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• At 83, Arne Glimcher Indulges His Inner Curator

  19-01-2022 23:37 via nytimes.com
  
  The founder and chairman of Pace Gallery is opening a new space in TriBeCa, his own “little modern museum.” Retirement? That’s not in the cards.
  
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• France’s Colonial Conflict, Filmed From Both Sides

  19-01-2022 23:14 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Olive Trees of Justice,” a neorealist take on the Algerian War made with nonprofessional actors, is newly restored and still resonates today.
  
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• What Have You Dreamed About Lately?

  19-01-2022 23:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Night visions, two years in.
  
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• Ricardo Bofill, Architect of Startling Buildings, Dies at 82

  19-01-2022 22:32 via nytimes.com
  
  His structures were so bold, they served as the backdrop for movies and television shows, including ‘Westworld’ and a ‘Hunger Games’ film.
  
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• Following a Trail of Ancient Ostrich Beads, Scientists Discover the World’s Oldest Social Network

  19-01-2022 22:06 via artnews.com
  
  Scientists have discovered what may be the world’s first social network, a chain of trade and communication that connected ancient humans across southern and eastern Africa some 50,000 years ago. The breakthrough was made possible by a trail of tiny artifacts: beads made of ostrich eggshells, one of the earliest forms of personal adornment.
  Researchers based in Germany studied more than 1,5000 of these beads unearthed in 31 sites spanning 1,800 miles of the African continent. Analysis of t
  
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• Meet the newest executive director for The Arts Council in Gainesville - Gainesville Times

  19-01-2022 22:03 via gainesvilletimes.com
  Meet the newest executive director for The Arts Council in Gainesville  Gainesville Times
  
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• Objet: Wwake’s Art-Inspired Jewelry

  19-01-2022 22:01 via artnews.com
  
  Wing Yau, founder of Wwake, might describe herself as a purveyor of understated gemstone jewelry, but her work is as much wearable art as adornment.
  Yau graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in sculpture, and Wwake’s core collection started as small-scale artworks. “I didn’t really ever imagine [jewelry making] for myself, to be honest,” she recalls. “I was really just interested in manipulating materials and exploring different textures. An
  
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• Objet: Wwake Art-Inspired Jewelry

  19-01-2022 22:01 via artnews.com
  
  Wing Yau, founder of Wwake, might describe herself as a purveyor of understated gemstone jewelry, but her work is as much wearable art as adornment.
  Yau graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in sculpture, and Wwake’s core collection started as small-scale artworks. “I didn’t really ever imagine [jewelry making] for myself, to be honest,” she recalls. “I was really just interested in manipulating materials and exploring different textures. An
  
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• Douglas Anderson School of the Arts presents: A.L.I.V.E. - Black Arts 2022 - WJXT News4JAX

  19-01-2022 21:59 via news4jax.com
  
  Douglas Anderson School of the Arts presents: A.L.I.V.E. - Black Arts 2022  WJXT News4JAX
  
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• Five Monet Paintings Could Fetch $50 M. at Sotheby’s Auction

  19-01-2022 21:49 via artnews.com
  
  Five works by Claude Monet from the same collection could fetch a collective £35 million ($50 million) during a modern and contemporary art evening sale at Sotheby’s that will take place in London on March 2. All five of the works are being offered with a guarantee. They are coming to market from a private American collection.
  In a statement, Sotheby’s European chairman and worldwide head of Impressionist and modern art, Helena Newman, said that recent interest in works by Mon
  
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• Paris’s Grand Palais Has Art Fairs Compete for Coveted Fall Dates

  19-01-2022 21:40 via artnews.com
  
  Paris’s Grand Palais, the longtime home of two of the French capital’s most important art fairs, has initiated a competition seeking to get the best offer for the traditional dates of FIAC (late October) and Paris Photo (mid-November), according to a report by Le Monde.
  The Grand Palais also hosts major contemporary art exhibitions and events, and is currently undergoing a major renovation ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics. According to Le Monde, a mysterious second party expressed i
  
