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• Parthenon Marbles Suffered Damage Because of Pollution, According to New Report

  10-12-2019 23:37 via artnews.com
  
  The Elgin Marbles, which are part of the collection of the British Museum in London, have been in the news a lot lately. In his recently published book, human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC wrote that the British Museum “would be even greater if it washed its hands of the blood and returned Elgin’s loot.” And during a recent visit to Greece, Chinese president Xi Jinping said that he supports Greek efforts to seek the return of the marbles, which Thomas Bruce, the seventh E
  
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• Ask a Curator: Francesco Bonami on the Banana, the Best Art of the Decade, and the Rules of Art Fairs

  10-12-2019 23:26 via artnews.com
  
  Francesco Bonami, whose curatorial credits include the 2003 Venice Biennale and the 2010 Whitney Biennial, has returned for the second edition of his column, “Ask a Curator,” in which he addresses Maurizio Cattelan’s latest work, the intricacies of art fairs, and a great deal more. He can be found on Instagram at @thebonamist. If you have queries for him for a future column, please write to [email protected]. —The Editors
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• The Year in, and Beyond, New York’s Galleries—Plus a Top 10 from All Over

  10-12-2019 22:47 via artnews.com
  
  “Art of the City” is a weekly column by Andrew Russeth that runs every Tuesday.
  On Sunday afternoon, a delivery man biking through Tribeca turned onto Cortlandt Alley and slammed his breaks. Hundreds of people were blocking his way, and he looked baffled. Artists Space, the stalwart New York alternative space, had just opened its new home there, and the people were on hand for a performance by Ei Arakawa—a characteristically winning, absurd one called WeWork Babies, which invol
  
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• After a Year and a Half at the Helm, Deborah Cullen-Morales Departs Bronx Museum of the Arts as Director

  10-12-2019 22:04 via artnews.com
  
  Debroah Cullen-Morales will depart the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York as director, after what the institution described as a term meant to last 18 months. She started in July of last year, and will leave at the end of December. The museum’s deputy director, Klaudio Rodriguez, will take over as the institution’s interim director while it searches for a new leader.
  Joseph Mizzi, the chair of the museum’s board, said in a statement, “We are all deeply grateful for Debo
  
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• How ‘Waves’ Got Kanye and Kendrick on Its Soundtrack

  10-12-2019 21:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Some of the biggest names in music lent songs to this intimate family drama, but convincing them took time.
  
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• Review: In ‘42 FT,’ a Circus Shrunk to Fit

  10-12-2019 21:09 via nytimes.com
  
  At the new Cirque Mechanics show, the revolving ring, rotating ladders and spinning swings might not thrill, but the performers do.
  
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• Marionettes at Play

  10-12-2019 20:27 via nytimes.com
  
  A Los Angeles institution has a new home. Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour.
  
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• The Decorous Surfaces and Fraught Subtexts of Alice Adams’s Life and Work

  10-12-2019 20:01 via nytimes.com
  
  “Alice Adams,” a new biography by Carol Sklenicka, recounts the career of the elegant novelist and short story writer who specialized in the disappointments of romance.
  
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• Best Art Books of 2019

  10-12-2019 19:49 via nytimes.com
  
  The Times’s art critics select 26 of their favorite art books and books related to art of the year.
  
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• ‘Crime in Progress’ Tells the Story Behind the Steele Dossier

  10-12-2019 19:44 via nytimes.com
  
  Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, founders of the private intelligence firm Fusion GPS, write about what turned up in their investigation into Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.
  
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• Dawoud Bey’s Shadowy Landscapes Trace Paths of the Underground Railroad

  10-12-2019 19:38 via artnews.com
  
  Someday you be walking down the road andyou hear something or see something going on.So clear. And you think it’s you thinking it up.A thought picture. But no. It’s when you bump intoa rememory that belongs to somebody else.Where I was before I came here, that place is real. 
  —Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987
   
  One can start a discussion about “Night Coming Tenderly, Black,” Dawoud Bey’s most recent series of photographs, by reviewing what they are not.
  
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• Roxette Singer Marie Fredriksson Is Dead at 61

  10-12-2019 19:17 via nytimes.com
  
  As part of the Swedish duo, who gained fame in the 1980s and ’90s, Ms. Fredriksson was known for her breathy voice and dynamic onstage presence.
  
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• Up for Sale: Pop Culture Mementos

  10-12-2019 19:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Three auctions this month will give fans a chance to own collectibles from the world of comic books, television and film.
  
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• Genius, Genocide Denier, or Both?

  10-12-2019 17:50 via nytimes.com
  
  Peter Handke, the Austrian author who was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, has been accused of falsifying history and praising war criminals.
  
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• Christmas Pyramid Lights Up Alabama City

  10-12-2019 17:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Cullman, Ala., has displayed a 30-foot-tall wooden Weihnachtspyramide, or Christmas pyramid, to celebrate the city’s German roots.
  
