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• Sylvester Stallone Took an Art Selfie in Front of a Borna Sammak Video

  07-03-2016 23:44 via artnews.com
  Yesterday, the legendary actor, artist, and art enthusiast Sylvester Stallone posted a selfie in front of a painting with the caption “Checking out the in Atlanta Georgia very inspiring much more to follow.” That half-formed thought actually turns out to … Read More
  
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• Queen of comedy Joan Rivers’ art collection heads to auction

  07-03-2016 22:00
  
  For some Joan Rivers was the ultimate feminist, for others she wore the crown as the queen of comedy. It is fitting, then, that Christie’s announced today (8 March), on International Women’s Day, that nearly 300 items from Rivers’ New York penthouse will go on sale in Manhattan in June. Objects and works of art include a painting dating from 1915 by the French artist Edouard Vuillard (est $120,000-$180,000), a jewelled nephrite study of a Lily of the Valley leaf by Faberg&eacu
  
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• Help Christo walk on water

  07-03-2016 22:00
  
  Do you want to walk, and work, on water? Christo is looking for around 500 people to help him with 3km of shimmering yellow walkways that will link two islands in Lake Iseo to the Italian mainland for the first time. The artist’s nylon paths, known as the Floating Piers, will branch out to Monte Isola—Italy’s largest lake island—and will circle the smaller San Paolo islet before continuing into the mainland town of Sulzano to complete their 4.5km route. “For the fi
  
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• Egyptian ambassador proposes plan to share Sekhemka

  07-03-2016 22:00
  
  The Egyptian ambassador in London has proposed a bold plan to save Sekhemka, the 4,500-year-old sculpture that became mired in controversy after it was deaccessioned by Northampton Museum in 2014.The Egyptian embassy is prepared legally to own the sculpture and lend it for equal periods to the British Museum and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The proposal would represent an unprecedented compromise between two nations that want to display the same antiquity. Sekhemka is arguably the finest piece
  
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• Edward Burtynsky, Suzy Lake, More Named Winners of 2016 Governor General’s Awards

  07-03-2016 21:47 via artnews.com
  Earlier today, the Canada Council for the Arts announced this year’s winners of its Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, which are given out annually to Canadians involved in the arts. Each of this year’s eight winners will … Read More
  
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• When (Women) Actors Age Onscreen

  07-03-2016 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I’ve gathered strength behind my years, I owned them, I’ve earned them, I’ve deserved them, I have a right to have them. And I don’t like my neck, I don’t like a lot of things but it’s OK, it’s OK.”
  
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• ‘Sue Tompkins: When Wayne Went Away’ at Lisa Cooley, New York

  07-03-2016 20:00 via artnews.com
  Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.Today’s show: “Sue Tompkins: When Wayne Went Away” is Lisa Cooley’s first solo exhibition with the Glasgow-based artist. The show is on view in New York through March 27.
  
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• Stores That Sell Physical DVDs And Music Are Actually Doing Pretty Well

  07-03-2016 19:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The trend is clear – just as the internet has demonstrated that accessibility and convenience are key to selling entertainment, physical stores are demonstrating that if you put entertainment in front of people, they will buy it.”
  
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• Team Gallery to Close Wooster Street Space After Five Years

  07-03-2016 18:36 via artnews.com
  Team Gallery, one of the last remaining vital galleries in SoHo, is closing its space at 47 Wooster Street, which it opened in May 2011. All of its New York shows will now take place at its space at 83 Grand Street, … Read More
  
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• Virtual Reality Ballet Is Here

  07-03-2016 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The effect of the 360-degree filming is exhilarating, allowing the audience to view the performance as it ebbs and flows on all sides, with dancers so close you can observe the minutiae of their movement with a level of detail that even a front-row seat couldn’t allow.”
  
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• Unpleasant Interactions I Had During Armory Week 2016

  07-03-2016 18:05 via artnews.com
  The Armory Show is an art fair that occupies two large, ugly piers on the Hudson River in March each year. The only prominent regional markers near the piers are the traffic on the West Side Highway and the Hustler … Read More
  
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• ‘Some People Think What I’ve Done Is Almost Sacrilege’: A Talk with Jeff Koons

  07-03-2016 17:14 via artnews.com
  Bill Powers: How do you see the “Gazing Ball” paintings as being on a continuum with the “Gazing Ball” sculptures?Jeff Koons: With the sculpture, you feel a constant polarity between the biological and Platonism. The sculpture also places an emphasis on … Read More
  
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• Who Tells Their Story – And Who Gets To Study It?

  07-03-2016 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Even as enthusiasts have called for more ethnic-studies programs—and the debate rages on over making the identities of black, Asian, Native American, and Latino students the centerpiece of class instruction—notably absent was data linking culturally relevant pedagogy specifically to measurable student gains. This changed this year.”
  
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• Give This Mezzo A Time Machine, Please

  07-03-2016 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sarah Connolly: “I’d love to meet George Frederick Handel, and sing with him conducting from the harpsichord. I’d also love to transport him to this century and ask him what he thinks about the way his operas are performed today.”
  
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• Chinese Director Says Film Crews Are ‘Farmers’ Who Don’t Know What They’re Doing

  07-03-2016 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Feng said he, along with Chan and actor-director Zhang Guoli, was planning to start a vocational training academy to develop a healthier ‘base’ on a more solid footing. He also said he was thinking ofinviting professionals from Hollywood to teach in his academy so that young people could learn from them.”
  
