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• From Schizophrenia to Megalomania, Three New Books on Mental Illness

  28-06-2019 23:25 via nytimes.com
  A short list of books includes a personal memoir about a family’s struggle with schizophrenia, a history of psychiatry and an exploration of how tyrants think.
  
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• ‘Three Women’ Takes a Long, Close Look at Sex Lives

  28-06-2019 23:21 via nytimes.com
  Lisa Taddeo spent eight years with the subjects of her book, an immersive look at a particular story of female sexuality, refracted three ways.
  
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• Peter Selz, an Art Museum Force on Two Coasts, Dies at 100

  28-06-2019 23:02 via nytimes.com
  After fleeing Nazi Germany as a youth, he became a top curator at the Museum of Modern Art, then the founding museum director at Berkeley.
  
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• La Quinta seeks community input in creating new signature arts festival. Here is how you can get involved - The Desert Sun

  28-06-2019 22:54 via desertsun.com
  La Quinta seeks community input in creating new signature arts festival. Here is how you can get involved  The Desert SunLa Quinta is looking for community input as it begins the process of creating a new fine arts festival to debut in March to replace its longstanding, signature event, ...
  
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• Barbara Hunt McLanahan, Former Director of Artists Space and Judd Foundation, Is Dead at 55

  28-06-2019 22:53 via artnews.com
  She was the executive director of the Children's Museum of Art in New York. Read More
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• Barbara Hunt McLachlan, Former Director of Artists Space and Judd Foundation, Is Dead at 55

  28-06-2019 22:53 via artnews.com
  She was the executive director of the Children's Museum of Art in New York. Read More
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• Min Hogg, World of Interiors Editor, Dies at 80

  28-06-2019 22:50 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Hogg turned a fledgling operation into a respected publication that would become a touchstone in the design world and beyond.
  
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• 500 Capp Street Lays Off Curator, Artist Cancels Exhibition

  28-06-2019 22:49 via artnews.com
  Bob Linder, the head curator, was let go amid a plan to change direction in programming. Read More
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• ‘The Buffalo Hunt’ Review: The Sacred Ties That Bind

  28-06-2019 22:45 via nytimes.com
  This haunting documentary looks at the ritual of the hunt and its place in the history and identity of today’s Lakota Sioux.
  
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• Ron Nagle at the Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

  28-06-2019 22:34 via artnews.com
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• Jerry Carrigan, Prolific Studio Drummer, Is Dead at 75

  28-06-2019 22:28 via nytimes.com
  First in Muscle Shoals, Ala., and then in Nashville, he became known for his fertile imagination and an approach that valued feeling over flash.
  
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• Arts Calendar: July 3-12 - Press Herald

  28-06-2019 22:16 via pressherald.com
  Arts Calendar: July 3-12  Press HeraldGreater Portland. Exhibits. The Barbara Morris Goodbody Collection, The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, USM's Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave., ...
  
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• Is Morality Hard-Wired Into Our Brains?

  28-06-2019 22:00 via nytimes.com
  “Conscience,” by the neurophilosopher Patricia S. Churchland, traces moral behavior to early brain developments in mammals.
  
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• In Inaugural Pride Sales at Sotheby’s and Swann, Collectors Snatch Up Works by Peter Hujar, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe

  28-06-2019 21:41 via artnews.com
  The male-heavy events saw a Hujar photograph of David Wojnarowicz set a new record. Read More
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• San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: Shifting Perspectives - KPBS

  28-06-2019 21:36 via kpbs.org
  San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: Shifting Perspectives  KPBSThis weekend is all about shifting your perspective, whether it's a new look at the world of Harry Potter, baseball songs interpreted by the symphony, or a modern ...
  
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• Six-Year Challenge to Ownership of Art Historian Paul Westheim’s Modernist Art Collection Dismissed in New York Supreme Court

  28-06-2019 21:08 via artnews.com
  The case stemmed from a 1973 dispute over claims to the works in the collection.Read More
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• Not-Quite-Traditional Arts and Crafts Home in England Asks £3.25 Million - Mansion Global

  28-06-2019 20:20 via mansionglobal.com
  Not-Quite-Traditional Arts and Crafts Home in England Asks £3.25 Million  Mansion GlobalA home in the historic Yorkshire town of Harrogate that pairs traditional Arts and Crafts style with luxe, modern amenities is looking for a buyer. Dubbed ...
  
