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• Karl Lagerfeld’s Personal Effects Rouse Bidders at Paris Sotheby’s Sale

  17-12-2021 22:34 via artnews.com
  
  On Tuesday, the second live sale in a three-part auction series devoted to the estate of the late German designer Karl Lagerfeld generated €4.4 million ($4.9 million) at Sotheby’s in Paris. That sale brought the series’ total to $18.4 million, with the final sale still to place in Cologne, Germany, in March 2022.
  More than 1,000 bidders registered for the first sale in Monaco, which took place earlier this month. At that auction, nearly 600 objects, including original illus
  
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• Penélope Cruz Paints the Town Red for MoMA Film Benefit

  17-12-2021 22:31 via artnews.com
  
  Penélope Cruz, decked in red, was the honoree at the Museum of Modern Art’s 2021 Film Benefit this week, when the proceedings returned to in-person attendance for eye-grabbing stars of the silver screen. Chanel, for which Cruz has been a brand ambassador since 2018, collaborated with MoMA on the event to raise money for MoMA’s Department of Film, which dates back to 1935 and cares for more than 30,000 films and 1.5 million film stills.
  The gala featured tributes to Cruz delive
  
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• 'Bridging the gap': Locals to link downtown and Brooklyn Arts District with craft cocktail lounge Eagle's Dare - Port City Daily

  17-12-2021 22:11 via portcitydaily.com
  
  'Bridging the gap': Locals to link downtown and Brooklyn Arts District with craft cocktail lounge Eagle's Dare  Port City Daily
  
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• Bailey Contemporary Arts to Present Sleeping Beauty Photography Exhibition - Broadway World

  17-12-2021 21:45 via broadwayworld.com
  
  Bailey Contemporary Arts to Present Sleeping Beauty Photography Exhibition  Broadway World
  
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• Melania Trump Launches NFT Platform—With a Painting of Herself

  17-12-2021 21:21 via artnews.com
  
  On Thursday Melania Trump announced that she is launching her own NFT platform after premiering her first offering: a painting of herself. “I am proud to announce my new NFT endeavor, which embodies my passion for the arts and will support my ongoing commitment to children through my Be Best initiative,” Trump said in a statement. A portion of the proceeds from the sale will go to educating children aging out of foster care in computer science skills (though how large that portion wi
  
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• Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal on 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'

  17-12-2021 21:21 via nytimes.com
  
  The producers of “No Way Home” address questions about another trilogy, possibly putting MJ in a Spidey suit and convincing reluctant actors to reprise their roles.
  
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• Suffolk Nonprofits Partner to Expand New Arts Center for Vets, People with Special Needs - Long Island Press

  17-12-2021 20:55 via longislandpress.com
  Suffolk Nonprofits Partner to Expand New Arts Center for Vets, People with Special Needs  Long Island Press
  
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• The Joyce Theater Plans to Welcome Back the World

  17-12-2021 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The spring-summer season is to include groups from abroad, as well as performances the Paul Taylor company, Dormeshia and others.
  
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• Arts Garage Launches New Comedy Series with Jimmie 'JJ' Walker - Broadway World

  17-12-2021 19:37 via broadwayworld.com
  
  Arts Garage Launches New Comedy Series with Jimmie 'JJ' Walker  Broadway World
  
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• Review: Getting Into the Tap Family Spirit With Two Stars as Hosts

  17-12-2021 19:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Michelle Dorrance and Dormeshia set the friendly tone of an evening of tap, with guests and gratitude, at the 92nd Street Y.
  
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• Phillips Reports $1.2 B. in 2021 Sales, Plots New Asia Headquarters for Hong Kong Arts District

  17-12-2021 18:44 via artnews.com
  
  Phillips will establish a new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong’s storied West Kowloon Cultural District in the fall of 2022, putting it close to the newly opened M+ museum. The news came shortly after Phillips reported that it had made $1.2 billion in sales during the last year. That annual figure was a record for the house, and it marked a 32 percent increase over 2019’s number.
  In 2021, the house’s auctions generated $993.3 million, an increase of 35 percent over 2019. Likewise
  
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• Stop DiscriminAsian Aims to End a Long Legacy of Anti-Asian Hatred in the Art World

  17-12-2021 18:25 via artnews.com
  
  As a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes swelled around the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a number of questions arose: Why had the art world, despite the abundance of Asians and Asian Americans working in its ranks, remained largely silent? There had not been an active Asian American arts network since Godzilla disbanded in the early 2000s, so who could reprise their role to brandish the political potential of artists? As many hesitated to provide answers, a group of artists, organizers, and
  
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• Cécile McLorin Salvant Branches Out, and 7 More New Songs

  17-12-2021 18:15 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by FKA twigs and the Weeknd, Leon Bridges and Khruangbin, Animal Collective and others.
  
