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• John Bowman, Comedy Writer With a Knack for Crossing Over, Dies at 64

  14-01-2022 23:53 via nytimes.com
  
  A white writer who left a corporate job, he became known for working on series with Black stars like Keenen Ivory Wayans and Martin Lawrence.
  
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• Be An #ArtsHero/Arts Workers United Co-Founder Carson Elrod Will Testify During Congressional House Hearing - Playbill.com

  14-01-2022 23:12 via playbill.com
  
  Be An #ArtsHero/Arts Workers United Co-Founder Carson Elrod Will Testify During Congressional House Hearing  Playbill.com
  
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• Cité des Arts needs help purchasing 40 new seats - KATC Lafayette News

  14-01-2022 23:00 via katc.com
  
  Cité des Arts needs help purchasing 40 new seats  KATC Lafayette News
  
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• UCF Celebrates the Arts 2022 Brings ‘Shrek’, Concerts in Steinmetz Hall and the Return of Visual Art Exhibitions - UCF

  14-01-2022 22:58 via ucf.edu
  
  UCF Celebrates the Arts 2022 Brings ‘Shrek’, Concerts in Steinmetz Hall and the Return of Visual Art Exhibitions  UCF
  
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• One Work: Yolanda López’s “Tableaux Vivant”

  14-01-2022 22:58 via artnews.com
  
  Yolanda López’s “Tableaux Vivant” series (1978) comprises twelve color photographs depicting the artist as a young woman wearing running shorts and sneakers, adopting various poses: grinning toothily while thrusting one fist in the air and clutching a bundle of paintbrushes in the other; standing in coy contrapposto with her head cocked to one side, left hand resting on her hip and right arm brandishing the brushes; or lunging forward, wielding the brushes like a sword.
  
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• Writing to Worship: Cinematic arts professors outline Christ-focused approach to storytelling » Liberty News - Liberty News

  14-01-2022 22:50 via liberty.edu
  
  Writing to Worship: Cinematic arts professors outline Christ-focused approach to storytelling » Liberty News  Liberty News
  
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• ASB Innovation Academy students celebrate the arts at James Memorial - Williston Daily Herald

  14-01-2022 22:42 via willistonherald.com
  
  ASB Innovation Academy students celebrate the arts at James Memorial  Williston Daily Herald
  
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• Alec Baldwin Turns Over His Phone in ‘Rust’ Investigation

  14-01-2022 22:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Detectives investigating the actor’s fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a film set in New Mexico had gotten a search warrant for the phone nearly a month ago.
  
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• Tour of Homes presents check to Backstreet Arts - Newnan Times-Herald

  14-01-2022 22:29 via times-herald.com
  
  Tour of Homes presents check to Backstreet Arts  Newnan Times-Herald
  
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• Bennington arts center could be sold for $500,000 | Local News | benningtonbanner.com - Bennington Banner

  14-01-2022 22:10 via benningtonbanner.com
  
  Bennington arts center could be sold for $500,000 | Local News | benningtonbanner.com  Bennington Banner
  
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• Racism Still Influences Cuban Arts and Culture - Hyperallergic

  14-01-2022 22:01 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Racism Still Influences Cuban Arts and Culture  Hyperallergic
  
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• Israel’s Ramat Gan Museum Closes Amid Censorship Dispute

  14-01-2022 21:59 via artnews.com
  
  The Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art in Tel Aviv has temporarily shuttered amid ongoing censorship dispute between city officials and artists represented in a recent group exhibition.
  The museum closed after 47 participants in a group show demanded the withdrawal of their art as a show of solidarity with David Reeb, whose work was removed from the exhibition. The exhibition was the first at the museum following a years-long renovation.
  The dispute began after the museum took down a painting by Re
  
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• Long-Unseen Marsden Hartley Painting Resurfaces After Decades in Bank Vault

  14-01-2022 21:53 via artnews.com
  
  Last exhibited over 40 years ago, a 1936 painting by American modernist Marsden Hartley recently resurfaced after it was found in a bank vault where a collector had stored it for safekeeping, according to a report in the Portland Press Herald.
  The unnamed collector recently passed away, and the work, titled Friend Against the Wind (1936), had been stored at Key Bank in downtown Portland, Maine. The collector had moved it there out of fear that the painting might be stolen from his home in Windha
  
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• Arts notes: Williamsburg Players tackle 'Mayhem on the Air!' in new production - Daily Press

  14-01-2022 21:38 via dailypress.com
  Arts notes: Williamsburg Players tackle 'Mayhem on the Air!' in new production  Daily Press
  
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• Rare Roman Wooden Figure Unearthed in England During Construction of New Rail Line

  14-01-2022 21:12 via artnews.com
  
  An early Roman figure carved from wood was unearthed as part of archaeological research accompanying the construction of a new rail line between London and Birmingham, England. According to a press release from HS2, as the high-speed railway is known, the figure was dug up in July from a ditch whose water-logged and thus oxygen-deprived clay preserved the wood and kept it from rotting. Shards of pottery dating back to sometime between the years 43 C.E. and 70 C.E. were found in the same ditch. T
  
