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• Marion International Fellowship for the arts accepting applications - Fredonia.edu

  07-02-2022 23:48 via fredonia.edu
  Marion International Fellowship for the arts accepting applications  Fredonia.edu
  
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• The Creative Advantage Community Arts Partner Roster Application Opens - SPD Blotter

  07-02-2022 23:46 via artbeat.seattle.gov
  The Creative Advantage Community Arts Partner Roster Application Opens  SPD Blotter
  
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• James Bidgood, a Master of Gay Photography, Dies at 88

  07-02-2022 23:39 via nytimes.com
  
  In addition to his elaborately staged images of gay fantasies, he made the film “Pink Narcissus,” a cult classic released anonymously in 1971.
  
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• James Bidgood, Master of Campy Gay Photography, Dies at 88

  07-02-2022 23:37 via nytimes.com
  
  In addition to his elaborately staged images of gay fantasies, he made the film “Pink Narcissus,” a cult classic released anonymously in 1971.
  
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• *VIDEO* Southeastern Regional Unveils New Performing Arts Center at Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony - John Guilfoil Public Relations LLC

  07-02-2022 23:10 via jgpr.net
  
  *VIDEO* Southeastern Regional Unveils New Performing Arts Center at Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony  John Guilfoil Public Relations LLC
  
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• The Power of Cities to Serve the Arts Needs to be Harnessed - Hyperallergic

  07-02-2022 23:06 via hyperallergic.com
  
  The Power of Cities to Serve the Arts Needs to be Harnessed  Hyperallergic
  
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• New Tenure-Track Stars: Screen Arts Professor Emboldens Students through Film - Graphic

  07-02-2022 22:29 via pepperdine-graphic.com
  
  New Tenure-Track Stars: Screen Arts Professor Emboldens Students through Film  Graphic
  
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• Rondout Valley Central School District students win awards in arts competition - The Daily Freeman

  07-02-2022 21:43 via dailyfreeman.com
  
  Rondout Valley Central School District students win awards in arts competition  The Daily Freeman
  
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• U.S. Treasury Report Says Increased Regulations in Art Market Are Not Urgent

  07-02-2022 21:42 via artnews.com
  
  The U.S. Treasury Department has released a new report on findings related to the illicit activity in the high-end art market. The department found that while the $50 billion industry is vulnerable to various financial abuses such as money laundering, other regulatory issues are higher priority. The study concluded that further government regulations are not immediately necessary.
  The sector of the market most vulnerable to illicit art-related dealings is businesses offering financial services,
  
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• Julie Saul, New York Gallerist and Champion of Avant-Garde Photography, Has Died at 67

  07-02-2022 21:20 via artnews.com
  
  Julie Saul, a New York art dealer and curator championed avant-garde photography, has died at 67. Julie Saul Projects, the gallery she founded in 1986, confirmed the news.
  “She was instrumental in championing artists & photographers to great success & was well loved by her many friends & fellow dealers,” the Association of International Photography Art Dealers wrote on Twitter.
  For over three decades, Saul dedicated herself to the critical appreciation of photography and
  
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• Dallas Black Dance, Dallas Summer Musicals offer new access to online arts for Dallas-area students - Texas Standard

  07-02-2022 20:23 via texasstandard.org
  
  Dallas Black Dance, Dallas Summer Musicals offer new access to online arts for Dallas-area students  Texas Standard
  
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• Sawnee Association of the Arts awards local art students during inaugural exhibition - Forsyth County News Online

  07-02-2022 20:08 via forsythnews.com
  Sawnee Association of the Arts awards local art students during inaugural exhibition  Forsyth County News Online
  
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• Jorge Zamanillo Named Director of Smithsonian’s Forthcoming National Museum of the American Latino

  07-02-2022 20:04 via artnews.com
  
  The forthcoming National Museum of the American in Washington, D.C., has named Jorge Zamanillo as its inaugural director, beginning May 2. He will take over for Eduardo Díaz, director of the Smithsonian’s Latino Center, who has served as the institution’s interim director while the search for a permanent director was underway.
  Managed by the Smithsonian Institution, the new museum was established by Congress in December, along with the American Women’s History Museum, &l
  
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• New York University's Institute of Fine Arts to present Kenneth Kemble and Silvia Torras: The Formative Years, 1956-63 - NYU News