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• Kalamazoo Institute of Arts preps for revolutionary new exhibits - WWMT-TV

  28-06-2019 20:10 via wwmt.com
  Kalamazoo Institute of Arts preps for revolutionary new exhibits  WWMT-TVWatch out art world, Kalamazoo's art scene is rising. The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts will be the only Midwest stop for a nationwide tour highlighting a significant ...
  
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• A Bird Show Spots a Rival, and Bird-Watchers of Color Are Angry

  28-06-2019 20:10 via nytimes.com
  Two nature series with black hosts debuted online recently. The makers of one say their rivals are playing into racial stereotypes.
  
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• The Playlist: Brittany Howard’s Fresh Funk, and 13 More New Songs

  28-06-2019 19:50 via nytimes.com
  Hear tracks by Willie Nelson, the Hives, Julia Michaels and others.
  
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• Viewfinders: 10 Y.A. Novelists Spin Fiction From Vintage Photos

  28-06-2019 19:18 via nytimes.com
  The New York Times invited Asian-American authors to choose photos from our archives and write short young-adult fiction inspired by them.
  
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• SculptureCenter Appoints Christian Rattemeyer, Longtime MoMA Curator, as Director

  28-06-2019 19:11 via artnews.com
  He joins the institution on November 1. Read More
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• Wise Summer Arts camp bringing “Matilda: The Musical” to the stage this weekend - Kingsport Times News

  28-06-2019 19:00 via timesnews.net
  Wise Summer Arts camp bringing “Matilda: The Musical” to the stage this weekend  Kingsport Times NewsCOEBURN — It's one of the most successful musicals of recent history and has won a number of prestigious awards over the last decade. Even more impressive ...
  
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• A-State and Foundation of Arts Announce Summer Program - ASU News

  28-06-2019 18:09 via astate.edu
  A-State and Foundation of Arts Announce Summer Program  ASU NewsJONESBORO – Arkansas State University and The Foundation of Arts announced today a joint effort to enhance summer theatre programming for young people ...
  
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• SculptureCenter Names New Director

  28-06-2019 17:52 via nytimes.com
  The appointment, of Christian Rattemeyer, signals the first change of leadership at the art institution in nearly two decades.
  
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• Sotheby’s to Auction Recordings of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

  28-06-2019 17:41 via artnews.com
  The tapes, estimated to sell for between $1 million and $2 million, are part of a sale to commemorate the landing's 40th anniversary.Read More
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• Guggenheim Workers Vote to Join a Union, the Museum’s First

  28-06-2019 17:35 via nytimes.com
  Art installers and maintenance workers are to become part of the International Union of Operating Engineers, which also represents workers at MoMA PS1.
  
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• The Post and Courier's new arts critic 'talks tactics' - Charleston Post Courier

  28-06-2019 17:15 via postandcourier.com
  The Post and Courier's new arts critic 'talks tactics'  Charleston Post CourierThis essay details the critical approach of Arts Critic Maura Hogan.
  
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• A Son’s Memoir of His Father’s Radical Beliefs, Pursuit by the F.B.I. and Ardent Love for America

  28-06-2019 17:12 via nytimes.com
  “A Good American Family,” by David Maraniss, examines the paranoia and brutality of the McCarthy era through the lens of his father’s experience.
  
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• How a Great Beatles Song Is Reborn in ‘Yesterday’

  28-06-2019 17:04 via nytimes.com
  The film’s director Danny Boyle discusses a comic sequence featuring Himesh Patel.
  
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• The Impresario of ‘Ballet Kink’

  28-06-2019 16:17 via nytimes.com
  Brendan Fernandes brings his subversive take on dance and art to museums.
  
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• For Ronald K. Brown, ‘Grace’ Endures and Brings ‘Mercy’

  28-06-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Bard SummerScape is honoring the choreographer’s 20-year-old “Grace” with live music — and a new collaboration with the musician Meshell Ndegeocello.
  
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• On Night 2, the Democratic Debate Wakes Up and Shakes Up

  28-06-2019 15:58 via nytimes.com
  Thursday night’s second round for the Democrats yielded conflict and a potent TV moment.
  
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• How an Extraordinary Beatles Song Shines Amid the Ordinary in ‘Yesterday’

  28-06-2019 15:43 via nytimes.com
  Danny Boyle discusses a comic sequence featuring Himesh Patel.
  