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• Thud, Tap, Trickle: “Soft Water Hard Stone” at the New Museum

  19-01-2022 21:39 via artnews.com
  
  Concrete being essentially stone, and people essentially water, the latest New Museum Triennial, titled “Soft Water Hard Stone,” evokes an image of the institution being incrementally worn away by a succession of visitors. Dramatizing this vision is one of the first pieces a visitor encounters on the fourth level: Machine #4: stone (ground), 2017, by Gabriela Mureb, features a simple motorized rod rigged to prod, continuously and rhythmically, a head-size rock. The rock tips back, th
  
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• Aoife O’Donovan’s Songs Poured Out When Touring Shut Down

  19-01-2022 21:25 via nytimes.com
  
  The singer-songwriter’s third solo album, “Age of Apathy,” is filled with personal touchstones and musical surprises.
  
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• Jogger Trained in Martial Arts Fends Off Attacker Who Planned to Kill Him: Police - Newsweek

  19-01-2022 21:01 via newsweek.com
  
  Jogger Trained in Martial Arts Fends Off Attacker Who Planned to Kill Him: Police  Newsweek
  
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• Hossein Valamanesh, Artist Who Evoked Migrations by Minimalist Means, Dies at 72

  19-01-2022 21:01 via artnews.com
  
  Hossein Valamanesh, an Iranian-born, Australia-based artist whose poetic works commented on the struggles of immigrants, died this past weekend age 72 from a heart attack, according to a statement by the Australia Council of Visual Arts.
  Mikala Tai, the council’s head of visual arts, said, “We are deeply saddened by the passing of such an important artist and mentor of the Australian visual arts community. His gentle and generous nature will be greatly missed, it has anchored and gui
  
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• Gaspard Ulliel, French Actor and ‘Moon Knight’ Star, Dies at 37

  19-01-2022 21:01 via nytimes.com
  
  He was known for playing both a young Hannibal Lecter and the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. He died after a skiing accident in France.
  
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• Gaspard Ulliel, 37, 'Moon Knight' and 'Hannibal Rising' Star, Dies Skiing

  19-01-2022 21:01 via nytimes.com
  
  He was known for playing both a young Hannibal Lecter and the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. He died after a skiing accident in France.
  
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• Gaspard Ulliel, 37, Star of French Cinema, Dies in Skiing Accident

  19-01-2022 20:34 via nytimes.com
  
  He was known for playing both a young Hannibal Lecter and the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
  
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• Essentials: What Tapes to Use for Art and Conservation

  19-01-2022 20:32 via artnews.com
  
  Tape is a household staple that is easy to take for granted, but its versatility is truly astounding. Since the surgeon Horace Day created the first pressure-sensitive tape in 1845, these adhesive strips have expanded widely in variety and are now used in everything from fine art to airplane construction. Tape makes notable appearances in numerous collages, sculptures, and interdisciplinary works, as well as in street art around the globe.
  Tape’s most basic components are layers of adhesiv
  
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• Arts Focus: The arts in Arlington — 2021 in review - ARLnow

  19-01-2022 20:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Arts Focus: The arts in Arlington — 2021 in review  ARLnow
  
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• Come Work With Us in the Office of Arts and Culture - boston.gov

  19-01-2022 19:57 via boston.gov
  
  Come Work With Us in the Office of Arts and Culture  boston.gov
  
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• Jon Bernthal’s Guide to Making It as a Supporting Actor

  19-01-2022 19:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Not being No. 1 on the call sheet has worked out pretty well for the “King Richard” cast member, who helped power that film to a SAG nomination.
  