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• Bower Center for the Arts closes out the year with inspired performances - WFXRtv.com

  17-12-2021 18:08 via wfxrtv.com
  Bower Center for the Arts closes out the year with inspired performances  WFXRtv.com
  
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• Afghanistan’s National Museum Begins Life Under the Taliban

  17-12-2021 18:08 via nytimes.com
  
  Some experts hope the reopening of the museum in Kabul is a sign the Islamic regime will show greater tolerance toward art. Others worry it is all optics.
  
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• The Best Art Books of 2021

  17-12-2021 18:05 via artnews.com
  
  With travel restrictions still in place, many looked to art books this year when they couldn’t visit the museums and galleries they loved most. Below is a look back at some of the year’s best books, as picked by the editors of ARTnews and Art in America, from elegant catalogues that paired nicely with the year’s finest shows to forward-thinking tomes of criticism that drew out new strands of art history.
  
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• Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning to celebrate 50th anniversary - QNS.com

  17-12-2021 18:00 via qns.com
  Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning to celebrate 50th anniversary  QNS.com
  
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• Radio City Music Hall Cancels Four Rockettes Christmas Shows

  17-12-2021 17:57 via nytimes.com
  
  Friday performances of the show were canceled because of breakthrough coronavirus cases in the company. It is one of several shows that has had to scrap performances recently.
  
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• With ‘1883,’ Taylor Sheridan Expands His Western Empire

  17-12-2021 17:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” is an enormous hit, and its success has positioned him to become one of TV’s most prolific creators. Next up is a prequel series premiering Sunday.
  
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• A Big Table: What the New Irish Arts Center Means for New York - American Theatre

  17-12-2021 17:02 via americantheatre.org
  
  A Big Table: What the New Irish Arts Center Means for New York  American Theatre
  
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• Naples, a City of Contradictions, Is Once Again a Home for Cinema

  17-12-2021 16:57 via nytimes.com
  
  For “The Hand of God,” the director Paolo Sorrentino has returned to his hometown, whose cultural profile has been lifted in recent years by the Elena Ferrante novels and films like “Gomorrah.”
  
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• ‘Nightmare Alley’ | Anatomy of a Scene

  17-12-2021 16:46 via nytimes.com
  
  Guillermo del Toro narrates a sequence from his film featuring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
  
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• How Bradley Cooper Deceives Cate Blanchett in ‘Nightmare Alley’

  17-12-2021 16:46 via nytimes.com
  
  The director Guillermo del Toro narrates a sequence from his film noir.
  
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• Did You See What Big Bird Tweeted?

  17-12-2021 16:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Social media is fueling our “parasocial relationships” with TV characters.
  
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• A Q&A with Rhode Island arts legend ​​​​​​​Randall Rosenbaum - The Boston Globe

  17-12-2021 16:36 via bostonglobe.com
  
  A Q&A with Rhode Island arts legend ​​​​​​​Randall Rosenbaum  The Boston Globe
  
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• Elijah Wood on ‘The Lord of the Rings’ at 20

  17-12-2021 16:14 via nytimes.com
  
  “I’ll never be upset at being associated with those films or for them being the largest in people’s memories of who I am,” the actor says.
  
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• The Most Adventurous Comedy Right Now Is Also the Most Real

  17-12-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  John Wilson, Eric Andre and others are drawing on unscripted encounters to elicit deeper laughs but also more vulnerable moments.
  
