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• Sundance Diary, Part 2: The Promise of Music in a Powerful Film

  29-01-2021 23:50 via nytimes.com
  
  Questlove’s documentary, “Summer of Soul,” is both a vivid history and a reminder of live performance at a difficult time.
  
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• Martial Arts Academies in San Angelo continue to make adjustments amid the pandemic - ConchoValleyHomepage.com

  29-01-2021 23:29 via conchovalleyhomepage.com
  Martial Arts Academies in San Angelo continue to make adjustments amid the pandemic  ConchoValleyHomepage.com
  
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• Former Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center leader moves into new role - Colorado Springs Gazette

  29-01-2021 23:28 via gazette.com
  Former Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center leader moves into new role  Colorado Springs Gazette
  
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• Sherburne Area Visual Arts Showcase seeks artists | Big Lake - ECM Publishers

  29-01-2021 23:12 via hometownsource.com
  Sherburne Area Visual Arts Showcase seeks artists | Big Lake  ECM Publishers
  
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• Corky Lee, Who Photographed Asian-American Life, Dies at 73

  29-01-2021 23:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Mr. Lee was determined to correct history that left out Asian-Americans, and to document their present-day lives and struggles. He died of Covid-19.
  
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• Bernini, Coecke Set Records in $26.7 M. Hester Diamond Collection Sale

  29-01-2021 23:09 via artnews.com
  
  Following the record-breaking $92 million sale of a rare Botticelli portrait in New York, Sotheby’s ended the first segment of its Master Week with the sale of works from the collection of Hester Diamond, a late New York arts patron, dealer, and designer. The Diamond sale was slated with a pre-sale estimate of $23.3 million–$35.3 million with with buyers’ premium.
  So far, Sotheby’s New York Masters Week generated more than $148 million, showing that mid-pandemic market fo
  
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• Union County Board of Commissioners Awards 60 “HEART” Grants Bringing Arts and Humanities to the - UCNJ.org

  29-01-2021 22:57 via ucnj.org
  Union County Board of Commissioners Awards 60 “HEART” Grants Bringing Arts and Humanities to the  UCNJ.org
  
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• Sharon Kay Penman, Whose Novels Plumbed Britain’s Past, Dies at 75

  29-01-2021 22:37 via nytimes.com
  
  The author of best-selling books set in medieval England and Wales, she insisted that historical fiction had an obligation to the facts.
  
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• ArtsGreensboro to provide $300,000 to arts organizations - Greensboro News & Record

  29-01-2021 21:45 via greensboro.com
  ArtsGreensboro to provide $300,000 to arts organizations  Greensboro News & Record
  
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• Arts village back on the drawing board for downtown Vero Beach; zoning changes on the way - TCPalm

  29-01-2021 21:43 via tcpalm.com
  Arts village back on the drawing board for downtown Vero Beach; zoning changes on the way  TCPalm
  
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• In Memoriam | Jory Post remembered as a master of many arts - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  29-01-2021 21:22 via santacruzsentinel.com
  
  In Memoriam | Jory Post remembered as a master of many arts  Santa Cruz Sentinel
  
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• Museum of the Bible Returns Artifacts to Egypt

  29-01-2021 21:21 via nytimes.com
  
  Egypt had asserted that the items were ferreted out amid the Arab Spring. The antiquities are among those at the museum lacking proper paperwork.
  
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• Arts & Culture: Bad Keys of the Mountain - The Tribune - Ironton Tribune

  29-01-2021 21:17 via irontontribune.com
  
  Arts & Culture: Bad Keys of the Mountain - The Tribune  Ironton Tribune
  
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• Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart

  29-01-2021 21:16 via nytimes.com
  
  A wonder of poise and punch, the actress dared to declare herself a moral progenitor, taking on roles that reflected the dignity of Black women.
  
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• Duke Bootee, Whose ‘Message’ Educated Hip-Hop, Dies at 69

  29-01-2021 20:53 via nytimes.com
  
  His 1982 hit about the “jungle” of urban poverty charted a new, grittier path for rap music in its early days.
  
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• County executive candidates endorse arts community – Cache Valley Daily - Cache Valley Daily

  29-01-2021 20:52 via cachevalleydaily.com
  County executive candidates endorse arts community – Cache Valley Daily  Cache Valley Daily
  
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• Stream These 8 Great Performances by Cicely Tyson

  29-01-2021 20:47 via nytimes.com
  
  The Emmy-winning actress started breaking down stereotypes with her first major TV roles in the early 1960s. Here’s a guide to some of her most trailblazing and memorable performances.
  
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• ‘The Poltergeist’ Review: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Madman

  29-01-2021 20:42 via nytimes.com
  
  A breakneck performance by Joseph Potter as an embittered former prodigy carries this unnerving monologue from Philip Ridley.
  