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• City announces 2 new local arts exhibits - Santa Clarita Valley Signal

  14-01-2022 21:04 via signalscv.com
  
  City announces 2 new local arts exhibits  Santa Clarita Valley Signal
  
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• Jackie Lyle, Executive Director of PASA -Performing Arts Serving Acadiana - Discover Lafayette

  14-01-2022 20:57 via discoverlafayette.net
  
  Jackie Lyle, Executive Director of PASA -Performing Arts Serving Acadiana  Discover Lafayette
  
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• Omicron causes new worries for performing arts venues - The Union Leader

  14-01-2022 20:36 via unionleader.com
  Omicron causes new worries for performing arts venues  The Union Leader
  
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• Use of ‘Racist’ Term in Rijksmuseum Indonesia Show Provokes Controversy

  14-01-2022 20:32 via artnews.com
  
  The Rijksmuseum’s forthcoming historical show “Revolusi! Indonesia Independent,” which opens in February, promises to be an eye-opening look at Indonesia’s fight to gain independence from the Dutch Colonial Empire. One seemingly small detail in the show has proved a sticking point: the eschewing of a term that one historian labeled “racist” in a recent article, provoking controversy over whether the Amsterdam museum was papering over history. “
  
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• Protestor Vandalizes Eric Gill Statue Outside BBC, Sparking Debate Over Sculptor’s Sordid Biography

  14-01-2022 20:30 via artnews.com
  
  An incident of vandalism in London this week has reignited public debate over how to reassess the legacy of a famous artist and a known abuser. On Tuesday night, a man attacked an Eric Gill statue installed outside the BBC headquarters in central London. The suspect spent four hours hitting the sculpture with a hammer while a second man filmed the incident. Both have since been arrested but as of now, no charges have been filed.
  Gill, one of the leading British sculptors and typographers of the
  
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• Bristol City Arts and Culture Commision chair forced to resign due to move - The Bristol Press

  14-01-2022 20:11 via bristolpress.com
  
  Bristol City Arts and Culture Commision chair forced to resign due to move  The Bristol Press
  
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• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. fine arts and essay exhibition draws record-breaking submissions - Oneida Dispatch

  14-01-2022 20:07 via oneidadispatch.com
  
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. fine arts and essay exhibition draws record-breaking submissions  Oneida Dispatch
  
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• Review: Dancing That Unfolds Like a Prayer

  14-01-2022 19:52 via nytimes.com
  
  The Northern Irish choreographer Oona Doherty looks at despair through an ethereal lens at the Irish Arts Center.
  
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• A busy week in the arts is almost like normal times. - Yahoo News

  14-01-2022 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A busy week in the arts is almost like normal times.  Yahoo News
  
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• Detroit Institute of Arts Elects Four Board Members - dbusiness.com

  14-01-2022 19:19 via dbusiness.com
  
  Detroit Institute of Arts Elects Four Board Members  dbusiness.com
  
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• The Girl Detective Goes Digital

  14-01-2022 19:12 via nytimes.com
  
  The graphic novelist Kristen Radtke imagines Nancy Drew stories if they existed in the age of the internet.
  
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• Edward Kirkland, Who Helped Preserve Historic Chelsea, Dies at 96

  14-01-2022 19:04 via nytimes.com
  
  He played a less public but powerful role in creating the High Line, Hudson River Park and landmark districts in the Manhattan neighborhood.
  
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• Review: A Pianist Makes Carnegie Hall His Home

  14-01-2022 18:54 via nytimes.com
  
  Igor Levit returned to New York after streaming dozens of concerts from his apartment during the pandemic.
  
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• New exhibit comes to Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement in St. Petersburg - Tampa Bay Times

  14-01-2022 18:53 via tampabay.com
  
  New exhibit comes to Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement in St. Petersburg  Tampa Bay Times
  
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• Alec Baldwin Turns Over His Phone in ‘Rust’ Investigation, Lawyer Says

  14-01-2022 18:53 via nytimes.com
  
  Nearly a month after detectives in New Mexico got a search warrant for his phone, his lawyer said he had reached an agreement designed to protect his privacy.
  
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• Eddie Basinski, Who Played Both the Infield and the Fiddle, Dies at 99

  14-01-2022 18:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Basinski, who spent time with the Dodgers and the Pirates, was a rare double threat: a major league ballplayer and a trained violinist.
  
