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• Sylvia Miles, Actress With a Flair for the Flamboyant, Dies at 94

  12-06-2019 23:56 via nytimes.com
  She won Oscar nominations for “Midnight Cowboy” and “Farewell, My Lovely” and gossip-column attention for her indefatigable partygoing.
  
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• Velvel Pasternak, Preserver of Hasidic Music, Is Dead at 85

  12-06-2019 23:55 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Pasternak recorded and transcribed melodies that had historically been passed along by tradition, saving them from possible extinction.
  
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• California and Water: Half Environmental Nightmare, Half Remarkable Success Story

  12-06-2019 23:49 via nytimes.com
  In “The Dreamt Land,” Mark Arax chronicles California’s attempt to control its greatest natural resource, often to detrimental effect.
  
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• Elton John and Bernie Taupin on How ‘Rocketman’ Captures an R-Rated Life

  12-06-2019 23:47 via nytimes.com
  The pop star’s friendship with his lyricist is a major focus of the biopic. For years, they each tried not looking back.
  
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• National Council on the Arts to visit Detroit next week - Crain's Detroit Business

  12-06-2019 23:43 via crainsdetroit.com
  National Council on the Arts to visit Detroit next week  Crain's Detroit BusinessThe National Council on the Arts, the oversight body for the National Endowment for the Arts, will be in Detroit next week. The Detroit convening is just the ...
  
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• Barbara Stauffacher Solomon at LAXART, Los Angeles

  12-06-2019 23:24 via artnews.com
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• ‘Men in Black: International’ Review: A Case of the Blahs

  12-06-2019 23:21 via nytimes.com
  The fourth installment in this decades-old franchise sputters (while you groan), despite its inherently watchable leads.
  
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• Duke Performances and Carolina Performing Arts Announce 2019-20 Lineups Full of Exclamation Points - INDY Week

  12-06-2019 23:14 via indyweek.com
  Duke Performances and Carolina Performing Arts Announce 2019-20 Lineups Full of Exclamation Points  INDY WeekDuke Performances and Carolina Performing Arts, the Triangle's neck-and-neck leaders in academic arts presentation, have both revealed their 2019-20 ...
  
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• Bruce Springsteen Looks West, With Strings and Sorrows

  12-06-2019 23:07 via nytimes.com
  On “Western Stars,” the songwriter revisits Laurel Canyon pop, experimenting with genre and narratives.
  
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• Review: After 27 Years, Meredith Monk’s ‘Atlas’ Returns to Earth

  12-06-2019 23:06 via nytimes.com
  The Los Angeles Philharmonic brings an operatic masterpiece back to life, with a lavishly glowing sphere.
  
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• ‘Patsy’ Upends the Stereotypes of Immigrant and Gay Fiction

  12-06-2019 21:55 via nytimes.com
  Nicole Dennis-Benn’s second novel “Patsy” follows a Jamaican woman as she begins a new life in Brooklyn, leaving her child behind.
  
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• Lehmann Maupin Lawsuit Against Former Employee Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets Dismissed

  12-06-2019 21:44 via artnews.com
  The gallery had alleged that Bona Yoo, a former director of the gallery, stole trade secrets. Read More
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• Postmasters Gallery to Open Permanent Space in Rome

  12-06-2019 21:35 via artnews.com
  The outpost will open June 20 with an exhibition of works by Rafaël Rozendaal. Read More
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• ‘We Get to Pass the Torch’: Former Recipients of Anonymous Was a Woman Artist Grants Assemble in New York Park for Star-Studded Picnic

  12-06-2019 21:34 via artnews.com
  Artist Joan Jonas was among those who mingled in Madison Square Park.Read More
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• Salon 94 Acquires New Headquarters on New York’s Upper East Side

  12-06-2019 21:31 via artnews.com
  "My plan is to consolidate our program," the gallery's founder Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn said. Read More
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• Ali Stroker on Winning the Tony: ‘I Was Meant to Be in This Seat’

  12-06-2019 21:29 via nytimes.com
  The flirtatious Ado Annie of Broadway’s “Oklahoma!”relishes the chance to embody what a disabled performer can accomplish.
  
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• Marching to Their Own Beats

  12-06-2019 21:23 via nytimes.com
  Watch a portion of Pam Tanowitz’s new dance — her first for an outdoor space — in which all the dancers, including Sara Mearns, have their own timing.
  
