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• Warner Bros. Says All 2021 Films Will Be Streamed Right Away

  03-12-2020 23:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Seventeen movies will each arrive in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously, the biggest challenge yet to Hollywood’s traditional way of doing business.
  
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• Artists Ask MoMA to Remove Philip Johnson’s Name, Citing Racist Views

  03-12-2020 22:33 via nytimes.com
  
  A group of more than 30 artists and academics have signed a letter asking institutions like the Museum of Modern Art to excise the influential architect’s name from their spaces.
  
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• Miguel Algarín, Force Behind Nuyorican Cafe, Dies at 79

  03-12-2020 22:28 via nytimes.com
  
  His Lower East Side performance space has been an incubator for poets, playwrights and other artists, many of them not initially embraced by the mainstream.
  
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• Artist Khari Turner on Using Water as a Medium, Supporting Incarcerated Artists, and More

  03-12-2020 22:13 via artnews.com
  
  Artist Khari Turner has recently begun introducing a new medium into his paintings, which are often portraits of figures with exaggerated features. Ahead of an upcoming solo exhibition at Nō Studios in Milwaukee, which opened in October, Turner collected water from the Milwaukee River, as well as water from Lake Michigan, to incorporate in some of his works.
  Incorporating water in his work, Turner wants to use the medium “in a way of trying to conceptually talk about masculinity and B
  
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• An Artist’s View of Hazing Rituals, Haunted by Tragedy

  03-12-2020 22:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The artist Kenneth Tam researched Asian-American fraternities, and particularly the death of a pledge in 2013, to create “The Crossing.”
  
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• The Center for Ballet and the Arts and National Sawdust Collaborate to Support Women Composers and Choreographers - NYU News

  03-12-2020 21:00 via nyu.edu
  The Center for Ballet and the Arts and National Sawdust Collaborate to Support Women Composers and Choreographers  NYU News
  
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• $8.3M centerpiece of Ogden's new arts and creative district downtown nearing construction - Standard-Examiner

  03-12-2020 21:00 via standard.net
  $8.3M centerpiece of Ogden's new arts and creative district downtown nearing construction  Standard-Examiner
  
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• RiNo Arts District parts way with Crush Walls - 9News.com KUSA

  03-12-2020 20:23 via 9news.com
  
  RiNo Arts District parts way with Crush Walls  9News.com KUSA
  
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• Review: An Audio ‘Streetcar,’ Not Yet Reaching Its Destination

  03-12-2020 19:53 via nytimes.com
  
  Audra McDonald stars as Blanche DuBois in a radio-like production of the Tennessee Williams classic that still has a way to go.
  
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• The Fabric of Our Nation

  03-12-2020 19:52 via artnews.com
  
  Drive long enough on any American highway and you will pass a prison. Even at a distance, its ominous form is instantly recognizable, the telltale watchtowers and razor wire–topped fences marking it as an outpost of the United States’s sprawling penal system. Millions of people are incarcerated in prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country, and tens of millions more must organize their lives around imprisoned loved ones. This web of incarceration is so large that it has
  
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• How the Monoliths Became an Instagram Trap

  03-12-2020 19:44 via artnews.com
  
  It’s rare that an anonymous work of art makes international headlines, especially given the political and pandemic news cycles of the past year. But 2020’s final surprise might be a nearly 10-foot-tall stainless-steel pillar in the Utah desert. The monolith, as it is now referred to (it already has a lengthy Wikipedia page), was installed by an unknown party some time between July and October 2016, according to satellite imagery, in a red sandstone slot canyon in Lockhart Basin, a si
  
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• San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Projected Photography, 'A Christmas Carol,' ArtWalk And Jazz - KPBS

  03-12-2020 19:37 via kpbs.org
  
  San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Projected Photography, 'A Christmas Carol,' ArtWalk And Jazz  KPBS
  
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• The Jazz Standard Is Silenced by the Pandemic. More Clubs May Follow.

  03-12-2020 19:31 via nytimes.com
  
  The coronavirus has claimed its first major jazz club in New York City, and other venues are in danger of going under as well.
  
