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• Botticelli, Goya, Gentileschi Fuel Sotheby’s $91 M. Old Masters Auction

  27-01-2022 23:13 via artnews.com
  
  On Thursday morning, Sotheby’s held its marquee Old Masters sale in New York that generated $76 million on the hammer (or $91 million with buyer’s fees). While the result met expectations, landing within the pre-sale estimate range of $73.1 million–$88.6 million, the amount rang in quite a bit below last year’s equivalent sale total of $114.5 million (with fees), which was the highest total for an Old Masters evening sale achieved in the house’s history.
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• Equity in Arts program moves forward with its first business accelerator cohort - 89.3 WFPL News Louisville

  27-01-2022 23:11 via wfpl.org
  
  Equity in Arts program moves forward with its first business accelerator cohort  89.3 WFPL News Louisville
  
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• Directors Guild Nominations Focus on Veterans Like Jane Campion and Steven Spielberg

  27-01-2022 23:06 via nytimes.com
  
  The films of all five contenders are also up for Producers Guild Awards, suggesting that they will make up the top tier of best-picture nominees at the Oscars.
  
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• Lucian Freud’s Portrait of Former Lover and Muse Could Fetch $20 M. at Christie’s

  27-01-2022 23:02 via artnews.com
  
  A Lucian Freud portrait of his former lover and muse, the food writer Janey Longman, is slated to hit the auction block for the first time at Christie’s London this March. The painting, titled Girl with Eyes Closed (1986–87), was acquired in 1987 by a British collector and is expected to fetch £10 million–£15 million ($13.4 million–$20 million).
  Girl with Eyes Closed has been in the same collection since it was purchased via a deal brokered by Freud’s lo
  
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• Directors Guild Nominations Give Jane Campion Momentum

  27-01-2022 22:46 via nytimes.com
  
  The “Power of the Dog” filmmaker is the sole women on a list that includes Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson.
  
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• Archaeologists in Mexico Recover Coyote-Man Sculpture, Shedding Light on a Pre-Hispanic Civilization

  27-01-2022 22:06 via artnews.com
  
  Archaeologists from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico have recovered an important artifact of pre-Hispanic culture: a monumental coyote-headed figure perched on a throne. Known as the coyote-man from Tacámbaro, an area in the central Mexican state of Michoacán, the sculpture was discovered almost 30 years ago during construction work in the municipality. The artifact was held in a private collection until it was recovered by the NAH Michoacán
  
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• Preserving Hong Kong Media and Arts Culture From Abroad - Bloomberg

  27-01-2022 22:00 via bloomberg.com
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• Artists Find Freedom Living Together in Dutch Wasteland in New Documentary

  27-01-2022 21:50 via artnews.com
  
  “It’s just freedom, simply freedom,” a female artist says in the opening scene of If Paradise Is Half as Nice, a documentary directed by Marieke van der Lippe that premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival today. This unnamed woman has recently arrived at an abandoned, concrete flatland in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, along with the titular troupe of artists who spent the following five weeks making site-specific installations together.
  IPIHAN, as that troupe is kn
  
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• St. Louis Performing Arts Organizations Collaborate for Special Production of Duke Ellington’s ‘Black, Brown and Beige’ - Ladue News

  27-01-2022 21:47 via laduenews.com
  St. Louis Performing Arts Organizations Collaborate for Special Production of Duke Ellington’s ‘Black, Brown and Beige’  Ladue News
  
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• Marcel Breuer House Demolished on Long Island, Angering Preservationists

  27-01-2022 21:32 via nytimes.com
  
  The house, known as Geller I, helped Breuer to develop the style that made him a leading postwar architect, historians said. Officials said the current owners followed all local rules.
  
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• San Diego weekend arts events: Brendan Nguyen, San Diego Symphony, Andrés Hernández and more - KPBS

  27-01-2022 21:30 via kpbs.org
  
  San Diego weekend arts events: Brendan Nguyen, San Diego Symphony, Andrés Hernández and more  KPBS
  
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• Calling all local artists: Ketchum Arts Festival applications are now open - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide

  27-01-2022 21:30 via mtexpress.com
  Calling all local artists: Ketchum Arts Festival applications are now open  Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
  
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• Breyer to Leave Supreme Court but Stay on Pritzker Prize Panel

  27-01-2022 21:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Justice Stephen G. Breyer has been a juror on the panel that awards the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s greatest honor, since 2011.
  
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• Foundation for Contemporary Arts’s $45,000 Grants Go to Eve Fowler, Raven Chacon, and More

  27-01-2022 21:00 via artnews.com
  
  The New York–based nonprofit Foundation for Contemporary Arts, founded in 1963 by John Cage and Jasper Johns, has named the 20 artists honored with unrestricted grants in 2022. This year, the Grants to Artists and John Cage Awards have increased in value from $40,000 to $45,000, resulting in an unprecedented $900,000 distributed through the two programs.
  The visual artists honored this grant cycle are Eve Fowler, who works in photography and text-based media; video artist Matt Savitsky; a
  
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• Foundation for Contemporary Arts’s $45,000 Grants Go to Eve Fowler, Raven Chacon, and More - ARTnews

  27-01-2022 21:00 via artnews.com
  
  Foundation for Contemporary Arts’s $45,000 Grants Go to Eve Fowler, Raven Chacon, and More  ARTnews
  
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• ‘A Taste of Hunger’ Review: A Relentless Pursuit of Perfection

  27-01-2022 20:59 via nytimes.com
  
  A husband and wife pour everything into their restaurant in a quest for a Michelin star, heedless of the other dimensions of their lives.
  
