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• Basquiat Continues Market Reign at Christie’s $204 M. Hong Kong Evening Sale

  25-05-2021 23:51 via artnews.com
  
  On Monday, Christie’s held its Hong Kong 20th and 21st century art evening sale across two sessions at the city’s convention and exhibition center. Led by auctioneer Georgina Hilton, the five-hour-long event brought a hammer total of HKD 1.3 million ($170.6 million, or $204.2 million with premium), landing well above the HKD 1.1 billion ($141.7 million) low estimate. The sale realized a successful 97 percent sell-through rate across 72 lots.
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• Why David Hammons’s Elusive Art Continues to Intrigue, Mystify, and Provoke

  25-05-2021 23:49 via artnews.com
  
  In 2002, David Hammons invited people to come to a New York gallery and admire a whole lot of nothing. For a now-famous piece called Concerto in Black and Blue (2002), visitors to Ace Gallery were given tiny flashlights that, when turned on, emitted a blue light. They journeyed into the pitch-black gallery and explored 20,000 square feet of space. What visitors slowly realized, moving through the show, was that there was not a single art object on view. There was, in other words, not much to see
  
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• Brooklyn Museum Workers Push to Form Union

  25-05-2021 23:46 via artnews.com
  
  Employees at the Brooklyn Museum are taking steps toward forming a union, continuing a wave of organizing that has swept New York institutions over the past few years.
  Workers at the museum are seeking increased job security, higher wages, and greater transparency. The New York Times reported that about 130 employees were involved in the bargaining unit, among them curators, conservators, editors, fundraisers, educators, and members of the visitor services department.
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• Rarely Seen Brontë Manuscript Trove to Sell at Auction

  25-05-2021 23:45 via artnews.com
  
  A trove of Brontë family manuscripts that have been out of the public eye for a century will be auctioned by Sotheby’s as part of a sale largely devoted to 20th-century documents by literary giants. Highlights from the collection, known as the Honresfield Library, will be exhibited at Sotheby’s New York headquarters from June 5 to 9 before the works are auctioned across three sales scheduled to take place this year and in 2022. The first auction will be held online with bidding
  
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• Kentaro Miura, Creator of Epic Manga ‘Berserk,’ Dies at 54

  25-05-2021 22:36 via nytimes.com
  
  For more than 30 years he reached tens of millions of readers worldwide with a fantastical tale of vulnerable characters in an apocalyptic world.
  
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• Biden Seeks to Replace Several Trump Appointees on Arts Commission

  25-05-2021 22:09 via nytimes.com
  
  Several members of the Commission of Fine Arts were asked to step down, including its chairman, who promoted classical architecture as the preferred style for federal buildings.
  
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• Black Midi’s Music Embraces the Extremes

  25-05-2021 22:07 via nytimes.com
  
  For its second album, the British band got louder — and quieter, too.
  
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• Joel Chadabe, Explorer of Electronic Music’s Frontier, Dies at 82

  25-05-2021 22:04 via nytimes.com
  
  As both a composer and an advocate, Mr. Chadabe devoted himself to what one music critic called the “marriage between humans and their computers.”
  
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• Tuesday Market, A Fair of the Arts Open for the 2021 Season on June 1 at Switchyard Park | City of Bloomington, Indiana - City of Bloomington

  25-05-2021 21:57
  Tuesday Market, A Fair of the Arts Open for the 2021 Season on June 1 at Switchyard Park | City of Bloomington, Indiana  City of Bloomington
  
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• The Best Blue Painter’s Tapes for Clean Lines and Easy Removal

  25-05-2021 21:30 via artnews.com
  
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  In the sticky world of painter’s tape, those that are colored blue are among the least tacky, and thus the easiest to remove. This makes them a popular choice for masking off areas when painting walls, baseboards, or trims, as you can remove strips with little worry of peeling away paint or wallpaper. But this light-duty tape is also a wonderful tool in the stu
  
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• One Irish Poet Looks Back Three Centuries to Find Obsession and Inspiration in Another

  25-05-2021 21:23 via nytimes.com
  
  In “A Ghost in the Throat,” Doireann Ni Ghriofa combines essay, biography and autofiction in writing about (and translating) a passionate 18th-century lament.
  
