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• Cleared Commonwealth Prize-winner Explains His Writing Process

  03-07-2026 20:31 via theatlantic.com
  
  In a phone interview on Tuesday afternoon, Jamir Nazir told me that he feels vindicated—and relieved. “Look, I didn’t use it!” he said about AI. Now that he has won the prize, Nazir said, he is free at last to explain his process and clear his name. – The Atlantic
  
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• Tens of Thousands Try for Tickets to See Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum

  03-07-2026 22:51 via artnews.com
  
  Tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry when it goes on view at the British Museum this fall sold out in just over 24 hours this week, reports the Telegraph. The museum said it was the biggest day of ticket sales in its history.Depicting the Norman conquest of England 1066 and made there in the 1070s, the Bayeux Tapestry (technically an embroidery) is an astonishing 230 feet long and, according to the British Museum, features 58 detailed scenes, each rendered in colored wool on flax. On loan from the
  
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• America At 250: Still Under Construction

  03-07-2026 21:12 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,Happy 250th. Fitting that today’s stories keep circling the question the country has never settled: what is American culture, and who gets to say? There’s a case for George Bristow’s “Niagara” — a choral finale that outscales Beethoven’s Ninth — as the first great American symphony (Early Music America). Stephen Foster, born on the nation’s 50th birthday, turns 200 today still singing to America’s contradictions (The Conver
  
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• The First Great American Symphony? George F. Bristow’s “Niagara”

  03-07-2026 20:50 via earlymusicamerica.org
  
  Doug Shadle: “As I listened to the symphony — a strange yet monumental work with a choral finale eclipsing Beethoven’s Ninth in scope — the sonic confluences that have given shape and vibrancy to our national culture for 250 years rushed at me for over an hour.” – Early Music America
  
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• How Noah Webster Pushed (And Pushed Some More) To Americanize The English Language

  03-07-2026 20:01 via lithub.com
  
  “Though it was much maligned during its initial years, The American Spelling Book had a profound pedagogical effect throughout the young nation. … ‘There iz no alternativ,’ implored Webster in 1790, … ‘Every possible reezon that could ever be offered for altering the spelling of wurds, stil exists in full force.’” – Literary Hub
  
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• The Movies Smartphones Make That Hollywood Can’t

  03-07-2026 19:45 via theconversation.com
  
  Over the last 15 years, as a filmmaker and professor of digital arts, I have seen extraordinary shorts and features made on smartphones. Many were created by early career filmmakers who would have struggled to access industry funding without a smartphone and a minimal crew. – The Conversation
  
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• Spotify Removes Half-Million Streams After Suspicious Kalshi Activity

  03-07-2026 19:35 via musicbusinessworldwide.com
  
  Spotify has removed more than 500,000 registered streams from Malcolm Todd‘s Earrings, after the song’s rise to No. 1 on the platform’s daily US chart was tied to bets placed on the prediction market Kalshi. – MusicBusinessWorldwide
  
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• Pondering The Statue Of Liberty As An Art Object

  03-07-2026 19:17 via nytimes.com
  
  Financed by public subscription, powered by photography and P.R., the Statue of Liberty is now so identified with her adopted home that she has all but melted into symbol. – The New York Times
  
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• Anna Deavere Smith’s Latest Theater Piece Is About Her Own Great-Great-Grandfather

  03-07-2026 19:03 via npr.org
  
  “’Basil Biggs’ premieres this month in Philadelphia, written for the nation’s 250th anniversary. The title character is her great-great-grandfather, a free Black man who became a … conductor of the Underground Railroad … and prominent figure at Gettysburg” who made Lincoln’s speech there possible. – NPR
  
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• Vijay Gupta: Classical Music Needs A New Why

  03-07-2026 18:44 via thestrad.com
  
  “My teachers made it clear that music was sacred. But after I got into the LA Philharmonic at 19, playing the most celebrated music with the most celebrated musicians of our time, the sacred was hard to find. I started asking inconvenient questions: was the concert hall the only sacred space?” – The Strad
  
