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• Arts Council approves new mural highlighting racial justice - Evanston RoundTable

  22-07-2021 23:15 via evanstonroundtable.com
  
  Arts Council approves new mural highlighting racial justice  Evanston RoundTable
  
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• College of Integrative Sciences and Arts celebrates All College Award winners - Arizona State University

  22-07-2021 23:06 via news.asu.edu
  
  College of Integrative Sciences and Arts celebrates All College Award winners  Arizona State University
  
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• The Music Scene in This Brooklyn Neighborhood Is Here to Stay

  22-07-2021 22:57 via nytimes.com
  
  During the city’s lockdown, porch concerts in Ditmas Park began as a way to unite artists. These events, along with new series and festivals, have transformed this quiet area into an arts hub.
  
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• MFA Houston Owns Bellotto Painting Sold Under Duress During World War II, Foundation Claims

  22-07-2021 22:50 via artnews.com
  
  The Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, an organization that researches works looted during World War II, is calling on the Museum of Fine Arts Houston to return an 18th-century painting to the heirs of a German-Jewish collector. The MFA asserts that the sale of the work was “legitimate” and that there is therefore no need to restitute the painting.
  In a statement released on Wednesday, the foundation claimed that Bernardo Bellotto’s Marketplace at Pirna (ca.
  
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• Put Your Tools at Your Fingertips With the Best Rolling Craft Supply Storage Cart

  22-07-2021 22:39 via artnews.com
  
  ARTnews RECOMMENDSHoney-Can-Do Rolling Storage CartSimple and efficient, this two-column cart is well suited for supplies of all sizes. It rolls smoothly on four casters that can lock in place, and it’s easy to steer using the two handles integrated into the sleek metal frame. You get a dozen plastic drawers to fill: They all measure 9.5 inches wide and 12.5 inches long, but eight are shallow (2.6 inches deep) and four are larger (5.1 inches deep). The plastic is durable and translucent, a
  
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• A Theory of Everything

  22-07-2021 22:39 via artnews.com
  
  Theory is dead, but we still love him. Theory is dead, that’s why we hate him. Theory isn’t dead—theory is very much alive, that’s why he’s literally so annoying. Theory thinks he can solve everyone’s problems all by himself, and when we tell him he can’t, he just gets mad. He doesn’t want to talk about anyone other than himself. When I talk about me, he says I’m vain.
  This is one way of describing the situation that Laura Fournier explores i
  
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• How LACMA and ASU Are Charting a Path to the Top for the Next Generation of Curators of Color

  22-07-2021 22:08 via artnews.com
  
  Six years ago, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation published a report on the demographics of staffs at American art museums. It found that 84 percent of those surveyed—among them curators, educators, conservators, and other senior staff—were white. “The museum population was about 10 percentage points more racially and ethnically homogenous than the U.S. population,” Mariët Westermann, the foundation’s former executive vice president for programs and research, wrot
  
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• Washington Performing Arts Will Resume Live Performances Next Month - Washingtonian

  22-07-2021 22:00 via washingtonian.com
  
  Washington Performing Arts Will Resume Live Performances Next Month  Washingtonian
  
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• 'This experience is about joy and creative play': Columbia elementary students dive into summer school arts - Columbia Daily Tribune

  22-07-2021 21:47 via columbiatribune.com
  'This experience is about joy and creative play': Columbia elementary students dive into summer school arts  Columbia Daily Tribune
  
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• New York’s ‘Homecoming’ to Feature a Free Concert in Every Borough

  22-07-2021 21:35 via nytimes.com
  
  The concerts, which are to run between Aug. 16 to Aug. 21, are being organized to celebrate the city’s reopening and promote tourism.
  
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• 07/22/2021 | Arts Featured During Summer Academy Session | News Ocean City MD - The Dispatch

  22-07-2021 21:35 via mdcoastdispatch.com
  07/22/2021 | Arts Featured During Summer Academy Session | News Ocean City MD  The Dispatch
  
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• London’s National Gallery to Acquire Thomas Lawrence’s ‘Red Boy’ Portrait for £9.3 M.

