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• The Arts Project Syracuse: Tell Me Something Good - WSYR

  02-04-2021 23:30
  The Arts Project Syracuse: Tell Me Something Good  WSYR
  
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• The Best Watercolor Pan Sets for Children

  02-04-2021 23:00 via artnews.com
  
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  Ah, watercolors. For many of us, they represented our first forays into the world of painting. Who can forget the soupy messes of those bygone watercolor trays? Fast-forward a few decades, and now you’re seeking the perfect watercolor set for a new generation of beginners, whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or a caregiver. Or maybe you’re a prodig
  
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• Environmental Arts and Humanities to host Artist-in-Residence talk - UNM Newsroom

  02-04-2021 22:40
  
  Environmental Arts and Humanities to host Artist-in-Residence talk  UNM Newsroom
  
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• West Valley Arts Hosts Weekly Concert Series - KJZZ

  02-04-2021 22:38
  
  West Valley Arts Hosts Weekly Concert Series  KJZZ
  
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• Constance Demby, New Age Composer, Is Dead at 81

  02-04-2021 22:21 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Demby wrote ethereal, otherworldly music and played much of it on instruments of her own making, including one she called the Space Bass.
  
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• He’s a Murderer, a Stalker, a Creep — and an Entertaining Narrator

  02-04-2021 21:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Joe Goldberg, the psychopath we met in Caroline Kepnes’s first novel, “You,” is back for a third time in “You Love Me,” and he’s got a new obsession.
  
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• The Best Craft Kits and Gift Boxes for Kids

  02-04-2021 21:30 via artnews.com
  
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  Delight the young artists in your life by giving them a set of creative tools. A bounty of markers, crayons, or clay can satisfy kids on rainy afternoons or long car rides—or during endless time at home in a global pandemic. Personal art and craft supplies not only help children express themselves, develop motor skills, and strengthen their creativity, but als
  
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• The Best Craft Kits and Art Boxes for Kids

  02-04-2021 21:30 via artnews.com
  
  Delight the young artists in your life by giving them a set of creative tools. A bounty of markers, crayons, or clay can satisfy kids on rainy afternoons or long car rides—or during endless time at home in a global pandemic. Personal art and craft supplies not only help children express themselves, develop motor skills, and strengthen their creativity, but also teach them how to take care of their possessions. Plus, they encourage them to spend less time on digital devices. Below, find our
  
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• ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Season 1, Episode 3: Friends in Low Places

  02-04-2021 21:08 via nytimes.com
  
  This week’s episode is so packed with action that an entire prison riot and jailbreak gets dispatched in under five minutes of screen time.
  
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• ‘Bridgerton’ Star Regé-Jean Page Will Not Appear in Season 2

  02-04-2021 20:54 via nytimes.com
  
  The breakout star of the Shonda Rhimes Netflix series has delivered his final zinger as the rakish Duke of Hastings.
  
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• Review: And Now Four Dances, Completely Different

  02-04-2021 20:44 via nytimes.com
  
  At Ballet National de Marseille, a varied night of dances by Lucinda Childs, Tânia Carvalho, Lasseindra Ninja and Oona Doherty.
  
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• Constance Demby, Prominent New Age Composer, Is Dead at 81

  02-04-2021 20:11 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Demby wrote ethereal, otherworldly music and played much of it on instruments of her own making, including one she called the Space Bass.
  
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• See Images of Judith F. Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles Archive, Newly Acquired by the Lucas Museum

  02-04-2021 20:05 via artnews.com
  
  Earlier this week, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles announced that it has acquired the archive for The History of California, Judith F. Baca’s epic mural cycle. More commonly known as the Great Wall of Los Angeles, Baca’s mural offers a vision of history from the perspectives of historically marginalized groups, including Indigenous, Latinx, Black, and Asian communities, as well as queer people and women.
  “This monumental work by an iconic artist contributes to
  
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• Review: Dreamy Cowboys and a Ballet Bath

  02-04-2021 19:30 via nytimes.com
  
  At Pacific Northwest Ballet, two online premieres: Donald Byrd’s has a Western theme and Alejandro Cerrudo’s undulates.
  
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• Arts guild membership drive underway | News | times-news.com - Cumberland Times-News

  02-04-2021 19:21
  Arts guild membership drive underway | News | times-news.com  Cumberland Times-News
  
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• Taylor, Billie, Demi, Blackpink: The Pop Star Documentary Boom

  02-04-2021 19:12 via nytimes.com
  
  A conversation about the influx of films made about (and by) current stars and its implications for the format.
  
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• Review: The Return of Elliot Stabler

  02-04-2021 19:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Christopher Meloni’s signature character, and his anger-management issues, return in a new “Law & Order” series.
  
