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• A Passion for Business and the Arts - Pace News

  06-01-2022 23:54 via pace.edu
  
  A Passion for Business and the Arts  Pace News
  
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• Andres Serrano’s Film About the Capitol Insurrection Tends Toward ‘Comedy and Tragedy’

  06-01-2022 23:10 via artnews.com
  
  Artist Andres Serrano, best known for his provocative photographs, has long had an interest in Donald Trump. He photographed Trump, at the time a businessman–turned–reality TV star associated with the show The Apprentice, for his 2004 “America” series. Then, during Trump’s presidency, Serrano amassed a trove of Trump-related memorabilia numbering over 1,000 items, which he showed in 2019 at a former nightclub in New York for an exhibition titled “The Game: All
  
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• Artist Tracey Emin to Establish Art School, Residency Program in Margate

  06-01-2022 23:08 via artnews.com
  
  Turner Prize–nominated artist Tracey Emin will establish an art school and museum in her seaside hometown of Margate, England. She plans to house the school, titled TKE Studios, in a former bathhouse and mortuary located near her 30,000-square-foot studio, which was formerly a commercial printer. The Times of London first reported news of the school on Wednesday.
  Emin’s plan for the school’s redesign will see 30 affordable studios erected for its enrolled students. The mortuary
  
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• Community Arts Center awarded EITC funds from PPL Electric Utilities - Williamsport Sun-Gazette

  06-01-2022 22:39 via sungazette.com
  
  Community Arts Center awarded EITC funds from PPL Electric Utilities  Williamsport Sun-Gazette
  
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• Arts calendar published Jan. 5, 2022 - Willmar - West Central Tribune

  06-01-2022 22:36 via wctrib.com
  
  Arts calendar published Jan. 5, 2022 - Willmar  West Central Tribune
  
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• Judith Davidoff, Master of Long-Dormant Instruments, Dies at 94

  06-01-2022 22:35 via nytimes.com
  
  A master of the viola da gamba and other stringed instruments, she was a central part of the early-music scene.
  
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• New York’s Kapp Kapp Gallery to Open Space in Peter Doig’s Former Studio

  06-01-2022 22:11 via artnews.com
  
  Next week, after just two and a half years in business, Kapp Kapp gallery will open a new space in Tribeca where artist Peter Doig once kept his New York studio. The new space, which measures 1,800 square feet, will occupy the fourth floor of 86 Walker Street and launch on January 15 with a solo show of photographer Stanley Stellar.
  Kapp Kapp’s founders, twin brothers Sam Kapp and Daniel Kapp, said in an interview that they had been thinking about expanding for the past several months. &ld
  
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• Forthcoming Basquiat Movie Aims to Tell Story of His ‘Incredible Life As a Black Artist and Child of the Immigrant African Diaspora’

  06-01-2022 21:23 via artnews.com
  
  The storied rise and fall of Jean-Michel Basquiat is headed for a new rendering on the silver screen, according to Variety. Under the title Samo Lives (citing the mantle that Basquiat used as a mysterious graffiti tag on the streets of New York), the biopic is being developed and financed by Endeavor Content and director Julius Onah, whose credits include 2015’s The Girl Is in Trouble (a name-making debut produced by Spike Lee), 2018’s The Cloverfield Paradox (produced by J. J. Abram
  
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• Winter TV: 20 Shows You Might Not Know Already

  06-01-2022 21:18 via nytimes.com
  
  There’s a pileup of prestige series returning this season, from “Mrs. Maisel” to “Atlanta” to “Bridgerton.” This list is about the other shows. And “Law & Order.”
  
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• 624 arts organizations get $16 million infusion from CT Humanities to help heal from pandemic - Hartford Courant

  06-01-2022 21:15 via courant.com
  624 arts organizations get $16 million infusion from CT Humanities to help heal from pandemic  Hartford Courant
  
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• 6 Connecticut towns with thriving arts scenes - CT Insider

  06-01-2022 21:15 via ctinsider.com
  
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• Marin woman sues arts school on sexual abuse claims - Marin Independent Journal

  06-01-2022 20:54 via marinij.com
  
  Marin woman sues arts school on sexual abuse claims  Marin Independent Journal
  
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• Peter Bogdanovich, 82, Director Whose Career Was a Hollywood Drama, Dies

  06-01-2022 20:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Within one decade, the ’70s, he was transformed from one of the most celebrated of filmmakers, notably for “The Last Picture Show,” into one of the most ostracized.
  