  22-07-2021 21:32 via artnews.com
  
  Sir Thomas Lawrence’s famed portrait of Charles William Lambton, widely known as Red Boy, will soon join the collection of the National Gallery in London. The institution has committed to buying the work from a private collection for £9.3 million (around $12.7 million).
  In a statement, the National Gallery said the purchase is a unique opportunity “to acquire an exceptionally important painting by one of the finest European portraitists of the early 19th century, which is of ou
  
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• Ancient Roman Road Discovered at the Bottom of Venice Lagoon

  22-07-2021 21:17 via artnews.com
  
  Rising waters threaten Venice’s cultural heritage, but untold treasures may already be hidden on the seafloor. Beneath the murky waves of the Venice Lagoon, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient Roman road and other possible port facilities, like a dock, that may predate the founding of the Italian city. Their findings were published on Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports.
  The study’s leader, Fantina Madricardo, a geophysicist at the Institute of Marine Science
  
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• Summer Arts Festival 2021 canceled - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  22-07-2021 21:03 via sooeveningnews.com
  
  Summer Arts Festival 2021 canceled  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Coppell Arts Center will have 'something for everybody' - Star Local Media

  22-07-2021 20:54 via starlocalmedia.com
  Coppell Arts Center will have 'something for everybody'  Star Local Media
  
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• Queens Council on the Arts Opens New Space in Long Island City - Sunnyside Post

  22-07-2021 20:29 via sunnysidepost.com
  Queens Council on the Arts Opens New Space in Long Island City  Sunnyside Post
  
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• ‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ Review: Shakespeare, With a Hint of Celine Dion

  22-07-2021 19:57 via nytimes.com
  
  The Drilling Company returns to live theater with this slapdash tragicomedy about two cousins who fall for the same woman.
  
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• Community invited to Norcross Public Arts Commission open house - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  22-07-2021 19:31 via ajc.com
  Community invited to Norcross Public Arts Commission open house  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  
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• ‘All the Streets Are Silent’ Review: Hip-Hop and Skateboarding Collide

  22-07-2021 19:16 via nytimes.com
  
  This documentary is a portrait of downtown New York in the late 1980s and early ’90s that revels in nostalgia.
  
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• Carl Wellman, professor emeritus of philosophy in Arts & Sciences, 94 - Washington University Record

  22-07-2021 19:08 via source.wustl.edu
  
  Carl Wellman, professor emeritus of philosophy in Arts & Sciences, 94  Washington University Record
  
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• Warehouse Living Arts Center hosts Art Camp | News | corsicanadailysun.com - Corsicana Daily Sun

  22-07-2021 19:00 via corsicanadailysun.com
  Warehouse Living Arts Center hosts Art Camp | News | corsicanadailysun.com  Corsicana Daily Sun
  
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• Mosby Building Arts Introduces Kitchen Trends for Modern Living - Ladue News

  22-07-2021 19:00 via laduenews.com
  Mosby Building Arts Introduces Kitchen Trends for Modern Living  Ladue News
  
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• ‘Old’ Review: They Say Sun Can Age You, but This Is Ridiculous

  22-07-2021 18:23 via nytimes.com
  
  A half-hour at the beach costs vacationers a year in this disquieting new horror puzzler, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
  
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• Pull It Together With the Best Waxed Thread

  22-07-2021 18:20 via artnews.com
  
  Thread is a humble item that holds the world together. The right thread moves easily through material, stays intact under pressure, and doesn’t deteriorate with use and time. For special uses, craftspeople often turn to waxed thread, which tends to be stiffer, less stretchy, and more resistant to water and mildew. Bookbinders, for instance, rely on premium waxed thread to hold their books together and look fabulous, and other crafters may require it when working with materials such as leat
  
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• California’s increased funding for the arts called ‘historic,’ ‘bold’ and ‘unprecedented’ - SF Chronicle Datebook

  22-07-2021 18:14 via datebook.sfchronicle.com
  California’s increased funding for the arts called ‘historic,’ ‘bold’ and ‘unprecedented’  SF Chronicle Datebook
  
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• Ed Atkins and His Mum Are Starring in a Museum Show

  22-07-2021 17:49 via nytimes.com
  
  His videos have made him one of the most acclaimed artists of his generation, but what really animates this British artist are the emotions that slip off the screen.
  
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• Newburyport Art Association Holds Sunday Summer Arts Market - nshoremag.com

  22-07-2021 17:43 via nshoremag.com
  
  Newburyport Art Association Holds Sunday Summer Arts Market  nshoremag.com
  
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• A Long-Awaited Museum Opens, With Agony and Ivory

  22-07-2021 17:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Curators at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin hope an inaugural exhibition of animal-tusk artifacts shows the institution is serious about its colonial baggage.
  
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• Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen's Podcast to Become a Book

  22-07-2021 17:38 via nytimes.com
  
  Crown is publishing “Renegades: Born in the USA,” a book adaptation of the podcast conversations.
  
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• In ‘Ted Lasso,’ Juno Temple Makes Nice

  22-07-2021 17:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Best known for playing troubled (and troubling) young women onscreen, the actor has found acclaim and a gift for comedy in this warmhearted soccer sitcom.
  
