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• Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago Stages Rob Pruitt 'Obama Paintings' Exhibition, with Programming by Obama Foundation - - ARTnews

  18-04-2019 23:41 via artnews.com
  Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago Stages Rob Pruitt 'Obama Paintings' Exhibition, with Programming by Obama Foundation -  ARTnewsFor a new exhibition in Chicago, a former U.S. president is taking center stage. Starting today, the Rebuild Foundation's Stony Island Arts Bank, an art space ...
  
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• Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago Stages Rob Pruitt ‘Obama Paintings’ Exhibition, with Programming by Obama Foundation

  18-04-2019 23:41 via artnews.com
  It features 2,922 paintings of the former president. Read More
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• Guggenheim’s Hilma af Klint Survey Is Most Popular Show in Its History

  18-04-2019 23:31 via artnews.com
  Over 600,000 people have visited the exhibition, which ends April 23.Read More
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• Joshua Abelow at Et Al., San Francisco

  18-04-2019 23:08 via artnews.com
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• Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge to Perform ‘Sea Wall/A Life’ on Broadway

  18-04-2019 23:00 via nytimes.com
  The two monologues, which the actors performed last winter Off Broadway at the Public Theater, were written by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne.
  
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• Benon Lutaaya, Maker of Contemplative Collages, Has Died

  18-04-2019 22:42 via artnews.com
  He showed work at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York in 2017. Read More
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• Anastasia Is a Sumptuous Delight at DPAC - Triangle A&E

  18-04-2019 22:38 via triangleartsandentertainment.org
  Anastasia Is a Sumptuous Delight at DPAC  Triangle A&EFrom the moment when the curtain rises on the Durham Performing Arts Center's April 16-21 presentation of Anastasia, directed by Tony Award® winner Darko ...
  
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• Critic’s Pick: Review: ‘Ramy’ Is a Soulful, Funny Leap of Faith

  18-04-2019 22:36 via nytimes.com
  Ramy Youssef’s new comedy on Hulu explores the complexities of life and religion within a Muslim family in New Jersey.
  
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• Fiction: In ‘Optic Nerve,’ a Woman Trains a Sharp Eye on Art and Her Life

  18-04-2019 22:33 via nytimes.com
  The first book by María Gainza, an Argentine art critic, to be translated into English is a consistently delightful mix of art history, personal reminiscence and aesthetic theory.
  
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• Now Pay Attention, Dear Reader. No, Not to That Article, to This One.

  18-04-2019 22:30 via nytimes.com
  The subject of attention is everywhere in publishing these days, spanning disparate genres from self help to satire to fiction.
  
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• Major arts, humanities donor pledges $1.5M to Charleston's African American Museum - Charleston Post Courier

  18-04-2019 22:00 via postandcourier.com
  Major arts, humanities donor pledges $1.5M to Charleston's African American Museum  Charleston Post CourierA major benefactor for the arts and humanities in the U.S. has made a second and much larger contribution to Charleston's International African American ...
  
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• Amy Homma Joins Academy Museum of Motion Pictures as Director of Education and Public Engagement

  18-04-2019 21:44 via artnews.com
  The institution also received a grant from George Lucas Family Foundation that will underwrite admission for young visitors. Read More
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• Arts This Week: 'American Moor,' 'Les Misérables' - wgbh.org

  18-04-2019 21:36 via wgbh.org
  Arts This Week: 'American Moor,' 'Les Misérables'  wgbh.orgEvery week, WGBH News' Arts Editor Jared Bowen highlights the exhibitions, theater, movies and music you should check out in and around Boston.
  
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• Review: An Actor’s Life Story Grounds ‘Jack &’ With ‘The Cotillion’

  18-04-2019 21:30 via nytimes.com
  Kaneza Schaal’s experimental theater work has three sections and is paired with an installation featuring paintings and videos of the show’s inspirations.
  
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• Nonfiction: The Unsteady Evolution of Democracy

  18-04-2019 21:20 via nytimes.com
  Sheri Berman’s “Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe” sees the political history of Europe as one step forward, one step back.
  
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• HPAAC celebrates 'Arts Heroes' at annual gala - Hastings Star Gazette

  18-04-2019 20:33 via hastingsstargazette.com
  HPAAC celebrates 'Arts Heroes' at annual gala  Hastings Star GazetteThe seventh annual Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council Gala will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at Hidden Greens Event Center. The evening ...
  
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• Franklin Sirmans to Curate Special Frieze New York Section Dedicated to Pioneering New York Gallery Just Above Midtown

  18-04-2019 20:32 via artnews.com
  Among the artists on tap are Howardena Pindell, Lorna Simpson, and Lorraine O'Grady. Read More
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• California College of the Arts Campus Consolidation Spurs Union Effort - KQED

  18-04-2019 20:24 via kqed.org
  California College of the Arts Campus Consolidation Spurs Union Effort  KQEDCalifornia College of the Arts staff will vote Monday in a union election, continuing a labor organizing trend in the arts and higher education sectors as the cost of ...
  