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• ‘The Lady and the Dale’ Review: The Con Artist and the Car

  29-01-2021 20:31 via nytimes.com
  
  An HBO mini-series recounts the complex, contradictory life of Elizabeth Carmichael: criminal, auto executive, transgender pioneer.
  
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• Arts Playlist: Sold Firm Arts Gallery's 'Storm' | Delaware First Media - Delaware First Media

  29-01-2021 20:25 via delawarepublic.org
  
  Arts Playlist: Sold Firm Arts Gallery's 'Storm' | Delaware First Media  Delaware First Media
  
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• ArtsGreensboro opens relief grant program to sustain local arts organizations - Triad Business Journal - Triad Business Journal

  29-01-2021 20:23 via bizjournals.com
  ArtsGreensboro opens relief grant program to sustain local arts organizations - Triad Business Journal  Triad Business Journal
  
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• HCC to offer Arts & Crafts Small Business Series - The Mountaineer

  29-01-2021 20:21 via themountaineer.com
  HCC to offer Arts & Crafts Small Business Series  The Mountaineer
  
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• JoEllen Florio Rossebo, who led Arts for Learning to enormous growth, to retire - IndyStar

  29-01-2021 20:18 via indystar.com
  JoEllen Florio Rossebo, who led Arts for Learning to enormous growth, to retire  IndyStar
  
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• Robert S. Duncanson Charted New Paths for Black Artists in 19th-Century America

  29-01-2021 20:09 via artnews.com
  
  It is not every day that a 19th-century landscape painter is the subject of national news, but that was the case last week, when a work by Robert S. Duncanson on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum was presented to the Biden administration by Congress as an inaugural gift. Duncanson is not a household name—or, at least, not an artist as well-known as some of his contemporaries, including William Louis Sonntag and Worthington Whitteredge. (When the New York Times covered the gift,
  
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• A Broadway Theater Owner Rethinks Post-Pandemic Ticket Selling

  29-01-2021 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Jujamcyn, which operates five of the 41 Broadway houses, said that when theater returns it will use SeatGeek instead of Ticketmaster.
  
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• What Do Lars Ulrich and A.O. Scott Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out

  29-01-2021 19:32 via nytimes.com
  
  The Metallica musician and our film critic have both spent their careers thinking about the creative process and how it’s received. They compared notes.
  
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• Tonys Voting is Coming Soon. The Awards? We Still Don’t Know.

  29-01-2021 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Organizers of the ceremony have firmed up dates for selecting favorites, but won’t commit to an event until plans for Broadway’s return are set.
  
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• The Very First Cover of the Book Review

  29-01-2021 18:37 via nytimes.com
  
  Celebrating a 125th anniversary by returning to the beginning of a supplement designed as “an open forum for the discussion of books.”
  
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• Durango lodgers tax increase would fund marketing, transit and arts - The Durango Herald

  29-01-2021 18:25 via durangoherald.com
  
  Durango lodgers tax increase would fund marketing, transit and arts  The Durango Herald
  
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• Kodak Black Celebrates Clemency From Trump, and 10 More New Songs

  29-01-2021 18:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by FKA twigs, Jupiter & Okwess, Prettymuch and others.
  
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• Arts advocates finger wag Mayor Warren for use of Daniel Prude mural - Rochester City Newspaper

  29-01-2021 18:06 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Arts advocates finger wag Mayor Warren for use of Daniel Prude mural  Rochester City Newspaper
  
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• Drew University Named Top 50 Liberal Arts University - Drew Today

  29-01-2021 17:32 via drew.edu
  
  Drew University Named Top 50 Liberal Arts University  Drew Today
  
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• Hou Hanru on Strengthening International Networks Among Museums

  29-01-2021 17:15 via artnews.com
  
  Illustration Danise Nestor.
  The 2020–21 issue of Art in America’s Annual Guide, released in December 2020, includes interviews with museum directors about how they responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. Founded in Rome in 2010, MAXXI is a midsize contemporary art museum with a newly opened branch in the earthquake-damaged city of L’Aquila. The institution’s overall artistic head, Hou Hanru, who assumed his current post in 2013, is a highly esteemed internation
  
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• Georg Baselitz Gifts Six Upside-Down Portraits to Metropolitan Museum of Art

  29-01-2021 17:01 via artnews.com
  
  To toast the Metropolitan Museum of Art 150th anniversary in 2020, artist Georg Baselitz and his wife, Elke, have gifted six inverted portraits to the New York institution. The works all date to 1969, and they will be on view in the exhibition “Georg Baselitz: Pivotal Turn” through July 18.
  The portraits depict Baselitz’s friends and colleagues in the German art world, including journalist Martin G. Buttig, gallerists Franz Dahlem and Michael Werner, and collector Karl Rinn. Th
  
