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• Farrah Forke, Who Played a Helicopter Pilot on ‘Wings,’ Dies at 54

  03-03-2022 23:51 via nytimes.com
  
  Forke, the namesake of a not-yet-famous family friend named Farrah Fawcett, played Alex Lambert on three seasons of the popular sitcom, a fixture of the NBC schedule in the 1990s.
  
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• Phillips Nets $40 M. in London Sale, Pledges Funds for Ukraine Relief

  03-03-2022 23:32 via artnews.com
  
  Amid the somber backdrop of an escalating war in Ukraine, Phillips followed its competitors Sotheby’s and Christie’s, holding an evening sale dedicated to modern and contemporary art at its London headquarters that brought in £29.9 million ($40 million) on Thursday. The total surpassed the sum made during last year’s equivalent sale held in April, which brought in £24.8 million with premium ($34.2 million), across 30 lots.
  At this sale, 36 out of a total 41 lots sol
  
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• NFT Lovers Turn Out in Droves for Beeple’s First Gallery Show

  03-03-2022 23:15 via artnews.com
  
  Three hours before Beeple’s first gallery show at Jack Hanley Gallery opened today, a long line had already begun to form. “Look, a female,” one of the many men there said when I showed up at 11 a.m., surprised by the rope and line outside the gallery door. (Later, that gallery attendee sheepishly explained, “It’s great that you’re here—not a lot of women in the space.”) Another man in line, Max Kulchinsky, explained why such a big crowd was alread
  
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• As Two Prominent Museum Officials Depart, Russian Institutions Face Chaos

  03-03-2022 22:15 via artnews.com
  
  Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Putin-affiliated trustees at international museums have resigned, blockbuster exhibitions have been suspended, and preparation for both countries’ Venice Biennale pavilions has ground to a halt. This week, it also became clear that the war would have significant impact on the Russian art scene as two museum leaders in the country left their posts.
  The artistic director of the V-A-C Foundation in Moscow, Francesco Manacorda, said on Thursday that
  
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• A Guide to the 2022 Venice Biennale National Pavilions, From Futuristic Gardens to a Show of ‘Nothing’

  03-03-2022 20:55 via artnews.com
  
  At long last, the 2022 Venice Biennale is finally almost here. Delayed a year by the pandemic, this iteration of the famed Italian art show, the Biennale’s 59th, is currently set to run from April 23 to November 27.
  Often, the biggest attraction is the main exhibition, which this year is being overseen by Cecilia Alemani. Placing a focus on Surrealism and an unprecedented emphasis on women artists, that show will be titled “The Milk of Dreams,” in reference to Leonora Carringto
  
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• Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Album Tackles a Newer Archive: Her Own

  03-03-2022 20:52 via nytimes.com
  
  The vocalist who dares to take on older music with unsavory history turns inward on “Ghost Song,” her most revealing and rewarding album yet.
  
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• The Outsider Art Fair Returns, in Top Form

  03-03-2022 20:49 via nytimes.com
  
  On the fair’s 30th anniversary, a question hangs in the air: Has this genre been absorbed by the mainstream? What is ‘outsider’ when its greatest talents are in the canon?
  
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• San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Desert art, Dia de la Mujer, contemporary dance and more - KPBS

  03-03-2022 20:48
  
  San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Desert art, Dia de la Mujer, contemporary dance and more  KPBS
  
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• ‘Lupin,’ Netflix’s French Heist Drama, Is the Victim of a Theft

  03-03-2022 20:35 via nytimes.com
  
  Equipment valued at more than $300,000 was stolen from the set of the hit series during filming in a Paris suburb last week.
  
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• Russian Magnates Resign from Guggenheim, Royal Academy Boards

  03-03-2022 19:54 via artnews.com
  
  Amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine and international sanctions targeting prominent Russian oligarchs following their country’s invasion of Ukraine, two Russian magnates with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle have stepped down from trustee positions on museum boards in New York and London.
  Vladimir Potanin, one of the wealthiest men in Russia and a decades-long donor to the the Guggenheim Museum, stepped down from his position at the New York institution on We
  
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• Fantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-Publish

  03-03-2022 19:37 via nytimes.com
  
  Brandon Sanderson set out to raise $1 million on Kickstarter in 30 days to fund four new books. He blew past it in about 35 minutes.
  
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• Review: A Soprano’s Sound Floods the Met in ‘Ariadne’

  03-03-2022 19:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Lise Davidsen unleashed rare grandeur of tone throughout her range in the title role of Strauss’s opera.
  
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• ‘Great Freedom’ Review: Unbroken

  03-03-2022 19:27 via nytimes.com
  
  In this moving period drama, a German gay man repeatedly declares his independence in a country that criminalizes his desire and his identity.
  
