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• Two fires damage High Desert Center for the Arts building - VVdailypress.com

  03-08-2020 23:42 via vvdailypress.com
  Two fires damage High Desert Center for the Arts building  VVdailypress.com
  
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• ARTnews in Brief: Metropolitan Museum of Art Receives Funding to Pay All Interns—and More from August 3, 2020

  03-08-2020 23:00 via artnews.com
  
  Monday, August 3
  Untitled, Art To Extend Inaugural Edition of VR FairUntitled, Art Online, a virtual reality art fair created in collaboration with the online platform Artland, will extend the initially slated dates of its inaugural edition. Previously planned to run from July 31 through August 2, the fair will instead run through August 9. 40 galleries from around the world are presenting in the inaugural edition, including James Cohan Gallery (New York), Altman Siegel (San Francisco), And
  
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• Fairmount Center for the Arts to open 44th annual Arts Exhibition Aug. 10 - News-Herald.com

  03-08-2020 22:45 via news-herald.com
  Fairmount Center for the Arts to open 44th annual Arts Exhibition Aug. 10  News-Herald.com
  
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• U.S Marshals arrest former Cleveland School of the Arts dance instructor accused of sexual abuse - cleveland.com

  03-08-2020 22:10 via cleveland.com
  
  U.S Marshals arrest former Cleveland School of the Arts dance instructor accused of sexual abuse  cleveland.com
  
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• Arts in the Barn hosts open air art show - Knox VillageSoup - Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald

  03-08-2020 22:05 via knox.villagesoup.com
  
  Arts in the Barn hosts open air art show - Knox VillageSoup  Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
  
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• Tucson performing arts organizations, tell us what you have planned this fall - Arizona Daily Star

  03-08-2020 22:00 via tucson.com
  Tucson performing arts organizations, tell us what you have planned this fall  Arizona Daily Star
  
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• Ohio Arts Council Supports Marion Palace Theatre with $26,000 in Program Grants – WKTN- A division of Home Town Media - WKTN Radio

  03-08-2020 21:39 via wktn.com
  Ohio Arts Council Supports Marion Palace Theatre with $26,000 in Program Grants – WKTN- A division of Home Town Media  WKTN Radio
  
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• The Art of ‘Black Is King’: Beyoncé’s New Visual Album Involves Today’s Best Artists and Curators

  03-08-2020 20:33 via artnews.com
  
  Each time Beyoncé releases new music, it might as well be considered an art-world event too. She’s been known to include works by vaunted artists in her videos, and with her husband Jay-Z, she’s built up an important collection of Black art. She’s also been spotted at important exhibitions for the likes of Kerry James Marshall and William N. Copley, and has been shot by some of today’s most important photographers. Her latest endeavor, an 85-minute visual album tit
  
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• Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara, Painter of Powerful Reliefs Contemplating Palestinian History, Is Dead at 87

  03-08-2020 20:13 via artnews.com
  
  Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara, a Palestinian artist whose work often focused on his country’s history and people, has died at age 87. The news has been reported by Palestinian outlets such as the Ma’an News Agency and Collectif Palestine Vaincra.
  In his practice, Zarara used wood shavings, glue, and acrylic to create vibrant figurative scenes in relief on panel. Some of the artist’s work depicts violence in Palestine, while other pieces by Zarara show ceremonial events or everyday
  
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• 'We are glorious': Documentary celebrates young people in Whole Children's performing arts program - GazetteNET

  03-08-2020 20:05 via gazettenet.com
  
  'We are glorious': Documentary celebrates young people in Whole Children's performing arts program  GazetteNET
  
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• Sotheby’s Announces $2.5 B. in Sales for 2020, Online Soars

  03-08-2020 19:33 via artnews.com
  
  With the end of its summer auction series restructured to replace the marquee auctions in New York and London normally held during the spring, Sotheby’s has released its sales total for the first half of the year. At $2.5 billion, Sotheby’s sales volume for the year to date (January 1–July 31) was down 25 percent from 2019 when the global total was $3.3 billion. Considering the disruption created by global closures of major sales centers to combat the spread of Covid-19, the dr
  