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• At the Exponential Festival, Case Studies in Category Busting

  27-01-2022 20:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Two years into the pandemic, this festival, which has gone virtual for now, abjures traditional theatricality and performance.
  
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• Rit Premnath, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Creates Sculptures that Explore Power and Marginalized Communities - The New School News

  27-01-2022 20:08 via blogs.newschool.edu
  
  Rit Premnath, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Creates Sculptures that Explore Power and Marginalized Communities  The New School News
  
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• Robert Karazim, pillar of Pontiac arts community, dies at 67 - The Oakland Press

  27-01-2022 19:59 via theoaklandpress.com
  
  Robert Karazim, pillar of Pontiac arts community, dies at 67  The Oakland Press
  
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• Writers Guild Nominations: ‘Don’t Look Up,’ ‘Licorice Pizza’ and More

  27-01-2022 19:49 via nytimes.com
  
  The group’s contenders can be predictive of the Oscars but several films, including “Belfast” and “The Power of the Dog” weren’t eligible.
  
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• 'Peter Grimes' Review: Opera Stars Take On an Omicron-Battered Vienna

  27-01-2022 19:37 via nytimes.com
  
  The tenor Jonas Kaufmann and the soprano Lise Davidsen are leading a luxuriously cast revival of Britten’s “Peter Grimes.”
  
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• ‘The Fallout’ Review: The Unexpected Effects of Trauma

  27-01-2022 19:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Jenna Ortega stars as a teenager coping with the aftermath of a school shooting in this grounded and compassionate look at adolescent grief.
  
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• Arts & Entertainment: 'Four Sundays in February' postponed; Grace Lin honored, and more - GazetteNET

  27-01-2022 18:59 via gazettenet.com
  
  Arts & Entertainment: 'Four Sundays in February' postponed; Grace Lin honored, and more  GazetteNET
  
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• Don Wilson, Who Gave the Ventures Their Distinctive Rhythm, Dies at 88

  27-01-2022 18:27 via nytimes.com
  
  He was a founder, with Bob Bogle, of what has been called the best-selling and most influential instrumental band in rock ’n’ roll history.
  
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• Jussie Smollett Sentencing Is Set for March 10

  27-01-2022 18:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The actor, convicted in the filing of a false police report that said he had been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack, faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
  
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• In San Francisco, Art That Unspools the Mysteries of the Universe

  27-01-2022 18:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Tauba Auerbach’s eclectic works reignite wonder where art and science collide in this career survey at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
  
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• David Byrne, the Artist, Is Totally Connected

  27-01-2022 18:11 via nytimes.com
  
  There’s a new gallery show and book of his whimsical line drawings — and coming this summer, an immersive art-and-science experience.
  
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• Lucy Rowan Mann, Doyenne of a Prime Classical Music Prize, Dies at 100

  27-01-2022 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  With her husband, the violinist Robert Mann, she mentored young classical musicians and administered the Naumburg Foundation’s storied annual awards.
  
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• Kahlil Joseph to Develop Acclaimed ‘BLKNWS’ Video Installation Into Feature Film

  27-01-2022 17:39 via artnews.com
  
  BLKNWS (2018–), an acclaimed video installation by Kahlil Joseph, has been shown at museums and biennials worldwide. Now, it could be heading to a theater near you in the form of a feature-length film.
  In a cryptic announcement posted on social media on Wednesday, A24, the hit-making film distributor that put out Moonlight, Hereditary, and Minari, said it would release a feature-length version of BLKNWS by Joseph. It’s still unclear, however, when that film will be due out, or what f
  
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• Botticelli Portrait of Christ Fetches $45.4 M. at Sotheby’s

  27-01-2022 17:33 via artnews.com
  
  On Thursday morning in New York, during an old masters auction, Sotheby’s sold Sandro Botticelli’s Man of Sorrows (ca. 1500) for $45.5 million, making it the second most expensive work by the Italian Renaissance painter ever to be sold at auction.
  After a total of three phone bidders entered the race to compete for the painting, two final bidders represented by Sotheby’s senior Old Master specialists Liz Lobkowicz and Christopher Apostle competed in a slow burn for the painting
  
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• Botticelli Portrait of Christ Fetches $45.4 M. at Sotheby’s, Just Below Expectations

  27-01-2022 17:33 via artnews.com
  
  On Thursday morning in New York, during an old masters auction, Sotheby’s sold Sandro Botticelli’s Man of Sorrows (ca. 1500) for $45.5 million, making it the second most expensive work by the Italian Renaissance painter ever to be sold at auction.
  After a total of three phone bidders entered the race to compete for the painting, two final bidders represented by Sotheby’s senior Old Master specialists Liz Lobkowicz and Christopher Apostle competed in a slow burn for the painting
  
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• Producers Guild Nominations Keep ‘Dune’ in Play

  27-01-2022 17:32 via nytimes.com
  
  The group’s choices often influence what academy voters do at the Oscars. That’s why the omissions of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “No Time to Die” may be significant.
  
