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• Harrington wins prestigious Arts and Letters Award in Literature - Vanderbilt University News

  08-04-2020 23:56
  
  Harrington wins prestigious Arts and Letters Award in Literature  Vanderbilt University News
  
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• Thomasville martial arts facility still open, helping other small businesses - WALB

  08-04-2020 23:32
  
  Thomasville martial arts facility still open, helping other small businesses  WALB
  
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• 13 Notable Removals of Artwork—Through Censorship, Protest, and More

  08-04-2020 22:48 via artnews.com
  
  Artists removing work from an exhibition (or having it removed for them) is a pointed and often political gesture—and part of a lineage covering many decades to the present. Last year, eight artists called for their work to be removed from the Whitney Biennial in protest of the chair of the museum’s board. Since then, Phil Collins and Ali Yass pulled out of a MoMA PS1 show about the Gulf Wars, and a group of artists removed their art from the Aichi Triennale in Japan over claims of c
  
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• Matt Reeves on ‘The Batman,’ ‘Tales From the Loop’ and Other Surreal Worlds

  08-04-2020 21:41 via nytimes.com
  
  The filmmaker and producer talks about the personal stamp he tries to put on his work and what the comic-book vigilante has in common with “Klute.”
  
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• Fire Breaks Out at Construction Site for Berlin’s Embattled Humboldt Forum Museum

  08-04-2020 21:33 via artnews.com
  
  A controversial museum in Germany has experienced yet another hitch. A fire broke out on Wednesday morning at the forthcoming Humboldt Forum, a soon-to-open museum in Berlin bringing together several ethnographic collections that has experienced fierce opposition from critics.
  The fire broke out around 10 a.m. local time and appears to have been caused by an explosion of two tar cookers at the construction site, according to a report in the New York Times. The fire, which injured one worker, sen
  
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• Hal Willner, Music Producer Who Melded Styles, Dies at 64

  08-04-2020 21:30 via nytimes.com
  
  He was best known for assembling diverse casts of performers to play a slightly off-center body of work, and for obliterating the lines between genres.
  
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• The National Endowment for the Arts Announces CARES Act Funding Guidelines - news.delaware.gov

  08-04-2020 20:52
  The National Endowment for the Arts Announces CARES Act Funding Guidelines  news.delaware.gov
  
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• Delaware Arts Festival canceled; scholarships, grants still awarded - ThisWeek Community News

  08-04-2020 20:46
  Delaware Arts Festival canceled; scholarships, grants still awarded  ThisWeek Community News
  
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• John Prine’s 15 Essential Songs

  08-04-2020 20:22 via nytimes.com
  
  He showed how much humor you could put in a song and still be taken seriously. The singer and songwriter died of complications of Covid-19 at 73.
  
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• The 10 Funniest Movies on Netflix

  08-04-2020 20:20 via nytimes.com
  
  We certainly could use a laugh. Here are some comedy options that just might put a smile on your face.
  
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• Arts Focus: Arlington Arts Sews Masks in Partnership with Department of Human Services - ARLnow

  08-04-2020 20:15
  
  Arts Focus: Arlington Arts Sews Masks in Partnership with Department of Human Services  ARLnow
  
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• Help Comes Hard for the Orchestra With No Home

  08-04-2020 19:46 via nytimes.com
  
  The Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s musicians, split across 14 countries, are dependent on support from their local governments to make ends meet during the coronavirus crisis.
  
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• Anne Bass, Arts Patron and Peerless Gardener, Dies at 78

  08-04-2020 19:34 via nytimes.com
  
  A leading philanthropist, she championed, without fanfare, the New York City Ballet and numerous art museums. She also loved her dahlias.
  
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• Christie’s Moves Marquee Spring Hong Kong Auctions to July

  08-04-2020 19:31 via artnews.com
  
  Auction calendars are continuing to shift because of the coronavirus pandemic, with Christie’s moving its marquee Hong Kong sales yet again. Having historically been planned for March, the sales were this year scheduled for the end of May still to be held at the company’s Hong Kong headquarters despite the coronavirus shuttering many Hong Kong businesses. Now, the house has shuffled the schedule one more time, re-dating them for July 5 in New York.
  The Hong Kong sales will now be hel
  
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• Amid Growing Uncertainty, Christie’s Moves Top Spring Hong Kong Auctions to July