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• Catawba Valley Festival of the Arts scheduled | Local News | hickoryrecord.com - Hickory Daily Record

  17-12-2021 16:00 via hickoryrecord.com
  Catawba Valley Festival of the Arts scheduled | Local News | hickoryrecord.com  Hickory Daily Record
  
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• APENFT Announces Winners of Competition to Support Digital Artists

  17-12-2021 16:00 via artnews.com
  
  APENFT Foundation, a marketplace for NFTs, recently held a contest for digital artists to explore the theme of “Second Life” in the metaverse, inviting artists to portray their dream lives and futures. The foundation selected 13 finalists. Each will receive a cash prize and work with APENFT partner LiveArt to develop their digital artwork, which will be featured through cryptovoxels in an online exhibition in January and will be available for purchase on the LiveArt platform.
  The gra
  
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• The Crisis in Poland’s Museums

  17-12-2021 15:46 via artnews.com
  
  When it comes to museum governance, no system is foolproof. In the United States, where most museums are controlled by boards of trustees without any government supervision, institutions are subject to the myriad biases that come with private funding. In Europe, on the other hand, most collecting institutions have public funding and administration, which renders them defenseless against political appointments and—at worst—ideological takeovers.
  Sadly, that scenario is now playing out
  
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• A Grim, Long-Hidden Truth Emerges in Art: Native American Enslavement

  17-12-2021 15:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Two exhibitions highlight stories of Indigenous bondage in southern Colorado, in an effort to grapple with the lasting trauma.
  
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• Great Lakes Center for the Arts offering holiday events for everyone - Petoskey News-Review

  17-12-2021 15:01 via petoskeynews.com
  Great Lakes Center for the Arts offering holiday events for everyone  Petoskey News-Review
  
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• Best Comedy of 2021

  17-12-2021 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The return of indoor shows brought comedy closer to normal, and there were plenty of specials from Bo Burnham, Tig Notaro, Roy Wood Jr. and others.
  
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• What Shouldn’t Change About Classical Music

  17-12-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Our chief classical music critic bids farewell with some thoughts about what should be preserved in the field he’s covered for decades.
  
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• Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses

  17-12-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Glamorous opening nights came with “Macbeth,” “Falstaff” and “Otello” — as well as a new version of “Julius Caesar.”
  
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• The Best Book Covers of 2021

  17-12-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Book Review’s art director picks his favorite covers from a year that reminded him of the joys of picking up a book and holding it in his hands.
  
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• New in Paperback: ‘Wild Minds’ and ‘People From My Neighborhood’

  17-12-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
  
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• Best of the Arts 2021 - The Boston Globe

  17-12-2021 09:06 via bostonglobe.com
  
  Best of the Arts 2021  The Boston Globe
  
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• Seth Meyers Wants Fox News to Stop Saying ‘Big Meat’

  17-12-2021 08:17 via nytimes.com
  
  As Fox hosts went after President Biden over rising prices, Meyers found their choice of words a little distracting.
  
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• Mac Barnett Reviews Picture Books About Time and Space

  17-12-2021 07:27 via nytimes.com
  
  These four author-illustrators have time to play with.
  
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• Encore Theatrical Arts Project puts on holiday spectacular “Christmas is Just Around the Corner” - Fairfaxtimes.com

  17-12-2021 06:00 via fairfaxtimes.com
  Encore Theatrical Arts Project puts on holiday spectacular “Christmas is Just Around the Corner”  Fairfaxtimes.com
  
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• Arts This Week: Exploring wartime history through theater and song this Christmas - wgbh.org

  17-12-2021 02:14 via wgbh.org
  
  Arts This Week: Exploring wartime history through theater and song this Christmas  wgbh.org
  
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• How the Black Scholar bell hooks Touched Feminists Everywhere

  17-12-2021 01:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The pioneering feminist scholar, who died this week, wrote about women, race, love, healing, pop culture and much more, always keeping Black women at the center.
  
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• bell hook's Legacy Informed

  17-12-2021 01:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The pioneering feminist scholar, who died this week, wrote about women, race, love, healing, pop culture and much more, always keeping Black women at the center.
  
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• Shooting Investigators Get Search Warrant for Alec Baldwin’s Phone

  17-12-2021 01:22 via nytimes.com
  
  Detectives are nearly two months into the investigation of how a live round got into a gun that discharged on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer.
  
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• 4 Things to Do This Weekend

  17-12-2021 00:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.
  
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• Oriol Bohigas, Groundbreaking Spanish Architect, Dies at 95

  17-12-2021 00:26 via nytimes.com
  
  He was a mastermind of the overhaul of Barcelona in preparation for the 1992 Summer Olympics, which helped transform much of the city.
  
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• Denton High grad a finalist in national arts competition - Denton Record Chronicle

  17-12-2021 00:07 via dentonrc.com
  Denton High grad a finalist in national arts competition  Denton Record Chronicle
  
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