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• A Painting Looted by and Returned to Nazis Finally Goes to Its Jewish Owners

  20-03-2019 23:00 via nytimes.com
  The painting, “View of a Dutch Square,” had been bought by St. Victor’s Cathedral in Xanten without knowing that it had been looted, in 1963.
  
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• This $5 million grant will fund new Rockport Center for the Arts - Corpus Christi Caller-Times

  20-03-2019 22:10
  This $5 million grant will fund new Rockport Center for the Arts  Corpus Christi Caller-TimesA $5 million federal grant will design and build a new building for hurricane-damaged Rockport Center for the Arts.
  
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• ‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Review: The Evil That Men Do (Repeatedly)

  20-03-2019 22:09 via nytimes.com
  This neo-exploitation potboiler about brutal men on both sides of the law stars Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn, and traffics in sordid, ugly shocks.
  
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• In Fort Worth, A Burgeoning Arts Scene Begins to Change the City - D Magazine

  20-03-2019 21:26
  In Fort Worth, A Burgeoning Arts Scene Begins to Change the City  D MagazineThe city to our west has more energy than any artistic movement in the region. And the institutions are beginning to take notice. Here's what Dallas can learn.
  
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• Barbara Hammer, Filmmaker of Lesbian Sexuality, Dies at 79

  20-03-2019 21:18 via nytimes.com
  After Ms. Hammer came out in the 1970s, her films took a provocative and influential turn. “One of my goals,” she said, “was to put a lesbian on camera.”
  
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• Anna Katherine Brodbeck Promoted to Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at Dallas Museum of Art

  20-03-2019 21:01 via artnews.com
  She had previously been an associate curator at the museum. Read More
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• Jessica Green named Cinema Arts Fest artistic director - Houston Chronicle

  20-03-2019 21:00
  Jessica Green named Cinema Arts Fest artistic director  Houston Chronicle Jessica Green is the new artistic director for the decade-old, arts-themed Houston Cinema Arts Festival, replacing Richard Herskowitz who exited the position ...
  
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• Denny Dimin Gallery to Open Hong Kong Space

  20-03-2019 20:10 via artnews.com
  The gallery will be situated in a residential building in the city's Mid-Levels neighborhood. Read More
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• Books of The Times: A Poet Remembers Her Impulsive Trip Into a Civil War

  20-03-2019 19:47 via nytimes.com
  In her new memoir, Carolyn Forché tells the story of how a stranger’s suggestion that she visit El Salvador in the late 1970s changed the course of her art and her life.
  
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• ARTS Pick: Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman - C-VILLE Weekly

  20-03-2019 19:44
  ARTS Pick: Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman  C-VILLE WeeklyHeadstrong monarch: Political conspiracy, abuse of power, personal vanity, and madness dominate playwright Dario Fo's Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a ...
  
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• Monika Szewczyk, Documenta 14 Curatorial Team Member, Named Director of De Appel Center in Amsterdam

  20-03-2019 19:39 via artnews.com
  She's also held positions at the Witte de With Center and the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Read More
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• Peter's Take: Arts Budget Cuts Expose Failure to Adopt an Arts Subsidy Policy - ARLnow

  20-03-2019 19:30
  Peter's Take: Arts Budget Cuts Expose Failure to Adopt an Arts Subsidy Policy  ARLnowAs ARLnow reported earlier this month, County Manager Mark Schwartz has proposed significant cuts to Arlington's subsidies for various arts programs:
  
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• Paterson district wins arts award for programs facing budget cuts - NorthJersey.com

  20-03-2019 19:24
  Paterson district wins arts award for programs facing budget cuts  NorthJersey.comPaterson Public Schools has been named a "Renaissance district" in honor of its student art offerings.
  
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• Watches Are Yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their Money Into More Money

  20-03-2019 19:19 via nytimes.com
  The high-end watch market is a strong investment vehicle for wealthy people.
  
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• Macungie Institute eyes becoming performing arts venue - Allentown Morning Call

  20-03-2019 19:15
  Macungie Institute eyes becoming performing arts venue  Allentown Morning CallMacungie is considering ending the rentals for private parties, such as baby showers, at the Institute and upgrading the stage lighting and security in the ...
  
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• John Doyle to Direct ‘Assassins’ at Classic Stage Company

  20-03-2019 19:00 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Doyle will also helm a production of “Macbeth” in a season that focuses on gothic horror, too, with “Dracula” and “Frankenstein.”
  
