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• ‘Game of Thrones’ and HBO Dominate 2019 Emmy Nominations

  16-07-2019 21:54 via nytimes.com
  Phoebe Waller-Bridge also has a big day, while snubs included Chuck Lorre and Julia Roberts.
  
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• Israeli Artist Shuts Biennale Show, Urging Cease-Fire and Hostage Release

  16-04-2024 18:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Ruth Patir, Israel’s representative at the Venice Biennale, says she won’t open her show in the national pavilion until “a cease-fire and hostage release agreement is reached.”
  
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• La Scala Opera Taps Fortunato Ortombina to Succeed Dominique Meyer

  16-04-2024 17:35 via nytimes.com
  
  Fortunato Ortombina, the general director of Teatro La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, will succeed Dominique Meyer, a respected French impresario.
  
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• FKA twigs Dances Martha Graham: ‘This Is Art in Its Truest Form’

  16-04-2024 17:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Once a young bunhead, the acclaimed musical artist is taking the stage with the Martha Graham Dance Company. For her, it’s holy grail territory.
  
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• Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Avoided a Collision on the Charts. (Again.)

  16-04-2024 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Pop’s two reigning queens are often cast as rivals, but they have continually supported each other — and spaced out their album releases.
  
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• When African Countries Debut at the Venice Biennale, the Biggest Challenge Can Be Coming Back

  16-04-2024 15:56 via artnews.com
  
  In 2022, shortly after France returned to Benin a group of bronzes that had looted in the 19th century, the country’s current political administration put the objects on view in Benin’s presidential palace, where they drew large crowds.  It was a high-profile event, one that got Patrice Talon, the president of Benin, to consider how another exhibition could put the country’s past and present on display to a bigger audience. The idea of staging the country’s first-eve
  
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• Israeli Artist Shuts Venice Biennale Exhibit and Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire

  16-04-2024 15:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Ruth Patir, Israel’s representative at the event, says she won’t open her show in the national pavilion until Israel and Hamas reach “a cease-fire and hostage release agreement.”
  
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• The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ Film Will Stream After 54 Years on Disney+

  16-04-2024 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s unloved — or misinterpreted? — 1970 documentary, the source for Peter Jackson’s “Get Back,” will stream on Disney+.
  
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• Fire at Copenhagen’s Art-filled Stock Exchange, Israeli Artist Shuts National Pavilion, Controversial ‘Vessel’ Reopens, and More: Morning Links for April 16, 2024

  16-04-2024 14:53 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESISRAELI PAVILION SHUT. The Israeli artist and curators chosen to represent their country at the Venice Biennale have refused to open their national pavilion exhibit, titled “(M)otherland”, until there is “a ceasefire and hostage release agreement.” In the early hours of a press opening today, the doors remained shut to the exhibit i
  
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• Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools

  16-04-2024 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one.
  
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• ‘Man’s Castle’: Free Love, Hard Times

  16-04-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Restored to its original length and screening at the Museum of Modern Art, this 1933 movie starring Spencer Tracy feels at once surprisingly frank and disquietingly coy.
  
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• How They Pulled Off the Ending to ‘Civil War’

  16-04-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The action thriller from Alex Garland concludes with an explosive sequence in the nation’s capital. A behind-the-scenes look at how it was done.
  
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• An Upper West Side Home With Wallpaper Murals and Terrazzo Everywhere

  16-04-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  “We were pushing it,” the architect said of the design, which includes a hidden playroom and a soaking tub where you wouldn’t expect it.
  
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• A Pathbreaking Singer Arrives at the Met, With Pearls and Tattoos

  16-04-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Dav­óne Tines, who stars in the oratorio “El Niño,” is challenging traditions in classical music and using art to confront social problems.
  
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• ‘Shogun’ Episode 9 Recap: an Army of One

  16-04-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Lady Mariko is bound to her orders, which force the hand of Lord Ishido of Lady Ochiba.
  