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• Arts & Culture: Turbulence in The Starry Night - Physics

  18-04-2019 20:09 via physics.aps.org
  Arts & Culture: Turbulence in The Starry Night  PhysicsResearchers analyzing Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night show that its swirling structures have turbulent properties matching those observed in the molecular ...
  
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• ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ Review: California Freakin’, With Scares, Laughs and a Murderous Ghost

  18-04-2019 20:08 via nytimes.com
  Linda Cardellini plays a widow with two children and a curse in this amusing, old-fashioned ghost story, the latest addition to the “Conjuring” series.
  
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• Streaming Movie Review: ‘Someone Great’ Review: After a Breakup, One Last Night on the Town

  18-04-2019 19:42 via nytimes.com
  Netflix’s contribution to the “girls’ night out” genre has its clichés, but the cast has ample chemistry to pull it off.
  
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• Nonfiction: In ‘Stony the Road,’ Henry Louis Gates Jr. Captures the History and Images of the Fraught Years After the Civil War

  18-04-2019 19:03 via nytimes.com
  The scholar’s latest book, coinciding with his new PBS series, “Reconstruction,” is a harrowing look at the resurgence of white nationalism in the late 19th century and the New Negro movement to combat it.
  
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• Rapper Kodak Black Arrested at Border in Upstate New York

  18-04-2019 18:53 via nytimes.com
  The rapper was charged with possessing a gun and marijuana while crossing from Canada into the United States near Niagara Falls, the police say.
  
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• The Secrets of a Sacred Underground

  18-04-2019 18:40 via nytimes.com
  A candlelight catacombs tour of the crypt at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Manhattan reveals the church’s history, including its famous tenants.
  
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• Review: ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Brings Him Back to Life

  18-04-2019 18:35 via nytimes.com
  Terry Gilliam’s long-deferred tribute to Cervantes’s knight errant finally arrives, starring Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver.
  
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• River Arts Call to Artists - Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

  18-04-2019 18:23 via centralmaine.com
  River Arts Call to Artists  Kennebec Journal & Morning SentinelApril 27 is the deadline for submissions for the exhibition "Interiors."
  
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• Local Motion: Arts for All - KVNF Public Radio

  18-04-2019 18:22 via kvnf.org
  Local Motion: Arts for All  KVNF Public RadioArts education helps kids in many ways, improving their focus and creativity, allowing them to learn more effectively, and building social skills and self.
  
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• Christie’s to Offer Modigliani’s ‘Tête’ Sculpture With Estimate of $30 M. to $40 M. in New York in May

  18-04-2019 18:04 via artnews.com
  The artist's auction record for sculpture currently stands at $70.7 million. Read More
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• ‘Naples in Veils’: A Morgue Doctor Is Obsessed. The Movie Is Lifeless.

  18-04-2019 17:20 via nytimes.com
  Ferzan Ozpetek’s thriller tips its hat to the motifs of Hitchcock, only to wind up as a tedious muddle.
  
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• The First Arts Academy Designed For East Gainesville Students Coming This Fall - WUFT

  18-04-2019 17:10 via wuft.org
  The First Arts Academy Designed For East Gainesville Students Coming This Fall  WUFTAfter countless hours of crafting, planning and organizing, Michael Ekbladh's vision for the future of his church is becoming a reality. With the help of the ...
  
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• Florida ranks 48 out of 50 states for arts funding. Here's how DeSantis and lawmakers can change that - TCPalm

  18-04-2019 17:01 via tcpalm.com
  Florida ranks 48 out of 50 states for arts funding. Here's how DeSantis and lawmakers can change that  TCPalmIn just five years, state money for arts and culture has dropped 93 percent in Florida. Lawmakers now have an opportunity to undo the damage.
  
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• Office of arts names nine Connecticut Arts Heroes - Hartford Courant

  18-04-2019 16:58 via courant.com
  Office of arts names nine Connecticut Arts Heroes  Hartford CourantConnecticut Office of the Arts has announced nine people who have been named 2019 Connecticut Arts Heroes, in honor of their work in, for and through the ...
  
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• Critic’s Pick: Celestial Visions on the Met Roof

  18-04-2019 16:52 via nytimes.com
  High above Manhattan, Alicja Kwade’s planetary sculpture captures the music of the spheres.
  
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• Almodóvar and Malick Will Compete at Cannes. Tarantino? He’s a Maybe.

