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• Arts March for Justice and Equity at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA - Tue Jun 2 - TheStranger.com

  01-06-2020 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Arts March for Justice and Equity at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA - Tue Jun 2  TheStranger.com
  
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• Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic - Press Herald

  01-06-2020 23:57 via pressherald.com
  
  Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic  Press Herald
  
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• Birmingham Arts Drive-In event postponed due to city curfew - AL.com

  01-06-2020 23:48 via al.com
  
  Birmingham Arts Drive-In event postponed due to city curfew  AL.com
  
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• Writers who show us who we are

  01-06-2020 23:33 via nytimes.com
  
  These essays on American authors — some well known, some unjustly forgotten, some perpetually misunderstood — aim to restore a sense of the “complex fate” of being an American. Read more about the series.
  
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• Grimshaw unveils a new arts complex at Santa Monica College - The Architect's Newspaper

  01-06-2020 23:22 via archpaper.com
  
  Grimshaw unveils a new arts complex at Santa Monica College  The Architect's Newspaper
  
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• ARTnews in Brief: Van Doren Waxter Now Represents Estate of Jack Tworkov—and More from June 2, 2020

  01-06-2020 23:07 via artnews.com
  
  Tuesday, June 2
  Van Doren Waxter Now Represents Estate of Jack TworkovThe New York–based gallery Van Doren Waxter now exclusively represents the estate of Jack Tworkov, an Abstract Expressionist painter and a key figure of the postwar avant-garde. On Tuesday, in its online viewing room, the gallery put up for sale Tworkov’s painting Ending (1967–72), which has not been shown publicly singe 1991. Dealer Dorsey Waxter said of the artist in a statement, &l
  
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• ARTnews in Brief: Frith Street Gallery Now Reps Nancy Spero Estate—and More from June 1, 2020

  01-06-2020 23:07 via artnews.com
  
  Monday, June 1
  Frith Street Gallery Now Represents Estate of Nancy SperoIn collaboration with Galerie Lelong & Co. and the Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts, Frith Street Gallery in London now represents the estate of Nancy Spero. The feminist artist is best known for her paintings centering social and political issues. Spero, whose work was the subject of a recent solo show at the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City and MoMA PS1 in New York, was an active member of the group Women
  
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• The Metropolitan Opera Cancels All Fall Performances

  01-06-2020 22:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Many artists have not been paid since March at the company, which hopes to return on New Year’s Eve after its longest interruption in over a century.
  
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• Five Artists for This Moment

  01-06-2020 21:51 via nytimes.com
  
  These esteemed black American creators make work that responds to violence against the black body.
  
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• After Missteps, Pop Stars Apologize … and Sometimes Push Back

  01-06-2020 21:51 via nytimes.com
  
  Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat, and how some in the limelight bristle at social media condemnation.
  
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• Minneapolis Art Community at Work to Keep George Floyd’s Memory Alive

  01-06-2020 21:34 via artnews.com
  
  Minneapolis has become a city of altars in the wake of George Floyd’s death, which last week ignited a wave of demonstrations across the country in protest of police violence against African-Americans.
  “We wanted to portray him in a positive light, not as a martyr but as a hero,” said Cadex Herrera, one of many artists across the Twin Cities who has lent their talents to paintings, poetry, and performances that memorialize Floyd. “We wanted to make sure that his name was
  
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• The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More in June

  01-06-2020 21:07 via nytimes.com
  
  Every month, subscription streaming services add a new batch of titles to their libraries. Here are our picks for June.
  
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• How ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Survived the Pandemic

  01-06-2020 20:44 via nytimes.com
  
  The musical’s world tour, now in Seoul, weathered a cast outbreak to become perhaps the only major show running. Can theater learn from its example?
  
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• Gunna Extends Hip-Hop’s Dominance on the Billboard Album Chart

  01-06-2020 19:47 via nytimes.com
  
  The rapper earned his first No. 1 with “Wunna,” and now all eyes are on Lady Gaga, whose “Chromatica” is expected to take the top spot next week.
  
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• Celebrating Pride on Film

  01-06-2020 19:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Missing parties and parades during Pride Month? These movies will fill your screen with joy, history and rainbows.
  