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• Israel’s National Pavilion Won’t Open Until a Ceasefire Is Reached, Artist Says

  16-04-2024 09:38 via artnews.com
  
  Artist Ruth Patir, who was selected to represent Israel last September, said she will not open her exhibition for the country’s national pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale until “a cease-fire and hostage release agreement” is reached between Israel and Hamas, the New York Times reports. The Biennale officially begins press previews this morning, with the festival’s public opening launching on April 20.“I hate it, but I think it’s important,” Patir told
  
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• At the Venice Biennale, Ukrainian Artists Examine the Many Realities of Russia’s War

  16-04-2024 09:00 via artnews.com
  
  In the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilians seemingly mobilized overnight. Weaving camouflage nets to shield Ukrainian defenders became one of the urgent tasks. In church basements and museums, these volunteers twisted together strips of dark fabric and rags.This action may seem like a smooth metaphor for a country coming together. But it disguised how complex this unity was, disuniform like the nets themselves—and how it has become even more so as the war stret
  
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• Israeli Artist Shuts Venice Biennale Exhibit, Calls for Cease-Fire in Gaza

  16-04-2024 08:50 via nytimes.com
  
  Ruth Patir, Israel’s representative at the event, says she won’t open her show in the national pavilion until Israel and Hamas reach “a cease-fire and hostage release agreement.”
  
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• Late Night Savors Day One of the Trump Trial

  16-04-2024 08:30 via nytimes.com
  
  After the ex-president seemed to fall asleep in court, Jimmy Kimmel said it was “nice to see even Donald Trump is exhausted by Donald Trump.”
  
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• Did the US Rig a Golden Lion Win? A New Documentary Revisits a Venice Biennale Scandal

  16-04-2024 08:00 via artnews.com
  
  Every generation seems to get the scandalous, headline-grabbing art exhibition it deserves. The most recent one is Documenta 15 in 2022, which was so controversial that there may never be a future edition of the show in Kassel, Germany. There is also, of course, the 1993 Whitney Biennial, which introduced so-called identity politics into the mainstream discourse of art. Going back even further, there was the 1913 Armory Show in New York, the First Impressionist Exhibition in 1874, and the 1865 P
  
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• Maurice El Medioni, Jewish Algerian Pianist, Dies at 95

  16-04-2024 00:46 via nytimes.com
  
  He fused the music of his Sephardic roots with Arab traditions, incorporating boogie-woogie and other influences, to create a singular style.
  
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• Philharmonic Sidelines 2 Players It Tried to Fire for Misconduct

  16-04-2024 00:45 via nytimes.com
  
  The New York Philharmonic said the musicians would not perform for now, after a magazine article brought new attention to allegations of misconduct. They have denied wrongdoing.
  
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• Patti Astor, Fun Gallery Co-Founder, Dies at 74

  15-04-2024 23:35 via nytimes.com
  
  She was a founder of the Fun Gallery, which staged early shows by Keith Haring and other artists who defined the city’s downtown scene in the 1980s.
  
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• ‘The Stranger’ Review: Somewhere Over the Freeway

  15-04-2024 23:16 via nytimes.com
  
  In this tense thriller on Hulu, Maika Monroe plays Clare, a Kansas transplant in Los Angeles who parallels Dorothy in Oz.
  
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• James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92

  15-04-2024 23:07 via nytimes.com
  
  He arranged for artists to have access to astronauts, launchpads and more. “Their imaginations enable them to venture beyond a scientific explanation,” he once said.
  
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• Loving Living Local: ICC Performing Arts - CIProud.com

  15-04-2024 22:39 via news.google.com
  Loving Living Local: ICC Performing Arts  CIProud.com
  
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• YSU Festival of Arts returns for 2024 - WKBN.com

  15-04-2024 22:31 via news.google.com
  YSU Festival of Arts returns for 2024  WKBN.com
  
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• Warner Chappell Music and Electronic Arts Team Up On Exclusive Partnership - Digital Music News

  15-04-2024 22:11 via news.google.com
  
  Warner Chappell Music and Electronic Arts Team Up On Exclusive Partnership  Digital Music News
  
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• Several 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Columbia Artists | School of the Arts - Columbia University School of the Arts

  15-04-2024 22:11 via news.google.com
  
  Several 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Columbia Artists | School of the Arts  Columbia University School of the Arts
  
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• Boise State Choirs and Symphony Orchestra "Masterworks" Concert - uat vcastapi

  15-04-2024 21:46 via news.google.com
  
  Boise State Choirs and Symphony Orchestra "Masterworks" Concert  uat vcastapi
  
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