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• Fit for McQueen? London's big three museums exhibit Victorian era values

  07-03-2016 15:57
  
  London’s V&A, Natural History Museum and Science Museum fulfil the visions of their founders in fine style. But the Victorians valued regional museums tooIt is a stunning 21st-century success story: South Kensington’s museums quarter welcomed more visitors in 2015 than the city of Venice. No wonder. Between them, its three venues – the Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and Science Museum, connected by a pedestrian underpass from South Kensington tube &ndash
  
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• People In The Book Business Are So Optimistic About Print That They’re Opening Indie Bookstores

  07-03-2016 15:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “There really is a very positive feel out there at the moment. I never did believe that e-books were the iPod moment for printed books; you really can’t beat the feel of a good book.”
  
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• It’s Time For Colonial-Era Stolen Art To Go Home

  07-03-2016 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “If development was just about economics, the whereabouts of ancient relics wouldn’t matter unless they had a particularly high monetary value. But it is not. Development is about culture, the strength of national, tribal and regional identities, the elevation of all countries to the level of international respect hitherto accorded only to a handful.”
  
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• The Author Of The Harry Potter Books Dropped – Randomly – Into A Scottish Book Group

  07-03-2016 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Senior library assistant Stewart Bain had invited the author to attend the group over Twitter the previous day – but never expected her to come.”
  
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• Morning Links: Rebuilding Palmyra Edition

  07-03-2016 14:47 via artnews.com
  PALMYRA Mikhail Piotrovsky, the director of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum, wants to rebuild Palmyra using artifacts from the museum’s collection. [The Art Newspaper]BOSTONNext month, Ai Weiwei will have three major works on view in Boston—one on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, … Read More
  
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• The Sly, Beautiful Snark Of Teenage Jane Austen

  07-03-2016 14:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “For my money, these youthful writings are Austen’s most astonishing achievement after the six novels.”
  
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• Hamilton Fans Are Creating A New Tourist Industry In New York

  07-03-2016 14:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Hamilton is having a moment,” said Anne Petrimoulx, the archivist of Trinity Church. While giving tours, she said,”I used to say, ‘You might recognize him from the ten-dollar bill.’ Now I say, ‘You might know him from the musical.'”
  
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• Talking With The Creator Of Downton Abbey About The Finale – And The Future

  07-03-2016 13:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I like the idea of seeing it as something that is continuing, as opposed to finishing with Manderley burning down and that story’s over. I want to feel that in some part of the atmosphere, Mrs. Patmore is taking in her paying guests and Mary is wrestling with farming methods.”
  
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• Four Authors And An Editor Walk Into A Chat Room

  07-03-2016 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The main editor’s boss wanted me to find out what Cornel West thought about the matter. A quick Google search revealed no published commentary on the subject by Cornel West. Turns out, the editor’s boss had once met West at a cocktail party … “
  
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• Has The Proliferation Of MFA Studies Changed American Novels?

  07-03-2016 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “What if this is just something that’s been imagined into existence, by both detractors and supporters alike, to satisfy a collective need to believe that institutions can improve anything, even creativity?”
  
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• 'When you have a museum you count': Inside Mumbai's first exhibition in a slum

  07-03-2016 12:17
  
  A ‘nomadic museum’ in the heart of Mumbai hopes to change attitudes towards the communities that live thereDharavi Design Museum in Mumbai is an adventure to find. To get there you must cross a busy traffic signal, go past a row of stalls selling fresh meat and dried fish, turn right where a barber offers “Bollywood hit hairstyles”, and make your way past an oil wholesaler and garbage cart. Finally, in a small clearing lit up by string lights, you will find a painted cart
  
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• Iggy Pop sits for nude life drawing class at the New York Academy of Art

  07-03-2016 12:05
  
  'His body has witnessed much and should be documented.'
  
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• Portland collection aims to turn Nottinghamshire estate into cultural hub

  07-03-2016 11:36
  
  Van Dyck and Michelangelo among star draws in one of UK’s largest aristocratic art collections, opening to public for first timeOne of Britain’s largest aristocratic art collections, the Portland collection, is to open to the public for the first time, exhibiting rare masterpieces by Michelangelo, Van Dyck, and even the earring worn by Charles I at his execution in 1649.Michelangelo’s chalk sketch, Madonna del Silenzio – which has only been on display once before, in 1960
  
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• Chew on this: mini masterpieces of bubblegum art – in pictures

  07-03-2016 08:00
  
  New Jersey artist Michael Massaia’s masticated sculptures of sea creatures, flamenco dancers and space helmets are made entirely from spat-out gum Continue reading...
  
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• Aerial photography shows off Jordan’s archaeological treasures—and reveals sites at risks

  07-03-2016 04:55
  
  Using military helicopters, the team of the Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East have been photographing Jordan’s archaeological sites since 1997. They have built up an archive of over 100,000 images, some of which are now on view at the Royal Geographical Society, London in an exhibition that highlights the country’s rich heritage while also drawing attention to the risks that certain sites now face.Although taken for research and documentary reasons, the
  
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• Aerial photography shows off Jordan’s archaeological treasures—and reveals sites at risk

  07-03-2016 04:55
  
  Using military helicopters, the team of the Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East have been photographing Jordan’s archaeological sites since 1997. They have built up an archive of over 100,000 images, some of which are now on view at the Royal Geographical Society, London in an exhibition that highlights the country’s rich heritage while also drawing attention to the risks that certain sites now face.Although taken for research and documentary reasons, the
  
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• Three London museums totalled more visitors than Venice in 2015

  07-03-2016 01:01
  
  Weakness of the pound and capital’s popularity helped attract record 124.4 million visitors to UK’s top attractionsIn St Mark’s Square and the Grand Canal, Venice has some of the world’s recognisable tourist attractions. But the Italian city was eclipsed in terms of visitor numbers last year by just three London museums – the Victoria and Albert, Natural History Museum and Science Museum. Related: Closing northern museums is an act of cultural pillageRelated: Jackso
  
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