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• The Two Versions Of Who We Really Are

  03-07-2026 18:31 via psyche.co
  Jean-Paul Sartre, for instance, insists that for humans ‘existence precedes essence’. We do not have an essence until we give ourselves an essence. In short, ‘man first exists: he materialises in the world, encounters himself, and only afterward defines himself.’ I define myself. – Psyche
  
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• AI Company Midjourney Attempts To Force Movie Studios To Reveal AI Use

  03-07-2026 18:15 via variety.com
  
  The studios sued the AI image lab last year, accusing it of enabling massive infringement of their copyrighted characters. Midjourney has claimed “fair use” and has argued that the studios are engaged in the very same AI practices. – Variety
  
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• Atlanta’s Second Ballet Company Celebrates Ten Years

  03-07-2026 18:02 via artsatl.org
  
  “Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre has been making movement magic in Atlanta for a decade. Artistic Director John Welker spoke to ArtsATL about its accomplishments so far and its vision for the future.” – ArtsATL
  
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• How JD Vance’s Book Put bell hooks’ 2002 Book Back On The Bestseller List

  03-07-2026 17:44 via nytimes.com
  In 2002, the Black feminist writer and scholar bell hooks published a book titled “Communion,” which argues that women have been conditioned to search for love outside of themselves, and should focus on cultivating self-love in all stages of their lives.  – The New York Times
  
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• Attendance Has Plunged At Europe’s Jewish Museums

  03-07-2026 17:31 via nytimes.com
  Across Europe, many Jewish museums have seen visitor numbers drop, patrons back away and security threats rise since the fall of 2023. The association’s members also reported online harassment, vandalism and acts of aggression against staff members. – The New York Times
  
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• Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling That National Park Signs Had To Be Restored To Their Originals

  03-07-2026 17:15 via thehill.com
  The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday halted the ruling, which would have restored park materials that the administration says were purged as part of the administration’s effort to get rid of materials that “disparage” Americans. – The Hill
  
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• To This We’ve Come: An AI Fake News Article Complaining About AI Fake News Killing Off Real News

  03-07-2026 17:01 via niemanlab.org
  “The headline was a grabber: ‘The Ghost Paper That Ate Alabama: How a Media Startup Killed 47 Weekly Newspapers and No One Noticed.’ It was a site named The Editorial, whose name rang a vague bell for me.” – Nieman Lab
  
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• “Avenue Q” Director On Reviving The Show For A New Generation

  03-07-2026 16:33 via people.com
  Jason Moore, who has restaged and updated the show for London: “Once I revisited, I was like, ‘Oh, right, we made this in our 20s,’ and it’s for people in their 20s. There’s now a whole generation of people who … know the show from a soundtrack, but never saw it.’” – People
  
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• The Man Who Invented American Popular Song: Stephen Foster At 200

  03-07-2026 16:05 via theconversation.com
  
  Born on July 4, 1826, Foster’s legacy is as influential, and as mixed, as that of his nation. Some of his songs were written for minstrel shows, but many of his lyrics were progressive for their time and place, and one key to their success was their ambiguity. – The Conversation
  
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• Paris Opera’s Historic Theater Has Lead Poisoning

  03-07-2026 15:36 via artnews.com
  
  “Planned restoration work (at the Palais Garnier) that was supposed to take two years is now projected for five, with evaluation for the best method to extract the lead to be undertaken this summer.” – ARTnews
  
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• New York City’s New Budget Has Record-High Arts Funding

  03-07-2026 15:04 via hyperallergic.com
  
  “The city government will give $323.8 million to (the Department of Cultural Affairs), which administers public funding to arts institutions throughout the city. The appropriation marks a nearly 7% increase from last year’s then-record $299.6 million investment.” – Hyperallergic
  
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• Robert Kimball, Broadway Treasure Hunter, Has Died At 86

