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The Arts in America — Is the Pandemic a Perfect Storm? 

At a moment when culture could vitally contribute to national pride and resilience, the arts are newly challenged financially. The reverberations, internationally, disclose a sudden, naked disparity in the role of long-inherited culture as a component of the national experience in the US compared to attitudes abroad. – Joseph Horowitz



Garrulous Gary Garrels: The Thought-Police Nab Another Unguarded Curator 

I’m again risking the wrath of the thought-police by coming to the defense of another consummate museum curator who has had the misfortune of wandering into the cancel-culture crosshairs. – Lee Rosenbaum




 
TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 07/15/2020

DANCE
Was Washington Ballet’s Virtual Fundraising Gala A Bad Idea After All? 
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IDEAS
Why The US Constitution Doesn’t Work Without Local News
     - Email/share this  - The Atlantic 


ISSUES
Maybe The People Who Signed The Harper’s Letter Have Forgotten About The Real Danger To Free Speech
     - Email/share this  - Slate 

It’s Too Late For Good-Faith Debate Online Anyway
     - Email/share this  - Slate 

Venice Completes First Test Of €6 Billion Flood-Blocking System
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian 


MEDIA
Those Viral Videos Of People Melting Down Because They Have To Wear Masks? They’re Performances — Bad Ones
     - Email/share this  - Slate 

Podcast Growth Cut In Half By Virus Shutdowns
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 


MUSIC
How Music Lessons Have Adapted Online
     - Email/share this  - Movers and Makers 

How Classical Crossover Ran Amok And Ran Aground
     - Email/share this  - WQXR (New York City) 


PEOPLE
Jane Walentas, Philanthropist Who Helped Transform Brooklyn’s DUMBO Neighborhood, Dead At 76
     - Email/share this  - Brooklyn Paper 


THEATRE
Some Ideas To Reconfigure Theatres In The COVID Age
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian 

The Problem With The “Right” Kind Of Theatre Fans
     - Email/share this  - Onstageblog 

Edinburgh Fringe Announces Plans For Virtual 2020 Festival
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VISUAL
Man Convicted Of Trying To Steal Magna Carta From Salisbury Cathedral
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian 

How I Learned To Be An Art Critic
     - Email/share this  - Hyperallergic 

Architecture’s Existential Crisis
     - Email/share this  - Washington Post 

Why COVID Demands Our Best Design Thinking
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Montreal Museum Fires Chief Curator
     - Email/share this  - Global News 

Remains Of Aztec Palace Discovered Near Mexico City’s Main Square
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Citing ‘Toxic’ Workplace, Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts Fires Director
     - Email/share this  - Canadian Art 


WORDS
 The Virus In Canadian Publishing
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 Did #PublishingPaidMe Uncover A Real Problem Of Underpaying Black Authors?
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 Colson Whitehead Wins Library Of Congress Prize For American Fiction
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