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• ‘Beastie Boys Story’ Review: Pass the Mic, and the Memories

  22-04-2020 23:56 via nytimes.com
  
  Ad-Rock and Mike D share stories and grief in a live documentary directed by Spike Jonze.
  
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• Interlochen Arts Academy takes creative approach to virtual learning - UpNorthLive.com

  22-04-2020 23:42 via upnorthlive.com
  Interlochen Arts Academy takes creative approach to virtual learning  UpNorthLive.com
  
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• Following Coronavirus Closures, Museums in Germany, Austria Plan Reopenings

  22-04-2020 23:04 via artnews.com
  
  Germany’s attempts to battle the coronavirus appear to have been successful, and now small businesses across the nation have begun to reopen. Now, a few states in the country have revealed plans to bring museums back into operation as well.
  Per a report in the Art Newspaper, small museums in the German state of Brandenburg were the first to reopen their doors to the public today, albeit with strict security precautions, including the widespread use of disinfectant and the use of credit car
  
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• Watch This: ‘Alias Grace’

  22-04-2020 22:46 via nytimes.com
  
  Looking for a quick midweek binge? Our TV critic has two great recommendations.
  
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• The 20 Best Environmentalist Artworks of the Past 50 Years

  22-04-2020 22:46 via artnews.com
  
  There’s a stereotype of the artist as a hermit, stuck inside his studio all day, that plagues art history, but in fact throughout the past century, many creators—in particular those active over the past decade—have considered the relationship between themselves and the environment, as well as the destructive effects of climate change. To celebrate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, ARTnews has assembled a list of the best environmentalist artworks. Below, a guide to the most i
  
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• A Seaside Irish Village Adopts Matt Damon

  22-04-2020 22:07 via nytimes.com
  
  But don’t you dare ask what it’s like living under lockdown with Matt O’Damon.
  
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• A Glimpse Inside the Secluded World of a Georgian Nunnery

  22-04-2020 21:57 via nytimes.com
  
  In the latest essay from our visual series, The World Through a Lens, we share a collection of photographs from a nunnery in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.
  
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• In the End, ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ Burned Down the Status Quo

  22-04-2020 21:50 via nytimes.com
  
  The showrunner Liz Tigelaar discussed the series finale, why the writers diverged from the novel and how an act of violent destruction freed the characters from their cages.
  
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• The ‘2 Lizards’ of Instagram Are Coronavirus Art Stars

  22-04-2020 21:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki are building a world of animated anxiety and resistance aimed at phones.
  
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• Arts organizations close their doors, cancel events amid pandemic - vtdigger.org

  22-04-2020 20:36 via vtdigger.org
  
  Arts organizations close their doors, cancel events amid pandemic  vtdigger.org
  
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• Escape With Me Into the Trippy World of 1930s Musicals

  22-04-2020 20:33 via nytimes.com
  
  The old Hollywood spectacle — with its fantasias, tap numbers and heavenly music — lets us forget our troubles. Shall we dance?
  
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• Five Artists to Follow on Instagram Now

  22-04-2020 20:29 via nytimes.com
  
  Sketches from Kara Walker, wild designs from a hot architect-turned-artist, and a photo diary from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
  
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• 10 Women in Jazz Who Never Got Their Due

  22-04-2020 20:06 via nytimes.com
  
  We’re often taught to think of jazz’s history as a cavalcade of great men and their bands, but from its beginnings the music was often in the hands of women. Listen to some of the greatest.
  
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• Books You Can Read in a Day

  22-04-2020 20:04 via nytimes.com
  
  A few suggestions for how readers can take these unusual circumstances one day — and one book — at a time.
  
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• Arts Festival 2020 - Boston College Chronicle

  22-04-2020 19:56 via bc.edu
  Arts Festival 2020  Boston College Chronicle
  
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• Metropolitan Museum of Art Lays Off 81 Employees Amid Financial Uncertainty

  22-04-2020 19:30 via artnews.com
  
  Facing a period of turmoil amid a coronavirus closure, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has laid off 81 employees in its visitor services and retail departments. The museum had previously said that it expects a shortfall of $100 million in revenue and that it will most likely remain closed through July. This round of layoffs is the museum’s first since it temporarily shuttered in March.
  Alongside the layoffs came news that executives at the museum would take pay cuts. Max Hollein, the museum
  
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• The Women Doctors Who Fought to Serve in World War I

  22-04-2020 19:08 via nytimes.com
  
  In “No Man’s Land,” Wendy Moore chronicles the remarkable story of two female physicians who founded and ran a military hospital in London.
  