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• This winter’s comfort foods.

  27-01-2022 17:15 via nytimes.com
  
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• Producers Guild Nominations Put ‘Dune’ in Play

  27-01-2022 17:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The group’s choices can influence what academy voters do at the Oscars. That’s why the omissions of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “No Time to Die” may be significant.
  
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• Botticelli Sold For $45.4 Million at Sotheby’s Auction

  27-01-2022 16:51 via nytimes.com
  
  The painting, which last sold in 1963 for $26,000, was part of a sale of works by old masters.
  
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• ‘Futura’ Review: Youth, Italian Style

  27-01-2022 16:40 via nytimes.com
  
  Three filmmakers travel Italy in the midst of the pandemic, listening to young people talk about their fears and aspirations.
  
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• Amy Schneider on Her Whirlwind ‘Jeopardy!’ Run

  27-01-2022 16:24 via nytimes.com
  
  Schneider lost during her 41st game on Wednesday, ending a remarkable streak that was the game show’s second longest in history.
  
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• At City Ballet, Jamar Roberts and Dancers Find a Common Language

  27-01-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “I was thinking about Balanchine a lot,” said Roberts, Ailey’s choreographer in residence, who is making his first work for New York City Ballet.
  
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• 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

  27-01-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Recordings of Brahms, Haydn, Grieg, Nikolai Kapustin and George Walker are among recent highlights.
  
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• Various Small Fires to Open Outpost in Dallas, Its Founder’s Hometown

  27-01-2022 15:29 via artnews.com
  
  One of Los Angeles’s most important galleries will open a third location. Ten years after opening in the Southern California city, and three years after opening a second location in Seoul, Various Small Fires will open a new space in Dallas in April.
  Located on Commerce Street within the Joule hotel in downtown Dallas, the ground-floor space will open with a group exhibition titled “TEXAN” that will present the work of contemporary artists who are either from Texas or currently
  
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• AYUDA for the Arts Announces the Appointment of New Board Member, Charles Wallert - PRNewswire

  27-01-2022 14:47 via prnewswire.com
  
  AYUDA for the Arts Announces the Appointment of New Board Member, Charles Wallert  PRNewswire
  
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• Botticelli Valued at $40 Million to Be Sold at Sotheby’s Auction

  27-01-2022 14:31 via nytimes.com
  
  The painting, which last sold in 1963 for $26,000, is part of a sale of works by old masters Thursday.
  
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• Thomas Gainsborough’s ‘Blue Boy’ Visits London, Vito Schnabel Buys His Chelsea Gallery Space, and More: Morning Links for January 27, 2022

  27-01-2022 14:16 via artnews.com
  
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  BIENNIAL BONANZA. The Cape Town, South Africa–based curator and artist Khanyisile Mbongwa has been tapped to organize the next Liverpool Biennial in England, which will open in June of 2023, ARTnews reports. On Wednesday, the Biennale de Lyon in France also announced the artists slate
  
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• ‘The Conductor’ Review: Seizing the Baton

  27-01-2022 14:15 via nytimes.com
  
  In this biographical documentary, Marin Alsop recounts how she became the first woman to lead a major American orchestra.
  
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• Will Electronic Arts Stock Get Even Cheaper Next Week? - Motley Fool

  27-01-2022 14:05 via fool.com
  
  Will Electronic Arts Stock Get Even Cheaper Next Week?  Motley Fool
  
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• Pacita Abad Estate Gets Gallery Representation Ahead of U.S. Retrospective

  27-01-2022 14:00 via artnews.com
  
  Ahead of a major U.S. retrospective due to open in 2023, the estate of Pacita Abad, a pioneering Filipina artist whose work has become a staple at international biennials, has joined New York’s Tina Kim Gallery, which specializes in Asian contemporary art. The arrangement marks the first time that Abad or her estate have ever had gallery representation. The gallery’s first Abad show is slated for 2023.
  Abad is best known for her paintings that make use of a technique she called trapu
  
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• The Ending of 'Fight Club' Was Censored in China

  27-01-2022 13:43 via nytimes.com
  
  The 1999 cult classic starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton is not the only foreign film to be altered for audiences in mainland China.
  
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• ‘They/Them/Us’ Review: Working Out the Kinks

  27-01-2022 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In this dramatic comedy, two divorced 40-somethings gamely experiment with B.D.S.M.
  
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• Penn Live Arts embraces hybrid shows for spring season | Penn Today - Penn Today

  27-01-2022 13:00 via penntoday.upenn.edu
  
  Penn Live Arts embraces hybrid shows for spring season | Penn Today  Penn Today
  
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• ‘La Soga Salvation’ Review: A Very Inferior Set of Thrills

  27-01-2022 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The sequel to the 2010 thriller “La Soga” trades the original’s pointed commentary on crime and corruption for something more generic.
  
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