  08-04-2020 19:31 via artnews.com
  
  Auction calendars are continuing to shift because of the coronavirus pandemic, with Christie’s moving its marquee Hong Kong sales yet again. Having historically been planned for March, the sales were this year scheduled for the end of May still to be held at the company’s Hong Kong headquarters despite the coronavirus shuttering many Hong Kong businesses. Now, the house has shuffled the schedule one more time, re-dating them for July 5 in New York.
  The Hong Kong sales will now be hel
  
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• Amid Growing Uncertainty, Christie’s Moves Top Spring Hong Kong Auctions to July in New York

  08-04-2020 19:31 via artnews.com
  
  Auction calendars are continuing to shift because of the coronavirus pandemic, with Christie’s moving its marquee Hong Kong sales yet again. Having historically been planned for March, the sales were this year scheduled for the end of May still to be held at the company’s Hong Kong headquarters despite the coronavirus shuttering many Hong Kong businesses. Now, the house has shuffled the schedule one more time, re-dating them for July 5 in New York.
  The Hong Kong sales will now be hel
  
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• What TV Should I Watch After Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’?

  08-04-2020 19:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Our television critic answers your questions and offers guidance on what to watch next.
  
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• Angry Fans Say First the Concerts Were Canceled, Then the Refunds

  08-04-2020 18:58 via nytimes.com
  
  Ticket vendors are being criticized for treating the thousands of live events that were called off as postponements, on which some do not offer refunds.
  
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• Pearl Jam and Green Day Are Still Going Strong. But Can They Evolve?

  08-04-2020 18:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Both bands started in the 1990s and have arena-sized followings today. On new albums, they take vastly different approaches than they have in the past.
  
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• What Can We Learn From the Art of Pandemics Past?

  08-04-2020 18:18 via nytimes.com
  
  From the playground game ring-around-the-rosy to the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, the scars of illnesses throughout history are still visible today.
  
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• Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s Mystical Art Brings People In Touch With Lost Ancestors

  08-04-2020 18:18 via artnews.com
  
  In Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s latest work, The Boat People (2020), a group of children search for objects left over from the ruins of human civilization. Led by a young girl, who we learn is the last woman on earth, the children call themselves the boat people, referring to their mode of transportation and reclaiming the derogatory term describing refugees who fled Vietnam by sea following the end of the American war in Vietnam in 1975. As the last survivors of the human race, the phrase becomes
  
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• American Ballet Theater Cancels Spring Season at Met Opera House

  08-04-2020 18:16 via nytimes.com
  
  Canceling the Met season, the company’s executive director said, is “akin to the cancellation of the Olympics for those athletes.”
  
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• Fairport Canal Days, Park Ave. & Corn Hill Arts Festivals canceled due to COVID-19 - 13WHAM-TV

  08-04-2020 17:59
  Fairport Canal Days, Park Ave. & Corn Hill Arts Festivals canceled due to COVID-19  13WHAM-TV
  
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• A New Album Reflects a Composer’s Stubborn Versatility

  08-04-2020 17:44 via nytimes.com
  
  Paul Dessau, who collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and Walt Disney, is relatively obscure in part because he diverged from musical trends.
  
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• Omaha Summer Arts Festival will not take place for the first time in 46 years - Omaha World-Herald

  08-04-2020 17:42
  Omaha Summer Arts Festival will not take place for the first time in 46 years  Omaha World-Herald
  
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• Artist Kennedy Yanko Wants to Teach Your Children How to Make Art During Quarantine

  08-04-2020 17:30 via artnews.com
  
  Next week was supposed to be a big one for artist Kennedy Yanko, as she was supposed to present new work at the Dallas Art Fair by way of New York’s Denny Dimin Gallery. Then the fair, like so many other art events happening around the world, got postponed indefinitely. (It is now scheduled for the beginning of October.) But she had been at least sort of prepped for the disappointment: Having already had an exhibition recently canceled at Milan’s Marco Poggiali Gallery, “I had
  
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• Broadway Will Remain Closed at Least Until June, and Probably Longer

  08-04-2020 17:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The 41 Broadway theaters have been closed since March 12, and industry leaders are aware that large gatherings may be among the last forms of activity to resume when the pandemic eases.
  
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• A Rube Goldberg Hand-Washing Contraption? The Race Is On

  08-04-2020 16:50 via nytimes.com
  
  The cartoonist’s granddaughter is holding a bar-of-soap competition that encourages families to work collaboratively. Video submissions are due May 31.
  