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• Cancellation of in-person Sundance events impacts Park City arts organizations - The Park Record

  06-01-2022 20:37 via parkrecord.com
  
  Cancellation of in-person Sundance events impacts Park City arts organizations  The Park Record
  
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• Alice Trumbull Mason, Alone and With Friends

  06-01-2022 20:27 via nytimes.com
  
  A poignant gallery show of the artist’s “Shutter Paintings” is paired with an exceptional Whitney exhibition of the forward-looking prints that she and her contemporaries made in days gone by.
  
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• ‘The 355’ Review: Exile in Bondville

  06-01-2022 20:15 via nytimes.com
  
  Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger and Fan Bingbing star in an espionage thriller that’s slick but banal.
  
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• Peter Bogdanovich, Director Whose Career Was a Hollywood Drama, Dies at 82

  06-01-2022 19:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Within one decade, the ’70s, he was transformed from one of the most celebrated of filmmakers, notably for “The Last Picture Show,” into one of the most ostracized.
  
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• In Challenge to Britain, Italy Lends Parthenon Marbles Fragment to Greece with the Aim of ‘Indefinite Return’

  06-01-2022 19:39 via artnews.com
  
  In a landmark deal, an Italian museum is lending a marble fragment taken from the Parthenon’s eastern frieze to Greece. The announcement comes amid renewed scrutiny over Britain’s claim to the 2,500-year-old sculptures, which have been housed in the British Museum since 1817, following their excavation in Athens by the Scottish nobleman Lord Elgin.
  The fragment, which depicts the right foot of the draped figure of Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, is currently held at the Anton
  
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• ‘Rigoletto’ at the Met Unites a Father and Daughter. Again.

  06-01-2022 19:09 via nytimes.com
  
  Quinn Kelsey and Rosa Feola have earned raves playing a jester and his child in a new production of Verdi’s opera.
  
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• In ‘African Origin’ Show at Met, New Points of Light Across Cultures

  06-01-2022 18:18 via nytimes.com
  
  Holdings from Ancient Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa come together in a masterpiece show. Now the Met should make clear how the wondrous works got here.
  
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• A Guide to What Is Happening With the 2022 Golden Globes

  06-01-2022 18:03 via nytimes.com
  
  A guide to everything we know — and don’t know — about the 79th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night.
  
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• NFT Platform Opensea Gets $13.3 B Valuation Following Series C Funding

  06-01-2022 17:20 via artnews.com
  
  OpenSea, one of the most popular NFT trading platforms, announced in a blog post on Tuesday that, after raising $300 million in Series C funding, the company was now valued at $13.3 billion.
  The company, which was founded in 2017, has grown rapidly over the past year amid an NFT boom. Despite best efforts to keep up with demand, the site is facing growing pains. Users have reported that the platform often crashes and that there is little customer support. Currently, OpenSea operates with a staff
  
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• Edmonia Lewis, Sculptor Who Broke New Ground, Gets U.S Postage Stamp

  06-01-2022 16:42 via artnews.com
  
  Over the past decade, the U.S. Postal Service has made a point of using its stamps to honor figures overlooked for years by mainstream art institutions, including Ruth Asawa and Emilio Sánchez. The latest artist to receive the honor is Edmonia Lewis, a sculptor of Haitian and Ojibwe descent who some historians have identified as the first Black artist to hit it big in North America and Europe.
  During the late 19th century, Lewis became known across the U.S. and beyond for elegant sculptur
  
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• LaChanze on Alice Childress’s "Trouble in Mind"

  06-01-2022 16:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Since October, the actress has been performing the lead role of Wiletta Mayer in the Broadway debut of Childress’s 1955 play “Trouble in Mind.”
  
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• For One Last Season, Alia Shawkat Is the Life of ‘Search Party’

  06-01-2022 16:02 via nytimes.com
  
  On this dark and demanding satire, whose final episodes arrive Friday on HBO Max, Shawkat learned that she was more than capable of holding her own.
  
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• Conservator Suzanne Siano on NASA’s Restoration Techniques and Securely Investing in Art

  06-01-2022 15:16 via artnews.com
  
  Q&A with with Suzanne Siano, chief conservator and director of Modern Art Conservation.
  How did Modern Art Conservation begin?
  I went to New York University for my graduate conservation degree, intending to become an old masters conservator. During my final year of school, I took an internship at the Museum of Modern Art. It was amazing to be there, especially on days when I could be alone in the galleries. The MoMA conservators were very giving of their time and expertise, and I was able to
  
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• The Curious History of the Potato Chip | Arts & Culture - Smithsonian

  06-01-2022 15:02 via smithsonianmag.com
  
  The Curious History of the Potato Chip | Arts & Culture  Smithsonian
  
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• Basquiat Biopic Planned, D.C. Museum Collects Capitol Riot Material, and More: Morning Links for January 6, 2022

