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• Jerry Harris’s Child-Pornography Case Back in Court

  14-10-2020 23:34 via nytimes.com
  
  At a detention hearing on Wednesday, four potential custodians said they would be willing to house Mr. Harris, 21, if he were released on bail.
  
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• Open Mike Eagle Turned a Very Bad Year Into a Very Honest Album

  14-10-2020 23:25 via nytimes.com
  
  The 39-year-old indie rapper’s therapist told him, “Write your feelings.” So he did, on the new LP “Anime, Trauma and Divorce.”
  
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• For 3 Filmmakers, Now Is the Best Time for a Coronavirus Documentary

  14-10-2020 22:19 via nytimes.com
  
  The prolific documentarian Alex Gibney and his two co-directors hope to have an impact on the election with “Totally Under Control.”
  
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• Faith Stewart-Gordon, Doyenne of the Russian Tea Room, Dies at 88

  14-10-2020 22:12 via nytimes.com
  
  After her husband died in 1967, she was the sole owner of the festive Manhattan gathering and gossiping spot until she sold it in 1995.
  
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• Yes, There Will Be an Oscar Season. But What Will It Look Like?

  14-10-2020 21:10 via nytimes.com
  
  There are few big-budget contenders and the ceremony may be reduced, but the list of nominees could be more diverse than ever.
  
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• Ford, Mellon Foundations Launch Major Fund for Disabled Artists

  14-10-2020 20:28 via artnews.com
  
  The Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have joined forces to create a major fund for disabled artists and activists. Titled the Disability Future Fellows, it will award $50,000 grants to 20 visual artists, filmmakers, writers and performers, each of whom will use the money to support an ongoing project. The fellowships, designed by artists and administered by United States Artists, are the first awards of its kind. 
  “Institutional structures have not served disabled a
  
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• Review: What’s ‘Inside the Box’? A Rewarding (Rewording) Time

  14-10-2020 20:19 via nytimes.com
  
  In a new show by David Kwong, the noted cruciverbalist offers a collection of games built for Zoom that let the audience be part of the puzzle.
  
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• ‘Des’ Review: Depravity, Brought to You by David Tennant

  14-10-2020 20:10 via nytimes.com
  
  The “Doctor Who” and “Broadchurch” star plays the real-life serial killer Dennis Nilsen in a mini-series that asks why rather than showing how.
  
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• ‘Little Shop,’ Big Relief: How One Theater Safely Put on an Indoor Show

  14-10-2020 20:05 via nytimes.com
  
  A rural locale. Few Covid-19 cases nearby. Performers in a bubble. And a man-eating plant that couldn’t quite chow down on its victims.
  
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• Chris Killip, Photographer of Working Class Communities in United Kingdom, Has Died at 74

  14-10-2020 19:54 via artnews.com
  
  British photographer Chris Killip, who is best known for his black-and-white images of the working class in the United Kingdom, has died at age 74. The Guardian reports that the cause of his death was lung cancer.
  Killip’s most famous and acclaimed series, titled “In Flagrante” and printed as a 1988 monograph, focuses on the lives of working-class people in the northeast of England between 1973 and 1985, during a period of deindustrialization for the country. The intimate and p
  
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• Binghamton Officials Seek Ideas for Downtown Arts District - wnbf.com

  14-10-2020 19:41
  
  Binghamton Officials Seek Ideas for Downtown Arts District  wnbf.com
  
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• Erin Wall, 44, Dies; Acclaimed Soprano in Mozart and Strauss

  14-10-2020 19:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Wall, who started her career at Lyric Opera of Chicago, had a silvery soprano voice that grew more opulent as it evolved.
  
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• Wilkes Art Gallery accepting applications for N.C. CARES for Arts grants - Wilkes Journal Patriot

  14-10-2020 19:00
  Wilkes Art Gallery accepting applications for N.C. CARES for Arts grants  Wilkes Journal Patriot
  
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• Arts Focus: Workshops By Artists, For Artists in Social Media, Development and Crisis Management - ARLnow

  14-10-2020 19:00
  
  Arts Focus: Workshops By Artists, For Artists in Social Media, Development and Crisis Management  ARLnow
  
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• An Undercover Trip Into the Rageful Worlds of Incels and White Supremacists

  14-10-2020 18:33 via nytimes.com
  
  To research and write “Culture Warlords,” Talia Lavin created fake identities and interacted with far-right communities online.
  
