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• Plexiglas Barriers, Sanitizer, and Digital Reservation Systems: How New York Galleries Are Reopening

  14-07-2020 23:09 via artnews.com
  
  In mid-March, as the coronavirus pandemic brought New York to a standstill, many galleries had to shutter for a months-long period. Now, as New York City’s reopening continues apace, those art spaces are beginning to reopen their doors with increased safety precautions. Many ask visitors to book appointments online before stopping by, and some have taken extra precautions of other kinds.
  Galleries across the city have begun to implement Acuity Scheduling’s digital appointment system,
  
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• Telluride Film Festival Cancels 2020 Edition Due to the Pandemic

  14-07-2020 22:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Organizers cited the “the national chaos” around the coronavirus surge. The event is considered a crucial date on the awards-season calendar.
  
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• For a New Series, Black Artists in Dance Tell Their Stories

  14-07-2020 21:59 via nytimes.com
  
  This week’s standout livestreams in dance: revisiting “Relations” and early Trisha Brown, and working out with Viva Soudan.
  
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• 'Dancing With the Stars' Host Tom Bergeron Is Out After 15 Years

  14-07-2020 21:41 via nytimes.com
  
  The longtime host and his co-host, Erin Andrews, were let go by ABC, which said it had plans to take the show in a new direction.
  
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• Andrew Cuomo Ascends to the Mountaintop With His Covid-19 Poster

  14-07-2020 21:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The retro political artwork on “New York Tough” is peak Cuomo, summing up the state’s battle against the coronavirus. But is it art?
  
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• Longtime Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Director Ousted Amid Allegations of ‘Toxic Workplace Environment’

  14-07-2020 20:58 via artnews.com
  
  Nathalie Bondil will no longer direct the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts after more than a decade at the helm. On Monday, the Montreal Gazette reported that the museum had terminated Bondil’s contract, effective immediately. The board had reportedly investigated Bondil’s “disturbing” behavior at the museum, which allegedly created a “toxic workplace environment.”
  The Montreal Gazette report did not specify the nature of the allegations, but it said that a human
  
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• Frank Popper, Pioneering Historian Focused on ‘Virtual Art’ and New Technology, Has Died at 102

  14-07-2020 20:56 via artnews.com
  
  Art historian Frank Popper, who influenced generations of artists and theorists with his pioneering discourse on the connection between modern art and new technologies, died on July 12, according to Artforum, which first reported the news on Monday. He was 102. Among his most significant scholarship was documenting the emergence of what he called “Virtual Art,” works which incorporated interactive technologies to stimulate viewers.
  Popper was born in the Czech Republic in 1918. As a
  
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• Andrew Cuomo Ascends to the Mountaintop With His Pandemic Poster

  14-07-2020 20:43 via nytimes.com
  
  The retro political artwork on “New York Tough” is peak Cuomo, summing up the state’s battle against the coronavirus. But is it art?
  
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• ‘Dateline-Saigon’ Review: Challenging the Official Story

  14-07-2020 20:10 via nytimes.com
  
  This documentary focuses on five reporters who covered the early years of the Vietnam War.
  
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• Seeing Native Americans Nowhere, and Everywhere

  14-07-2020 20:01 via nytimes.com
  
  As Washington’s professional football team retires a team name, a curator at the National Museum of the American Indian talks about our attachment to Native American imagery.
  
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• Embattled Dealer Inigo Philbrick Indicted on Wire Fraud, Identity Theft Charges

  14-07-2020 19:58 via artnews.com
  
  Inigo Philbrick, a controversial young dealer who has been accused of leading a scheme worth millions of dollars, has been indicted by a grand jury in the Southern District Court of New York on counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Philbrick, who is reportedly currently in a prison in rural Oklahoma after having been arrested in Vanuatu earlier this year, must now forfeit any property gained through his businesses.
  According to the grand jury’s indictment, Philbrick “wi
  
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• Billboard Tweaks, but Doesn’t Repeal, a Chart Rule Over Album ‘Bundles’

  14-07-2020 19:09 via nytimes.com
  
  The main arbiter of commercial popularity in music has struggled to adapt its methods to reflect the way listeners behave today without alienating major artists and labels.
  
