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• Joyner to be inducted into US Martial Arts Hall of Fame - WTOK

  09-07-2021 23:38 via wtok.com
  
  Joyner to be inducted into US Martial Arts Hall of Fame  WTOK
  
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• Nana Nkweti’s Tales of Cameroonians at Home and in America

  09-07-2021 23:13 via nytimes.com
  
  The stories in “Walking on Cowrie Shells” span genres, generations and geography.
  
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• Man Is Accused of Attempting to Sell Fake Basquiats and Harings

  09-07-2021 23:06 via nytimes.com
  
  According to a criminal complaint, employees at New York auction houses were approached about the art. A man was taken into custody and charged with wire fraud.
  
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• Art installation in the Arts District highlights our plastic waste and consumption - KABC-TV

  09-07-2021 22:52 via abc7.com
  
  Art installation in the Arts District highlights our plastic waste and consumption  KABC-TV
  
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• Cochecho Arts Festival's Rockingham Groove concert moves inside due to rain - Foster's Daily Democrat

  09-07-2021 22:47 via fosters.com
  Cochecho Arts Festival's Rockingham Groove concert moves inside due to rain  Foster's Daily Democrat
  
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• River Arts features Salt Bay Art Supply's 'Black & White Show' - Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

  09-07-2021 22:29 via centralmaine.com
  River Arts features Salt Bay Art Supply's 'Black & White Show'  Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
  
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• German Museum Repatriates Lakota Chief’s Shirt, Citing ‘Moral and Ethical Reasons’

  09-07-2021 22:22 via artnews.com
  
  With German institutions placing a renewed emphasis on the repatriation of various objects in their holdings, the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt said this week that it had given the leather shirt of Chief Daniel Hollow Horn Bear (Mato He Oklogeca), of the Teton Lakota, to his great-grandson Chief Duane Hollow Horn Bear. In a press release, the museum cited “moral and ethical reasons” for the return.
  The leather shirt was handed over to Duane Hollow Horn Bear on June 12 in Rosebud,
  
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• Check out the new “Vital Waters” exhibit at Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center - FOX21News.com

  09-07-2021 22:09 via fox21news.com
  Check out the new “Vital Waters” exhibit at Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center  FOX21News.com
  
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• Macomb Center for the Performing Arts Center ready to entertain - C&G Newspapers

  09-07-2021 22:03 via candgnews.com
  
  Macomb Center for the Performing Arts Center ready to entertain  C&G Newspapers
  
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• German City’s Restitution of Franz Marc Painting Comes to a Standstill

  09-07-2021 21:27 via artnews.com
  
  In April, the German city of Düsseldorf decided to restitute a Franz Marc painting to the heirs of a Jewish businessman who sold the work during World War II. That return will not come to pass just yet, however.
  The German press agency dpa reports that bureaucratic dealings have effectively put the restitution at a standstill, delaying a return that could open up the possibility of many more like it taking place. According to dpa, the public prosecutor’s office requested new paperwork
  
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• Union County Local Arts Grant Now Accepting Applications – County of Union, New Jersey - UCNJ.org

  09-07-2021 21:24 via ucnj.org
  Union County Local Arts Grant Now Accepting Applications – County of Union, New Jersey  UCNJ.org
  
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• 1,000-Year-Old Church Built by Otto the Great Discovered in Germany

  09-07-2021 21:15 via artnews.com
  
  The foundations of a 1,000-year-old church built by German Emperor Otto I (also known as Otto the Great) were rediscovered by archaeologists under a cornfield in Helfta, Germany, in late June, according to the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology in the country’s Saxony-Anhalt region.
  Based on the foundations, the church was 66 feet wide, and it existed alongside a massive cemetery containing at least 70 graves. Numerous artifacts, including coins, utensils, jewelry, and o
  
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• The Lives of Flies

  09-07-2021 20:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Jonathan Balcombe talks about “Super Fly,” and Marjorie Ingall discusses Holocaust literature for children.
  
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• Review: ‘Unforgotten’ Makes the Case for Decency

  09-07-2021 20:06 via nytimes.com
  
  In its fourth season on “Masterpiece,” the cold-case drama keeps its delicate balance of mystery, melodrama and compassion.
  