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• How Ermanno Olmi Found Grace in the Daily Labors of Italians

  12-06-2019 20:47 via nytimes.com
  A Film at Lincoln Center retrospective reveals the genius of an Italian director who saw poetry in everyday life.
  
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• Musicians Mourn the Fiery Destruction of Their Recordings: ‘I Think They Are Gone Forever’

  12-06-2019 20:45 via nytimes.com
  An article in The New York Times Magazine revealed that a 2008 blaze was much more destructive than previously disclosed, leading musicians to speak out.
  
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• The Joyce’s New Programming Director Is Set to Make a Musical Mark

  12-06-2019 20:21 via nytimes.com
  Among the highlights of the 2019-20 season are collaborations between Ayodele Casel and Arturo O’Farrill, and Pam Tanowitz and Simone Dinnerstein.
  
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• ‘Reckoning’ Follows a 50-Year Road to #MeToo

  12-06-2019 20:21 via nytimes.com
  Linda Hirshman’s new history traces a line from sexual harassment lawsuits in the 1970s to the arraignment of Harvey Weinstein.
  
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• Petition Filed to Create First Union for Guggenheim Museum Staff

  12-06-2019 19:43 via nytimes.com
  Under the proposal, about 90 art installers and facilities workers at the museum would become members of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
  
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• Auction Houses Wright and Rago to Merge

  12-06-2019 19:18 via artnews.com
  Richard Wright, the founder of Wright, will be CEO of both companies.Read More
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• Sea Ranch, California’s Modernist Utopia, Gets an Update

  12-06-2019 19:10 via nytimes.com
  Demographic shifts. Climate change. The internet. “Sea Ranch is changing, like our society,” said the architect Mary Griffin. “We simply can’t build the way we did even 20 years ago.”
  
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• Chakshu Patel Named Studio Museum in Harlem’s Director of Institutional Advancement

  12-06-2019 19:08 via artnews.com
  She joins following her role as vice president in the strategy office of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Read More
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• Arts commission is sprucing up the city through local artists - The Press-Times

  12-06-2019 19:07 via gopresstimes.com
  Arts commission is sprucing up the city through local artists  The Press-TimesIn an ongoing effort to enhance the beauty of the city, the Green Bay Public Arts Commission (GBPAC) gave the go-ahead on a pair of programs to highlight ...
  
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• Here’s the Artist List for Austria’s Steirischer Herbst Festival

  12-06-2019 19:01 via artnews.com
  The festival opens in September in the city of Graz. Read More
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• The Shifting Fortunes of Manon, Ballet’s Femme Fatale

  12-06-2019 18:11 via nytimes.com
  Is the heroine of Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet an active agent in her own rise? Or a projection of self-deceiving masculine desire?
  
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• A Dad Defends Dad Jokes

  12-06-2019 17:56 via nytimes.com
  Babies made him do it. They fell for his corny humor, and he stuck with what worked. Then his audience grew up.
  
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• Muses: Animal Collective’s Avey Tare on Amusement Parks, Austrian Illustration, and ‘Rocky & Bullwinkle’

  12-06-2019 17:01 via artnews.com
  His recent solo album, Cows on Hourglass Pond, is out via Domino Recording Company. Read More
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• Picabia Alert #14: In Basel, Many Sides of the Artist Are on View

  12-06-2019 16:59 via artnews.com
  The offerings include a bounty of works at the fair and a big-league loan to a local museum. Read More
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• Hidden Bar Returns to Art Basel, With a Bounty of Video Art, Ravioli

  12-06-2019 16:51 via artnews.com
  Works by more than 50 artists are screening at the tucked-away boîte. Read More
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• Following Outcry on Social Media from Survivor of Assault, Andrea Bowers Alters Art Basel Installation About #MeToo Movement

  12-06-2019 16:45 via artnews.com
  Helen Donahue, a writer and marketing specialist, said that the piece was "exploiting" her narrative. Read More
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• The ‘Paris Is Burning’ Director on Its Message: ‘Be Yourself’

  12-06-2019 16:41 via nytimes.com
  Ahead of the acclaimed documentary’s rerelease in theaters, Jennie Livingston discusses her film and the ways its legacy has gone mainstream.
  
