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• Laguna Beach's Festival of Arts, closed due to the pandemic, goes virtual - Los Angeles Times

  24-07-2020 23:35 via latimes.com
  
  Laguna Beach's Festival of Arts, closed due to the pandemic, goes virtual  Los Angeles Times
  
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• 28 Ways to Learn About Disability Culture

  24-07-2020 23:27 via nytimes.com
  
  New York Times staff members put their heads together with disability advocates to recommend movies, books, TV shows, dance and art that capture disability experiences.
  
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• One State Together in the Arts announces call for artists - Chicago Daily Herald

  24-07-2020 23:16 via dailyherald.com
  
  One State Together in the Arts announces call for artists  Chicago Daily Herald
  
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• Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Thinks It Has The Best ‘Museum Bum’ - CBS Boston

  24-07-2020 23:06 via boston.cbslocal.com
  
  Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Thinks It Has The Best ‘Museum Bum’  CBS Boston
  
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• New studio set to open— Get inked at YS INK Arts Collective - Yellow Springs News

  24-07-2020 23:05 via ysnews.com
  
  New studio set to open— Get inked at YS INK Arts Collective  Yellow Springs News
  
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• Arts Playlist: Brandywine River Museum of Art voting rights exhibitions - Delaware First Media

  24-07-2020 23:04 via delawarepublic.org
  
  Arts Playlist: Brandywine River Museum of Art voting rights exhibitions  Delaware First Media
  
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• Brad Watson, 64, Dies; His Southern Upbringing Animated His Books

  24-07-2020 22:58 via nytimes.com
  
  In his acclaimed novels and short stories, most of them set in his native Mississippi, he wrote about characters who had to transcend difficult moments.
  
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• UF College of the Arts puts on entirely digital play 'Remove Before Flight' - WCJB

  24-07-2020 22:57 via wcjb.com
  
  UF College of the Arts puts on entirely digital play 'Remove Before Flight'  WCJB
  
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• Lotty Rosenfeld, Artist Revered for Protest of Chilean Dictatorship, Is Dead at 77

  24-07-2020 22:53 via artnews.com
  
  Lotty Rosenfeld, who through the simple act of creating a line on a street in Chile mounted an important artistic and political intervention against an oppressive government, has died at the age of 77. The cause of death was lung cancer, according to the Chilean newspaper La Tercera, which first reported the news.
  Rosenfeld might best be remembered for her 1979 performance work, Una milla de cruces sobre el pavimento (A mile of crosses on the pavement). In a video documenting the performance, Ro
  
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• City Coronavirus Funds Provide Relief To Phoenix Artists & Arts And Culture Organizations - Patch.com

  24-07-2020 22:42 via patch.com
  
  City Coronavirus Funds Provide Relief To Phoenix Artists & Arts And Culture Organizations  Patch.com
  
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• Sioux Falls Selected To Participate In Nationwide Public Arts Initiative - Patch.com

  24-07-2020 22:40 via patch.com
  
  Sioux Falls Selected To Participate In Nationwide Public Arts Initiative  Patch.com
  
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• Plymouth Arts Presenting the 12th Summer of “Mill Street Live” - seehafernews.com

  24-07-2020 22:27 via seehafernews.com
  
  Plymouth Arts Presenting the 12th Summer of “Mill Street Live”  seehafernews.com
  
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• Pace Gallery Lays Off Nearly Two Dozen Employees Amid Financial Slump

  24-07-2020 22:24 via artnews.com
  
  Acknowledging the art market’s dim forecast, Pace Gallery informed nearly two dozen of its furloughed employees on Thursday that they would not be returning to work. The layoffs come after a quarter of the gallery’s New York workforce was furloughed in early April.
  “The economic situation caused by the global pandemic means we cannot sustain our previous level of staffing,” said Pace spokeswoman Amelia Redgrift. “This decision was taken after every other measure to
  
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• Pace Gallery Lays Off Employees Amid Financial Slump

  24-07-2020 22:24 via artnews.com
  
  Acknowledging the art market’s dim forecast, Pace Gallery informed nearly two dozen of its furloughed employees on Thursday that they would not be returning to work. The layoffs come after a quarter of the gallery’s New York workforce was furloughed in early April.
  “The economic situation caused by the global pandemic means we cannot sustain our previous level of staffing,” said Pace spokeswoman Amelia Redgrift. “This decision was taken after every other measure to
  
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• Dover Arts Commission awards two City Arts Grants - Foster's Daily Democrat

  24-07-2020 22:03 via fosters.com
  
  Dover Arts Commission awards two City Arts Grants  Foster's Daily Democrat
  
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• Peter Nagy on Decades as an Artist and Dealer Both: ‘You Don’t Realize How Fast the Art World Can Spin on a Dime’

