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• With His Collection of Americana, Alan Page Makes the Past Visible

  06-05-2021 23:22 via artnews.com
  
  In 1981, after 15 years playing with the Minnesota Vikings, Alan Page decided to become a lawyer. This was a rare move for a football player who had achieved mass success, but after finally coming to terms with a years-long inner conflict over sport and law, as Page recently told ARTnews, “it was time for me to move on,” Since then, he has risen to the highest levels of the legal world. In 1993, he was appointed as a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, the first Black person to o
  
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• Citing Surge in Covid Cases, Istanbul Biennial Postpones 2021 Edition

  06-05-2021 22:34 via artnews.com
  
  Citing the “gravity of the ongoing health crisis,” the Istanbul Biennial in Turkey has postponed its 17th edition. Previously planned to open this September, the exhibition will now be held from September 17 to November 20, 2022. The decision was made by the event’s organizer, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (ISKV), in agreement with the curators—Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar, and David Teh—and participants.
  “The 17th Istanbul Biennial, its curators
  
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• We, Tina

  06-05-2021 22:05 via nytimes.com
  
  How Tina Turner reclaimed her voice, her image and her spirituality.
  
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• How Tina Turner Reclaimed Her Voice, Image and Spirituality

  06-05-2021 22:05 via nytimes.com
  
  How Tina Turner reclaimed her voice, her image and her spirituality.
  
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• How Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s Unabashedly Political Art Lent Minimalism a New Context

  06-05-2021 22:03 via artnews.com
  
  Like many of his other works, Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s light bulb sculptures can be presented in countless different ways. They’ve been shown in spaces one might expect—the steely, cold white cubes of museums and galleries around the world—but they’ve also been shown in unexpected places. They have been slung over paper-strewn bulletin boards and desks, as they were in the offices of Helsinki’s Museum of Contemporary Art in 1995; suspended from ceilings more th
  
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• See Images of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s Poignant Works About Loss and Memory

  06-05-2021 22:01 via artnews.com
  
  With his pared-down, melancholy works, Felix Gonzalez-Torres found an evocative language for dealing with loss during the ’80s and ’90s amid the AIDS crisis. In sculptures, installations, photographs, and more, Gonzalez-Torres mined the look of Minimalism to explore how meaning is made and what it means for a person to truly disappear.
  With a survey of his work currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona in Spain, below is a look at some of the most famous works
  
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• Making It: Get Started Dyeing

  06-05-2021 22:00 via artnews.com
  
  Amber Joy Greenidge-Sabral was dyeing fabrics outdoors one summer when she realized how much her synthetic colorants had transformed the yard. “By the end of the day, the grass had turned black,” she said. While scouring the internet for alternative dye methods, she came across Wild Colours, a natural dye studio in Birmingham, England, founded by textile artist Teresinha Roberts. Greenidge-Sabral, an artist living in London, got in touch with Roberts and quickly found herself drawn t
  
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• Street Art in the Age of Basquiat: Jenny Holzer and Lady Pink on Streetwise Feminisms, Satanism, and Reaganomics

  06-05-2021 21:48 via artnews.com
  
  The following is part of a series of interviews with key figures in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s downtown New York circle in the 1980s. The interviews were conducted in February by Museum of Fine Arts Boston curator Liz Munsell and writer and musician Greg Tate, who together curated the exhibition “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation,” on view at the MFA through July 25. ARTnews will publish four interviews from the series each day this week.
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• School of the Arts evacuated, students dismissed due to campus threat - RochesterFirst

  06-05-2021 21:19 via rochesterfirst.com
  School of the Arts evacuated, students dismissed due to campus threat  RochesterFirst
  
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• Emergency Grants for New York City Artists With Disabilities

  06-05-2021 21:15 via nytimes.com
  
  Applications for the $1,000 grants, from the New York Foundation for the Arts, can be submitted through June 15.
  
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• ‘Zoetrope’ Review: And You Thought Your Apartment Was Small?

  06-05-2021 21:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Exquisite Corpse Company’s clever choose-your-own-adventure play has a handful of viewers peek in on a Brooklyn couple in really close quarters.
  
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• Chancellor's Arts Initiative funds grant to support faculty's arts-based research - UCLA Newsroom

  06-05-2021 20:49 via newsroom.ucla.edu
  
  Chancellor's Arts Initiative funds grant to support faculty's arts-based research  UCLA Newsroom
  
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• Sharon Pollock, Playwright Who Explored Canada’s Identity, Dies at 85

  06-05-2021 20:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Pollock was best known for dramas inspired by historical events that examined racial tensions and other volatile issues.
  