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• The New Dallas: Who Are the Next Generation of Art Collectors in the Texas City?

  14-10-2020 17:41 via artnews.com
  
  When it comes to Dallas art collectors, the city’s three power couples are the default mental association of most people in the know: the Hoffmans, the Rachofskys, and the Roses. Together, they made a promised gift in 2006 of 900 artworks, valued at more than $300 million, to the Dallas Museum of Art. But they are far from the only ones in the game. Though the contributions of those others may not be on the level of that circle, many other local collectors maintain relationships with insti
  
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• Herbert Kretzmer, Lyricist for ‘Les Misérables’ Dies at 95

  14-10-2020 17:32 via nytimes.com
  
  A London theater critic, he turned a little-known French musical into a global blockbuster, earning $20 million in royalties.
  
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• Activist Avoids Prison Sentence After Protest Against Colonialism at Paris Museum

  14-10-2020 17:31 via artnews.com
  
  A prominent activist who attempted to remove a 19th-century African funeral pole from a Paris museum will not receive a prison sentence, a French court said on Wednesday.
  Mwazulu Diyabanza, who led a group of activists that tried to take the object outside the Musée du Quai Branly–Jacques Chirac in Paris this past June, will not receive 10 years in prison. Instead, the Congolese activist will merely be fined €2,000 ($2,320)—hundreds of thousands fewer euros than the maxim
  
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• How Collectors in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Taiwan Are Shaping Their Countries’ Art Scenes

  14-10-2020 17:24 via artnews.com
  
  With the number of contemporary art collectors ever expanding exponentially around the world, ARTnews takes a look at two regions in Asia that are becoming more important to the global art ecosystem.
  A Growing Ecosystem
  In the past decade in Southeast Asia, millennial collectors have begun turning their attention to local art scenes, with the intent of creating a new social model of collecting. Biennials and art fairs have increased the region’s international visibility, which in turn has
  
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• Torlonia Collection Finally Goes on Show in Rome

  14-10-2020 16:18 via nytimes.com
  
  After decades of false starts and setbacks, the public can finally take a look at the Torlonia Collection.
  
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• Ford and Mellon Foundations Unveil Initiative for Disabled Artists

  14-10-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Disability Futures fellowship awards $50,000 to 20 artists, filmmakers and journalists.
  
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• Sponsored: Young Audiences of Louisiana brings arts education to you with Simply Arts Studio - Gentilly Messenger

  14-10-2020 15:46
  Sponsored: Young Audiences of Louisiana brings arts education to you with Simply Arts Studio  Gentilly Messenger
  
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• Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts declares financial emergency - Seattle Times

  14-10-2020 15:00
  
  Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts declares financial emergency  Seattle Times
  
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• Controversy Over Genghis Khan Exhibition in France, Simone Leigh at Venice Biennale, and More: Morning Links from October 14, 2020

  14-10-2020 15:00 via artnews.com
  
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  Simone Leigh, a sculptor known for her work centering Black women and their histories, has been selected to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale. [ARTnews]
  The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale will be renamed the Sámi Pavilion for the 2022 edition of the exhibition, offering yet another sign that Indigenous art is rising in prominence a
  
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• Herbert Kretzmer, Who Wrote Lyrics for ‘Les Misérables,’ Dies at 95

  14-10-2020 13:57 via nytimes.com
  
  A London theater critic, he turned a little-known French musical into a global blockbuster, earning $20 million in royalties.
  
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• Sculptor Simone Leigh Picked to Represent United States at 2022 Venice Biennale

  14-10-2020 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  With her sedate, elegant sculptures enjoying increased visibility, Simone Leigh has been chosen to represented the United States at the 2022 edition of the Venice Biennale in Italy, the world’s biggest art festival. The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston is commissioning the pavilion in the cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, with ICA director Jill Medvedow and chief curator Eva Respini at the helm.
  Leigh’s Venice Bienna
  
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• ‘Blackpink: Light Up the Sky’ Review: Glowing Young Superstars

  14-10-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The idolized K-pop girl group takes center stage in this endearing documentary that emphasizes each member’s individuality.
  