  24-07-2020 21:52 via artnews.com
  
  Over the past four decades, Peter Nagy, whose iconic work of the 1980s is the subject of an exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch gallery in New York through August 15, has been both a successful artist and a successful commercial gallerist—often at the same time. Articulate about his own work and its influences, he’s also able to speak incisively about the art world of his own era, especially its movements and its personalities, its palmy days and economic downturns.
  Nagy’s own gallery
  
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• The Woodlands delays plans for possible performing arts center near Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Community Impact Newspaper

  24-07-2020 21:40 via communityimpact.com
  
  The Woodlands delays plans for possible performing arts center near Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion  Community Impact Newspaper
  
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• Music And Arts: Local Artist Bill Goffrier - KSN-TV

  24-07-2020 21:40 via ksn.com
  Music And Arts: Local Artist Bill Goffrier  KSN-TV
  
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• 'Tiny Broadway' Program To Bring The Arts To School Children This Fall - WBBM NewsRadio

  24-07-2020 21:31 via wbbm780.radio.com
  'Tiny Broadway' Program To Bring The Arts To School Children This Fall  WBBM NewsRadio
  
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• Executive Director leaves art museum | Arts | mtexpress.com - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

  24-07-2020 21:09 via mtexpress.com
  
  Executive Director leaves art museum | Arts | mtexpress.com  Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
  
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• Netflix Dropped Chris D’Elia Show After Sexual Misconduct Allegations

  24-07-2020 21:06 via nytimes.com
  
  Last month, Mr. D’Elia was the subject of multiple accounts from women who said that the comedian made sexual advances toward them when they were younger.
  
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• Yavapai College's Film & Media Arts Program Unveils New Podcast and Documentary Classes for Fall - Signals AZ

  24-07-2020 20:42 via signalsaz.com
  
  Yavapai College's Film & Media Arts Program Unveils New Podcast and Documentary Classes for Fall  Signals AZ
  
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• Montreal’s Musée d’Art Contemporain Suspends Jon Rafman Exhibition After Allegations Arise Online

  24-07-2020 20:38 via artnews.com
  
  The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) has suspended an exhibition of work by Jon Rafman, a high-profile artist from Montreal whose work appeared in last year’s Venice Biennale. Over the past decade, Rafman has been considered one of the most important artists of his generation for video-based work that explores the darkest corners of the internet. His 2014 video work Mainsqueeze, which includes footage of a woman killing a live crawfish, has been widely exhibit
  
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• FSU Museum of Fine Arts launches 'New Landscapes' virtual exhibition - Florida State News

  24-07-2020 20:24 via news.fsu.edu
  
  FSU Museum of Fine Arts launches 'New Landscapes' virtual exhibition  Florida State News
  
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• Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning to offer free dance classes for young girls of color - QNS.com

  24-07-2020 20:00 via qns.com
  Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning to offer free dance classes for young girls of color  QNS.com
  
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• NTC expands liberal arts transfer classes - wausaupilotandreview.com

  24-07-2020 19:51 via wausaupilotandreview.com
  
  NTC expands liberal arts transfer classes  wausaupilotandreview.com
  
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• New California Bill Could Expand State’s Indigenous Repatriation Laws

  24-07-2020 19:47 via artnews.com
  
  A California state bill, which is expected to be signed into law later this year, would expand which Indigenous groups are able to request the return of human remains, funerary objects, and other sacred items from cultural institutions.
  The new bill, titled AB-275 Native American Cultural Preservation, would build on the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001, by opening up the repatriation process to Indigenous tribes in California that are not federally recog
  
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• Vote for your favorite in Odessa Arts’ ‘Virtual Community Art Gallery’ - KMID - Local 2 News

  24-07-2020 19:42 via yourbasin.com
  Vote for your favorite in Odessa Arts’ ‘Virtual Community Art Gallery’  KMID - Local 2 News
  
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• The New ‘Kissing Booth’ Star on ‘Cats,’ Selena and Greased Abs

  24-07-2020 19:18 via nytimes.com
  
  Taylor Zakhar Perez, 28, plays Marco, a new love interest in “The Kissing Booth 2,” Netflix’s sequel to the 2018 high school rom-com.
  
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• Photos: Things are hoppin at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts - Milford Daily News

  24-07-2020 18:58 via milforddailynews.com
  Photos: Things are hoppin at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts  Milford Daily News
  
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• Basquiat’s Soundtrack

  24-07-2020 18:56 via artnews.com
  
  We’re not only locked down, we’re locked out of many galleries and museums. Artworks that took curators years to assemble into exhibitions are now hanging in the dark or sitting in crates. Still, the thought that went into preparing these exhibitions has been thought—catalogues written and published, websites launched, online materials gone live, publicity put into motion. It’s a season of shows with everything but the objects. Which makes for an excellent opportunity to
  
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• Artists Maxwell, Yost highlight Arts Council's August show - Las Cruces Bulletin