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• A Cast Album I Love: ‘Twelfth Night’

  22-04-2020 19:08 via nytimes.com
  
  We continue our cast album series with more recommendations for wonderful musicals to listen to at home
  
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• Meet Zsela, a Singer Perfecting the Art of Taking It Slowly

  22-04-2020 18:44 via nytimes.com
  
  The 25-year-old vocalist and songwriter has been tinkering with the unhurried songs on her debut EP, “Ache of Victory,” for years.
  
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• Surprise narrowly votes to oust arts commissioner running for City Council - AZCentral

  22-04-2020 18:25 via azcentral.com
  
  Surprise narrowly votes to oust arts commissioner running for City Council  AZCentral
  
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• These Are the Most Challenged Books, According to the A.L.A.

  22-04-2020 18:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Eight of the 10 titles identified in the American Library Association’s annual ranking of the most frequently banned or protested books featured L.G.B.T.Q. subject matter.
  
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• Lois Weinberger, Artist with a Fervent Belief in the Spirituality of Plants, Is Dead at 72

  22-04-2020 17:55 via artnews.com
  
  Lois Weinberger, an artist known for his installations that repurposed plants as poetic gestures, died at 72 in Vienna. The Austrian newspaper Der Standard first reported the news of his death.
  Weinberger has been considered one of Austria’s most important contemporary artists, though many of his most important works were staged outside his home country—which was a part of his work’s point. Weinberger was long interested in how nature could correspond with migrations and diaspo
  
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• Ryan Heffington Wants the Whole World to Dance

  22-04-2020 17:33 via nytimes.com
  
  His choreography for Major Lazer and Marcus Mumford’s “Lay Your Head on Me” has dancers from 29 countries moving with ease and enjoyment.
  
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• Olafur Eliasson Channels Plants’ Points of View in Earth Day Artwork

  22-04-2020 17:30 via artnews.com
  
  As it happens, this year marks the 50th anniversary of both the first Earth Day and the founding of London’s Serpentine Galleries. To mark the occasion, the British museum is running a program called “Back to Earth,” and as part of it, the museum has commissioned artist Olafur Eliasson to create a new work that calls attention to the climate emergency. Eliasson, who is known for his experiential sculptures and large-scale installations, has responded with nine illusionistic ima
  
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• Can a Neural Network Write Criticism?

  22-04-2020 17:02 via artnews.com
  
  The Final Cut’s new album Process was recorded in two places: a cavernous music studio in Berlin, and a Brooklyn dining hall during an immersive culinary experience in which sound was among the items on the menu. “With its swarming, chirping creatures and metallic thuds, it sounds like a cross between a distorted, futuristic version of one of the more patient strains of industrial and drone music,” writes a critic for the experimental music magazine Ear Wave Event. Somehow, the
  
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• Someday My Prince Will Leave Me for Someone More Low-Key

  22-04-2020 16:29 via nytimes.com
  
  Don’t hate the uptight women dumped by rom-com heroes. They’re high-strung, but they’re assertive. Are they monsters just because they know what they want?
  
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• A Furby From ‘Uncut Gems’ Can Be Yours (for a Good Cause)

  22-04-2020 16:26 via nytimes.com
  
  To help with coronavirus relief efforts,A24 is auctioning items from the Safdie brothers movie as well as “The Lighthouse” and “Midsommar.”
  
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• With ‘Upload,’ Greg Daniels Takes a Leap Into the Great Unknown

  22-04-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Recognized for the hit network sitcoms “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation,” Daniels is breaking his own conventions with a satirical sci-fi show on Amazon.
  
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• The Virus Won’t Revive F.D.R.’s Arts Jobs Program. Here’s Why.

  22-04-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Federal Art Project, part of Roosevelt’s sweeping employment plan, gave work to thousands of artists, but politics and society were different then.
  
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• Jack McBrayer’s Island Vacation Is in His Mind

  22-04-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The former “30 Rock” star, whose new scripted podcast is on Audible, adds Hawaiian music, “Clue” and anything coconut to the things he can’t live without.
  
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• ‘Eating Up Easter’ Review: The Wasteful Side of Tourism

  22-04-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A filmmaker shows the daily environmental struggles of his native home.
  