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• Sotheby’s Announces $2.5 B. in Revenue for 2020, Online Sales Soar

  03-08-2020 19:33 via artnews.com
  
  With the end of its summer auction series restructured to replace the marquee auctions in New York and London normally held during the spring, Sotheby’s has released its sales total for the first half of the year. At $2.5 billion, Sotheby’s sales volume for the year to date (January 1–July 31) was down 25 percent from 2019 when the global total was $3.3 billion. Considering the disruption created by global closures of major sales centers to combat the spread of Covid-19, the dr
  
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• Lorton Arts Centers Drive-Thru Nightmare Prison Faces Pushback - Patch.com

  03-08-2020 19:32 via patch.com
  
  Lorton Arts Centers Drive-Thru Nightmare Prison Faces Pushback  Patch.com
  
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• The (Virtual) Theatrical Fringe Moves Front and Center

  03-08-2020 19:24 via nytimes.com
  
  Expanding content and experimenting with form, the avant-garde finds a congenial new home online, as two recent offerings demonstrate.
  
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• Cognitive Health Benefits of Martial Arts - Exhale Lifestyle

  03-08-2020 19:20 via exhalelifestyle.com
  Cognitive Health Benefits of Martial Arts  Exhale Lifestyle
  
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• Sotheby’s Reports $2.5 Billion in Sales

  03-08-2020 18:43 via nytimes.com
  
  The auction house says that figure reflects a “resilient” market amid the coronavirus. But it represents a 25 percent decrease in auction sales, analysts say.
  
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• Arts Council of Princeton names new executive director · Planet Princeton - Planet Princeton

  03-08-2020 18:42 via planetprinceton.com
  
  Arts Council of Princeton names new executive director · Planet Princeton  Planet Princeton
  
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• What Is It Like to Watch Live Dance Again? Amazing

  03-08-2020 18:26 via nytimes.com
  
  Kaatsbaan hosts a welcome summer festival in the Hudson Valley, where nature and dancers join forces to put on a show.
  
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• Remembrance of Flings Past

  03-08-2020 18:06 via artnews.com
  
  If you’ve ever wondered what Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, or William S. Burroughs was like in bed, look no further than John Giorno’s Great Demon Kings. In this memoir, completed the week before Giorno died last October, the poet, artist, and one-time impresario of the downtown New York scene has spared no detail—or past lover.
  The gossip, like much of the vividly reported sex, is quite hot. Warhol was orally fixated and didn’t like to be touched; there
  
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• Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Is No. 1 With a Blockbuster Debut Week

  03-08-2020 17:53 via nytimes.com
  
  The singer and songwriter’s surprise album had the equivalent of 846,000 sales in the United States, a total beaten only by her own last two LPs.
  
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• Littleton's Rox Arts gains steam as gallery expands hours - Centennial Citizen

  03-08-2020 16:46 via centennialcitizen.net
  
  Littleton's Rox Arts gains steam as gallery expands hours  Centennial Citizen
  
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• Arts guild opens virtual exhibit - Daily Leader - Dailyleader

  03-08-2020 16:42 via dailyleader.com
  
  Arts guild opens virtual exhibit - Daily Leader  Dailyleader
  
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• Leon Fleisher, 92, Dies; Spellbinding Pianist Using One Hand or Two

  03-08-2020 16:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Unable to use his right hand, he performed pieces written for left hand only, conducted and taught. Years later, he made a triumphant two-handed comeback.
  
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• Welcome to Another Novel Set in Brooklyn. This One Is Different.

  03-08-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Kings County,” David Goodwillie examines New York’s most celebrated borough with an uncynical eye.
  
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• The Wild Story of Creem, Once ‘America’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Magazine’

  03-08-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A new documentary traces the rise and fall of the irreverent, boundary-smashing music publication where Lester Bangs did some of his most famous work.
  