  07-02-2022 19:50 via nyu.edu
  New York University's Institute of Fine Arts to present Kenneth Kemble and Silvia Torras: The Formative Years, 1956-63  NYU News
  
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• Neighborhood Center of the Arts: heARTwork at Brew Baker's Coffee and Teahouse - YubaNet

  07-02-2022 19:37 via yubanet.com
  
  Neighborhood Center of the Arts: heARTwork at Brew Baker's Coffee and Teahouse  YubaNet
  
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• Book Review: 'Pure Colour,' by Sheila Heti

  07-02-2022 19:33 via nytimes.com
  
  In Sheila Heti’s new novel, a young woman considers the state of civilization and briefly joins her dead father on another plane of existence.
  
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• Lebanese Museum Returns More than 300 Allegedly Looted Artifacts to Iraq 

  07-02-2022 19:32 via artnews.com
  
  A trove of archeological objects, including more than 300 cuneiform tablets, were returned to Iraq from Lebanon over the weekend. Allegedly looted from several Iraqi archeological sites, the artifacts had been exhibited in the Nabu Museum, a private institution in northern Lebanon founded by the businessman Jawad Adra. Adra and his wife, former Lebanese defense minister Zeina Akar, have repeatedly denied any involvement in the international trafficking of cultural property, according to the Leba
  
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• With Little New Competition, ‘Encanto’ Is No. 1 a Fourth Time

  07-02-2022 19:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The soundtrack to Disney’s latest animated film holds at the top of Billboard’s album chart in its 10th week out.
  
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• Abstract artist showcases her work at MSU's Visual Arts Center Gallery - Mississippi State Newsroom

  07-02-2022 19:09 via msstate.edu
  
  Abstract artist showcases her work at MSU's Visual Arts Center Gallery  Mississippi State Newsroom
  
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• David Olusoga Wants Britain to Face Its Past. All of It.

  07-02-2022 18:51 via nytimes.com
  
  For more than a decade, the historian and broadcaster’s work has focused on bringing his country’s uglier histories to light. Recently, more people are paying attention.
  
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• After school arts program collecting teddy bears for senior care facilities ahead of Valentine's Day - WILX-TV

  07-02-2022 18:32 via wilx.com
  
  After school arts program collecting teddy bears for senior care facilities ahead of Valentine's Day  WILX-TV
  
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• Sotheby’s, Artist Kevin McCoy Sued Over Sale of $1.5 M. NFT

  07-02-2022 18:06 via artnews.com
  
  Sotheby’s made headlines last year when it sold Kevin McCoy’s Quantum (2014), which some have regarded as the first-ever NFT, for $1.47 million during its “Natively Digital” auction. Now, that sale is in the headlines once more, this time for a lawsuit being filed against McCoy and the auction house by a holdings company whose owner claims to own Quantum.
  The plaintiff of the suit, filed in New York’s Southern District Court last week, is the Canadian holding compan
  
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• Black Country, New Road’s Perilous Triumph

  07-02-2022 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The British band’s second album, “Ants From Up There,” arrived days after its primary lyricist, Isaac Wood, announced his departure from the group.
  
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• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announces free and 'choose what you pay' spring programming - AMNY

  07-02-2022 18:00 via amny.com
  Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announces free and 'choose what you pay' spring programming  AMNY
  
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• South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale to Establish $100,000 Prize Named After Park Seo-Bo

  07-02-2022 17:53 via artnews.com
  
  The Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, one of the most important biennials in Asia, is set to grow even larger in influence with a new $100,000 art prize named after artist Park Seo-Bo, who is associated with the country’s Dansaekhwa movement of the 1970s.
  Titled the Gwangju Biennale Park Seo-Bo Art Prize, the award is receiving backing from Park’s Seoul-based GIZI Foundation, which has committed $1 million in funding. The first award is set to be given out at the 2023 edition, which i
  
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• Alabama arts organizations to benefit from federal COVID-19 relief grants - Alabama NewsCenter

  07-02-2022 17:06 via alabamanewscenter.com
  
  Alabama arts organizations to benefit from federal COVID-19 relief grants  Alabama NewsCenter
  
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• Tate Modern Removes Sackler Name From Prominently Placed Escalator