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• The Moss Arts Center features artists Namwon Choi and Shin-il Kim in two new solo exhibitions - Virginia Tech Daily

  19-01-2022 19:33 via vtx.vt.edu
  
  The Moss Arts Center features artists Namwon Choi and Shin-il Kim in two new solo exhibitions  Virginia Tech Daily
  
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• As Broadway Struggles, Governor Proposes Expanded Tax Credit

  19-01-2022 19:29 via nytimes.com
  
  With Omicron complicating Broadway’s return, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed more assistance for commercial theater, which her budget director called “critical for the economy.”
  
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• As Broadway Struggles, Governor Hochul Proposes Expanded Tax Credit

  19-01-2022 19:29 via nytimes.com
  
  With Omicron complicating Broadway’s return, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed more assistance for commercial theater, which her budget director called “critical for the economy.”
  
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• Nightshade's Formal Closure Gives Way to New French-Indian Brasserie in Arts District - Eater LA

  19-01-2022 19:15 via la.eater.com
  
  Nightshade's Formal Closure Gives Way to New French-Indian Brasserie in Arts District  Eater LA
  
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• Cynthia Chavez Lamar Becomes First Native Woman to Lead a Smithsonian Museum

  19-01-2022 18:57 via artnews.com
  
  Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo) has been named the director of the National Museum of the American Indian, which has locations in Washington, D.C., New York, and Suitland, Maryland. Since January 2021, she had been the museum’s acting associate director for collections and operations.
  The National Museum of the American Indian is part of the Smithsonian Institution, which also includes the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Por
  
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• Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removal Begins at Museum of Natural History

  19-01-2022 18:41 via nytimes.com
  
  The equestrian monument to Roosevelt, which has stirred protests as a symbol of colonialism and racism, is leaving its plinth, in pieces.
  
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• Gaspard Ulliel, Star of French Cinema, Dies in Skiing Accident

  19-01-2022 18:40 via nytimes.com
  
  Known for playing both a young Hannibal Lecter and the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, Mr. Ulliel was just 37 when he died in France.
  
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• Phoenix Art Museum Names Jeremy Mikolajczak Next Director

  19-01-2022 17:59 via artnews.com
  
  The Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona has named Jeremy Mikolajczak as its new director. Mikolajczak, who begins in April, replaces Tim Rodgers, who was at the institution for less than a year before leaving to become the director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.
  Mikolajczak is currently the director of the Tucson Museum of Art, which he has led since 2016. During his tenure there, he oversaw a capital campaign for an expansion of the museum’s campus, which included the establishme
  
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• Review: A Skilled Ballet Leader Creates a Messy ‘Raymonda’

  19-01-2022 17:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Tamara Rojo, San Francisco Ballet’s incoming artistic director, has half updated the 19th-century work for English National Ballet.
  
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• Smithsonian Names New Leader of National Museum of the American Indian

  19-01-2022 17:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Cynthia Chavez Lamar, an acting associate curator, will be director of the museum, which has one of the largest collections of Native and Indigenous items in the world.
  
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• MoCA Cleveland Picks Megan Lykins Reich to Fill Director Role Left Vacant Amid Controversy in 2020

  19-01-2022 17:16 via artnews.com
  
  Megan Lykins Reich has been named the new executive director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, whose leadership role has been vacant for a year and a half. Reich had been interim executive director since mid-2020.
  The museum’s last director, Jill Snyder, left following a controversy over a canceled Shaun Leonardo exhibition. (She is now a consultant and advising on a program for museum directors at the 2022 edition of Expo Chicago.) That Leonardo show featured works fo
  
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• Jon Stewart to Receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

  19-01-2022 17:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The comedian and former host of “The Daily Show” will receive the Kennedy Center’s annual comedy honor at a ceremony in April.
  
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• Kathy Griffin Is Trying to Get Back on the D-List

  19-01-2022 16:59 via nytimes.com
  
  Ever since her Trump joke went wrong in 2017, Griffin has been seeking a professional rebirth, and wondering who among the canceled gets a second chance.
  