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• Chippewa Valley Arts Groups Get COVID-19 Relief Funds from Arts... - Volume One

  14-07-2020 18:52
  
  Chippewa Valley Arts Groups Get COVID-19 Relief Funds from Arts...  Volume One
  
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• Frieze’s London Fairs Are Art World’s Latest Cancellations

  14-07-2020 18:18 via nytimes.com
  
  The premiere fairs are off, and a gallery-based Frieze Week looks doubtful because of the “continued unprecedented challenges” of the pandemic.
  
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• The Fight Over the Future of the Democratic Party

  14-07-2020 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Thomas Frank’s “The People, No” and Gene Sperling’s “Economic Dignity” offer differing prescriptions for America’s liberals.
  
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• Juxtaposition Arts Seeks to Revitalize Minneapolis for Black Youth

  14-07-2020 16:59 via artnews.com
  
  Portrait of Roger Cummings, 2020.
  Located in north Minneapolis, Juxtaposition Arts (called JXTA for short) is an art organization that encourages Black youths to take studio classes and workshops, collaborate on community-wide projects, and train alongside professional artists whose works are exhibited at the art center. Following the police killing of George Floyd, Minneapolis experienced extensive looting and violence as well as peaceful protests in opposition to police brutality. Below, artis
  
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• Frieze Cancels October’s London Fairs Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

  14-07-2020 16:45 via artnews.com
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic has upended much of the art world calendar since mid-March, many looked toward the fall months for when large-scale in-person gatherings might resume. But, as the pandemic continues to ravage large parts of the world, it is becoming clear that such events may not take place as planned, and on Tuesday, Frieze London and Frieze Masters informed exhibitors that they would no longer hold their fairs in early October.
  A spokesperson for the fairs, which were scheduled to r
  
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• Hannibal Buress Meets the Moment

  14-07-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In ways large and small, the stand-up’s new special, released free on YouTube, taps into the national mood, once again showing what a talent he is.
  
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• Andy Samberg Makes Each Day Count With Thundercat and ‘Not Too Much’ Bourbon

  14-07-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The star of “Palm Springs,” on Hulu and at drive-in theaters, also puts A Tribe Called Quest and “Queer Eye” on his list of essentials.
  
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• After 43 Years, Mossy Kilcher’s Folk Songs for Alaska Get a Second Life

  14-07-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Observing the wilderness of her home state has always been her passion. But the musician, who is Jewel’s aunt, is also ready to return to one of her original loves.
  
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• Arts Keep Moving, From a Distance | NC State News - NC State News

  14-07-2020 15:15
  
  Arts Keep Moving, From a Distance | NC State News  NC State News
  
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• Now an arts and tourism haven, Helper is struggling from the pandemic - Salt Lake Tribune

  14-07-2020 15:11
  
  Now an arts and tourism haven, Helper is struggling from the pandemic  Salt Lake Tribune
  
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• Review: Peacock’s ‘Brave New World’ Is Neither Brave Nor New

  14-07-2020 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s classic novel, inaugurating the NBCUniversal streaming service, is generic and tame (despite the orgies).
  
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• Naya Rivera Is Found Dead at Lake Piru, Officials Say

  14-07-2020 13:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Rivera, a star of the show “Glee,” disappeared last week after going boating on the California lake with her young son.
  
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• Naya Rivera, ‘Glee’ Star, Is Found Dead at Lake Piru, Officials Say

  14-07-2020 13:08 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Rivera, 33, disappeared last week after going boating on the California lake with her young son.
  
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• ‘F11 and Be There’ Review: Burk Uzzle, a Photographer Worth Knowing

  14-07-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This documentary explores the life of Uzzle, who doesn’t have the name recognition of others in his field, but whose work you’ve probably seen and remember.
  