  07-02-2022 17:01 via artnews.com
  
  Following a similar move by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern in London has removed a plaque bearing the Sackler name, according to the Evening Standard. The museum had previously displayed the Sackler name on an escalator and by a set of elevators.
  Members of the Sackler family produced the painkiller OxyContin through the company Purdue Pharma while aware of the addictive properties of the drug and the effects it could have. In legal proceedings over the past few years, the family ha
  
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• Artist Award Roundup: Oscar yi Hou Wins Uovo Prize, Isaac Julien Recognized by German City, and More

  07-02-2022 16:58 via artnews.com
  
  The Brooklyn Museum has selected Oscar yi Hou as the recipient of its third annual UOVO Prize, which comes with a $25,000 cash award, a solo exhibition at the museum, and 50-foot public installation on the façade of the Brooklyn facility of UOVO, the art storage company which funds the prize.
  yi Hou, who was born in Liverpool and is now based in Brooklyn, creates figurative paintings that often depict queer people from the Asian diaspora as a way to explore the complexity of both identiti
  
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• Arts Groups Can Get $50K Grants Through CityArts Program. Here's How To Apply - Block Club Chicago

  07-02-2022 16:43 via blockclubchicago.org
  
  Arts Groups Can Get $50K Grants Through CityArts Program. Here's How To Apply  Block Club Chicago
  
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• Spotify Stands by Joe Rogan: ‘Canceling Voices Is a Slippery Slope’

  07-02-2022 16:03 via nytimes.com
  
  In a memo following Rogan’s apology for past use of a racial slur, Spotify’s chief executive said the company would invest $100 million in audio “from historically marginalized groups.”
  
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• Director Picked for National Museum of the American Latino, ‘Guernica’ Returns to the U.N., and More: Morning Links for February 7, 2022

  07-02-2022 15:56 via artnews.com
  
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  DIRECTORS’ CHAIRS. Jorge Zamanillo, who currently leads the HistoryMiami Museum, has been tapped to be the founding director of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C., which was authorized by the U.S. Congress in 2020. Zamanillo, who is 52, told the Washington Post that the opportunity
  
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• The Art World’s Amazing Spider Man

  07-02-2022 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Tomás Saraceno’s creations, including those on view at a new exhibition at the Shed, lie at the intersection of sculpture, ecology and futuristic experimentation.
  
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• Council for the Performing Arts disbands | Jefferson | dailyunion.com - Daily Union

  07-02-2022 12:00 via dailyunion.com
  Council for the Performing Arts disbands | Jefferson | dailyunion.com  Daily Union
  
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• ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’ (Among Others.)

  07-02-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  W. Kamau Bell’s documentary series is a model of how to engage honestly with disgraced artists and their art.
  
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• A Photographer’s View of Jordan’s Many Splendors

  07-02-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  For 10 days, a photojournalist drove across Jordan from north to south, visiting several of the country’s most treasured sites. Here’s what he saw.
  
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• A Gamer Learns to Weaponize Sounds in This Genre-Bender

  07-02-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Our latest science-fiction and fantasy column includes “Battle of the Linguist Mages,” “In the Serpent’s Wake” and “The Violence.”
  
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• A Henry Darger Dispute: Who Inherits the Rights to a Loner’s Genius?

  07-02-2022 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Since this reclusive artist died in 1973, his landlords have controlled work left behind in his apartment. Now relatives are challenging that stewardship in court.
  
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• What’s on TV This Week: The Super Bowl and an Oscar Micheaux Documentary

  07-02-2022 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Super Bowl airs on NBC. And TCM airs a documentary about a pathbreaking filmmaker.
  
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• Arts Beat: Breathtaking circus soars into UMass next week - MassLive.com

  07-02-2022 06:24 via masslive.com
  
  Arts Beat: Breathtaking circus soars into UMass next week  MassLive.com
  
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• ‘Billions’ Season 6, Episode 3 Recap: Street Fighting Man

  07-02-2022 04:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Prince forms an unsavory alliance to help make a giant land grab. Chuck grabs a bullhorn.
  
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• Fundraising to ramp up for Fraser arts center - Sky-Hi News

  07-02-2022 02:21 via skyhinews.com
  
  Fundraising to ramp up for Fraser arts center  Sky-Hi News
  
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