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• Nina Simone and Ritchie Valens Songs Added to National Recording Registry

  20-03-2019 18:51 via nytimes.com
  “Mississippi Goddam,” “La Bamba” and the Jay-Z album “The Blueprint” were among the 25 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress.
  
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• Harvard University Sued Over ‘Exploitation’ of Images of Slaves

  20-03-2019 18:49 via artnews.com
  Among the issues in the complaint are that the university charges "hefty" fees for reproducing the photographs. Read More
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• A Museum Tackles Myths About Jews and Money

  20-03-2019 18:46 via nytimes.com
  An exhibition at the Jewish Museum in London looks at 2,000 years of negative stereotypes through historical objects and works of art.
  
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• On Comedy: Dave Attell Is Our Greatest Club Comic (Says the Writer He Made Fun Of)

  20-03-2019 18:43 via nytimes.com
  He’s an old-school performer who specializes in hard-hitting punch lines and isn’t interested in fighting culture wars. That makes him a rarity in comedy today.
  
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• Album Review: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Continues to Break New Ground

  20-03-2019 18:14 via nytimes.com
  The trumpeter’s bold new album, “Ancestral Recall,” offers the kind of slow-burning immersion that most of his recent records have only gestured at.
  
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• Dhaka Art Summit Details 2020 Edition, with Focus on ‘Seismic Movements’

  20-03-2019 18:00 via artnews.com
  The 12 artists shortlisted for the Samdani Art Award have also been revealed.Read More
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• ‘Abby’s’ Takes the Sitcom Somewhere New: Outdoors

  20-03-2019 17:57 via nytimes.com
  On the backyard set of this NBC bar comedy, they’re always glad you came. (“They” are raccoons and skunks who like craft services.)
  
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• A Comic Book Publisher Creates Its Own Origin Story

  20-03-2019 17:40 via nytimes.com
  A new publisher, AWA, will have a connected superhero universe as well as stand-alone comics.
  
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• A Third ‘Bill & Ted’ Movie Is Totally on the Way, Dude

  20-03-2019 17:35 via nytimes.com
  “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter as middle-aged versions of the excellent duo, is planned for summer 2020.
  
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• Fiction: An Arab-American Poet Asks What It Means to Belong to Two Cultures, or None

  20-03-2019 17:30 via nytimes.com
  In her debut collection, “Invasive Species,” the Egyptian immigrant Marwa Helal plumbs the complications of nationhood and inclusion.
  
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• Ad Minoliti at Crèvecoeur, Paris

  20-03-2019 17:12 via artnews.com
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• J. Tomilson Hill Added to Guggenheim Foundation’s Board of Trustees

  20-03-2019 16:35 via artnews.com
  His art space, the Hill Art Foundation, opened last month in New York.Read More
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• Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Trailer Doesn’t Give Us Much

  20-03-2019 16:20 via nytimes.com
  It’s long on atmosphere, short on specifics but we do know that Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star as a TV western veteran and his stunt double.
  
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• Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Wins Jacob Pillow Dance Award

  20-03-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Lopez Ochoa, a self-described “chameleon” choreographer, is the winner of the 2019 award.
  
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• What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It

  20-03-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  The American Museum of Natural History corrects a Native American story in full view of visitors, inviting them to “reconsider this scene.”
  
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• He’s the Star of ‘Tootsie’ on Broadway. Wearing Heels Is the Easy Part.

  20-03-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  Santino Fontana’s turn as a man in a wig comes at a time when Broadway has been reckoning with the idea that musical comedies need to offer fully realized female characters.
  
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• Minnesota's community radio stations find unique niche for covering arts and culture - Current

  20-03-2019 14:20
  Minnesota's community radio stations find unique niche for covering arts and culture  CurrentCommunity radio stations in Minnesota have strengthened their arts and culture coverage through a unique state program that provides about $1.5 million ...
  
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• Morning Links: $1 M. Art Award Edition

  20-03-2019 14:00 via artnews.com
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• India Pavilion Names Artists for Exhibition at 2019 Venice Biennale

  20-03-2019 14:00 via artnews.com
  Nandalal Bose, Atul Dodiya, and Jitish Kallat are among those showing work in the presentation about the activist Mahatma Gandhi. Read More
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• ARTS at King Street Station, and its inaugural exhibit, democratize what an arts space can be - Seattle Times

  20-03-2019 14:00
  ARTS at King Street Station, and its inaugural exhibit, democratize what an arts space can be  Seattle TimesOn the third floor of King Street Station now exists what could be the first community arts space of its kind in the country. Its inaugural exhibition, "yəhaw̓," shows ...
  
