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Fifteen unhinged things said to independent artists, and what they reveal
A listicle of crude remarks from the music business reads, at a distance, like a field guide to how gatekeeping works in any creative field.
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Ten million dollars in music royalties is missing, and the people owed it are the artists
A claim about uncollected music payments says something larger about how artists of every kind get paid — and how rarely the money finds its way back.
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Four years after the ArtCraft exodus, a happy ending worth reading skeptically
Cleveland's displaced artists say their new building is better. The fuller picture is more mixed, and more instructive for any city watching studio stock vanish.
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Exhibitions definition: What actually counts as an exhibition? A plain-language explainer
Shows, retrospectives, surveys and permanent collections are not the same thing. Here is how the terms work, in everyday language.
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Hiawatha Music Co-op revives its Master Artists Series in Marquette
A Michigan co-op brought back a teaching-and-performance format with one show and two workshops — a modest restart, and a telling one.
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Artists in the studio — Inside the studio: what artists' workspaces reveal
Clutter, light and habit leave fingerprints on finished work. A look at what a studio tells a visitor that a gallery wall never will.
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Events in boston this weekend: Free things to do in Boston this weekend, every weekend
A repeatable weekend template — galleries, open studios, library programming and public art — that refreshes weekly without going stale.
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Hingham arts walk turns a town into a gallery: what open-studio events teach visitors
More than 130 local artists fill downtown Hingham this Sunday — a case study in how small-town art walks work, and how to get the most from one.
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Art fairs vs galleries — Art fairs vs. museums: where should a new collector start?
The fair floor, the gallery back room and the museum shop each teach a new collector something different — and the order matters more than the destination.
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What an Opening Reception Is Actually For, and When to Skip It
An opening reception is a preview of an art exhibition before the formal opening, with roots in the old varnishing days of the academies. Here is what it is actually for, who it serves, and when you are better off skipping it and visiting later.