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Arts News Roundup: March 16, 2011

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From SFGate:
Aurora Theatre Company Announces Its 20th Season
Highlights include: former San Francisco Ballet principal Muriel Maffre in a leading role, and playwright Mark Jackson explores the life of San Francisco’s “The Salome Dancer.” (Also, watch a video on Jackson on Spark.)

From the BBC News:
China Overtakes UK in Art Market League
According to The European Fine Art Foundation, the US continues to dominate the art market, followed by China and the UK.

From the BBC News:
Clint Eastwood Film Hereafter Is Pulled from Japan
Warner Bros pulls Hereafter out of Japanese cinemas after last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.

From the BBC News:
Pet Shop Boys Find Their Ballet Beat
Oddly, Sir Paul McCartney and the electro-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys turn to composing music for ballets.

From SFGate:
ODC/Dance Celebrates 40th with Dance, Music
In addition to 40 years, ODC is celebrating the National Endowment for the Arts’ appointing of Brenda Way’s “Investigating Grace” to American Masterpiece status. (Also, watch videos on ODC on Spark.)

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From SFGate:
Bay Area’s Irish Get to Tell Their Stories
Celebrate more than Saint Paddy this month with The Crossroads Irish-American Festival, San Francisco Irish Oral History Archive Project, and the Irish California exhibit at California Historical Society.

From The Guardian:
Robert Redford to Bring Sundance Festival to London
The actor is planning a small-scale version of the famous film festival in London at the O2 in April 2012.

From The Guardian:
Whose Painting Is It Anyway? Collector Sues the Gagosian
Oh another scandal in the art world…

From NPR Music:
Jazz Drummer Joe Morello, Of ‘Take Five’ Fame, Dies At 82
The drummer from the Dave Brubeck Quartet also played with pianist and NPR host Marian McPartland.

From The New York Times:
Hugh Martin, 96, Songwriter of Judy Garland Standards
The composer, lyricist, arranger and pianist Martin died on Friday at his home in Encinitas, California.

From The New York Times:
Leo Steinberg, Art Historian, Dies at 90
Steinberg wrote the controversial book, The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion.

From The New York Times:
Publisher Limits Shelf Life for Library E-Books
The brave new world of e-books is being defined.

From The New York Times:
Dallas Museum Is Sued
25 years later, a donor’s son sues the Dallas Museum of Art over a collection of paintings by Van Gogh, Renoir, and Pissarro.

From The New York Times:
Smithsonian’s Controversial Show May Come to Brooklyn Museum and Tacoma Art Museum
The controversial National Portrait Gallery exhibition Hide/Seek may travel with the Wojnarowicz video.

From Yahoo News via The Associated Press:
Bob Dylan to perform in Vietnam for the first time
General admission tickets are priced slightly higher than Vietnam’s monthly minimum wage. Talk about a bargain…

Miscellaneous News You Can Use

The National Book Critics Circle winners 2011 were announced. Read the announcement at bookcritics.org. (Also, listen to Jennifer Egan read on The Writers’ Block and her interview on Forum.)

And if you didn’t make it to Texas for the South by Southwest Music Festival, check out our San Francisco at South by Southwest: The Mixtapes episode of The Bay Bridged.

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