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• Famous Paintings Go on Show, Without a Canvas in Sight

  14-07-2020 12:44 via nytimes.com
  
  The French company behind flashy digital shows of Klimt, Klee, van Gogh and others is bringing fine art to a mass audience. And it’s turning a profit.
  
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• Young, in Love and Trying to Bring Down the Third Reich

  14-07-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Bohemians,” by the German historian Norman Ohler, recounts the lives of Harro and Libertas Schulze-Boysen, an idealistic young couple, who helped lead the anti-Nazi resistance.
  
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• When Miami Was Awash in Drugs, Crime and Social Unrest

  14-07-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Year of Dangerous Days,” by Nicholas Griffin, delves into the refugee crisis, race riots and drug trade that dominated the city in 1980.
  
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• This Year Will End Eventually. Document It While You Can.

  14-07-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Museums are working overtime to collect artifacts and ephemera from the pandemic and the racial justice movement — and they need your help.
  
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• Meet the Man Who Spun the Media, Scammed Followers and Named Himself King

  14-07-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Miles Harvey’s “The King of Confidence” recounts the fascinating history of the 19th-century grifter who ruled over a breakaway religious colony.
  
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• His Mother Was Neglectful, Drunk and Absolutely Riveting to Him

  14-07-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Kirkland Hamill’s memoir, “Filthy Beasts,” proves that the apple can indeed fall far from the tree.
  
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• ‘Gotham Refuses to Get Scared’: In 1918, Theaters Stayed Open

  14-07-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  With an influenza pandemic and a war on, New York’s health commissioner took an unorthodox stand, declining to shutter public entertainment.
  
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• Grant Imahara, ‘MythBusters’ Co-Host, Dies at 49

  14-07-2020 09:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Mr. Imahara also worked behind the scenes on the “Matrix” sequels, among other films, and operated the robot R2-D2 in the “Star Wars” prequels.
  
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• Grant Imahara, Engineer Who Co-Hosted ‘MythBusters,’ Dies at 49

  14-07-2020 09:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Mr. Imahara also worked behind the scenes on the “Matrix” sequels, among other films, and operated the robot R2-D2 in the “Star Wars” prequels.
  
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• Jimmy Fallon Predicts Trump Will Say He Was the First to Wear a Mask

  14-07-2020 08:34 via nytimes.com
  
  After the president finally wore a face mask in public, the “Tonight Show” host called it “a really smart move — if today were March 13th.”
  
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• What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Dirty John’ and ‘The Business of Drugs’

  14-07-2020 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The second season of “Dirty John,” which follows Dan and Betty Broderick’s unraveling marriage, comes to a close. And a new series on Netflix delves into the international drug trade.
  
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• The Best Epoxy for a Trusty Adhesive

  14-07-2020 03:03 via artnews.com
  
  It’s never a bad idea to keep epoxy in your home or studio. The adhesive is incredibly versatile and can be used for crafting, fast repairs, and even large maintenance projects. Choosing one can be challenging due to the sheer variety of epoxies on the market. Products come in an array of viscosities, adhesion properties, and curing times. To help you decide which is the best to have on hand, we’ve rounded up some of the best options below.
  
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• The Best Sewing Kits for Pros and Beginners Alike

  14-07-2020 03:02 via artnews.com
  
  Like any essential set of household tools, a sewing kit provides the basic materials and implements for sewing projects and quick mending tasks. Whether you are a novice looking for a starter set of tools, an avid crafter wanting to round out your collection of supplies, or a traveler searching for a convenient on-the-go kit, there are a range of options on the market to suit your needs. Our picks below will help you make the best choice.
  
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• The Best Paper Quilling Kits for Learning a Centuries-Old Art Form

  14-07-2020 03:02 via artnews.com
  
  Paper quilling, the centuries-old art of coiling and shaping paper strips into decorative designs, can be a calming creative activity. While manipulating fine paper strips can seem intimidating, it is not too challenging a craft. The resulting designs can be as simple or as complex as you like, and you can use them to create cards, ornamental frames, and even jewelry. Quilling does require several specialized tools, and it is a smart idea to purchase a set that provides you with all the basics.
  