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• Chloe Moriondo and girl in red, Maestros of Growing Pains

  06-05-2021 20:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Moriondo cited Marie Ulven (who records as girl in red) as an early influence. Both are releasing new albums that showcase frank emotions and more ambitious productions.
  
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• Plans for 50% funding cut to arts subjects at universities ‘catastrophic’ - The Guardian

  06-05-2021 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Plans for 50% funding cut to arts subjects at universities ‘catastrophic’  The Guardian
  
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• On Governors Island, Art Interventions Are Everywhere

  06-05-2021 20:19 via nytimes.com
  
  NADA House hosts 66 galleries, nonprofits and artist-run spaces arrayed in and around stately officers’ residences. Expect the refreshingly unfamiliar.
  
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• The Film That Made ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ Possible

  06-05-2021 20:08 via nytimes.com
  
  Melvin Van Peebles had to go to France to make “The Story of a Three Day Pass,” the tale of a Black soldier on leave that’s full of bold directorial choices.
  
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• More normalcy returns to the arts - Winchester Sun - Winchester Sun

  06-05-2021 20:07 via winchestersun.com
  
  More normalcy returns to the arts - Winchester Sun  Winchester Sun
  
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• ‘State Funeral’ Review: Saying Goodbye to Stalin

  06-05-2021 20:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Sergei Loznitsa’s new found-footage documentary illuminates Soviet life in the immediate aftermath of the dictator’s death.
  
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• River to River Festival Announces Lineup

  06-05-2021 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “For us, there was no option of not doing River to River,” said Lili Chopra, who curated the festival with Nanette Nelms.
  
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• Part of Fort Duquesne Boulevard to close for 5 months, host arts fest, markets - TribLIVE

  06-05-2021 18:53 via triblive.com
  
  Part of Fort Duquesne Boulevard to close for 5 months, host arts fest, markets  TribLIVE
  
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• Review: Sofia Coppola Brings New York City Ballet Back to Life

  06-05-2021 18:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Her film for City Ballet’s virtual spring gala, featuring a new solo by Justin Peck, explores the nooks and crannies of the company’s theater.
  
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• Private Archives: Jorian Charlton at Gallery TPW

  06-05-2021 18:30 via artnews.com
  
  In 2017, Jamaican-Canadian photographer Jorian Charlton’s father gave her a bag full of slides, “for safekeeping.” The handover was so casual that Charlton didn’t look into the bag for several years. What she eventually found was a treasure trove of candid portraits and documentary photographs that her father, an engineer, had taken during the 1970s and ’80s, along the route that brought him from Jamaica to Toronto, by way of Atlanta and New Jersey. Charlton’s
  
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• The Tale of a Chaotic and Failed Attempt to Explore Antarctica in 1897

  06-05-2021 17:55 via nytimes.com
  
  Julian Sancton’s “Madhouse at the End of the Earth” details Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery’s effort to explore Antarctica, and all of the ways it went wrong.
  
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• Arts Council Names Katie Hall as Chief Advancement Officer - Yes! Weekly

  06-05-2021 17:55 via yesweekly.com
  Arts Council Names Katie Hall as Chief Advancement Officer  Yes! Weekly
  
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• Second Time Lucky? Eurovision Hopefuls Try Again.

  06-05-2021 17:26 via nytimes.com
  
  Eurovision acts are known for being one-hit wonders. Can this year’s contestants, most returnees from the canceled 2020 event, break the stereotype?
  
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• Mural Arts Philadelphia and Mural Arts Institute Present Arts + Environmental Justice Symposium - Hyperallergic

  06-05-2021 17:26 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Mural Arts Philadelphia and Mural Arts Institute Present Arts + Environmental Justice Symposium  Hyperallergic
  
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• Frieze New York Opens, First Live Art Fair in a Year

  06-05-2021 17:13 via nytimes.com
  
  Our critics toured more than 60 booths — a sight for art-starved eyes. Here are 16 highlights to catch, in person or virtually.
  
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• Frieze New York, First Live Art Fair in a Year, Kicks Off at the Shed

  06-05-2021 16:56 via nytimes.com
  
  Our critics toured more than 60 booths — a sight for art-starved eyes. Here are 16 highlights to catch, in person or virtually.
  
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• NYC Plans $25 Million Program to Put Artists Back to Work

  06-05-2021 16:50 via nytimes.com
  
  The move is intended to support artists whose income plummeted during the pandemic and who have clamored for government relief.
  