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• The Military’s Illusions About Donald Trump

  10-12-2019 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Peter Bergen’s “Trump and His Generals” explains how so many members of the armed forces could work for a president who lacks all of the virtues they embody.
  
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• Bill Cosby Loses Appeal of Sexual Assault Conviction

  10-12-2019 16:49 via nytimes.com
  
  A Pennsylvania appellate court voted unanimously to reject the entertainer’s argument that he had been denied a fair trial. He is serving a 10-year prison sentence.
  
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• Marie Fredriksson, Roxette Singer, Is Dead at 61

  10-12-2019 16:19 via nytimes.com
  
  As part of the Swedish duo, who gained fame in the 1980s and ’90s, Ms. Fredriksson was known for her breathy voice and dynamic onstage presence.
  
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• Following in the Footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci

  10-12-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Many of the artist’s works have traveled from around the world to a major show at the Louvre. But many more remain in Italy, in cities and small towns alike.
  
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• Serpentine Names New Chief, Catherine Opie Takes Chair at UCLA, and More: Morning Links from December 10, 2019

  10-12-2019 15:00 via artnews.com
  
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  Bettina Korek, the executive director of the Frieze Los Angeles fair, has been named chief executive of the Serpentine Galleries in London. She replaces Yana Peel, who left this past summer after a swell of controversy. [ARTnews]
  Photographer Catherine Opie will be the first endowed chair of UCLA’s art department, a position drawing on a $2 million gift fro
  
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• Following Abrupt Departure of Previous CEO, Serpentine Galleries Fills Post with Bettina Korek

  10-12-2019 14:46 via artnews.com
  
  After the departure of its previous CEO amid allegations that she was connected to a tech firm with potentially unsavory business dealings, the Serpentine Galleries in London has named a new CEO.
  Bettina Korek, the current executive director of the Frieze Los Angeles art fair, will be the new CEO of the Serpentine Galleries. She starts at the London institution in March, meaning that she will be at the L.A. fair when it opens its second edition in February.
  “This is the only opportunity th
  
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• Following Abrupt Departure of Previous CEO, Serpentine Galleries Fills High-Ranking Post with Bettina Korek

  10-12-2019 14:46 via artnews.com
  
  After the departure of its previous CEO amid allegations that she was connected to a tech firm with potentially unsavory business dealings, the Serpentine Galleries in London has named a new CEO.
  Bettina Korek, the current executive director of the Frieze Los Angeles art fair, will be the new CEO of the Serpentine Galleries. She starts at the London institution in March, meaning that she will be at the L.A. fair when it opens its second edition in February.
  “This is the only opportunity th
  
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• Writing — and Cooking — Across Borders

  10-12-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Of Morsels and Marvels,” the Guadeloupean novelist Maryse Condé writes about the links between her culinary and literary passions.
  
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• They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity

  10-12-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Daisy Dunn’s “The Shadow of Vesuvius” is a lively dual biography of the polymath Pliny the Elder and his nephew (and adopted son), Pliny the Younger.
  
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• These Books Are Ready for Their Close-Up

  10-12-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  From the big screen to the page, the lore of Hollywood movies and movie stars makes an entertaining leap.
  
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• ‘Mary Magdalene’: How FKA twigs Made Her ‘Most Complex Song Ever’

  10-12-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  It took months for the singer, songwriter and dancer FKA twigs to perfect the title track for her critically acclaimed new album. See how she got it right in the latest episode of Diary of a Song.
  
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• Late Night Is Flush With Jokes Over Trump’s Toilet Talk

  10-12-2019 09:15 via nytimes.com
  
  President Trump’s complaints about Americans’ flushing habits were an easy target on Monday night.
  
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• What’s on TV Tuesday: Ellen DeGeneres and ‘Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show’

  10-12-2019 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The talk show host gives back to families in need in her holiday special, and a new sketch comedy series starring an all-black troupe hits Netflix.
  
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• Review: In ‘Greater Clements,’ the Tragedy of a Town that Closed

  10-12-2019 03:45 via nytimes.com
  
  Samuel D. Hunter’s creaky play about the downsizing of the American West features terrific performances by Judith Ivey and Edmund Donovan.
  
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• ‘Halfway Bitches’ Review: A Play as Unruly as Life Itself

  10-12-2019 03:45 via nytimes.com
  
  Stephen Adly Guirgis’s bumpy, vibrant and expansive comic drama about a women’s homeless shelter features a cast of 18 (or 19, counting the goat).
  
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• Cuba Gooding Jr. Faces 7 More Accusations of Unwanted Touching

  10-12-2019 00:59 via nytimes.com
  
  The additional accounts bring to 22 the number of women accusing Mr. Gooding, who faces charges he groped three of them.
  
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