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• Marina Abramović Hits Back at Satanism Allegations, Diddy Accused of Plagiarizing Kahlil Joseph, and More: Morning Links from April 22, 2020

  22-04-2020 15:00 via artnews.com
  
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  After conspiracy theorists resurfaced claims that she was a Satanist, Marina Abramović has finally spoken out about the allegations. “I am an artist, not a Satanist,” she said. [The New York Times]
  Last week, Microsoft deleted an ad for a new Abramović work after it was besieged by users who downvoted the video on YouTube.
  
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• The (Video) Diary of Anne Frank

  22-04-2020 14:58 via nytimes.com
  
  What if Anne Frank had been a vlogger? That’s the premise behind a new online series aimed at young people living in isolation right now.
  
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• Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now

  22-04-2020 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  His charming, deceptively simple music will make you feel better about things.
  
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• Buy Electronic Arts At $115? - Forbes

  22-04-2020 13:44 via forbes.com
  Buy Electronic Arts At $115?  Forbes
  
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• ‘The Willoughbys’ Review: Parental Guidance Ejected

  22-04-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Neglected children conspire to off their parents in this giddy animated adventure based on Lois Lowry’s satirical book.
  
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• ‘Circus of Books’ Review: A Community Takes Pride in Its Porn Store

  22-04-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A woman’s documentary on the gay pornography and adult goods shop her parents ran for three decades brims with warm remembrances by those who frequented it.
  
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• Orange County students study arts with the pros - Orlando Sentinel

  22-04-2020 11:12 via orlandosentinel.com
  Orange County students study arts with the pros  Orlando Sentinel
  
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• Simplify Even More? Yes, It’s Possible

  22-04-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  These books offer suggestions for distilling your life down to its essence.
  
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• Classic Skyscrapers Define New York. Take a Virtual Tour.

  22-04-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The epitome of the ‘Mad Men’ era, the sleek midcentury buildings of Park Avenue glimmer. Our critic strolls with the architect Annabelle Selldorf.
  
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• Some Bake During Lockdown. Trump Bans Immigrants, Trevor Noah Notes.

  22-04-2020 08:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Trevor Noah joked that Trump is finding ways to keep busy while Americans are “finally getting around to watching ‘Ozark’ and trying to bake bread for the first time.”
  
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• What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘She Walks with Apes’ and ‘Fauda’

  22-04-2020 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A documentary about pioneering primatologists airs on BBC America. And a new season of an Israeli action series is on Netflix.
  
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• On Earth Day, a Cartoonist Glances Back at Rachel Carson’s Classic

  22-04-2020 06:45 via nytimes.com
  
  A graphic review of “Silent Spring,” the book that helped launch the environmental movement.
  
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• Live Events This Week: Earth Day, NYT for Kids and More

  22-04-2020 06:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Here’s how Times journalists can help you stay connected and understand our changing world.
  
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• Asheville martial arts studio starts free virtual classes - WLOS

  22-04-2020 04:57 via wlos.com
  Asheville martial arts studio starts free virtual classes  WLOS
  
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• How Many More Weeks (Years)? Watching ‘Groundhog Day’ Together

  22-04-2020 03:22 via nytimes.com
  
  It’s the same thing every day. Clean up your room. Stand up straight. Sit down for a classic comedy while we’re in quarantine. Here’s what happened at our viewing party.
  
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• School of the Arts' #ArtAt6Feet series: Keeping the arts alive - Nevada Today

  22-04-2020 02:21 via unr.edu
  
  School of the Arts' #ArtAt6Feet series: Keeping the arts alive  Nevada Today
  
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• Virginia Savage McAlester, ‘Queen of Dallas Preservation,’ Dies at 76

  22-04-2020 02:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Her book “A Field Guide to American Houses,” published in 1984 and revised in 2015, made her a household name among preservationists and architecture buffs.
  
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• Common Thread Tying Together 2019’s ‘Most Challenged’ Books: L.G.B.T.Q. Issues

  22-04-2020 01:24 via nytimes.com
  
  Eight of the 10 titles identified in the American Library Association’s annual ranking of the most frequently banned or protested books featured L.G.B.T.Q. subject matter.
  
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• Literature and the Arts in Times of Crisis - UC Berkeley

  22-04-2020 00:48 via news.berkeley.edu
  
  Literature and the Arts in Times of Crisis  UC Berkeley
  
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