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• William S. Smith Departs Art in America as Editor

  29-01-2021 16:20 via artnews.com
  
  After more than three years at the helm, William S. Smith will depart Art in America as editor. He will leave the publication, where he has worked for much of the past decade, this Friday to take up a new editorial position at the soon-to-open M+ museum in Hong Kong.
  “I’m really proud of having revitalized this title, which is more than a century old,” Smith said in a phone interview on Monday. “Bringing in dozens of new writers and a more diverse writer base is the legac
  
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• With a Gift of Art, a Daughter Honors, if Not Absolves, Her Father

  29-01-2021 15:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Douglas Latchford, a scholar of Khmer antiquities who was accused of trafficking in looted artifacts, bequeathed his world-class collection to his daughter. She has returned it to Cambodia.
  
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• HaiDiLao Hotpot Coming to Jersey City's Powerhouse Arts District - Jersey Digs

  29-01-2021 15:30 via jerseydigs.com
  
  HaiDiLao Hotpot Coming to Jersey City's Powerhouse Arts District  Jersey Digs
  
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• Outdoor ice skating, Performing Arts Challenge, escape rooms planned for FreezeFest '21 - RIT University News Services

  29-01-2021 15:14 via rit.edu
  
  Outdoor ice skating, Performing Arts Challenge, escape rooms planned for FreezeFest '21  RIT University News Services
  
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• Museum of the Bible Returns Objects to Egypt, U.S. Mayors Call for Art Aid, and More: Morning Links from January 29, 2021

  29-01-2021 14:56 via artnews.com
  
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  THE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., has returned some 5,000 artifacts to Egypt that were illegally acquired, according to the Art Newspaper. The repatriation of the objects, which included manuscript fragments and statue heads, was reportedly the result of years of negotiations. Founded by David Green, the creator&n
  
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• Ashley River Creative Arts teacher Mrs. Tiffany Schwartz receives the Cool School Teacher award - WCBD News 2

  29-01-2021 13:57 via counton2.com
  Ashley River Creative Arts teacher Mrs. Tiffany Schwartz receives the Cool School Teacher award  WCBD News 2
  
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• Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Firefly’

  29-01-2021 13:46 via nytimes.com
  
  An Emmy-winning space western that was canceled after one season, the series is a perfect mix of palliative and palate cleanser.
  
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• ‘Gomorrah’ Is Back, as Bloody (and Gripping) as Ever

  29-01-2021 13:37 via nytimes.com
  
  The crime series is so popular in its native Italy that it has filtered into language and culture. Some critics decry its portrayal of Naples, while others praise its realism and universal themes.
  
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• Arts news for Sarasota-Manatee: Jan. 31-Feb. 6 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

  29-01-2021 13:22 via heraldtribune.com
  
  Arts news for Sarasota-Manatee: Jan. 31-Feb. 6  Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  
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• ‘Palmer’ Review: A Crisis of Masculinity

  29-01-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Justin Timberlake stars as an ex-convict who interrogates his gender biases after he comes to care for a young boy in this prosaic melodrama.
  
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• Mayor Duggan, Detroit ACE launch yearlong celebration of Detroit arts and culture; illuminate Detroit's contributions to American creative excellence | City of Detroit - City of Detroit

  29-01-2021 13:00 via detroitmi.gov
  Mayor Duggan, Detroit ACE launch yearlong celebration of Detroit arts and culture; illuminate Detroit's contributions to American creative excellence | City of Detroit  City of Detroit
  
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• Mayor Duggan, Detroit ACE launch yearlong celebration of Detroit arts and culture; illuminate Detroit's contributions to American creative excellence - City of Detroit

  29-01-2021 13:00 via detroitmi.gov
  Mayor Duggan, Detroit ACE launch yearlong celebration of Detroit arts and culture; illuminate Detroit's contributions to American creative excellence  City of Detroit
  
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• Architecture firm plans restaurant, apartments at Pendleton Arts District entrance - Charleston Post Courier

  29-01-2021 12:23 via postandcourier.com
  
  Architecture firm plans restaurant, apartments at Pendleton Arts District entrance  Charleston Post Courier
  
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• Order and Chaos, Mostly Chaos, in 3 Debut Novels

  29-01-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  New fiction starring a 7-year-old selling hardware, a disgraced queer playwright, and an unlikely throuple expecting a child.
  
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• New in Paperback: ‘Supreme Inequality’ and ‘Little Gods’

  29-01-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
  
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• Mystery Boxes and Budding Loves: New Science Fiction and Fantasy

  29-01-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Absolute Book,” by Elizabeth Knox, takes on a number of genres, while “Winter’s Orbit,” by Everina Maxwell, stays true to one.
  
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