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• Division of the Arts announces 2022 Creative Arts Award recipients - School of Education - University of Wisconsin-Madison

  19-01-2022 16:45 via education.wisc.edu
  Division of the Arts announces 2022 Creative Arts Award recipients - School of Education  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
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• USM's Multi-Arts Celebration Revelry Returns Next Month - Southern Miss Now

  19-01-2022 16:34 via usm.edu
  
  USM's Multi-Arts Celebration Revelry Returns Next Month  Southern Miss Now
  
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• Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removal Starts at Natural History Museum

  19-01-2022 16:34 via nytimes.com
  
  The equestrian monument to Theodore Roosevelt, which has stirred protests as a symbol of colonialism and racism, is leaving its plinth, in pieces.
  
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• They Made the Most of the Opioid Crisis. Until They Didn’t.

  19-01-2022 16:30 via nytimes.com
  
  In “The Hard Sell,” the journalist Evan Hughes tells the story of the rise and fall of Insys Therapeutics — and the larger pharmaceutical industry.
  
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• Here’s how badly the pandemic hurt Washington arts — and some ways the sector can recover - The Seattle Times

  19-01-2022 16:00 via seattletimes.com
  
  Here’s how badly the pandemic hurt Washington arts — and some ways the sector can recover  The Seattle Times
  
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• Conrad Ricamora on His Bumpy Road to ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

  19-01-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The actor reflects on continuing the Off Broadway revival’s hot streak, and fighting against the stereotypes facing Asian American actors.
  
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• Unique bourbon raffle to benefit Springfield Arts Council - Springfield News Sun

  19-01-2022 15:07 via springfieldnewssun.com
  Unique bourbon raffle to benefit Springfield Arts Council  Springfield News Sun
  
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• Theaters Open as Hairdressers for a Day to Protest a Dutch Lockdown

  19-01-2022 14:07 via nytimes.com
  
  The country’s Covid measures were eased last week, but many arts venues had to remain closed and many in the sector are unhappy about it.
  
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• Ousted Museum Director Gets New Perch, Artist Hossein Valamanesh Dies, and More: Morning Links for January 19, 2021

  19-01-2022 13:54 via artnews.com
  
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  LEADERSHIP UPDATES. Zdenka Badovinac, who was ousted in 2020 as director of the Moderna Galerija in Ljubljana, Slovenia, by the nation’s right-wing government, has been tapped to lead the Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art in Croatia, Artforum notes. Meanwhile, Nathalie Bondil, who was fired&nbs
  
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• Stanford appoints Deborah Cullinan vice president for the arts | Stanford News - Stanford University News

  19-01-2022 12:45 via news.stanford.edu
  
  Stanford appoints Deborah Cullinan vice president for the arts | Stanford News  Stanford University News
  
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• Thoreau, Emerson and the Town Where Their Thoughts Took Root

  19-01-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Transcendentalists and Their World,” by Robert A. Gross, focuses on Concord, Mass.
  
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• Jeremy Irons Is Transported by Renzo Piano and a Dog Named Smudge

  19-01-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The star of the new Netflix movie ‘Munich — The Edge of War’ discusses his first Broadway gig and the connection between Irish fiddling and jazz.
  
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• In ‘Last Resort,’ a Writer Turns a Friend’s Story Into a Smash Success

  19-01-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Andrew Lipstein’s entertaining debut novel mines comedy from an aspiring author’s ethically questionable path to publication.
  
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• Françoise Gilot: ‘It Girl’ at 100

  19-01-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The painter, writer and the only woman with the spunk and self-determination to leave Picasso has a few things to say about success, personal style and the nature of intimacy.
  
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• Trevor Noah Doesn’t Trust the At-Home Covid Tests

  19-01-2022 08:17 via nytimes.com
  
  “We’re just going to test ourselves for antigens? Is that before or after we mess up the directions on an Easy Mac?” Noah said.
  
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