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• Mary Abbott, Abstract Expressionist, Is Dead at 98

  01-10-2019 23:03 via nytimes.com
  She traveled in the same circles as Pollock and de Kooning, but recognition in a male-dominated genre often eluded her.
  
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• Speech and Violence Collide in ‘The Topeka School’

  01-10-2019 22:36 via nytimes.com
  Ben Lerner’s third novel draws on autobiographical details, like his previous two did, but offers a more conventional plot about a family in Kansas and the coarsening of political language.
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio Figures in Next Urs Fischer Show at Gagosian Paris: Source

  01-10-2019 22:32 via artnews.com
  The exhibition is due to open during the FIAC fair in the French capital. Read More
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• This Time, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Promotes From Within

  01-10-2019 22:08 via nytimes.com
  Chad Smith, who has overseen the orchestra’s programming, will be its new chief executive, following the abrupt departure of Simon Woods last month.
  
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• What Do Mothers Want? And Will They Know It When They Find It?

  01-10-2019 21:53 via nytimes.com
  In Kate Walbert’s story collection “She Was Like That,” the love of women for their children can provide salvation or a trap. Or both.
  
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• Short Stories From Joe Hill, Spiked With Mayhem and Evil

  01-10-2019 21:28 via nytimes.com
  Biker gangs, demented merry-go-rounds, haunted bookmobiles, dead lake monsters: You’ll find them all in “Full Throttle.”
  
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• Preview Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2019

  01-10-2019 21:27 via artnews.com
  The fairs open with two preview days, starting Wednesday, October 2.Read More
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• Review: ‘Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo’ Offers Stand-Up Comedy Without the Standing

  01-10-2019 20:40 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Sunshine is one of the rare Westerners to become a master of the centuries-old Japanese comic storytelling form.
  
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• German City Withdraws Art Prize for Walid Raad Over Artist’s Alleged Support of BDS Movement

  01-10-2019 20:26 via artnews.com
  The mayor of Aachen said that the artist had been "evasive" during an inquiry into his political leanings. Read More
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• ‘Celebration’ Review: The Final Stand of Yves Saint Laurent

  01-10-2019 20:05 via nytimes.com
  There’s little joy in this documentary, despite its title. But the movie is both revealing and beguiling.
  
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• Kyle Abraham Wants You to See Another Side of Misty Copeland

  01-10-2019 18:57 via nytimes.com
  He is making a solo for her at a point in their careers when neither feels a need to show off.
  
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• Jessye Norman: Hear 10 of Her Greatest Performances

  01-10-2019 18:48 via nytimes.com
  Listen to classic renditions of Strauss, Wagner and others by the American soprano, who died on Monday at 74.
  
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• ‘Birds of Prey’ Trailer: Harley Quinn Steals Her Own Movie

  01-10-2019 18:43 via nytimes.com
  Margot Robbie stars as the DC Comics supervillain in a stand-alone title in which she and her female crew take on Black Mask (Ewan McGregor).
  
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• Up Close and Personal: New Essays From Leslie Jamison

  01-10-2019 18:30 via nytimes.com
  In her second collection, “Make It Scream, Make It Burn,” the author of “The Empathy Exams” wages a journalistic battle between sentiment and detachment.
  
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• Double Feature: Revered Painter Nicole Eisenman Has Quickly Become One of Today’s Most Thrilling Sculptors

  01-10-2019 18:23 via artnews.com
  The artist made her first mature three-dimensional work just seven years ago; since then, she's been off to the races. Read More
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• Lawsuit by Billionaire Collector Ronald S. Lauder Against Museum of World War II Dismissed

  01-10-2019 18:18 via artnews.com
  In the complaint, the collector revealed that he had purchased a $25 million collection of World War II objects. Read More
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• Post Malone’s ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ Scores a Third Straight Week at No. 1

  01-10-2019 17:06 via nytimes.com
  The album — a streaming juggernaut — is the first of the year with a three-week streak.
  
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• Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Commissions Artist Elias Sime for New Public Garden at Historically Off-Limits National Palace

  01-10-2019 16:50 via artnews.com
  The project came at the behest of prime minister Abiy Ahmed. Read More
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• Dead Fathers, Feminist Icons and Other Poetic Obsessions

  01-10-2019 16:29 via nytimes.com
  New poetry collections from Hanif Abdurraqib, Maya Phillips, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Daniel Poppick and Alexandra Teague.
  
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• What to See? Why So Pricey? Our Theater Critics Have Your Answers.

  01-10-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Ben Brantley and Jesse Green respond to readers curious about the Tony race, hungry for happy fare, and heading to London.
  
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• The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More in October

  01-10-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  Every month, subscription streaming services add a new batch of titles to their libraries. Here are the ones we think are most interesting for October.
  
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• Kara Walker Debuts Monumental Fountain in London, Wolfgang Tillmans to Chair ICA London, and More: Morning Links from October 1, 2019

  01-10-2019 15:00 via artnews.com
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• Jessye Norman Was a Diva, in the Best Way

  01-10-2019 14:28 via nytimes.com
  The great soprano, who died on Monday at 74, had a regal, even haughty presence, but also vocal charisma to spare.
  