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• New Arts and Community Health Graduate Minor Teaches Broad, Timely Concepts - DrexelNow - Drexel Now

  03-08-2020 16:00 via drexel.edu
  
  New Arts and Community Health Graduate Minor Teaches Broad, Timely Concepts - DrexelNow  Drexel Now
  
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• Julie Becker: Comfort of the arts | TheUnion.com - The Union of Grass Valley

  03-08-2020 15:33 via theunion.com
  
  Julie Becker: Comfort of the arts | TheUnion.com  The Union of Grass Valley
  
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• Gagosian Will Open New Space in Athens and More: Morning Links from August 3, 2020

  03-08-2020 15:22 via artnews.com
  
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  Christie’s online exhibition titled “SAY IT LOUD (I’m Black and I’m Proud),” which opened last week and exclusively features work by Black artists, is curated by Destinee Ross-Sutton. The show includes work by 22 emerging and mid-career artists, including Azikiwe Mohammed and Cary Fagan.
  
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• St. Mary's Arts Council "Spotlight On The Arts": Carol Davis - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

  03-08-2020 15:04 via southernmarylandchronicle.com
  
  St. Mary's Arts Council "Spotlight On The Arts": Carol Davis  The Southern Maryland Chronicle
  
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• Fishers Arts Council drops dream of permanent home due to high real estate values - IndyStar

  03-08-2020 12:03 via indystar.com
  Fishers Arts Council drops dream of permanent home due to high real estate values  IndyStar
  
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• Why the U.S. Dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan

  03-08-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Marc Gallicchio’s “Unconditional” details debates in both Japan and the United States to end World War II.
  
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• Stephenie Meyer Is Telling Edward’s Story, Even if It Makes Her Anxious

  03-08-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The best-selling author talks about her latest book, “Midnight Sun,” which retells “Twilight” from the vampire’s perspective. Why now? “Because I finished it,” she says.
  
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• Morgan Jerkins Heads Down South in Search of Her Black Identity

  03-08-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Wandering in Strange Lands” traces the author’s ancestry — and the history of African-American oppression — along the footsteps of the Great Migration.
  
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• In ‘Midnight Sun,’ Stephenie Meyer Tells Edward Cullen’s Story

  03-08-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The best-selling author talks about her latest book, “Midnight Sun,” which retells “Twilight” from the vampire’s perspective. Why now? “Because I finished it,” she says.
  
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• Newport Health Equity Zone's Arts & Culture Working Group issues call for Artists and Makers for Hope Tree Art Exhibition 2020 - What'sUpNewp

  03-08-2020 10:57 via whatsupnewp.com
  
  Newport Health Equity Zone's Arts & Culture Working Group issues call for Artists and Makers for Hope Tree Art Exhibition 2020  What'sUpNewp
  
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• Editorial: The fight against COVID includes protecting the arts - Houston Chronicle

  03-08-2020 10:00 via houstonchronicle.com
  
  Editorial: The fight against COVID includes protecting the arts  Houston Chronicle
  
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• Arts Forecast: Local shows to stream on your screens | 48 hills - 48 Hills

  03-08-2020 09:56 via 48hills.org
  
  Arts Forecast: Local shows to stream on your screens | 48 hills  48 Hills
  
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• Innocent victim of crash loved the arts and inspired others to as well - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  03-08-2020 09:00 via ajc.com
  
  Innocent victim of crash loved the arts and inspired others to as well  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  
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• What’s on TV Monday: ‘Immigration Nation’ and ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold’

  03-08-2020 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A six-part docu-series about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is on Netflix. And a live-action adaptation of “Dora” arrives on Hulu.
  
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• ‘Perry Mason’ Season 1, Episode 7: Resurrection Sunday

  03-08-2020 04:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As Perry gathers evidence, a clearer picture of Baby Charlie’s fate emerges. Meanwhile, the moment of truth arrives for Emily and Sister Alice.
  
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• Leon Fleisher, 92, Dies; Spellbinding Pianist With One Hand or Two

  03-08-2020 01:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Unable to use his right hand, he performed pieces written for left hand only, conducted and taught. After 30 years, he made a triumphant two-handed comeback.
  
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