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• Sobey Art Award Announces Shortlisted Artists for 2019 Edition

  12-06-2019 16:00 via artnews.com
  The winner of the grand prize will be named on November 15.Read More
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• In ‘Rolling Thunder Revue,’ Scorsese Tries to Capture a Wild Dylan Tour

  12-06-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  The director Martin Scorsese mixes fiction and documentary to match the anarchic spirit of the 1975 concerts themselves.
  
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• 2019 crane-inspired Creative Arts Contest winners announced - Steamboat Pilot & Today

  12-06-2019 15:45 via steamboatpilot.com
  2019 crane-inspired Creative Arts Contest winners announced  Steamboat Pilot & TodaySTEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition has selected winners of the 2019 crane-inspired Creative Arts Contest. High school seniors ...
  
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• Volksbühne Theater in Berlin Names Artistic Director, Ending Leadership Crisis

  12-06-2019 15:22 via nytimes.com
  René Pollesch, an acclaimed German playwright and director, will take over starting in 2021. His appointment ends a tumultuous few years for the institution.
  
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• Morning Links: ‘Vexing Self-Contradiction’ Edition

  12-06-2019 15:00 via artnews.com
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• They Hid From the Mob for Decades. Now They Will Surface in a Film.

  12-06-2019 14:56 via nytimes.com
  The family of Tommaso Buscetta, whose testimony figured in hundreds of Mafia convictions, agreed to appear in a new documentary.
  
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• ARTS Pick: Kendall Street Company - C-VILLE Weekly

  12-06-2019 14:52 via c-ville.com
  ARTS Pick: Kendall Street Company  C-VILLE WeeklyHappy at home: A rhythm guitar-centric band with a monster sax player that formed through late-night sessions at the University of Virginia might sound like a ...
  
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• ARTS Pick: The Ari Hoenig Trio - C-VILLE Weekly

  12-06-2019 14:36 via c-ville.com
  ARTS Pick: The Ari Hoenig Trio  C-VILLE WeeklyDrummer's beat: Ari Hoenig gets so immersed in the art of drumming that he's been known to use his body as an instrument when performing with The Ari ...
  
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• ARTS Pick: Izzy Heltai - C-VILLE Weekly

  12-06-2019 14:02 via c-ville.com
  ARTS Pick: Izzy Heltai  C-VILLE WeeklyNomadic harmony: Izzy Heltai's indie-folk tells emotionally captivating stories that leave enough room for the listener to relate. His sparse piano and strong ...
  
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• Is This Ring an Honor, or a Curse?

  12-06-2019 14:00 via nytimes.com
  The Iffland Ring is awarded to the “most worthy” actors who perform in German. But it comes with a supposed jinx, accusations of sexism and an association with the Nazis.
  
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• Museum of Fine Arts hires outside counsel to investigate racist incident - The Boston Globe

  12-06-2019 13:39 via bostonglobe.com
  Museum of Fine Arts hires outside counsel to investigate racist incident  The Boston GlobeThe MFA has hired former state attorney general Scott Harshbarger to investigate allegations that middle school students were subjected to racism during a field ...
  
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• After ‘OK Computer’ Demo Leak, Radiohead Releases the Music

  12-06-2019 11:53 via nytimes.com
  Eighteen hours of recordings are available for streaming and download on Bandcamp for 18 days under the title “Minidiscs [Hacked].”
  
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• Stephen Colbert Finds It Ironic That Trump Called Biden a Dummy

  12-06-2019 11:16 via nytimes.com
  The “Late Show” host was also skeptical about the president’s alleged secret deal with Mexico.
  
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• This World War II Hero’s Art Said What Words Couldn’t

  12-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The aristocrat-turned-commando Guy de Montlaur was a hero of the French liberation. His paintings of D-Day depict scenes that haunted him his entire life.
  
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• The Highs and Lows of LSD Literature

  12-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Psychedelics are back, now in the language of health and wellness. Michael Pollan, Ayelet Waldman, and T.C. Boyle weigh in.
  
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• He Couldn’t Talk About What He Saw in World War II. So He Painted It.

  12-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The aristocrat-turned-commando Guy de Montlaur was a hero of the French liberation. His paintings of D-Day depict scenes that haunted him his entire life.
  
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