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• Biden Seeks to Oust Several Trump Appointees on Arts Commission

  25-05-2021 20:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Several members of the Commission of Fine Arts were asked to step down, including its chairman, who promoted classical architecture as the preferred style for federal buildings.
  
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• The Mexico City Home of Surrealist Leonora Carrington is Being Converted into a Museum

  25-05-2021 19:50 via artnews.com
  
  The Mexico City home of famed Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington is set to become a museum. Though the museum’s opening date has yet to be decided, it will display 45 sculptures by the artist as well as hundreds of her personal objects.
  In a statement, Alejandra Osorio, cultural director at Mexico City’s Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), which owns the home, said, “This space contains the daily life of the Weisz Carrington family, who lived here for more than
  
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• Mexico City Home of Surrealist Leonora Carrington to Be Converted Into Museum

  25-05-2021 19:50 via artnews.com
  
  The Mexico City home of famed Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington is set to become a museum. Though the museum’s opening date has yet to be decided, it will display 45 sculptures by the artist as well as hundreds of her personal objects.
  In a statement, Alejandra Osorio, cultural director at Mexico City’s Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), which owns the home, said, “This space contains the daily life of the Weisz Carrington family, who lived here for more than
  
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• Black people hold just 5% of board seats at top L.A. arts groups - Los Angeles Times

  25-05-2021 19:49
  
  Black people hold just 5% of board seats at top L.A. arts groups  Los Angeles Times
  
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• Juul Wanted to Disrupt Big Tobacco. Instead It Created an Epidemic of Addiction.

  25-05-2021 19:38 via nytimes.com
  
  In “The Devil’s Playbook,” Lauren Etter tells the story of the rise and fall of the start-up that tried to upend the cigarette industry.
  
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• Brooklyn Museum Employees Take Steps Toward a Union

  25-05-2021 19:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The new union would include curators, conservators, gift shop workers and others, as part of the U.A.W.
  
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• ‘Myths and Hymns,’ a Theater Cult Favorite, Changes Shape Again

  25-05-2021 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Adam Guettel’s genre-clashing song cycle has taken on many forms. The latest: a starry online mini-series.
  
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• Mark York, Actor on ‘The Office,’ Dies at 55

  25-05-2021 18:41 via nytimes.com
  
  The Ohio native, who advocated greater visibility onscreen for people with disabilities, appeared in early seasons of the NBC sitcom as Billy Merchant.
  
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• A Self-Styled ‘Troublemaker’ Creates a Different Paris Museum

  25-05-2021 18:40 via nytimes.com
  
  Contemporary art owned by the billionaire François Pinault is displayed beneath the rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce and frescoes of a colonialist past.
  
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• Street Artist Sues Vatican Over Use of Work in Stamps

  25-05-2021 18:29 via artnews.com
  
  A street artist in Rome is suing the Vatican over the use of her work in a 2020 Easter postage stamp issued by the country. According to a report by the Associated Press, the artist Alessia Babrow is seeking €130,000 ($159,285) in damages from Vatican City’s state telecommunications office, alleging that it profited from her work and violated its original intent.
  The work in question features Jesus Christ with his arms raised and a heart on his chest that bears the words “Just U
  
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• The Body’s Truth: David Hammons at the Drawing Center

  25-05-2021 18:24 via artnews.com
  
  “David Hammons: Body Prints, 1968–1979” began with the artist at work. The entrance to the exhibition at the Drawing Center was lined with photographs of Hammons, taken by Bruce W. Talamon in 1974 and 1977, at the studios in South Los Angeles where Hammons started his career. In the photographs that document his singular printmaking process, Hammons is shirtless and slicked with margarine, crouching to consider white sheets of paper before pressing one part of his body down on
  
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• The Heinz Endowments provides $3 million for arts venues to reopen - NEXTpittsburgh

  25-05-2021 18:15
  
  The Heinz Endowments provides $3 million for arts venues to reopen  NEXTpittsburgh
  
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• The Best Brayers for Young Artists Are Practical and Easy to Use

  25-05-2021 17:26 via artnews.com
  
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  Small hand rollers, also called brayers, are versatile tools often used for printmaking and a variety of other tasks, including painting base coats, inking stamps, applying glue for laminating or bookbinding, or use in paper crafts for embossing and burnishing. You can also embellish one with textured material such as lace or burlap to create interesting patterns as
  
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• Poets in Myanmar Are Killed After the Coup

  25-05-2021 17:20 via nytimes.com
  
  More than 30 poets have been imprisoned since the military seized power in Myanmar, a country where politics and poetry are intimately connected.
  