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• Christo’s Most Controversial Artworks: Protests, Political Outcries, Deaths, and More

  01-06-2020 19:26 via artnews.com
  
  Christo, who died on Sunday at the age of 84, will always be remembered for the intense visual spectacle of his wrappings, many of them produced with his wife Jeanne-Claude. Yet those fond memories of flowing fabric and dramatic alterations to sites and structures often obscure matters of controversy surrounding Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s art. Below, a survey of the scandals that figured in five of Christo’s most iconic works.
  A man standing on the remains of the Berlin Wall and vie
  
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• Publishers Sue Internet Archive Over Free E-Books

  01-06-2020 19:13 via nytimes.com
  
  Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette and Wiley accused the nonprofit of piracy for making over 1 million books free online.
  
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• Elsa Dorfman, Photographer of Large-Format Polaroid Portraits, Has Died at 83

  01-06-2020 19:10 via artnews.com
  
  Photographer Elsa Dorfman, who created large-format portraits of herself and others using a 200-pound Polaroid camera, has died at age 83. According to a report by the Boston Globe, the cause of her death was kidney failure.
  Over the course of her decades-long career, Dorfman produced Polaroid photographs of herself, friends, celebrities, and fellow artists to explore notions of personhood. In The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography, a 2017 documentary directed by Errol Morris, Dor
  
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• Publishers Sue Internet Archive Over National Emergency Library

  01-06-2020 18:59 via nytimes.com
  
  Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette and Wiley accused the nonprofit of piracy for making over 1 million books free online during the coronavirus outbreak.
  
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• George Floyd’s Final Words, Written in the Sky

  01-06-2020 18:00 via nytimes.com
  
  On Saturday, the artist Jammie Holmes staged his own kind of protest in five cities across the country.
  
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• Atlanta-based arts organizations launch Art Beats Atlanta - Decaturish.com

  01-06-2020 18:00 via decaturish.com
  
  Atlanta-based arts organizations launch Art Beats Atlanta  Decaturish.com
  
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• $17M gift supports Ohio State's College of Arts and Sciences, largest by an individual in college's history - The Ohio State University News

  01-06-2020 16:30 via news.osu.edu
  
  $17M gift supports Ohio State's College of Arts and Sciences, largest by an individual in college's history  The Ohio State University News
  
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• ‘Phoenix, Oregon’ Review: An Ode to Small-Town Joys

  01-06-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Gary Lundgren’s comedy, which celebrates the comfort of a local hang, feels poignant during our current pandemic.
  
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• How Zane Lowe Became Pop’s Unofficial Therapist

  01-06-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The D.J.’s interviews on Apple’s Beats 1 have gone from promotional stops to opportunities for deep thoughts, anchored by an impulse to share his own story.
  
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• West Windsor Arts Council to hold virtual teacher-student exhibition - Mercer Space

  01-06-2020 15:59 via communitynews.org
  
  West Windsor Arts Council to hold virtual teacher-student exhibition  Mercer Space
  
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• Christo Has Died at 84, French Museums Plan Reopening, and More: Morning Links from June 1, 2020

  01-06-2020 15:17 via artnews.com
  
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  French museums—including the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris—are planning to reopen in June and July. [The Art Newspaper]
  Artists April Gornik and Eric Fischl are transforming a deconsecrated 19th-century church in Sag Harbor, New York, into an arts ce
  
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• Finding Euphoria in Bangkok’s Food Scene

  01-06-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In search of creative inspiration, a New York-based photographer spent two weeks documenting Bangkok’s fresh markets and street vendors.
  
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• Fall Is Now Jam-Packed for Book Publishers. That Could Be a Problem.

  01-06-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Books scheduled for release this spring and summer are now on track for fall, when authors will be fighting for attention in the midst of a presidential election and an ongoing crisis.
  
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• A Filmmaker Put Away for Tax Fraud Takes Us Inside a British Prison

  01-06-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “A Bit of a Stretch,” Chris Atkins writes about the nine months he spent at Wandsworth, one of the largest, oldest and unruliest prisons in Britain.
  
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• Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Arts Festival Goes Virtual - 90.5 WESA

  01-06-2020 10:17 via wesa.fm
  
  Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Arts Festival Goes Virtual  90.5 WESA
  
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• The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in June

  01-06-2020 09:45 via nytimes.com
  
  Our picks for June, including ‘Queer Eye,’ ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ ‘Scarface’ and ‘LOL: Last One Laughing Australia’
  
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• Arts and sciences faculty voice budget concerns amid revenue losses - The Dartmouth

  01-06-2020 08:00 via thedartmouth.com
  
  Arts and sciences faculty voice budget concerns amid revenue losses  The Dartmouth
  
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• What’s on TV Monday: ‘Zombi Child’ and ‘Inside Man’

  01-06-2020 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Bertrand Bonello’s recent film makes its streaming debut on the Criterion Channel. And the heist movie starring Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster arrives on Netflix.
  
