about arts and culture.
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The 250-pound bronze statue was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors to express its support for gender diversity in the corporate world. State Street sued the artist, Kristen Visbal, in 2019, alleging that she had committed breach of contract and trademark infringement by selling replicas of the sculpture. – The New York Times ..read more
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Throughout his time in Seattle, John Langs has become known as a champion of new work, an advocate for local artists, and a director who values long, collaborative working relationships. – Seattle Times ..read more
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“Our editorial model is to publish not nearly as many stories as many of our peers but to every now and then, as best as we can, publish stories that lots and lots of people talk about.” – Press-Gazette ..read more
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The technique uses a wave-like visualization of model dancers, enabling learners to anticipate and execute dance moves without prior rehearsal. – Neuroscience News ..read more
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“That commingling has Atlanta’s stalwart skaters concerned about keeping their distinctly energetic and percussive style alive. They say Atlanta’s newer skaters, who have wide access to regional variants, increasingly practice a hybridized type of skating that’s not rooted in any one tradition.” – The New York Times ..read more
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“I arrived in New York at a time when the most beautiful paintings being shown in the city were on wheels,” Haring wrote. This was 1978. His infatuation with the graffiti enveloping the city’s trains and buildings was hardly anomalous. – BookForum ..read more
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Max Brod, the friend who disregarded Kafka’s dying request to burn all of his writings, heavily bowdlerized the author’s personal journals before he published them. A new, complete edition “reveals Kafka warts and all – as a sexual, troubled, sometimes self-loathing, literary experimenter and a man knowingly compromised.” – The Guardian ..read more
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Opera, too, is no stranger to intersections of camp and politics, and some of Eurovision’s campest entries have been sung by opera singers. – Van ..read more
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“Don’t worry, this sudden cardiac arrest is not in vein. The Giant Heart will reopen in November as the centerpiece of a new, permanent exhibit about the human body, … one of six (such) exhibits that are planned to replace 12 existing ones.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN ..read more
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The challenge universities are confronting is not just the law but also their own rhetoric. Many universities at the center of the ongoing police crackdowns have long sought to portray themselves as bastions of activism and free thought. – The Atlantic ..read more