  06-01-2022 14:10 via artnews.com
  
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  THE ART OF POLITICS. Today is the one-year anniversary of the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. In the Washington Post, Peggy McGlone looks at how the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., has worked to preserve artifacts like protest signs from that infamous day. “It will help futur
  
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• SLOMA's Second Saturdays provides free, all-ages arts activities once a month - New Times SLO

  06-01-2022 13:05 via newtimesslo.com
  
  SLOMA's Second Saturdays provides free, all-ages arts activities once a month  New Times SLO
  
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• ‘The Commando’ Review: Mickey Rourke, Still Standing, Barely

  06-01-2022 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In this risible action thriller, a house on a dirt lot is catnip for criminals who know there’s a fortune under its floorboards.
  
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• ‘See for Me’ Review: Steal Away

  06-01-2022 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A young blind woman is menaced by a crew of robbers in this forgettable thriller.
  
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• Why the Nobel-Winning Economist Amartya Sen Recommends ‘King Lear’

  06-01-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Sympathy and solidarity are qualities that people do need.”
  
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• Where Do Best-Selling Authors Want You to Buy Their Books?

  06-01-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Writers are always extolling the virtues of independent bookstores, but sometimes their websites tell a different story.
  
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• In the Lower Ninth Ward, an Artist Renews His Purpose

  06-01-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Kevin Beasley was invited to create an installation in New Orleans for a few months. Instead he bought land, and met his neighbors.
  
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• ‘And Just Like That’ Episode 6 Recap: Ponderings Aplenty

  06-01-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Carrie ponders a face-lift. Miranda ponders her next move. Charlotte ponders why everything seems to be changing without her.
  
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• Top 10 arts events for Sarasota-Manatee: Jan. 6-12 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

  06-01-2022 10:59 via heraldtribune.com
  Top 10 arts events for Sarasota-Manatee: Jan. 6-12  Sarasota Herald-Tribune
  
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• ‘Emily in Paris’ Isn’t the Only Clichéd Show in This Town

  06-01-2022 10:21 via nytimes.com
  
  Netflix doesn’t qualify as a solo offender when it comes to Gallic stereotypes, as three musical theater works on the city’s stages show.
  
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• Recycled Arts Festival accepting applications for artists, vendors and educational booths - Clark County

  06-01-2022 09:00 via clark.wa.gov
  Recycled Arts Festival accepting applications for artists, vendors and educational booths  Clark County
  
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• Clifton Mooney's Polaroid Portraits

  06-01-2022 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Clifton Mooney came to New York City to work on the front lines of the pandemic. Once he got here, he found a second calling.
  
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• Late Night Is Thrilled Trump’s Finally Listening to Someone

  06-01-2022 07:56 via nytimes.com
  
  Advisers told the former president to push his Jan. 6 news conference to a date that would draw less attention to a low point of his presidency. “So, every day of his presidency?” Stephen Colbert joked.
  
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• ‘A Hero’ Review: Debts No Honest Man Can Pay

  06-01-2022 03:38 via nytimes.com
  
  In the latest film from the two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, a good Samaritan comes under suspicion.
  
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• ‘Expedition Content’ Review: Anthropological Maneuvers in the Dark

  06-01-2022 02:37 via nytimes.com
  
  An engrossing documentary looks back at a 1961 expedition to New Guinea and the creation of the landmark ethnographic film that resulted.
  
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• Crossing Arts Alliance to distribute creativity kits - Brainerd Dispatch

  06-01-2022 01:00 via brainerddispatch.com
  
  Crossing Arts Alliance to distribute creativity kits  Brainerd Dispatch
  
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• Good luck getting home: Bay Area arts can’t recover without late-night public transit - SF Chronicle Datebook

  06-01-2022 00:26 via datebook.sfchronicle.com
  Good luck getting home: Bay Area arts can’t recover without late-night public transit  SF Chronicle Datebook
  
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• Erie Arts & Culture and the Presque Isle Partnership make decision to discontinue the Great Lake Ice Break - YourErie

  06-01-2022 00:26 via yourerie.com
  Erie Arts & Culture and the Presque Isle Partnership make decision to discontinue the Great Lake Ice Break  YourErie
  
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• In the Australian Outback, the Cobar Sound Chapel Quenches the Soul

  06-01-2022 00:08 via nytimes.com
  
  Beneath the skies of a remote mining town, a composer and an architect created a musical chamber for marveling at the universe.
  
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• Art Notes for Jan. 6 | Arts | dailyprogress.com - The Daily Progress

  06-01-2022 00:00 via dailyprogress.com
  Art Notes for Jan. 6 | Arts | dailyprogress.com  The Daily Progress
  
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