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• Venice Biennale Calls on Christoph Büchel to Return Controversial Migrant Boat to Sicily

  03-12-2020 18:54 via artnews.com
  
  The 2019 Venice Biennale closed more than a year ago, but authorities are still calling on Swiss artist Christoph Büchel to remove Barca Nostra, his controversial contribution to the exhibition. The work, the wreckage of a ship that sank in the Mediterranean in 2015 with up to 1,100 migrants from Libya on board, remains in the Arsenale, a historic shipyard that serves as one of the Biennale’s main venues.
  The ship was recovered by the Italian Navy in June 2016 and taken to Sicily. In
  
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• Tyler's Arts Management Track Nurtures Social and Cultural Leaders - Hyperallergic

  03-12-2020 18:30 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Tyler's Arts Management Track Nurtures Social and Cultural Leaders  Hyperallergic
  
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• Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch, Leaning Into Pain

  03-12-2020 17:58 via nytimes.com
  
  A new exhibition at the Royal Academy in London pairs works by the confrontational British artist and the Norwegian Expressionist painter.
  
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• This U.K. Rapper Is Making the Pandemic Work for Him

  03-12-2020 17:50 via nytimes.com
  
  In a disruptive year for the music industry, Pa Salieu has had an unusually rapid rise. And this is just the beginning, he says.
  
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• Central Ohio arts organizations fear for survival as pandemic roils - Columbus Business First

  03-12-2020 17:31 via bizjournals.com
  Central Ohio arts organizations fear for survival as pandemic roils  Columbus Business First
  
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• ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name

  03-12-2020 17:11 via nytimes.com
  
  Gary Oldman plays a Hollywood hack with an ax to grind in David Fincher’s reinterpretation of the legend of “Citizen Kane.”
  
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• The Defining Art Events of 2020

  03-12-2020 17:00 via artnews.com
  
  The past year has been more than a little tumultuous, with countless crises surrounding the global pandemic and social and political ruptures altering nearly every aspect of daily life. The art world has been affected in due course, with a sense of flux palpable in museums, galleries, biennials, fairs, auction houses, and places where artists live and work. To think back on a year that feels like it lasted a lot longer than 12 months, the survey below charts the most significant art events of 20
  
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• Benny Andrews: A Life in Portraits

  03-12-2020 16:43 via nytimes.com
  
  This remarkable exhibition features the inventively constructed paintings of family, friends and colleagues that portray the artist’s world and his place in it.
  
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• John Edmonds and the Allure of Africa

  03-12-2020 16:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The photographer’s show at the Brooklyn Museum explores collecting and photography as acts of possession and desire.
  
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• Longtime Board Chairman Steps Down at Apollo Theater

  03-12-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Richard D. Parsons, the former Time Warner chief executive who led the Harlem nonprofit’s board for 19 years, will be succeeded by Charles Phillips.
  
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• Dolly Parton Likes to Read by the Fire in Her Pajamas

  03-12-2020 15:38 via nytimes.com
  
  “Especially on a rainy day off … sitting in a comfy chair.”
  
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• Tate Will Cut 12 Percent of Workforce and More: Morning Links from December 3, 2020

  03-12-2020 15:37 via artnews.com
  
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  The artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was detained in Cuba for being involved in a political protest. “I see that the conditions for changes in Cuba are ready; in fact, we are at the center of the changes,” he said. [Miami Herald]
  The London-based publication ArtReview ranked the Black Lives Matter movem
  
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• (Breakdown) Dayton arts organizations gain $2.6M in PPP loans - Dayton Business Journal

  03-12-2020 15:22 via bizjournals.com
  (Breakdown) Dayton arts organizations gain $2.6M in PPP loans  Dayton Business Journal
  
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• Selena’s Special Genius

  03-12-2020 15:06 via nytimes.com
  
  The Mexican-American star, who was killed at 23, is the subject of a new Netflix bio-series. But what was the root of her musical powers?
  
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• Here’s what readers think of pandemic-era virtual arts - Los Angeles Times

  03-12-2020 15:00 via latimes.com
  
  Here’s what readers think of pandemic-era virtual arts  Los Angeles Times
  
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• Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 - Helena Independent Record

  03-12-2020 15:00 via helenair.com
  Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020  Helena Independent Record
  
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• 5 Online Art Options for Northeast Ohio Dec. 3-9 | Arts & Culture - ideastream

  03-12-2020 15:00 via ideastream.org
  
  5 Online Art Options for Northeast Ohio Dec. 3-9 | Arts & Culture  ideastream
  
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• SBCC theatre arts students win competition - Santa Barbara News-Press

  03-12-2020 14:40 via newspress.com
  
  SBCC theatre arts students win competition  Santa Barbara News-Press
  
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• How the Avalanches Put Themselves Back Together Again

  03-12-2020 14:39 via nytimes.com
  
  The Australian group known for its sample-heavy music paused for 16 years between its first two albums. Sobriety, and an ambitious new set of inspirations, fuel its latest LP, “We Will Always Love You.”
  