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• Matisse Museum Cancels Loans to Beijing’s UCCA, Citing China’s Ties to Russia Amid Invasion of Ukraine

  03-03-2022 19:10 via artnews.com
  
  The Matisse Museum in northern France, has canceled its loan of 280 works to the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing for an exhibition on the French artist that was due to open there later this month, before traveling to the UCCA’s other space in Shanghai. With the cancelation of the loan, the Matisse show is on hold until further notice. The news, which comes in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began last month, was first reported by the South China Morning Post
  
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• DakhaBrakha, a Band From Kyiv, Saw a War Coming

  03-03-2022 18:55 via nytimes.com
  
  “We can’t make any music,” the singer and cellist Nina Garenetska said. “This is our life now: An air raid siren goes off.”
  
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• Take a Look: ‘Reading Rainbow’ Goes Live, With New Friends to Know

  03-03-2022 18:53 via nytimes.com
  
  With a diverse young cast and a lot more dancing, a reboot of the beloved series will be livestreaming, inviting children to interact virtually.
  
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• ‘Rock Bottom Riser’ Review: A Cosmic View of Hawaii

  03-03-2022 18:30 via nytimes.com
  
  This experimental documentary takes viewers on a psychedelic tour of Hawaii, exploring the tension between scientific inquiry and Indigenous preservation.
  
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• ‘The Tourist’ Thrills, but Doesn’t Take Itself Too Seriously

  03-03-2022 18:27 via nytimes.com
  
  Even though the six-episode BBC series is gripping and full of surprises, its creators made sure to include some offbeat humor.
  
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• Day’s End in America: Shannon Ebner at Kaufman Repetto

  03-03-2022 18:08 via artnews.com
  
  As a young MFA student at Yale in the late 1990s, Shannon Ebner set out on a pilgrimage to Nova Scotia to find her hero, Robert Frank. The Swiss artist’s black-and-white photobook The Americans (1958) became a defining social-critical document of postwar American life, and the English edition often includes an introduction by Jack Kerouac: “After seeing these pictures you end up finally not knowing anymore whether a jukebox is sadder than a coffin.” The tragedy of America often
  
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• NADA Names Exhibitors for First New York Edition Since 2019

  03-03-2022 18:00 via artnews.com
  
  The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) has named the galleries that will participate in its upcoming New York fair, the first in the city since NADA canceled its edition in the city in 2019. The fair is scheduled to take place in the Lower East Side, at Pier 36, from May 5 to May 8.
  The New York fair will bring together 120 galleries (81 of which are NADA members) from 37 cities in 18 countries, including Housing in New York, Luis De Jesus in Los Angeles, Document in Chicago, Et al. in San Francisc
  
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• NADA Names Exhibitors for First New York Edition Since 2018

  03-03-2022 18:00 via artnews.com
  
  The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) has named the galleries that will participate in its upcoming New York fair, the first in the city since NADA canceled its edition in the city in 2019. The fair is scheduled to take place in the Lower East Side, at Pier 36, from May 5 to May 8.
  The New York fair will bring together 120 galleries (81 of which are NADA members) from 37 cities in 18 countries, including Housing in New York, Luis De Jesus in Los Angeles, Document in Chicago, Et al. in San Francisc
  
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• ‘Dear Mr. Brody’ Review: Spreading the Wealth Doesn’t Go Smoothly

  03-03-2022 17:48 via nytimes.com
  
  The scion of a margarine empire says to ask him for money. And many, many people asked.
  
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• ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Recap: Leave Jean-Luc Alone

  03-03-2022 17:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Picard has earned his retirement. Is there really no one else who can save the universe?
  
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• The NFT Has Changed Artists. Has it Changed Art?

  03-03-2022 17:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Hardly at all.
  
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• One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art?

  03-03-2022 17:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Hardly at all.
  
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• Basin Arts' move to Lafayette's north side will bring more awareness to an underserved area of the city, owner says - The Advocate

  03-03-2022 17:19
  
  Basin Arts' move to Lafayette's north side will bring more awareness to an underserved area of the city, owner says  The Advocate
  
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• Josh Kline: Living in the Ruined World

  03-03-2022 17:14 via nytimes.com
  
  At LAXART in Los Angeles, the artist imagines an unmoored but romantic life in the post-climate change future.
  
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• ‘Lucy and Desi’ Review: Love in the Time of Television

  03-03-2022 17:06 via nytimes.com
  
  This documentary, directed by Amy Poehler and about the dynamic duo behind “I Love Lucy,” favors the good times over the difficult ones.
  
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• Anna Netrebko, Diva With Putin Ties, Is Out at the Metropolitan Opera

  03-03-2022 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Met said she would not appear for two seasons, and possibly more, after declining to comply with its demand that she repudiate her public support for Putin.
  
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• Local Arts and Culture Groups Can Now Apply for Unrestricted Grants Up to $20,000 From New Infusion Fund - charlottenc.gov

  03-03-2022 16:04
  
  Local Arts and Culture Groups Can Now Apply for Unrestricted Grants Up to $20,000 From New Infusion Fund  charlottenc.gov
  
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• Nilüfer Yanya’s Music Is a Family Affair

  03-03-2022 15:45 via nytimes.com
  
  The British musician has long collaborated on videos with her sister. Her new album, “Painless,” stems from exploring her lineage, and what exactly it means to “be from somewhere.”
  
