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Odesa mulls ban on Russian in public arts amid linguistic divide
world1 month ago

Odesa mulls ban on Russian in public arts amid linguistic divide

Odesa city officials are weighing a plan to ban Russian-language content from public arts and spaces, extending Ukrainian-language rules to music, literature and public signage while urging but not forcing private venues to comply; if passed, Russian-language books would be removed from public libraries and Russian performances could be curtailed in public venues. The proposal has ignited a fierce debate in a city with a Russian-speaking majority, highlighting tensions between Ukrainian identity, language rights and Russia’s influence amid the war.

via BBC|
#arts-culture#language-policy#odesa
Riding the Pacific: Kusama’s early works that predate Infinity Nets
arts-culture1 month ago

Riding the Pacific: Kusama’s early works that predate Infinity Nets

Long before Kusama’s Infinity Nets and Infinity Rooms, she traveled from Japan to the United States in 1957 and painted “The Pacific Ocean,” a work that mirrors anxiety, awe, and a sense of possibility as she faced an uncertain future. The painting and related Pacific-titled works reveal a source of inspiration beyond the artist’s well-known struggles with mental health, showing how the vast ocean and her cross-cultural journey helped shape her shift from Japan to New York. This origin story adds nuance to Kusama’s legacy, illustrating that her art emerged from a complex mix of ambition, environment, and personal upheaval rather than being explained by psychiatric illness alone.

via The Conversation|
#art-history#arts-culture#infinity-nets
Circe Unleashed: Nolan’s Witch Rewrites The Odyssey’s Moral Map
arts-culture2 months ago

Circe Unleashed: Nolan’s Witch Rewrites The Odyssey’s Moral Map

Nolan’s Odyssey recasts Circe as a dirt-smudged, vindictive witch who condemns Odysseus and his crew’s violence, turning Homer’s hospitable goddess into a feminist counterpoint and aligning the film with modern retellings that reclaim Circe as a survivor who highlights patriarchal aggression and the Bronze Age world’s moral rot.

via The Conversation|
#arts-culture#christopher-nolan#circe
Culture as cardio: arts engagement linked to slower biological aging
health4 months ago

Culture as cardio: arts engagement linked to slower biological aging

A University College London study of more than 3,500 people used seven aging clocks to measure biological age and found that frequency and variety of arts and cultural activities—such as gallery visits and other cultural engagement—are linked to slower aging, with effects comparable to physical activity; strongest in those 40 and older. While the study shows association, not causation, researchers say integrating the arts into public health could improve health outcomes alongside exercise.

via CNN|
#aging#aging-clocks#arts-culture
Patti LuPone Urges Rise Up to Shield Kennedy Center From Trump's Renovation Plans
politics8 months ago

Patti LuPone Urges Rise Up to Shield Kennedy Center From Trump's Renovation Plans

Patti LuPone used a Carnegie Hall performance to urge Americans to unite against President Trump’s plan to renovate and rename the Kennedy Center, insisting that art is the soul of the nation and that the center must stay standing; the controversy stems from Trump’s decision to close the Kennedy Center for two years for renovations amid backlash from artists canceling shows in protest.

via Rolling Stone|
#arts-culture#kennedy-center#patti-lupone