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• Review: Elliot Stabler's Return in 'Law & Order Organized Crime'

  02-04-2021 19:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Christopher Meloni’s signature character, and his anger-management issues, return in a new “Law & Order” series.
  
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• Elliot Stabler's Return in 'Law & Order: Organized Crime'

  02-04-2021 19:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Christopher Meloni’s signature character, and his anger-management issues, return in a new “Law & Order” series.
  
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• It Took a Lot of Courage for Robert Mnuchin to Become an Art Dealer

  02-04-2021 18:59 via artnews.com
  
  Artelligence Podcast · Robert Mnuchin’s Legendary Career
  Not many leaders, no matter how well-known and well-respected among their peers they are, have two long and successful careers in separate fields. Robert Mnuchin, who was a partner at Goldman Sachs and a member of its management committee for more than 30 years when the investment bank was still a private partnership, spoke about his second 30-year career as an art dealer during this ARTnews LIVE with Leaders interview.
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• With an Eye Toward Ecological Disaster, Shanghai Biennale Names Artists for 2021 Edition

  02-04-2021 18:50 via artnews.com
  
  Ahead of its opening later this month, the Shanghai Biennale has revealed the artist list for its 13th iteration. The exhibition will feature 64 artists—33 of which will present new commissions—at the Power Station of Art and other venues across the city.
  Eschewing the traditional biennale format, this edition has unfolded over nine months, beginning in November with a five-day inaugural summit, followed by five months of presentations and programming. The theme of the main exhibitio
  
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• Centre Pompidou to Continue Showing Collection During Extended Closure

  02-04-2021 18:23 via artnews.com
  
  Though the Centre Pompidou in Paris will experience a three-year-long closure as part of a major restoration project starting in 2023, the institution already has plans to keep the works in its collection on view in various settings. According to a report by the Art Newspaper, the museum is mulling partnerships with other French art institutions to present the 120,000 works in its collection while the €200 million (about $235 million) renovation effort is underway.
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• The Benin Bronzes, Explained: Why a Group of Plundered Artworks Continues to Generate Controversy

  02-04-2021 18:17 via artnews.com
  
  Over the past month, debates surrounding the Benin Bronzes—a group of thousands of objects plundered by British troops from the Kingdom of Benin during the 19th century—have taken a new turn. The Humboldt Forum in Berlin has said it will begin seeking the process of returning the hundreds of Benin Bronzes in its collection, and a Scottish university became the first institution to formally commit to returning a Benin Bronze to Nigeria. Why have the Benin Bronzes generated so much con
  
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• NFT as Joke

  02-04-2021 18:08 via artnews.com
  
  Once a meme cycle picks up steam, things get meta: you start seeing iterations that refer to the format itself, instead of using it as a vehicle to joke about something else. In art such reflexivity can pass as high-modern medium-specificity. Or it can be a joke, like when John Baldessari spelled “Everything is purged from this painting but art, no ideas have entered this work” in black acrylic on canvas. In 1996 theorist Lev Manovich sent a provocative missive to Rhizome’s ema
  
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• A'lante Flamenco to Present Performance in Fowler Center Arts Series - ASU News

  02-04-2021 18:00
  
  A'lante Flamenco to Present Performance in Fowler Center Arts Series  ASU News
  
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• Yuh-Jung Youn Never Dreamed of Acting. Now She's an Oscar Nominee for ‘Minari.’

  02-04-2021 17:58 via nytimes.com
  
  The veteran Korean star Yuh-Jung Youn has had a thriving career for five decades — all because of a choice she made when she failed her college entrance exam.
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo’s Emotional Road Trip, and 8 More New Songs

  02-04-2021 17:50 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by Westside Gunn, Roseanne Cash, Dry Cleaning and others.
  
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• Stream These 5 Chilling New Horror Movies

  02-04-2021 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Looking for some big scares, but overwhelmed by choices? We have picks for you.
  
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• God is the Microsphere

  02-04-2021 16:57 via artnews.com
  
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  The social and cultural meanings we ascribe to biological processes fascinate the sculptor Jes Fan, as they do biologist and feminist scholar Deboleena Roy. Melanin, for instance—the biochemical that creates pigment in skin—can evoke a whole host of assumptions and stereotypes; it drastically affects social identity. Fan, prompting viewers to consider the materiality of race and gender, incorporates biochemicals directly into his sculptures. His work demonstrate
  
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• Watch an Underwater Brawl in ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’

  02-04-2021 16:40 via nytimes.com
  
  The director Adam Wingard narrates the sequence where the big ape and the giant lizard first spar in the film.
  
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• ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ | Anatomy of a Scene

  02-04-2021 16:29 via nytimes.com
  
  Adam Wingard narrates the scene where Godzilla and Kong first spar.
  