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• 2 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now

  14-10-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Justine Hill makes more with less in her multipart abstract paintings; Kevin Beasley mixes the political with the personal in “Reunion.”
  
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• $10M city program to help arts community - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

  14-10-2020 12:31
  
  $10M city program to help arts community  Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
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• Devil in the Details: How David Tennant Played a Serial Killer

  14-10-2020 12:23 via nytimes.com
  
  In 1983, Britain was gripped by the case of Dennis Nilsen, who admitted to at least 12 murders. This fall, the country has been transfixed by Tennant’s performance as Nilsen in the mini-series “Des.”
  
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• Simone Leigh Is First Black Woman to Represent U.S. at Venice Biennale

  14-10-2020 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Brooklyn-based sculptor, whose large-scale works explore Black women’s stories and histories, will create the American pavilion’s exhibition for 2022.
  
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• The Way We Watch Now

  14-10-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  TV brings us comfort. TV gives us information. TV is relentless. The coronavirus lockdown has changed the way we absorb the glow of screens. Three photographers captured viewers at home and in public, relaxed and on edge, together and alone.
  
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• Matthew McConaughey Wrote the Book on Matthew McConaughey

  14-10-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In his memoir, “Greenlights,” the star of “Dazed and Confused” and “Dallas Buyers Club” shares lessons from a life in which he turned out all right, all right, all right.
  
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• How to Handle the Hate in America’s Musical Heritage

  14-10-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A companion to the “Anthology of American Folk Music” had already been pressed when Lance and April Ledbetter realized they couldn’t live with releasing racist songs.
  
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• Dealmakers and Wanderers: New Science Fiction and Fantasy

  14-10-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Recent releases include “The Midnight Bargain,” “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” and “Piranesi.”
  
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• Helsinki Makes Sustainability a Guiding Principle for Development

  14-10-2020 10:37 via nytimes.com
  
  Co-housing is on the rise, as is solar power and geothermal heat. In one neighborhood, trash is collected via pneumatic tubes.
  
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• Trump Is Now ‘Biohazard-Curious,’ Says Trevor Noah

  14-10-2020 07:26 via nytimes.com
  
  After the president offered to “kiss the guys and the beautiful women” at his Florida rally, Noah speculated that he might have lost Mike Pence’s vote.
  
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• More Plays, More Stars and More Women in Latest ‘Spotlight’ Series

  14-10-2020 06:43 via nytimes.com
  
  The fall After criticism over gender parity, Pearl Cleage, Larissa FastHorse, Adrienne Kennedy and Sarah Ruhl will be featured in the spring.
  
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• Conchata Ferrell, ‘Two and a Half Men' Actress, Dies at 77

  14-10-2020 01:22 via nytimes.com
  
  She first achieved acclaim on the stage. But she was best known for her Emmy-nominated role as Berta, Charlie Sheen’s gruff housekeeper.
  
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• Tom Kennedy, Genial Journeyman of TV Game Shows, Dies at 93

  14-10-2020 00:16 via nytimes.com
  
  Mr. Kennedy brought gaiety and a dollop of schmaltz to his work as the host of 14 shows on multiple networks, and in syndication, over nearly 30 years.
  
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• To Mark Rare Showcase for Indigenous Art, Nordic Pavilion Changes Name for 2022 Venice Biennale

  14-10-2020 00:00 via artnews.com
  
  In a rare acknowledgment on an international stage, one pavilion for the next Venice Biennale will change its name in recognition of the three Indigenous artists selected to show there. The Nordic Pavilion, which represents the countries of Norway, Sweden, and Finland, will be renamed to the Sámi Pavilion for the exhibition’s 2022 edition. The artists selected to represent the three Scandinavian countries are three Sámi artists: Pauliina Feodoroff, Máret Ánne Sa
  
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