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• Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago Names New Artistic Directors

  22-07-2021 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, both ensemble members, will be the first pair to lead the company in its history.
  
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• Isolde Brielmaier Named Deputy Director of New Museum, Replacing Karen Wong

  22-07-2021 16:56 via artnews.com
  
  Isolde Brielmaier, a closely watched art historian and curator, will be the next deputy director of the New Museum in New York. She will assume the coveted position in September, replacing Karen Wong, who has been deputy director for nine years.
  Wong is set to leave the museum in August to found GBA/Guilty by Association, an organization that will focus on under-represented artists. She had come to the museum in 2006 as director of external affairs. As deputy director, she cofounded New Inc, an
  
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• Black Voices: City of Bloomington seeking artists for Black y Brown Arts Festival - Indiana Daily Student

  22-07-2021 16:53 via idsnews.com
  Black Voices: City of Bloomington seeking artists for Black y Brown Arts Festival  Indiana Daily Student
  
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• Miriam Rosenthal Foundation awards $120k to local arts organizations - Dayton Daily News

  22-07-2021 16:16 via daytondailynews.com
  Miriam Rosenthal Foundation awards $120k to local arts organizations  Dayton Daily News
  
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• Art Collector Jorge M. Pérez Asks $33 Million for Art-Filled Miami Mansion

  22-07-2021 16:03 via artnews.com
  
  Related Group CEO and art collector Jorge M. Pérez has listed his home in Coconut Grove’s gated Hughes Cove neighborhood for $33 million.
  Set on nearly an acre, Pérez purchased the land in May 1994 for $1.45 million and then built the three-story Venetian style house in 1996, spanning more than 10,000 square feet of interior space. The house boasts six bedrooms, six full bathrooms, and one half-bathroom. All levels are accessible via an elevator. Outside, there’s an inf
  
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• Jack Antonoff Doesn’t Want to Just Take Up Space

  22-07-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As he prepares to release his third album with Bleachers, the musician and producer explores how his cultural must-haves intersect with his creative impulses.
  
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• ‘Ailey’ Review: A Poetic Look at the Man Behind the Dances

  22-07-2021 15:46 via nytimes.com
  
  Jamila Wignot explores the life of Alvin Ailey in a new documentary that brings a choreographer to life through movement and words.
  
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• Arts educators return to Adrian Center for the Arts' fifth annual Teacher's Camp - The Daily Telegram

  22-07-2021 15:02 via lenconnect.com
  Arts educators return to Adrian Center for the Arts' fifth annual Teacher's Camp  The Daily Telegram
  
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• Leon Bridges Brings Southern Soul Into the 21st Century

  22-07-2021 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Texas songwriter finds his groove in vulnerability on his third album, “Gold-Diggers Sound.”
  
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• Val Kilmer Documentary Review: The Iceman Cometh

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A documentary about Val Kilmer offers a self-portrait of the artist that’s personal but not quite intimate.
  
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• ‘The Last Letter From Your Lover’ Review: Relationship History

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones star as two women living in different eras struggling to uncover the truth behind a series of passionate love letters.
  
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• ‘Snake Eyes’ Review: The Journey to the ‘G.I. Joe’ World

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The mayhem is furious and the goofiness is perhaps inadvertent in this origin entry in the “G.I. Joe” franchise.
  
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• ‘Settlers’ Review: Interstellar Colonialism on Mars

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The first feature from Wyatt Rockefeller takes on exploitation and violence against women — and bungles both.
  
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• ‘Midnight in the Switchgrass’ Review: Sordid and Derivative

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Megan Fox, Emile Hirsch and Bruce Willis track down a killer in a film that feels familiar.
  
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• ‘Mandibles’ Review: A Bug-Brained Affair

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This breezy bromantic comedy by the French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux follows a pair of lovable idiots and their farcical adventures with an enormous fly.
  
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• ‘Jolt’ Review: Danger, High Voltage

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Kate Beckinsale stars as a turbocharged action heroine in Amazon’s limp, derivative revenge picture.
  
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• ‘Joe Bell’ Review: Far Trek

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Mark Wahlberg plays a bereaved father on a campaign against bullying in this dreary drama.
  
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• ‘How It Ends’ Review: What, You Expected Us to Tell You?

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In this apocalyptic comedy, Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein count down Earth’s last day, measuring out the hours in serial conflict resolutions.
  
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• ‘Holy Beasts’ Review: Cinematic Dreams Within Dreams

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Geraldine Chaplin offers a commanding performance in this sleek tropical thriller.
  
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• ‘Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)’ Review: Always Hustling

  22-07-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The film follows the lives of two individuals in Nigeria who dream of immigrating to Europe to better their prospects.
  
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