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• Ben Folds, Jaki Shelton Green lead 'Big Night In for the Arts' lineup - WRAL News

  03-03-2022 15:40
  
  Ben Folds, Jaki Shelton Green lead 'Big Night In for the Arts' lineup  WRAL News
  
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• Joni Mitchell, Amy Tan, N. Scott Momaday join arts academy - WRAL News

  03-03-2022 15:01
  
  Joni Mitchell, Amy Tan, N. Scott Momaday join arts academy  WRAL News
  
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• Kia LaBeija's Portraits of Love and Loss From an H.I.V. Childhood

  03-03-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The artist Kia LaBeija brings luster to her documentation of life with the virus in an autobiographical show at Fotografiska New York.
  
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• Taubman Museum of Art hosts winter celebration of arts and culture - WSLS 10

  03-03-2022 14:55
  
  Taubman Museum of Art hosts winter celebration of arts and culture  WSLS 10
  
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• This Play Is Touring Europe. But No One’s Going Anywhere.

  03-03-2022 14:52 via nytimes.com
  
  How can theaters adapt to prevent climate change? The British director Katie Mitchell and a Swiss playhouse have developed a new model for taking a production on the road.
  
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• Arts Glances: Online talks on human sexuality, Red Sox Nation, land conservation and Acadia's birds - Mount Desert Islander - Mount Desert Islander

  03-03-2022 14:44
  
  Arts Glances: Online talks on human sexuality, Red Sox Nation, land conservation and Acadia's birds - Mount Desert Islander  Mount Desert Islander
  
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• Arts council holding showcase | News | columbustelegram.com - Columbus Telegram

  03-03-2022 14:30
  Arts council holding showcase | News | columbustelegram.com  Columbus Telegram
  
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• At New York Children’s Film Festival, the Films Come First

  03-03-2022 14:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The New York International Children’s Film Festival returns with a diverse, sophisticated slate, including Richard Linklater’s animated take on the 1969 moon landing.
  
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• Russian Billionaire Leaves Guggenheim Board, Art Restorer Barry Bauman Dies, and More: Morning Links for March 3, 2022

  03-03-2022 14:12 via artnews.com
  
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  THE WAR IN UKRAINE. More than 6,000 Russian architects and designers have decried the nation’s invasion of Ukraine in an open letter, Dezeen reports. Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin is the latest oligarch to quit a cultural board, stepping down as a Guggenheim Museum trustee after 20 years, the
  
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• Ronald K. Brown Has a Mantra: ‘Absolute Victory Every Day’

  03-03-2022 14:11 via nytimes.com
  
  The choreographer and dancer suffered a stroke in April. But he’s still moving, and that’s what matters.
  
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• ‘After Yang’ Review: Do Androids Dream of Sheep, Babysitting, Being?

  03-03-2022 14:10 via nytimes.com
  
  Colin Farrell plays a father who tries to repair the family’s caretaker-android in a science-fiction tale about what it means to be human.
  
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• Garfield Center for the Arts presents “A Play that Goes Wrong” – The Elm - blog.washcoll.edu

  03-03-2022 14:09
  Garfield Center for the Arts presents “A Play that Goes Wrong” – The Elm  blog.washcoll.edu
  
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• Final chance for artists to sign up for Saluda Arts Festival - The Tryon Daily Bulletin - Tryon Daily Bulletin

  03-03-2022 14:04
  
  Final chance for artists to sign up for Saluda Arts Festival - The Tryon Daily Bulletin  Tryon Daily Bulletin
  
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• National Museum Of Women In The Arts Goes Big With First Exhibition Outside Historic Home - Forbes

  03-03-2022 13:50
  
  National Museum Of Women In The Arts Goes Big With First Exhibition Outside Historic Home  Forbes
  
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• Art galleries: Arts Center East members' exhibit opens Saturday - Journal Inquirer

  03-03-2022 13:30
  Art galleries: Arts Center East members' exhibit opens Saturday  Journal Inquirer
  
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• Excitement builds for new park extensions off Riverside Arts Market - FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXX

  03-03-2022 13:29
  
  Excitement builds for new park extensions off Riverside Arts Market  FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXX
  
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• Performing arts and popular media can be powerful tools to end gender-based violence: Breakthrough India's Pan-Asia Summit - PR Newswire

  03-03-2022 13:24
  Performing arts and popular media can be powerful tools to end gender-based violence: Breakthrough India's Pan-Asia Summit  PR Newswire
  
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• NH Educators: Students Need Arts, Phys Ed, World Languages in Education - Public News Service

  03-03-2022 13:03
  
  NH Educators: Students Need Arts, Phys Ed, World Languages in Education  Public News Service
  
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• 3 to See: Art Walk at The Peach, Festival of the Arts Boca, art treasures of 'Machu Picchu' - Palm Beach Post

  03-03-2022 13:02
  3 to See: Art Walk at The Peach, Festival of the Arts Boca, art treasures of 'Machu Picchu'  Palm Beach Post
  
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