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• WCC eliminating popular arts program in White Plains - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  20-03-2019 11:44
  WCC eliminating popular arts program in White Plains  The Journal News | LoHud.comWestchester Community College is eliminating its Center for the Arts program at the County Center, saying it runs at a deficit.
  
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• Best of Late Night: Seth Meyers Says Trump Should Pay His Taxes, Not Donate His Salary

  20-03-2019 10:20 via nytimes.com
  Meyers and other late-night hosts went after the president for boasting that he had donated part of his salary to the Department of Homeland Security.
  
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• The End Is Nigh. Can Design Save Us?

  20-03-2019 10:02 via nytimes.com
  The Milan Triennial showcases projects by designers, architects and artists that highlight humanity’s troubled relationship to nature.
  
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• Nonfiction: A Memoir of Black Life in the ‘Other America’

  20-03-2019 10:00 via nytimes.com
  In “Survival Math,” Mitchell S. Jackson tells his family story of living in Oregon and reckons with the interplay of racism and patriarchy in his own life.
  
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• Local students selected for Bellevue Arts Museum exhibit - Bellevue Reporter

  20-03-2019 09:30
  Local students selected for Bellevue Arts Museum exhibit  Bellevue ReporterNewport High School students featured in BAM's “20 Under 20” exhibit.
  
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• This Is Lupita Nyong’o. Hollywood, Please Keep Up.

  20-03-2019 09:00 via nytimes.com
  The Kenyan-Mexican star of “Us” and “Black Panther,” who seems to excel at everything — even rap — is an exception in her industry, for better and worse.
  
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• Offering $1 M. Purse, Japanese Company Creates One of World’s Biggest Art Prizes

  20-03-2019 07:00 via artnews.com
  Two $100,000 awards for emerging artists will also be given out by Nomura Holdings, Inc. Read More
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• Claudio Orso's Relief Therapy Marries the Decorative and Fine Arts - Cleveland Scene

  20-03-2019 06:19
  Claudio Orso's Relief Therapy Marries the Decorative and Fine Arts  Cleveland SceneIn a time when we expect the most with the least amount of effort, where digital is everything, it is a breath of *fresh* air...
  
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• What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ and ‘The Act’

  20-03-2019 06:00 via nytimes.com
  Desiree Akhavan’s “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” airs on HBO. And Patricia Arquette stars in a new true-crime anthology series on Hulu.
  
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• Artist Evelina Dillon showcases painting during Memphis in May party at Pink Palace - The Commercial Appeal

  20-03-2019 05:42
  Artist Evelina Dillon showcases painting during Memphis in May party at Pink Palace  The Commercial AppealEvelina Dillon, a 46-year-old artist in Memphis, showcases her painting that was chosen coming into the city's bicentennial celebration.
  
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• Museum of Fine Arts' 'Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art' immerses viewers - The Rice Thresher

  20-03-2019 05:37
  Museum of Fine Arts' 'Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art' immerses viewers  The Rice ThresherVincent Van Gogh is arguably one of the most iconic artists of the 19th century, although his work wasn't fully appreciated until after his death.
  
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• Arts Calendar: March 20-30 - The Forecaster

  20-03-2019 05:15
  Arts Calendar: March 20-30  The ForecasterGreater Portland. Exhibits. Landscape Photographer Rick Berk, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Dr., through March, www.rickberk.com. “Maine's Four ...
  
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• Disney Moves From Behemoth to Colossus With Closing of Fox Deal

  20-03-2019 05:02 via nytimes.com
  The $71.3 billion acquisition of most of Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment empire is officially done. The ripple effects may not become clear for years.
  
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• Middletown Arts Center Presents Sassy Mammas - TAPinto.net

  20-03-2019 04:17
  Middletown Arts Center Presents Sassy Mammas  TAPinto.netSassy Mamas. CATEGORY: THEATER PRESENTER: DUNBAR REPERTORY COMPANY. MIDDLETOWN, NJ - The Middletown Arts Center, in collaboration ...
  
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