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• This House Throws the Hamptons a Curve

  01-10-2019 13:02 via nytimes.com
  Designed for maximum energy efficiency, a weekend home looks nothing like the neighbors’. But an entomologist might feel at home.
  
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• Archtober: A Month of Lectures, Tours and Films About Architecture

  01-10-2019 13:02 via nytimes.com
  More than 80 New York City organizations are participating in Archtober, a monthlong event series put on by the Center for Architecture.
  
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• Architectural Feats in Inhospitable Spots

  01-10-2019 13:01 via nytimes.com
  New books describe the architecture of (near) impossibility, both real and imagined.
  
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• The Long-Ignored Athens Waterfront Is Being Revived

  01-10-2019 12:47 via nytimes.com
  At the heart of the Faliro Bay Restoration Project is a 50-acre park being designed by the architect Renzo Piano near sites of the 2004 Olympics.
  
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• Vern Yip on Interior Design: Your Home ‘Should Nurture You’

  01-10-2019 12:41 via nytimes.com
  Among his 18 key points: If you don’t love it or need it, get rid of it. And leave each room the way you want to come back to it.
  
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• Designs to Last

  01-10-2019 12:10 via nytimes.com
  New exhibitions detail the evolution, and survival, of the fashion industry in France.
  
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• What Happens When Girl Power Goes Wrong?

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s thriller explores the ripple effect of a lie told by a lonely teenager.
  
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• The Newish Charleston

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The writer of a new book on architecture in South Carolina’s oldest city praises past glories and rues recent developments.
  
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• Second Thoughts in the Second City

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Set in the months surrounding the 2016 election, Carol Anshaw’s novel “Right After the Weather” features a witty woman puzzled by her own heroics.
  
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• Love and War in European Fiction

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  New novels from abroad include a Northern Irish homage to the “Iliad,” a Norwegian family drama and an Italian dystopian tale.
  
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• Jeanette Winterson’s Playful New Novel Offers Thoughts on Mad Science and Sexbots

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  “Frankissstein” combines a story involving Mary Shelley, the author of “Frankenstein,” with a contemporary plot about artificial intelligence and sex dolls.
  
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• In the Desert With Jackrabbits and Clint Eastwood

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A developer resurrected a neglected concrete cabin in the Southern California high desert.
  
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• Hiroshi Sugimoto Has Hard Thoughts and a Soft Focus

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In his new book, the photographer reveals the essence of important buildings. In conversation, he has a few unvarnished things to say about some of them.
  
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• Charlotte Perriand’s Work Transformed Rooms. Now It Fills a Museum

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In Paris, tribute is paid — encore — to the French architect and designer.
  
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• Carteret: Hearing set on Arts District apartments, retail, restaurants - My Central Jersey

  01-10-2019 11:00 via mycentraljersey.com
  Carteret: Hearing set on Arts District apartments, retail, restaurants  My Central Jersey
  
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• Brutalism Springs Eternal in Morocco

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A modernist thermal bath complex on an ancient site near Fez may return to its original concrete splendor.
  
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• Architecture’s Most Irredeemable Cad

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  “Plagued by Fire,” Paul Hendrickson’s biography of Frank Lloyd Wright, attempts to show the fundamental decency of a man history has portrayed as both a genius and a monster.
  
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• A Woman Confronted Her Rapist 14 Years Later. Here’s What He Said.

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In her memoir “Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl,” Jeannie Vanasco seeks answers to her trauma.
  
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• A Roof of One’s Own, With or Without the Gingerbread

  01-10-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  More than escapist fantasies or backyard baubles, tiny houses are increasingly sheltering people in need.
  
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• The Shark-Infested Waters of Trump’s Tweet-Filled Weekend

  01-10-2019 08:44 via nytimes.com
  “I would say the president is starting to unravel, but that would imply he was raveled in the first place,” Jimmy Kimmel joked Monday night.
  
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• What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Carmen Sandiego’ and ‘In a Man’s World’

  01-10-2019 07:00 via nytimes.com
  Season 2 of “Carmen Sandiego” is on Netflix. And Bravo’s new mini series, “In a Man’s World,” premieres.
  
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• Jessye Norman, Regal American Soprano, Is Dead at 74

  01-10-2019 06:54 via nytimes.com
  A multiple Grammy Award winner, she was a towering figure on operatic, concert and recital stages.
  
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• The Kennedy Center Opens New Performing Arts Wing In Washington, D.C. - Forbes

  01-10-2019 05:11 via forbes.com
  The Kennedy Center Opens New Performing Arts Wing In Washington, D.C.  Forbes
  
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• Kennedy Center Opens New Performing Arts Wing In Washington, D.C. - Forbes

  01-10-2019 05:11 via forbes.com
  Kennedy Center Opens New Performing Arts Wing In Washington, D.C.  Forbes
  
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