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• Lonnie Holley’s Life of Perseverance, and Art of Transformation

  06-05-2021 16:49 via nytimes.com
  
  The Alabama artist and musician has arrived at a career milestone, with two exhibitions in the Hamptons and a gallery to map his future.
  
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• Bernardo Winery's arts and crafts fair returns this weekend - The San Diego Union-Tribune

  06-05-2021 16:31 via sandiegouniontribune.com
  
  Bernardo Winery's arts and crafts fair returns this weekend  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  
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• The Epic Journey to ‘The Underground Railroad’

  06-05-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  How Barry Jenkins and his band of indie filmmakers made television’s most ambitious take on American slavery since “Roots.”
  
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• Rare North Korean Art Alights in Switzerland, Oldest Human Burial in Africa Discovered, and More: Morning Links from May 6, 2021

  06-05-2021 15:47 via artnews.com
  
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  RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THE OLDEST known human burial in Africa, National Geographic reports. Uncovered in Kenya, the roughly 80,000-year-old site is the resting place of a child of 2 or 3. Archaeologists believe the child was buried in a shroud, with a pillow under their head. Older human burials have been discovered elsewhere, l
  
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• Rare Roman-Era ‘Face-Shaped’ Bronze Oil Lamp Found in Jerusalem

  06-05-2021 14:45 via artnews.com
  
  Archaeologists have discovered a rare bronze oil lamp in the shape of a half-face, dating to the Roman Period between 70 and 135 C.E., during excavations in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem. The lamp was uncovered in the foundations of a building along the pilgrimage road. “The offering of this lamp may attest to the importance of the building,” Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists Ari Levy and Dr. Yuval Baruch told Jewish Press, “which may have been linked t
  
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• CEO’s of GameStop, Electronic Arts, ESE Entertainment, and Sea Limited, Discuss New Growth Trends in E-Sports and Digital Entertainment Global Boom - Yahoo Finance

  06-05-2021 14:36 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  CEO’s of GameStop, Electronic Arts, ESE Entertainment, and Sea Limited, Discuss New Growth Trends in E-Sports and Digital Entertainment Global Boom  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published May 6, 2021 - Helena Independent Record

  06-05-2021 14:00 via helenair.com
  Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published May 6, 2021  Helena Independent Record
  
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• ‘The Water Man’ Review: Oyelowo Directs With a Touch of Magic

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As a newly transplanted family tries to adjust to the countryside, the son is desperately pulling strings to cure his seriously ill mother.
  
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• ‘The Paper Tigers’ Review: Reliving the Glory Days

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A trio of aging martial artists reunite in this fresh, if uneven, debut by the director Tran Quoc Bao.
  
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• ‘The Columnist’ Review: Confessions of a Female Troll Hunter

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A writer slaughters her online nemeses in this low-stakes serial killer movie from the Netherlands.
  
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• ‘The Boy From Medellín’ Review: A Dizzying Week in J Balvin’s World

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A documentary about the reggaeton star from Colombia is a relatively sophisticated form of celebrity publicity.
  
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• ‘Silo’ Review: When Life on a Farm Is Far From Wholesome

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A mainstay of American agriculture, corn can become a suffocating trap when a human comes up against tons of it in a vertical storage bin.
  
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• ‘Queen Marie’ Review: Border Talks

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Alexis Sweet Cahill’s biopic about the Romanian queen is weighed down by stodgy exposition.
  
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• ‘Pink Skies Ahead’ Review: Partying Through Anxiety

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Kelly Oxford’s ’90s-set coming-of-age story follows a college dropout as she navigates a new romance and a new medical diagnosis.
  
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• ‘Paper Spiders’ Review: Maternal Melodramatics

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Lili Taylor plays a mother who spirals into madness in this unfortunately bland melodrama.
  
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• ‘Monster’ Review: Teenager on Trial

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In this drama, a young man’s future is threatened when he is accused of participating in a deadly bodega stickup.
  
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• ‘In Our Mothers’ Gardens’ Review: Creating Space for Black Women

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Netflix documentary sets out to show how maternal lineages have shaped generations of Black women.
  
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• ‘Citizen Penn’ Review: A Portrait of Sean Penn as an Advocate

  06-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The documentary follows the actor’s work helping Haiti, starting in 2011.
  
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• Online or In-Person? Soon, British Theatergoers Can Decide

  06-05-2021 11:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Live theater is set to return in England starting May 17, but many online offerings will remain.
  
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• When Bernstein Conducted Stravinsky, Modern Music Came Alive

  06-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A box set of recordings pairs Stravinsky, 50 years after his death, with the conductor who championed his works.
  
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