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• Ancient Carving Found in England May Represent Hybrid Roman Deity

  09-07-2021 20:01 via artnews.com
  
  A Roman sandstone altarpiece featuring a naked horseman has been uncovered at the Vindolanda archaeological site in northern England.
  Vindolanda, a fort just below Hadrian’s Wall, was periodically occupied by Romans between 85 C.E. to 370 C.E. It is most famous for ink tablets found there. Written on thin pieces of wood, they offer a series of firsthand accounts by the Romans who once inhabited the fort.
  The site has provided a wealth of archaeological material, including structures like m
  
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• With a New Book and Major Exhibitions on the Horizon, Barkley L. Hendricks’s Photography Comes into Focus

  09-07-2021 19:43 via artnews.com
  
  Barkley L. Hendricks, a painter of tender and arresting portraits, was on an ascendant trajectory when he died in 2017, with a 2008 survey show spanning his five-decade career having cast him as a formidable figure and a star turn on the horizon in the epochal group exhibition “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” which opened just three months after his passing. And that ascendance has not diminished a bit since, as lesser-known aspects of his practice have expanded the
  
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• Fulton celebrates decade of vibrant arts community this weekend. - oswegocountynewsnow.com

  09-07-2021 19:16 via oswegocountynewsnow.com
  Fulton celebrates decade of vibrant arts community this weekend.  oswegocountynewsnow.com
  
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• Turning to Ovid in a Moment of Transition

  09-07-2021 18:39 via nytimes.com
  
  A photographer found comfort during the pandemic in the “Metamorphoses,” the classic work on nature and change.
  
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• Record-Setting Bellotto, de La Tour Works Top Christie’s London Old Masters Auction

  09-07-2021 18:34 via artnews.com
  
  On Thursday, during its nine-auction Classic Week series, Christie’s held an Old Masters evening sale in London that generated £37.3 million ($51.5 million) on the hammer, or $45.3 million ($62.4 million) with buyer’s fees—the highest result achieved for an evening auction in the category at Christie’s in London since 2016. The total landed within the pre-sale estimate range of £36.7 million–£56.2 million ($50.6 million–$77.4 million).
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• Stream Three Great Performances by the Bollywood Star Dilip Kumar

  09-07-2021 18:26 via nytimes.com
  
  As a leading man, Kumar, who died on Wednesday at 98, helped to craft the cinematic image of post-independence India.
  
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• An Unconvincing Argument for the Liberal Arts - The Chronicle of Higher Education

  09-07-2021 18:14 via chronicle.com
  
  An Unconvincing Argument for the Liberal Arts  The Chronicle of Higher Education
  
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• UN: Fort Smith arts declaration has 'hallmarks of a scam' - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

  09-07-2021 18:07 via nwaonline.com
  
  UN: Fort Smith arts declaration has 'hallmarks of a scam'  Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  
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• 2021-2022 Arts Calendar - Ohio Wesleyan University

  09-07-2021 18:06 via owu.edu
  
  2021-2022 Arts Calendar  Ohio Wesleyan University
  
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• Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Seeks Stories from Drag Community - University of Arkansas Newswire

  09-07-2021 17:15 via news.uark.edu
  
  Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts Seeks Stories from Drag Community  University of Arkansas Newswire
  
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• Hogstock raises more than $10K for arts council - The Republic

  09-07-2021 17:09 via therepublic.com
  
  Hogstock raises more than $10K for arts council  The Republic
  
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• Turner Center receives grant from Georgia Council for the Arts - ValdostaToday.com

  09-07-2021 16:38 via valdostatoday.com
  Turner Center receives grant from Georgia Council for the Arts  ValdostaToday.com
  
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• Gainesville Fine Arts Association Opens Diverse Workshops - WUFT

  09-07-2021 16:34 via wuft.org
  
  Gainesville Fine Arts Association Opens Diverse Workshops  WUFT
  
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• Sand Lake Center for the Arts ‘Christmas in July’ event Saturday, July 10 - NEWS10 ABC

  09-07-2021 16:32 via news10.com
  Sand Lake Center for the Arts ‘Christmas in July’ event Saturday, July 10  NEWS10 ABC
  
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• Murder in a French Mountain Village

  09-07-2021 16:19 via nytimes.com
  
  Our crime columnist raves about Samira Sedira’s “People Like Them,” as well as Willa C. Richards’s debut, “The Comfort of Monsters.”
  
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• The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s Bouncy Plea, and 14 More New Songs

  09-07-2021 16:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by Little Simz, Nathy Peluso, Courtney Barnett,
  
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• In ‘The White Lotus,’ Mike White Takes You on Vacation

  09-07-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The writer’s latest investigation of human frailty and craven behavior focuses on wealthy resort guests and the hotel workers who cater to their whims.
  
