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Banksy’s Art Spree Included A Miniature Stable Left At A Model Village

The owner "said he was in a state of shock after the famed artist confirmed the model stable was one of 10 artworks left in Norfolk and Suffolk during his so-called Great British Spraycation." Now, how to keep it safe? - BBC

Artists Recreate New Regalia From The Designs Of The Past

As four Mi'kmaw artists painstakingly sew and bead an outfit that replicates 180-year-old regalia, they wish they knew more about the woman who made the original." - CBC

Salzburg Reckons With Its Past

Jewish artists brought the annual festival to life, before the Nazis swept them away. But even before the Nazis came to power in Austria, "There was much hostility against the ‘theater Jews’ from Vienna." - The New York Times

Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre To Require Proof Of Vaccination

A (very) recent negative test will also do. But it's not just audiences: "Additionally, all artists, staff, ushers and volunteers will be required to be vaccinated." - Washington Post

Janice Mirikitani, Poet Laureate Of San Francisco And Fighter For Justice, 80

Mirikitani was interned with her family during WWII, and later called poetry the language of liberation. She was the founding president of a social service organization and, according to San Francisco Mayor London Breed, "one of our city's true lights." - The New York Times

The Museum That Tries To Explore, And Value, Joy

And Black joy in particular. The museum's founder, poet and photographer Andrea Walls, "sees the Museum of Black Joy as a inheritor of the Black Arts Movement." - NPR

The Loneliness Of The Full-Time Writer

It's a luxury writers with other full-time jobs long for - but the lucky often discover the luxury of being a full-time writer is a poisoned chalice. - LitHub

Beloved Singer Songwriter Nanci Griffith Dies At 68

The leader of the Blue Moon Orchestra and a generous promoter of others' work as well as her own, Griffith's "best-loved songs were closely observed tales of small-town life, sometimes with painful details in the lyrics, but typically sung with a deceptive prettiness." - The New York Times

Museums In The US Start To Reassess Their African Collections

European museums have been reevaluating for a while (and not just since Black Panther), but now "the question for U.S. institutions, which aren’t directly tainted by colonialism in Africa, is to what extent they should investigate their own collections." - Christian Science Monitor

The Only Way The Mouse Could Win A Streaming War

Disney needs a good streaming app - and fast. But it's probably not ready. - FastCompany

The Concert Business Goes Through Whiplash As Delta Variant Spreads

"Concert promoters, like other arts executives, are hoping that velvet ropes of vaccination requirements around cultural events can serve as an incentive for fans to get the shot." - The New York Times

Blockbuster Series Have Become Incredibly Complicated, But Why?

There's "an endless succession of sequels, prequels, reboots, spin-offs and connected crossovers. This is all great news for diehard fans, but civilian punters now face either an online refresher course or utter confusion every time they enter the multiplex." - The Guardian (UK)

The Arts Are Now Allowed – And Encouraged – To Help Drive Vaccinations

The CDC has released official guidelines, and some nonprofits are offering money, to get artists to create vaccination messages that bypass the traditional messages, and maybe have an even stronger impact. - Hyperallergic

Gallery Selling Hunter Biden’s Art Says It Will Follow Ethics Guidelines

Might those wishing to curry favor with the Biden White House buy the paintings? The administration has set guidelines, and prices and buyers are supposed to remain secret - in theory. - The New York Times

The Problem With Today’s Book Reviews

The main problem is that the contemporary American book review is first and foremost an audition — for another job, another opportunity, another day in the content mine... - N+1

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