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• Taiwan Was a Covid Haven for Performers. Then Cases Flared.

  25-05-2021 16:14 via nytimes.com
  
  One of the few places where performances continued steadily for much of the pandemic has had to shut down theaters just as they are reopening elsewhere.
  
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• Biden Just Purged 4 On The Arts Panel That Advises Congress On Public Architecture - NPR

  25-05-2021 16:11
  Biden Just Purged 4 On The Arts Panel That Advises Congress On Public Architecture  NPR
  
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• Tig Notaro, Action-Hero Heartthrob, Gets Her Blasts From the Past

  25-05-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The comedian and actor, who battles zombies in “Army of the Dead,” talks about why she hopes Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell never break up, and more.
  
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• Arnault Fortune Soars, Churchill Painting for Sale, and More: Morning Links from May 25, 2021

  25-05-2021 15:28 via artnews.com
  
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  FOR A STRETCH OF MONDAY, THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD was the luxury goods magnate and art collector Bernard Arnault, according to Forbes, with a fortune totaling some $186 billion. Later in the day, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos narrowly took back the number one spot, as the value of their respective stock hol
  
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• With ‘Younger’ and ‘The Bold Type’ Ending, Will TV Turn the Page?

  25-05-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Series have long depicted media jobs as glitzy and aspirational. But with several such shows wrapping up as much of the news and publishing business craters, is this the end of an era?
  
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• A Lost Brontë Library Surfaces

  25-05-2021 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A trove of manuscripts acquired from the Brontë family in the 19th century, all but unseen for the past century, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s.
  
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• Cary Saurage Community Arts Center gets opening date - Greater Baton Rouge Business Report

  25-05-2021 11:57
  
  Cary Saurage Community Arts Center gets opening date  Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
  
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• Was Richard Nixon a Tragic Hero?

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Michael Dobbs’s “King Richard” tells the story of the first few months after Nixon’s second inaugural, when his eventual downfall was becoming clear.
  
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• The Endless Curiosity of Chris Thile

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The 40-year-old mandolinist has found inspiration in groups, and as the host of “Live From Here.” “Laysongs” is his most directly personal work yet.
  
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• From Fatwa to Fabulism: Salman Rushdie Takes Stock of the 21st Century So Far

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Languages of Truth” collects essays and speeches written between 2003 and 2020.
  
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• Bullied and Shunned, They Found a New Way to See the World

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Heaven,” by Mieko Kawakami, two teenagers find solace and meaning in the face of ruthless torment.
  
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• Book Review: ‘The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,’ by Richard Flanagan

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Richard Flanagan’s new novel, “The Living Sea of Waking Dreams,” urges us to pay attention to the things that matter.
  
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• Anita Diamant Continues the Fight for Menstrual Justice

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Period. End of Sentence.” makes a cultural and political argument for less shame and more support and celebration of women’s reproductive realities.
  
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• An Invigorating Novel About Faith, Family and Falling From Grace

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Monica West’s “Revival Season” takes readers under the big tent of Southern Baptist life.
  
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• A Novel Imagines a Victorian England Ruled by France

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Kingdoms,” by Natasha Pulley, follows an amnesiac protagonist caught up in an attempt to change history.
  
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• A Novel Explores Power, Sex, Consent and Identity on a French Commune

  25-05-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam’s novel “Arcadia,” one teenager seeks self-awareness while living on a commune ruled by a hedonistic leader.
  
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• Stephen Colbert: Rand Paul ‘Randsplained’ His Vaccine Refusal

  25-05-2021 08:31 via nytimes.com
  
  “Senator Paul has been a bit of a skeptic of how bad Covid really is, which is probably why he got Covid,” Colbert said on Monday.
  
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• 'Charlie Bit My Finger' to Leave YouTube After NFT Sale

  25-05-2021 00:24 via nytimes.com
  
  The original video of a baby biting his brother’s finger has drawn nearly 900 million views on the platform since 2007. But now one bidder owns it as a nonfungible token.
  
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