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• $12.2 M. Leonardo Sets Record, White House Has Ethics Plan for Hunter Biden’s Art, and More: Morning Links for July 9, 2021

  09-07-2021 15:46 via artnews.com
  
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  EVERY ARTIST WALKS THEIR OWN WINDING PATH, but Hunter Biden’s journey is turning out to be stranger than most. His New York dealer, Georges Bergès, has said he thinks he can get as much as $500,000 for the presidential son’s artworks: great news for the younger Biden! Less great: the ensuing swirl of compl
  
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• Is Aurora getting ripped off in the metro area’s arts and culture scene? One resident thinks so. - The Denver Post

  09-07-2021 14:00 via denverpost.com
  
  Is Aurora getting ripped off in the metro area’s arts and culture scene? One resident thinks so.  The Denver Post
  
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• Performing arts veteran tabbed as new director of The Ned - The Jackson Sun

  09-07-2021 13:00 via jacksonsun.com
  Performing arts veteran tabbed as new director of The Ned  The Jackson Sun
  
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• ‘Last Summer’ Review: Growing Pains

  09-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Sunny days turn to sweaty nights on the Mediterranean coast in this Turkish coming-of-age film that follows a teenage boy who pines for his older sister’s best friend.
  
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• Lara's featuring the works of Arts of Point Richmond artists - Richmond Standard

  09-07-2021 12:58 via richmondstandard.com
  
  Lara's featuring the works of Arts of Point Richmond artists  Richmond Standard
  
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• Survey: Where should a Cumberland County performing arts center be located? - The Fayetteville Observer

  09-07-2021 12:30 via fayobserver.com
  Survey: Where should a Cumberland County performing arts center be located?  The Fayetteville Observer
  
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• Gala opening set for River Arts members' show - pressherald.com

  09-07-2021 11:36 via pressherald.com
  Gala opening set for River Arts members' show  pressherald.com
  
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• Kalamazoo Black Arts Festival returns Saturday - WOODTV.com

  09-07-2021 11:13 via woodtv.com
  Kalamazoo Black Arts Festival returns Saturday  WOODTV.com
  
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• Summer in the Cities: Chicago

  09-07-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As the pandemic ebbs, the Loop and nearby neighborhoods have roared back to life. Here, eight great spots to hit while the weather’s hot.
  
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• Patricia Marroquin Norby is Bringing a Native Perspective to the Met

  09-07-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  When the nation’s foremost museum got serious about the nation’s first inhabitants, they needed an Indigenous lodestar. They found one in Norby, its first curator of Native American art.
  
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• New in Paperback: ‘Love and Theft’ and ‘The Sirens of Mars’

  09-07-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
  
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• It’s Hollywood Barbie’s Moment (and She’s Bringing Her Friends)

  09-07-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Margot Robbie as Barbie, Daniel Kaluuya reimagining Barney, plots based on Uno and View-Master: Mattel, in the throes of a financial comeback, has 13 films in the works.
  
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• Chicago in the Summer: 8 Places to Go

  09-07-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As the pandemic ebbs, the Loop and nearby neighborhoods have roared back to life. Here, eight great spots to hit while the weather’s hot.
  
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• Book Review: ‘An Ugly Truth,’ by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang

  09-07-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A new, deeply reported book by the Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang recounts the full story of the social media company’s foibles.
  
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• Architect Finds a Sense of Belonging for His Family’s Homeland, and for Himself

  09-07-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Omar Degan was born in Italy to Somali parents who fled before the African nation’s civil war. He’s now helping rebuild the country by looking to the past to build for the future.
  
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• With Little Oversight, Misconduct Can Run Rampant at Small Arts Nonprofits—and It’s Driving Young Employees Out - artnet News

  09-07-2021 08:00 via news.artnet.com
  
  With Little Oversight, Misconduct Can Run Rampant at Small Arts Nonprofits—and It’s Driving Young Employees Out  artnet News
  
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• New grant programs available for West Virginia artists, arts organizations - Parkersburg News

  09-07-2021 06:03 via newsandsentinel.com
  
  New grant programs available for West Virginia artists, arts organizations  Parkersburg News
  
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• The arts are in Fairfax: Wolf Trap 50 years of memories - Fairfaxtimes.com

  09-07-2021 06:00 via fairfaxtimes.com
  The arts are in Fairfax: Wolf Trap 50 years of memories  Fairfaxtimes.com
  
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• Bossier Arts Council is turning 40 on Thursday, July 15 - ArkLaTexHomepage

  09-07-2021 05:03 via arklatexhomepage.com
  Bossier Arts Council is turning 40 on Thursday, July 15  ArkLaTexHomepage
  
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