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• ‘Yesterday’ | Anatomy of a Scene

  28-06-2019 15:38 via nytimes.com
  Danny Boyle narrates a sequence from his film.
  
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• ‘We’re Finally on Relatively Equal Footing’: Guggenheim Workers Vote to Unionize, Join Local 30

  28-06-2019 15:30 via artnews.com
  Employees at the museum have alleged that their wages are not equal to those of their colleagues at other institutions. Read More
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• Imagination, innovation, education at the Clark County Recycled Arts Festival - The Columbian

  28-06-2019 15:05 via columbian.com
  Imagination, innovation, education at the Clark County Recycled Arts Festival  The ColumbianKathleen Duncan will travel far for a great hunk of wood. She once drove all the way to the Maryhill area to collect a massive madrone burl, otherwise known as ...
  
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• Mystery Caravaggio Buyer Named, Cindy Sherman, Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection, and More: Morning Links From June 28, 2019

  28-06-2019 15:02 via artnews.com
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• Summer Staple Des Moines Arts Festival Begins Friday - WHO TV Des Moines

  28-06-2019 14:24 via whotv.com
  Summer Staple Des Moines Arts Festival Begins Friday  WHO TV Des MoinesDES MOINES, Iowa -- The Des Moines Arts Festival brings hundreds of the best artists from around the country to downtown for one weekend. This weekend it's ...
  
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• Highlights of July's Arts Alive! in Eureka - Redheaded Blackbelt

  28-06-2019 14:15 via kymkemp.com
  Highlights of July's Arts Alive! in Eureka  Redheaded BlackbeltJuly Arts Alive! Sponsored by Redwood Capital Bank. William Thonson Gallery. Nishiki Sugawara-Beda: Spirit of the Day. July 6 to August 11.
  
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• Newtown Artist At The Top Of The List When Rowayton Arts Center Community Exhibition Winners Announced - The Newtown Bee

  28-06-2019 14:05 via newtownbee.com
  Newtown Artist At The Top Of The List When Rowayton Arts Center Community Exhibition Winners Announced  The Newtown BeeROWAYTON — “Art the Table,” an all media exhibition featuring work by more than 50 area artists, all RAC members, is on view at Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) ...
  
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• Summer may be slow, but the campus arts scene still sizzles - AroundtheO

  28-06-2019 14:00 via around.uoregon.edu
  Summer may be slow, but the campus arts scene still sizzles  AroundtheOAccording to the internet, July is Anti-boredom Month. Luckily, there are plenty of arts events and activities to fill up your entire summer. In July, the annual ...
  
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• How J Balvin and Bad Bunny Made Their Surprise Album, ‘Oasis’

  28-06-2019 14:00 via nytimes.com
  Two of the biggest Spanish-speaking global pop superstars discuss joining forces for the first “Watch the Throne”-style pairing in Latin music.
  
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• Summerfair arts and crafts show moves to Rimrock Mall - Billings Gazette

  28-06-2019 13:15 via billingsgazette.com
  Summerfair arts and crafts show moves to Rimrock Mall  Billings GazetteSummerfair turns 41 this year, and organizers of the region's largest annual arts and crafts festival are trying out a new venue: Rimrock Mall.
  
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• The Long and Winding Road to ‘Yesterday,’ a Film Full of Beatles Music

  28-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Want to make a movie about the enduring power of the Beatles? You’ll need a lot of their songs, and more than a little help from your friends.
  
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• Talking to Neal Stephenson, Whose New Novel, ‘Fall,’ is at No. 14

  28-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  “Unlike some of my hard science fiction books, such as ‘Seveneves’ — where I sweated the details of orbits, rocket engines, etc. — ‘Fall’ is meant to be read as more of a fable,” he says.
  
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• Summer of Love, Where Have You Gone?

  28-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  These Y.A. novels set in the Bay Area grapple with social ills caused by technology and racial injustice. But love still has its say.
  
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• New in Paperback: ‘Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret,’ ‘The Chandelier’

  28-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
  
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• It’s Slime. And It’s Satisfying.

  28-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The internet has become synonymous with stress itself. Is slime, that substance between liquid and solid, an antidote?
  
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• Books That Will Crawl Under Your Skin — in a Good Way!

  28-06-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In this trio of surreal story collections, including a debut from the “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, up is down and down is up.
  
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