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• ‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Mistaken for Bank Robber

  09-03-2022 23:08 via nytimes.com
  
  “We deeply regret that this incident occurred,” Bank of America said in a statement about the episode on Jan. 7. “It never should have happened and we have apologized to Mr. Coogler.”
  
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• Before Jussie Smollett Sentencing, His Supporters Ask for ‘Mercy’

  09-03-2022 22:46 via nytimes.com
  
  A judge must decide whether to send the actor to prison after a jury convicted him last year of falsely reporting that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime in 2019.
  
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• Disqualification of Lingít Wearable Arts entry sparks talk of racism and exclusion in Juneau art scene - KTOO

  09-03-2022 22:39
  
  Disqualification of Lingít Wearable Arts entry sparks talk of racism and exclusion in Juneau art scene  KTOO
  
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• The 8 Best Booths at Art Dubai

  09-03-2022 21:48 via artnews.com
  
  Dialed back versions of art events of all kinds have become the norm during Covid. The Art Dubai fair, whose latest edition opens to the public this Friday, bucks that trend with its biggest edition yet. The picturesque city-within-a-city Madinat Jumeirah is currently host over 100 galleries, 30 of whom are participating for the first time at the fair. Around half of those exhibitors are from the global south.
  The 2022 the event is sandwiched between two conferences at the nearby Sharjah Art Fou
  
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• Australian Museum Forced to Close Just a Month After Opening Due to Heavy Rains

  09-03-2022 21:01 via artnews.com
  
  Australia has been battered by heavy rains and flash flooding these past weeks, resulting in mass evacuations and the loss of life. Amid the chaos, Australian cultural museums have also been effected. ArtsAsiaPacific reports that the Bundanon museum in New South Wales’s Shoalhaven region, which just opened last month after years of Covid-related delays, has been forced to close. As a result, the museum also had to cancel its Impulse Festival, which is led by Indigenous community members.
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• Review: The Virtuoso Sara Mearns Considers Other Virtuosities

  09-03-2022 20:28 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Piece of Work” at the Joyce, Mearns dives into collaborations with choreographers outside the ballet world, including Jodi Melnick and Beth Gill.
  
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• Dorothea Tanning’s Enigmatic Art Journeys Beyond Surrealism in a New Show at Kasmin 

  09-03-2022 20:20 via artnews.com
  
  “Dorothea Tanning: Doesn’t the Paint Say It All?,” a show currently on view at New York’s Kasmin gallery, takes its name from the artist’s 1987 memoir, Birthday. When Tanning finished painting, she tried to articulate her process of art-marking. She made it sound like an ecstatic and humbling experience: “The beleaguered canvas is on the floor. Colors are merging… The tubes are in disorder, their caps lost, their labels smeared with wrong colors. O
  
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• Hermitage Foundation UK Suspends Support of St. Petersburg Museum

  09-03-2022 20:19 via artnews.com
  
  The Hermitage Foundation UK, a charity which supports the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, has halted its relationship with the Russian flagship, amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
  A statement on the foundation’s website reads: “We are deeply shocked by the events in Ukraine and have suspended all our activities with immediate effect and cancelled all scheduled events. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Ukraine.”
  Based in London, the foundation was establish
  
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• Volodymyr Zelensky Is Playing the Role of His Life

  09-03-2022 19:59 via nytimes.com
  
  In his TV sitcom and now at war, Ukraine’s actor-president has modeled an idea of leadership that is very different from Vladimir Putin’s.
  
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• Who Will Win This Year’s Wild Best Actress Race?

  09-03-2022 19:48 via nytimes.com
  
  There are cases to be made for and against every contender, and no one has an obvious advantage in this upended season.
  
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• Tony Awards to Announce Prizes in June at Radio City Music Hall

  09-03-2022 19:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The 75th ceremony, honoring plays and musicals staged on Broadway, resumes its traditional calendar after a few years of pandemic disruption.
  
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• Met Museum’s Deaccession Picasso Sculpture Expected to Fetch $30 M. at Christie’s in May

  09-03-2022 19:21 via artnews.com
  
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is selling a valuable bronze cast of a woman’s head by Pablo Picasso, dated to 1909, at Christie’s this May. The museum said that it is deaccessioning the early piece, which is the first sculpture the artist ever produced in his Cubist-style and has been in the collection for more than two decades, because it owns another version of the same work that was recently donated by Leonard Lauder, one of the world’s top collectors of Cubist a
  
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• Christie’s Middle East Chairman Leaves as Department Is Scaled Back

  09-03-2022 19:21 via artnews.com
  
  Christie’s Middle East chairman Michael Jeha is departing from his position at the auction house’s Dubai headquarters this month. Jeha told the Art Newspaper, which first reported the news, that move was made “on behalf of his family,” and that he will relocate to London. A replacement for Jeha was not named.
  Jeha, who was born in Lebabon and grew up in London, has spent 23 years at Christie’s in various positions. He played a key role in building out Christie&rsquo
  
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• An Artist and Met Museum Guard Whose New Work Is About Pay: Her Own

  09-03-2022 18:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Emilie Lemakis’s project of making buttons that show the wages and years of service of museum guards has taken on an extra resonance as their union pushes for a raise.
  