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• The Best Rubber Stamp Sets for Card-Making, Scrapbooking, and More

  14-07-2020 03:01 via artnews.com
  
  Growing in popularity, rubber stamps are useful in making cards and stationery, scrapbooking, and creating custom decorations. They can be applied to a wide variety of surfaces and used in combination with a range of media. When selecting a stamp set that you will want to use over and over again, consider the versatility of the designs and whether the stamps are appropriately sized for your projects. There are thousands of stamp sets to choose from, but our picks below will help you find the bes
  
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• The Best Sewing Machine Covers for Storing Your Equipment

  14-07-2020 02:59 via artnews.com
  
  A sewing machine is a big investment and the most important tool for sewing projects, so it’s imperative that it stay in good condition. Properly protect your machine with a cover that keeps it from being exposed to dirt, dust, and sunlight. Browse our selection of the best sewing machine covers below. 
  
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• The Best Artistic Stickers for Top Notch Decorating

  14-07-2020 02:59 via artnews.com
  
  Stickers are having a big moment. Seen all over coffee shops, lecture halls, and libraries, stickers are a choice decorative accessory for students of all ages. If you want to get in on the trend and customize your laptop, water bottle, or notebook, this list is a good place to start. Browse our selection of the best sticker sets below. 
  
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• The Best Seam Rippers for Eradicating Messy Stitches

  14-07-2020 02:58 via artnews.com
  
  Even the most savvy stitcher makes mistakes. Remove uneven or unwanted stitches with a seam ripper. Before seam rippers were invented (the earliest patent dates back to 1871), seamstresses would use a razor blade or a needle to remove stitches. Designed with a forked tip, today’s seam rippers have a small curved point that catches small stitches and a ball-tipped point that protects fabric as you work. No sewing kit is complete without one. Make sure you select the right option for you by
  
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• The Best Freezer Paper for Crafting at Home

  14-07-2020 02:57 via artnews.com
  
  Freezer paper isn’t just for the icebox. A versatile material, this common household item has many crafting uses. It is coated with a fine layer of plastic on one side, so it temporarily adheres to fabric when heat is applied. This makes freezer paper a great tool for pattern-making: Trace your design onto the dull, “papery” side, cut out your template, and put the paper on your fabric, shiny side down. When you run an iron over it, the paper will adhere to the fabric so you ca
  
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• The Best Stamp Ink for Many Different Surfaces

  14-07-2020 02:56 via artnews.com
  
  Available in a wide range of colors, sizes, and formulations, ink pads give life to your stamps. The type of ink you choose will impact the range of surfaces that may be stamped on as well as how long the mark will last. Whether you are searching for a quick-drying, washable ink, a fade-resistant archival ink, or an ink that enables you to use special techniques such as embossing or watermark effects, our picks below will help you find the best ink for your stamping needs.
  
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• The Best Woodcarving Kits for Whittling, Trimming, and More

  14-07-2020 02:55 via artnews.com
  
  A satisfying art form for people who love working with their hands, woodcarving can be as casual or as serious as you choose to make it. Whittling can be a simple and meditative activity; carving and gouging can require your full attention for hours on end. No matter your background in this craft, it is a smart idea to equip yourself by buying a kit, which provides you with a variety of basic tools. Our picks below will help you find the kit that suits you best.
  
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• Body of Naya Rivera Is Found at California Lake, Authorities Say

  14-07-2020 00:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Rivera, 33, disappeared last week after going boating on Lake Piru with her young son.
  
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• Arts groups in Sauk, Columbia and Dodge Co. get pandemic relief funds - Baraboo News Republic

  14-07-2020 00:32
  
  Arts groups in Sauk, Columbia and Dodge Co. get pandemic relief funds  Baraboo News Republic
  
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• Larkin Arts goes virtual during COVID-19 pandemic - WHSV

  14-07-2020 00:18
  
  Larkin Arts goes virtual during COVID-19 pandemic  WHSV
  
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