  03-07-2026 14:32 via nytimes.com
  “(He) often acted as a kind of Indiana Jones of song, as when he helped excavate a treasure trove of manuscripts by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and others that was found in a warehouse in Secaucus, N.J., in 1982. The hoard dated back to the advent of sound pictures.” – The New York Times
  
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• Actor Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

  03-07-2026 14:00 via apnews.com
  
  The four-time Emmy nominee, who received an honorary Oscar in 2022, says he was diagnosed with the disease three years ago. His 80th birthday is later this month. – AP
  
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• A Standout 250th Show Confronts Centuries of American Contradictions

  03-07-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  Fragments of an equestrian statue of King George III, which loomed over Bowling Green in New York City until it was toppled in 1776, open “Democracy Matters,” the inaugural exhibition in the new Tang Wing for American Democracy at the New York Historical. Most of the statue was melted down and reformed into musket balls, and several of these are on display in the opening section of the show across from four large intact pieces of the original. These are framed by an animation of silh
  
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• Flynn Center for the Performing Arts seeks Director of Marketing

  03-07-2026 00:17 via artsjournal.com
  Organization The Flynn is where the unexpected meets the familiar—where strangers become neighbors through shared wonder. We light up stages and communities alike with performances that inspire and moments that transform. Here, bold art feels personal—and belonging takes center stage.The Flynn welcomes international, national, and regional artists to its stages, presenting a diverse range of performances designed to create transformative experiences for audiences. Its programming inc
  
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• London’s National Gallery Acquires Major Angelica Kauffman History Painting

  02-07-2026 23:58 via artnews.com
  
  The National Gallery in London announced that it has acquired a significant history painting by 18th-century artist Angelica Kauffman. The work is now on view at the museum. Achilles discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes (1787–88) is the first work by Kauffman to enter a UK national collection in nearly two centuries. Another painting by the artist was bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1835 but was later transferred to Tate Britain, as the museum is now known, when it opened
  
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• Toxic Lead Levels in Paris’s Palais Garnier Opera Delay Renovation

  02-07-2026 22:40 via artnews.com
  
  The discovery of lead during renovation work at Paris’s historic Palais Garnier—opened in 1875 and summoned as inspiration for Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera (and even more famously for Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musical adaptation)—has “throw[n] a tight schedule of venue closures and the projected budget into disarray,” according to a report in Le Figaro.Planned restoration work that was supposed to take two years is now projected for fiv
  
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• Slotexo Quick Spin Experience: Mastering Short, High‑Intensity Slots Play

  02-07-2026 22:01 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Introduction: Slotexo and the Rush of Instant Wins
  Slotexo has become a go‑to destination for players who crave the adrenaline of quick spins and immediate outcomes. The platform’s reputation rests on its streamlined interface and a library that caters to short, high‑intensity sessions. Rather than a marathon of reels, the focus here is on rapid decision‑making and fast payouts that keep the heart racing.
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• Artist Calls on Manifesta 16 to Remove Installation, Alleging Plagarism

  02-07-2026 21:32 via artnews.com
  
  An artist has demanded the organizers of Manifesta 16 remove an installation from the exhibition in Essen, Germany, alleging that a piece in the show plagiarizes one of her earlier works. The piece, titled Elevation and made by the Turkish sculptor Nasan Tur, consists of reclaimed church pews installed on their side inside St. Gertud Church and engraved with anonymous musings submitted by the public. Bochum-based artist Dorothee Bielfeld told the German outlet Waz that the Elevation’s
  
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• Spanish Man Inadvertently Swipes Valuable Painting Left on Sidewalk in Seville

  02-07-2026 20:24 via artnews.com
  
  A word to the wise: no matter how frazzled you are while preparing to leave town for a family vacation, make sure you don’t forget anything on the sidewalk when you drive away. Especially if you are the type of family that takes valuable, framed artwork on road trips.Andrés Hurtado, a 57-year-old man from Murcia, was visiting Seville with his family when an artwork leaning against a garage door caught his eye while on a walk around the city center. He picked it up, particularly take
  
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