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• Dickson arts magnet school at Renaissance Center discussed - Tennessean

  03-12-2020 14:17 via tennessean.com
  Dickson arts magnet school at Renaissance Center discussed  Tennessean
  
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• Free Stuff Frenzy: Arnie's Arts 'N' Crafts - 9 & 10 News - 9&10 News

  03-12-2020 14:15 via 9and10news.com
  
  Free Stuff Frenzy: Arnie's Arts 'N' Crafts - 9 & 10 News  9&10 News
  
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• Park City readies demolitions to prepare land for arts district - The Park Record

  03-12-2020 14:04 via parkrecord.com
  
  Park City readies demolitions to prepare land for arts district  The Park Record
  
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• The E arts and entertainment calendar for Dec. 3 through 10 - Corvallis Gazette Times

  03-12-2020 14:00 via gazettetimes.com
  The E arts and entertainment calendar for Dec. 3 through 10  Corvallis Gazette Times
  
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• The Arts Barn's winter wonderland star and holiday decor auction features one-of-a-kind items from artists - Reading Eagle

  03-12-2020 14:00 via readingeagle.com
  The Arts Barn's winter wonderland star and holiday decor auction features one-of-a-kind items from artists  Reading Eagle
  
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• Review: In ‘Your Honor,’ a Dark Cable Premise Breaks Worse

  03-12-2020 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Bryan Cranston stars in a role that recalls his most famous series. The comparison is not flattering.
  
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• August Wilson, American Bard

  03-12-2020 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Perhaps no playwright has asserted the richness and complexity of everyday Black lives and language so deeply. Now, two screen projects affirm his legacy for new audiences.
  
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• Arts & Culture Newsletter: Virtual performance piece explores new ways to reach audiences - The San Diego Union-Tribune

  03-12-2020 14:00 via sandiegouniontribune.com
  
  Arts & Culture Newsletter: Virtual performance piece explores new ways to reach audiences  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  
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• A Handel Master on Building the Perfect ‘Messiah’

  03-12-2020 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Julian Wachner describes the many choices that go into performing the classic holiday oratorio.
  
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• Avricore's HealthTab Expands North With Oak Medical Arts - GlobeNewswire

  03-12-2020 13:15 via globenewswire.com
  
  Avricore's HealthTab Expands North With Oak Medical Arts  GlobeNewswire
  
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• ‘Minor Premise’ Review: A Minor Entry in the Sci-Fi Genre

  03-12-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Experiments with consciousness go berserk in Eric Schultz’s lean neurological feature debut.
  
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• ‘I’m Your Woman’ Review: On the Run With a Baby

  03-12-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Rachel Brosnahan stars in this unconventional crime movie directed by Julia Hart.
  
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• ‘Half Brothers’ Review: Distant Relations

  03-12-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  An uptight Mexican aviation executive and an American doofus learn they’re related in this mawkish comedy.
  
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• ‘Crock of Gold’ Review: Shane MacGowan, Still Alive and Laughing

  03-12-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Rambunctious, even in a wheelchair, the hell-raising Irish musician is the subject of this Julien Temple documentary.
  
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• ‘Black Bear’ Review: Two’s Company, Three’s an Art Project

  03-12-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Artistic and romantic alliances shift among a trio of artists in this conceptual drama.
  
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• ‘Billie’ Review: A Legend, in a Different Light

  03-12-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl worked for years on a Billie Holiday biography before Kuehl’s sudden death in 1978. The director of this documentary bought her research, and uses it well.
  
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• ‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That

  03-12-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film is a sweet, strangely modest tragicomedy about the pleasures of (mostly banal) excess.
  
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• ‘76 Days’ Review: Fortitude on China’s Frontlines

  03-12-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Shot in four Wuhan hospitals during coronavirus lockdown, the film takes a grounded, humane perspective on doctors, nurses and patients.
  
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