  18-04-2019 16:44 via nytimes.com
  The Cannes Film Festival announced the first movies that will compete for the Palme d’Or in May.
  
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• Critic’s Pick: ‘Fast Color’ Review: Can a Gifted Family Save a Parched World?

  18-04-2019 16:33 via nytimes.com
  Julia Hart’s wonderfully strange dystopian drama pits three gifted black women against a dried-up world and a hostile government.
  
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• ‘Little Woods’ Review: Life Is Thicker Than Blood

  18-04-2019 16:21 via nytimes.com
  Tessa Thompson holds the center in this drama about a former drug smuggler on probation who is forced to find a new life for herself and her sister.
  
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• Creating an army of artists: Frankfort Arts Alliance to host first open studio event and tour April 27 - The State Journal - State-Journal.com

  18-04-2019 16:09 via m.state-journal.com
  Creating an army of artists: Frankfort Arts Alliance to host first open studio event and tour April 27 - The State Journal  State-Journal.com10 a.m.-8 p.m. Children's Art Exhibit, featuring local student works, inspired by the work of Beatrix Potter, will be at the Kentucky Dance Academy, located on the ...
  
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• ‘Ramy’ Is a Quietly Revolutionary Comedy

  18-04-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  The new Hulu series, starring the Egyptian-American comedian Ramy Youssef, is the rare coming-of-age story about a millennial Muslim.
  
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• In ‘Gentleman Jack,’ Sally Wainwright Brings a Fascinating Life From Diary to Screen

  18-04-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  A new HBO series examines Anne Lister, a 19th century Englishwoman and landowner who chronicled her romantic relationships with other women in great detail.
  
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• Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences - Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  18-04-2019 15:37 via cuimc.columbia.edu
  Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences  Columbia University Irving Medical CenterBiomedical engineer Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD, creates new ways to engineer human tissues that could repair damaged organs and provide faster ...
  
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• San Bernardino is Alive with Arts and Community Events, April 20th - Inland Empire

  18-04-2019 15:28 via inlandempire.us
  San Bernardino is Alive with Arts and Community Events, April 20th  Inland EmpireSan Bernardino, CA – This Saturday, April 20th 2019, hundreds of community members, artists, families, and students will be out in San Bernardino enjoying all ...
  
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• The Latino Arts Project is all about passion, not profit, in seeking a shared humanity — in Dallas - Dallas News

  18-04-2019 15:18 via dallasnews.com
  The Latino Arts Project is all about passion, not profit, in seeking a shared humanity — in Dallas  Dallas NewsThe Latino Arts Project is a museum, not a gallery. And the difference is crucial.Galleries dominate Dragon Street, but the difference is,...
  
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• Morning Links: Cloud Club Edition

  18-04-2019 15:00 via artnews.com
  Here's what we're reading this morning. Read More
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• 46th Annual Fiesta Arts Fair Setting Up at Southwest School of Art This Weekend - San Antonio Current

  18-04-2019 14:43 via sacurrent.com
  46th Annual Fiesta Arts Fair Setting Up at Southwest School of Art This Weekend  San Antonio CurrentThe Fiesta Arts Fair, now in its 46th year, has been one of the best family-friendly Fiesta options for longer than most of the Current's...
  
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• Here’s the Artist List for the 2019 Biennale de Lyon

  18-04-2019 14:35 via artnews.com
  The show will open in France on September 18. Read More
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• Artadia’s 2019 New York Awards Go to Hadi Fallahpisheh and Devin N. Morris

  18-04-2019 14:00 via artnews.com
  Each artist will receive $10,000.Read More
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• ‘A Feast for the Eyes’ exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg is a beautiful escape - Tampa Bay Times

  18-04-2019 14:00 via tampabay.com
  ‘A Feast for the Eyes’ exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg is a beautiful escape  Tampa Bay TimesA private collection of rare European masterworks brings luscious still lifes of food and flowers from the Baroque period.
  
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• ‘Stuck’ Review: A Movie Musical Set in a Subway Car? Stand Clear.

  18-04-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Michael Berry’s film about characters on a stalled train aims to show how, yes, we’re all connected and yes, we all need one another.
  
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• Rep. Susan Davis’s Husband Steven Davis Sold Electronics Arts Stock, Bought China Mobile - Barron's

  18-04-2019 13:00 via barrons.com
  Rep. Susan Davis’s Husband Steven Davis Sold Electronics Arts Stock, Bought China Mobile  Barron'sRep. Susan Davis (D., Calif.) recently disclosed some March stock trades made by an account belonging to her husband, Steve. Steve Davis's account bought ...
  
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• ‘Red Joan’ Review: I Spy, Reluctantly

  18-04-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Trevor Nunn’s listless period drama about an English physicist who leaks atom-bomb secrets, drags when it should zing.
  
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