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• Arts Playlist: The Dogfish Head Book | Delaware First Media - Delaware First Media

  14-01-2022 18:48 via delawarepublic.org
  
  Arts Playlist: The Dogfish Head Book | Delaware First Media  Delaware First Media
  
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• City of Salida and Salida Creative District Announce upcoming Feasibility and Arts Market Survey - by Ark Valley Voice Staff - The Ark Valley Voice

  14-01-2022 18:45 via arkvalleyvoice.com
  
  City of Salida and Salida Creative District Announce upcoming Feasibility and Arts Market Survey - by Ark Valley Voice Staff  The Ark Valley Voice
  
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• The Pavilion Partners Accepting Applications for 2022 Fine Arts Scholarship Program - hellowoodlands.com

  14-01-2022 18:43 via hellowoodlands.com
  
  The Pavilion Partners Accepting Applications for 2022 Fine Arts Scholarship Program  hellowoodlands.com
  
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• The Return to the Moss Arts Center - VT hokiesports.com

  14-01-2022 18:03 via hokiesports.com
  The Return to the Moss Arts Center  VT hokiesports.com
  
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• Erika Lust's Alternative Porn Vision

  14-01-2022 17:55 via nytimes.com
  
  The Swedish moviemaker thinks pornography can create a society that sees sexuality as myriad and joyful, and where women’s pleasure matters.
  
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• FKA twigs Seeks Angelic Intervention, and 10 More New Songs

  14-01-2022 17:25 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by Maren Morris, Stromae, Robert Glasper and others.
  
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• Documenta Responds to Allegations of ‘Anti-Semitic’ Connections to BDS Movement

  14-01-2022 17:16 via artnews.com
  
  With a little more than six months to go until its opening, Documenta has come under scrutiny for its alleged connections to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which seeks to push the Israeli government toward granting complete equality for Palestinian citizens.
  The Alliance Against Anti-Semitism Kassel, a group based in the German city where the quinquennial takes place, accused Documenta of “involvement of anti-Israeli activists” in its forthcoming edition. It pointed
  
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• Mommy Is Going Away for a While

  14-01-2022 17:15 via nytimes.com
  
  The antiheroine of the moment, in movies like “The Lost Daughter” and novels like “I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness,” commits the mother’s ultimate sin: abandoning her children.
  
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• 5 Works to Know by Paula Modersohn-Becker, the ‘First Modern Woman Artist’

  14-01-2022 17:11 via artnews.com
  
  When it comes to art history, firsts are notoriously tough to pinpoint—it can be difficult to definitively state that someone did something before anyone else when the world is so big and when visual expression is so diverse. But Paula Modersohn-Becker is believed to be a true pioneer at a least a few respects. She is considered to be among the first modern women to create a nude self-portrait and one of the first to paint such an image of herself pregnant. Her biographer, Diane Radycki, w
  
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• ‘Scream’ at 25: How Meta Can You Get?

  14-01-2022 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  After 25 years, the influence of Wes Craven’s self-aware slasher still looms large, both for the imitators that followed and the backlash it set off.
  
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• Omicron options: How to enjoy Bay Area arts offerings while hunkering down - San Francisco Chronicle

  14-01-2022 16:38 via datebook.sfchronicle.com
  Omicron options: How to enjoy Bay Area arts offerings while hunkering down  San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• Grants will help Bay Area arts companies that serve people of color acquire real estate - SF Chronicle Datebook

  14-01-2022 16:38 via datebook.sfchronicle.com
  Grants will help Bay Area arts companies that serve people of color acquire real estate  SF Chronicle Datebook
  
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• Dingell announces $289K in federal arts funding for Michigan’s 12th District - MLive.com

  14-01-2022 16:06 via mlive.com
  
  Dingell announces $289K in federal arts funding for Michigan’s 12th District  MLive.com
  
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• Arts This Week: Exploring light art and the MFA's new ancient world - wgbh.org

  14-01-2022 16:03 via wgbh.org
  
  Arts This Week: Exploring light art and the MFA's new ancient world  wgbh.org
  
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• Exploring the arts scene on the shores of California's Salton Sea - The Washington Post

  14-01-2022 16:02 via washingtonpost.com
  Exploring the arts scene on the shores of California's Salton Sea  The Washington Post
  
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• One Indelible Scene: When the Show Must Go on in ‘Drive My Car’

  14-01-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Through a staging of “Uncle Vanya,” the director Ryusuke Hamaguchi creates an intimacy for his characters that lets the artifice of cinema fall away.
  
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• One Indelible Scene: When a Woman Takes the Wheel in ‘Licorice Pizza’

  14-01-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  After letting Alana Haim and her character drift and idle, Paul Thomas Anderson gives you a reason to cheer: “Hardcore, hardcore Alana!”
  
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• In China, a New Distillery Blends Whisky, Arts, and Culture - Metropolis - Metropolis Magazine

  14-01-2022 15:54 via metropolismag.com
  
  In China, a New Distillery Blends Whisky, Arts, and Culture - Metropolis  Metropolis Magazine
  
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• Business for the Arts of Broward Welcomes Three New Board Members - Miami's Community Newspapers

  14-01-2022 15:40 via communitynewspapers.com
  
  Business for the Arts of Broward Welcomes Three New Board Members  Miami's Community Newspapers
  
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