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• Review: ‘Hemingway’ Is a Big Two-Hearted Reconsideration

  02-04-2021 16:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Ken Burns’s latest documentary, premiering Monday on PBS, traces the complicated connections between the person, the persona and the stories
  
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• New performing arts center, café coming to Innovation Square in Rochester - 13WHAM-TV

  02-04-2021 16:11
  New performing arts center, café coming to Innovation Square in Rochester  13WHAM-TV
  
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• Beyond WandaVision and Justice League: Superhero Streaming for Every Taste

  02-04-2021 16:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Even if Avengers and Justice Leagues leave you cold, there’s probably some superpowered champion out there for you. Here’s a guide to the best nontraditional superhero stories available to stream.
  
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• In ‘Chad,’ Nasim Pedrad Embraces Her Inner Teen Boy

  02-04-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Pedrad, a “Saturday Night Live” alumna, plays the title character in her TBS comedy about an awkward 14-year-old trying to fit in.
  
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• A Stand-Up Set at the Swipe of a MetroCard

  02-04-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  For about three months, an Upper West Side comedy club has been organizing Saturday-night shows on the 1 train.
  
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• Hate Superheroes? Maybe You Just Haven’t Met the Right One

  02-04-2021 15:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Even if Avengers and Justice Leagues leave you cold, there’s probably some superpowered champion out there for you. Here’s a guide to the best nontraditional superhero stories available to stream.
  
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• The Hollywood Reporter Names Lovia Gyarkye as Arts and Culture Critic - Hollywood Reporter

  02-04-2021 15:00
  
  The Hollywood Reporter Names Lovia Gyarkye as Arts and Culture Critic  Hollywood Reporter
  
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• 2021 New Museum Triennial Reveals Artist List, Putting Focus on Perseverance

  02-04-2021 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  The New Museum Triennial, one of the few biennials set to take place this year, has revealed an artist list for its next edition, which is due to open in October. Organized by New Museum curator Margot Norton and Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles senior curator Jamillah James, the exhibition will focus loosely on forms of perseverance and the ways that the past informs the present.
  First launched in 2009 and now in its fifth iteration, the New Museum Triennial has accrued a reputation fo
  
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• New performing arts center coming to downtown Rochester, Innovation Square developers say - RochesterFirst

  02-04-2021 14:55
  New performing arts center coming to downtown Rochester, Innovation Square developers say  RochesterFirst
  
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• Italy Nixes Venice Cruises, Lucas Museum Delays Opening, and More: Morning Links from April 2, 2021

  02-04-2021 14:51 via artnews.com
  
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  REMEMBER VENICE? The majestic art. The refreshing spritzes. The hulking cruise ships. The latter may not be long for this world. A new Italian decree has called on cruise operators to steer clear of the city’s historic center, Reuters reports. “Anyone who has visited Venice in recent years has been shocked to see thes
  
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• Arts This Week: 'Ambrosia,' Fitchburg Art Museum and 'The Catastrophist' - wgbh.org

  02-04-2021 13:55
  
  Arts This Week: 'Ambrosia,' Fitchburg Art Museum and 'The Catastrophist'  wgbh.org
  
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• What Color Means Coronavirus Safety?

  02-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Many states use color-coded tiers to signal coronavirus restrictions. Why are they all wildly different?
  
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• Up on the Met Roof, an Artist Is Taking Big Bird to New Heights

  02-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Alex Da Corte, known for provocative, brightly colored installations, will showcase the beloved “Sesame Street’” character at the top of the Met this spring — but with a twist.
  
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• The Chaos of America’s Attempt at Color-Coded Covid State Guidance

  02-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Many states use color-coded tiers to signal coronavirus restrictions. Why are they all wildly different?
  
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• New in Paperback: ‘How Much of These Hills Is Gold’ and ‘Coffeeland’

  02-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
  
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• Looking Forward to Your 170th Birthday

  02-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Ageless,” Andrew Steele explores the science of aging and the advances that might let humans prolong their lives by decades.
  
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• Literature’s Most Ubiquitous Hat

  02-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The bowler, beloved by Jeeves, Leopold Bloom and Babar.
  
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• Hanif Abdurraqib Celebrates Black Performance

  02-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “A Little Devil in America,” Abdurraqib moves from Master Juba to Josephine Baker to Sun Ra to Patti LaBelle to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
  
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• A Rapper, Hitting His 30s, Reinvents Himself as a Scion of Spanish Pop

  02-04-2021 10:45 via nytimes.com
  
  C. Tangana was a provocative star of trap music. Now, his songs are played in supermarkets and praised by 50- and 60-somethings on YouTube.
  
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