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• National arts groups establish $10 million fund to provide $5,000 emergency relief grants to artists needing - cleveland.com

  08-04-2020 16:37
  
  National arts groups establish $10 million fund to provide $5,000 emergency relief grants to artists needing  cleveland.com
  
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• Is Now the Time for ‘The Leftovers’?

  08-04-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Our television critic answers your questions and offers guidance on what to watch next.
  
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• The epidemic and the arts: ‘a very different storm’ - AL.com

  08-04-2020 15:09
  
  The epidemic and the arts: ‘a very different storm’  AL.com
  
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• The Heroine of This Korean Best Seller Is Extremely Ordinary. That’s the Point.

  08-04-2020 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982,” a surprise hit when it was published, ignited what Cho Nam-Joo called “a public debate” around gender and inequality.
  
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• Leon and Debra Black Give $10 M. to Hospital Workers, Singapore Museums Close, and More: Morning Links from April 8, 2020

  08-04-2020 15:00 via artnews.com
  
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  Museum of Modern Art board chair Leon Black and his wife Debra, who rank on ARTnews’s Top 200 Collectors list, have given $10 million to a New York City fund for hospital workers. [Crain’s New York]
  With Singapore shutting down as officials attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus, art museums across the city-state, including the National
  
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• Explosion at Berlin’s Humboldt Forum Puts Delayed Opening in Doubt

  08-04-2020 12:54 via nytimes.com
  
  A blast on the construction site of the troubled museum project damaged the building and injured a worker.
  
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• Happy 30th Anniversary, ‘Twin Peaks.’ Go Down the Rabbit Hole.

  08-04-2020 11:28 via nytimes.com
  
  The owls are not what they seem, the log does not judge and the coffee is damn fine. Here’s a reading guide to The Times’s coverage of a most mysterious television series.
  
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• When a Gaming Fantasy Is Eerily Close to Reality

  08-04-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Plague Inc. has been around for eight years. In the coronavirus crisis, it’s tapping into fears but also offering comfort.
  
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• The East River Waterfront Dazzles. Take a Virtual Tour.

  08-04-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  With views of the water, skyline, bridges and piers, the promenade encapsulates New York’s history. Our critic walks with the architect Deborah Berke.
  
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• ‘Notes From an Apocalypse’ Is a Timely Tour of Preparing for the Worst

  08-04-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Mark O’Connell visited tricked-out bunkers, wilderness reserves, space-colonizing conferences and other places where people are getting ready for the end of the world as we know it.
  
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• In the Movies, A.I. Wants to Help … Until It Doesn’t

  08-04-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Five films that creatively show the good and the not-so-good of the relationship between smart machines and humans.
  
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• Artists Explore A.I., With Some Deep Unease

  08-04-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Coming shows involve artificial intelligence, but underlying them is a concern: “What are we unleashing?”
  
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• Here’s How Those Hot Jigsaw Puzzles Are Made

  08-04-2020 09:35 via nytimes.com
  
  The coronavirus has sent businesses racing as demand surges past levels seen at Christmas.
  
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• Late Night Says Wisconsin’s Voting Day Is a ‘Coronavirus All-You-Can-Eat Buffet’

  08-04-2020 08:27 via nytimes.com
  
  “I guess it’s the Wisconsin way of showing New Hampshire that you can live free and die,” Stephen Colbert joked of Wisconsin’s voting.
  
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• What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Parasite’ and ‘Modern Family’

  08-04-2020 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Parasite” hits Hulu. And “Modern Family” airs its final episode on ABC.
  
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• John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73

  08-04-2020 03:53 via nytimes.com
  
  The folk singer and songwriter with a raspy voice and an offbeat humor was revered by peers including Bob Dylan.
  
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• LA Might Turn Arts Event Funding Into Coronavirus Relief For Artists - LAist

  08-04-2020 01:51
  
  LA Might Turn Arts Event Funding Into Coronavirus Relief For Artists  LAist
  
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• Helène Aylon, Eco-Feminist Artist Who Pondered Change, Is Dead at 89 of Coronavirus-Related Causes

  08-04-2020 00:23 via artnews.com
  
  Helène Aylon, a New York–based artist known for her pioneering work involving feminist, environmentalist, and Jewish themes, died on Monday of coronavirus-related causes, according to her New York gallery, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects. She was 89.
  “She leaves behind the many people whose lives she deeply touched, as well as a prodigious and diverse body of art that arose from her lifelong engagement in spiritual and societal concerns,” the gallery wrote in its ema
  
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