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• What to Do At Home This Week

  01-06-2020 04:17 via nytimes.com
  
  Get help with parenting issues, blast a favorite show tune and, if you dare, sign up for an open mic.
  
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• Protect Your Painting from Moisture, Dirt, and UV Rays with the Best Spray Varnish

  01-06-2020 04:02 via artnews.com
  
  Varnishes are used as a finishing layer to protect artwork from discoloration, moisture, dirt, and UV rays. Which varnish you choose will affect the finished look. A glossy finish will make colors appear more vibrant, matte will reduce glare and soften colors, and a satin varnish will provide a finish somewhere between glossy and matte. Often preferred over brush application, spray varnishes work well for fragile surfaces that could be disrupted by a brush, or for paintings with a rough or impas
  
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• Add Depth to Your Brush Paintings with the Best Inks for Sumi-e

  01-06-2020 04:01 via artnews.com
  
  Less is more. At least that’s the idea behind the art of sumi-e, a painting technique whose key aesthetic and spiritual ideals are harmony, simplicity, and clarity. Sumi-e painting is an ancient art form whose name translates to “black ink painting.” It emerged in ancient China and gained popularity in Japan, and its practitioners strive to express the essence of forms rather than their realistic likenesses. Sumi-e painting requires special black ink. Here is our selection of t
  
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• Renew Pleather or Paint Plastic with the Best Spray Paints for Vinyl

  01-06-2020 04:00 via artnews.com
  
  Vinyl and other plastic surfaces can be difficult to paint since they are not porous. So when working with vinyl, it is critical to select a paint specifically designed for that use. Vinyl paint is particularly popular in the automotive and marine field, since it can be used to touch up seats, dashboards, and door panels, but it is also useful in household and craft projects or in any circumstance where you would like to paint or stencil a plastic surface. To get proper adhesion and a long-lasti
  
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• ‘Billions’ Season 5, Episode 5 Recap: Old Men

  01-06-2020 04:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Axe and Chuck grapple with the sins of their fathers. Wendy takes a deeper in interest in art.
  
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• For a Versatile Sketching Tool, Choose from the Best Sets of Graphite Sticks

  01-06-2020 03:49 via artnews.com
  
  A must-have in most studios, graphite sticks are favored tools for sketching, portraiture, transferring drawings, and much more. This versatile medium is easier to control than its cousin, charcoal, which is messier, more delicate, and often rougher. And it offers a broader range of strokes than its wood-enclosed relative, the pencil. In stick form, powdered graphite is mixed with a binder, the amount of which determines its hardness. There are many reasons to prefer one kind of stick over anoth
  
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• These Are the Best India Inks to Use for Drawing, Hand Lettering, and Calligraphy

  01-06-2020 03:48 via artnews.com
  
  For thousands of years, India ink has been used as an expressive medium for painting, drawing, lettering, and tattooing. This permanent ink is traditionally an opaque black—being made of lampblack, a pigment derived from soot—but you can now find it in a rainbow of colors. Modern formulas also often include shellac, which functions as a sealant so artists can safely paint washes over the ink, something that dye-based alcohol inks don’t allow. Whether you’re a calligrapher
  
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• For Fuss-Free Adhering, Consider These Best Double-Sided Tapes

  01-06-2020 01:09 via artnews.com
  
  When you need an adhesive you can use with the least amount of fuss, look to good old-fashioned double-sided tape. While some have a paper backing, others come in fancy dispensers, and some more strongly resemble gel than tape, the job remains the same: to hold fast and take the place of glue, nails, or screws. Whether you are working on a home decor project or scrapbooking your way through the weekend, there is a double-sided tape for every artistic use—and not all are created equal. Brow
  
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• Christo, Artist Who Wrapped and Festooned on an Epic Scale, Dies at 84

  01-06-2020 00:58 via nytimes.com
  
  Mountains, museums, bridges and Central Park were just some of what he used to make astonishing and popular art with his wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude.
  
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• John Cage, Man of Music—and Mushrooms

  01-06-2020 00:32 via artnews.com
  
  In February 1959, John Cage appeared on the Italian television program “Lascia o Raddoppio” (Double or Nothing), a popular game show on which contestants had to answer obscure trivia questions about a subject of their choice: in Cage’s case, not music or art, but mushrooms. In the final round, he was asked to list the twenty-four white-spored agarics contained in the field guide Studies of American Fungi. Not only did Cage name all twenty-four correctly, he named them in alphab
  
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