  24-07-2020 18:51 via lascrucesbulletin.com
  
  Artists Maxwell, Yost highlight Arts Council's August show  Las Cruces Bulletin
  
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• Hollywood's martial arts master Sensei Fumio Demura keeps fighting - Arab News

  24-07-2020 18:42 via arabnews.com
  
  Hollywood's martial arts master Sensei Fumio Demura keeps fighting  Arab News
  
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• Chicago Arts Editors Suggest At-Home Entertainment For Weekend Ahead - Patch.com

  24-07-2020 18:38 via patch.com
  
  Chicago Arts Editors Suggest At-Home Entertainment For Weekend Ahead  Patch.com
  
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• La Plata High Senior Lauren Ware awarded 2020 Excellence in Arts scholarship from Charles County Arts Alliance - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

  24-07-2020 18:29 via southernmarylandchronicle.com
  
  La Plata High Senior Lauren Ware awarded 2020 Excellence in Arts scholarship from Charles County Arts Alliance  The Southern Maryland Chronicle
  
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• Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Columbo’

  24-07-2020 18:29 via nytimes.com
  
  In an era when viewers are re-evaluating the cop show, the detective series starring Peter Falk still stands out, the writer argues: Columbo was all about sticking it to the man.
  
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• New York's School of Visual Arts launches archive of work created during the Covid-19 pandemic - Art Newspaper

  24-07-2020 18:20 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  New York's School of Visual Arts launches archive of work created during the Covid-19 pandemic  Art Newspaper
  
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• 10 Streaming Movies to Keep Your Summer Interesting

  24-07-2020 18:18 via nytimes.com
  
  You may not have considered (or heard of) these out-of-the-box selections. We’ll make you familiar.
  
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• Geospatial Researcher, Fine Arts Student Earn Recognition - News Center - University of Texas at Dallas

  24-07-2020 18:17 via utdallas.edu
  
  Geospatial Researcher, Fine Arts Student Earn Recognition - News Center  University of Texas at Dallas
  
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• Dayton arts organization launches virtual summer programming - Dayton Business Journal

  24-07-2020 18:13 via bizjournals.com
  Dayton arts organization launches virtual summer programming  Dayton Business Journal
  
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• Red Bull Arts Microgrant Applications Now Open in 20 Cities Across the US - Hyperallergic

  24-07-2020 18:09 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Red Bull Arts Microgrant Applications Now Open in 20 Cities Across the US  Hyperallergic
  
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• Ed Gilbert, Art Dealer Who Championed California Conceptualism, Has Died at 67

  24-07-2020 18:06 via artnews.com
  
  Ed Gilbert, owner and director of Anglim Gilbert Gallery in San Francisco, died over the weekend at the age of 67. Beginning in the 1980s, Gilbert championed California formative art movements, including work among the Beats and Bay Area Conceptualists. He was a tireless promoter of West Coast experimentation at a time when the evolving art scene around it was viewed with indifference—or even contempt—by New York’s cultural arbiters.
  Gilbert served as the long-time director of
  
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• Bring Your Flamethrower. In This Novel, Art Feels the Burn.

  24-07-2020 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Alice Knott,” Blake Butler tells a twisting story in which famous paintings are destroyed and a woman wrestles with the elusive memories of her past.
  
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• Probation for martial arts teacher accused of sexual assault - KX NEWS

  24-07-2020 17:25 via kxnet.com
  Probation for martial arts teacher accused of sexual assault  KX NEWS
  
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• There’s No Social Distancing for Dancers. How Can the Show Go On?

  24-07-2020 17:17 via nytimes.com
  
  Dance, perhaps more than other disciplines, faces an uphill battle with the challenges presented by Covid-19. Our critic votes for patience.
  
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• Novels of Suspense and Isolation

  24-07-2020 17:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Riley Sager’s “Home Before Dark,” Anna Downes’s “No Safe Place” and Eve Chase’s “The Daughters of Foxcote Manor.”
  
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• When a Bookish Girl’s Imagination (Truly!) Takes Flight

  24-07-2020 17:13 via nytimes.com
  
  With nods to Narnia, Hogwarts, E. Nesbit and Frances Hodgson Burnett, Hilary McKay’s “The Time of Green Magic” is a love letter to the literary canon.
  
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• Yoshitomo Nara Paints What He Hears

  24-07-2020 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Ahead of a major retrospective in Los Angeles, the Japanese artist discusses his musical education.
  
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• Fine Arts Guild postpones August concerts - The Friday Flyer

  24-07-2020 16:53 via fridayflyer.com
  Fine Arts Guild postpones August concerts  The Friday Flyer
  
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• Taylor Swift’s Heartbreak Dreamscape, and 9 More New Songs

  24-07-2020 16:44 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by J. Cole, the Avalanches, Courtney Marie Andrews and others.
  
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