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• Dayanita Singh Wins Hasselblad Foundation’s $206,500 Photography Prize

  09-03-2022 18:30 via artnews.com
  
  With her biggest survey to date set to open at Berlin’s Gropius Bau museum later this month, Dayanita Singh has won one of the world’s top photography prizes. On Wednesday, the Hasselblad Foundation said that Singh had won its 2022 Hasselblad Prize, which this year comes with 2 million Swedish krona, or about $206,500—a sum that’s about two times bigger than the amount awarded in past years.
  Singh, who is based in New Delhi, is the first artist of South Asian descent to w
  
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• Going Green

  09-03-2022 18:26 via artnews.com
  
  It’s often said that houseplants are popular among millennials because our generation faces so much economic and housing precarity that plants are the most practical way to satisfy our human impulse to care for other living things. For “A Green New Deal,” his 2020 solo exhibition at Participant Inc. in New York, artist Conrad Ventur built off this idea, mapping myriad other connections between plant care and contemporary concerns about climate, politics, and the economy. The sh
  
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• Cities and States Are Easing Covid Restrictions. Are Theaters and the Arts Next?

  09-03-2022 18:24 via nytimes.com
  
  Cultural institutions face tough decisions: Is it safe to drop mask and vaccine requirements, and would doing so be more likely to lure audiences back or keep them away?
  
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• Visual Arts — March 9 - Brainerd Dispatch

  09-03-2022 18:15
  
  Visual Arts — March 9  Brainerd Dispatch
  
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• ‘Woman’ Is an Ambitious Attempt to Capture Four Centuries of Being Female

  09-03-2022 18:05 via nytimes.com
  
  Lillian Faderman’s exhaustive survey of American history comes up to the present but stops short of engaging with today’s charged gender debates.
  
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• Geffen Hall’s $550 Million Makeover Is Fully Funded

  09-03-2022 18:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The New York Philharmonic’s home will reopen in October, a year and a half ahead of schedule, after construction was accelerated during the pandemic.
  
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• Cities and States Are Easing Covid Rules. Should the Arts Follow?

  09-03-2022 17:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Cultural institutions face tough decisions: Is it safe to drop mask and vaccine requirements, and would doing so be more likely to lure audiences back or keep them away?
  
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• Cities and States Are Easing Covid Restrictions. Are Theaters and the Arts Next? - The New York Times

  09-03-2022 17:43
  
  Cities and States Are Easing Covid Restrictions. Are Theaters and the Arts Next?  The New York Times
  
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• The Linda Lindas and Their Ferocious, Joyful Power

  09-03-2022 16:27 via nytimes.com
  
  Fueled by punk conviction (and snacks), this all-girl, school-age band is ready to release its debut album, “Growing Up,” nearly a year after its song “Racist, Sexist Boy” went viral.
  
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• Leslie Jones Gets Revved Up by Vinyl, Live Tweeting and ‘Euphoria’

  09-03-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Sometimes even Leslie Jones doesn’t want to be Leslie Jones. That’s why her new comedy series, “Our Flag Means Death,” checks all of the boxes.
  
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• Radio Drama for a Podcast Age: How Amazon’s Audible Moved Into Theater

  09-03-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A company known for audiobooks is mounting starry live productions — and recording them, too.
  
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• Actor and Gallery Owner Conrad Janis Dies, Pussy Riot Member Combines Crypto and Activism, and More: Morning Links for March 9, 2022

  09-03-2022 13:59 via artnews.com
  
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  THE RIOT CONTINUES. Fresh off helping to raise about $7.1 million through the sale of an NFT of the Ukrainian flag, and amid the crackdown on free speech in Russia, Nadya Tolokonnikova, a member of the activist-art group Pussy Riot, talked with the Guardian about the war in Ukraine, protesting under Vladimir Putin, and Unico
  
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• The Grimanis of Venice Share Their Treasures Again

  09-03-2022 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The family’s art collection, donated for public view centuries ago, has come back home.
  
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• ‘The Godfather’ Explained in Seven Quotes

  09-03-2022 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The film’s lines have become part of our collective memory. Seven writers, directors and actors look back at the movie and what these words mean to them.
  
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• Al Pacino Looks Back at His Breakthrough Role in ‘The Godfather’

  09-03-2022 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Fifty years later, the actor looks back on his breakthrough role: how he was cast, why he skipped the Oscars and what it all means to him now.
  
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• A New Source of Support for Indigenous Art

  09-03-2022 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The Forge Project, based in the Hudson Valley, is Becky Gochman’s initiative to raise the profile of the artists and find homes for their work in collections and museums.
  
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• With ‘The Godfather,’ Art Imitated Mafia Life. And Vice Versa.

  09-03-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Federal wiretaps and Mob insiders suggest that many real-life wiseguys turned to the 1972 film for inspiration, validation and cues on how to speak and act and dress.
  
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• ‘We Wanted to Be in Combat Zones. We Were as Courageous as the Men.’

  09-03-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A new exhibition in Paris spotlights the work of eight female photographers who documented wars over the course of 75 years.
  
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• The Art of Acquisition

  09-03-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The illustrator Pierre Le-Tan, himself a passionate collector, wrote about others who shared his habit. Now his book is being published in English.
  
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• Looking Beyond Disaster for Clues to Contemporary Life

  09-03-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Two South Korean artists collaborate to explore a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world.
  
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• India’s Art History United in a Single Source

  09-03-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Encyclopedia of Indian Art, arriving online next month, aims to be comprehensive and yet accessible to experts and students of all kinds.
  
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• For This Art Collector, Owning Isn’t Everything

  09-03-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Through her foundation for contemporary art, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza has turned a family passion into collaborations with artists.
  
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• Young artists' work on display at Nickel Plate Arts in Noblesville – Hamilton County Reporter - ReadTheReporter.com

  09-03-2022 09:10
  Young artists' work on display at Nickel Plate Arts in Noblesville – Hamilton County Reporter  ReadTheReporter.com
  
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• JMU honors the late Dr. George Sparks in student arts celebration benefiting scholarships - JMU - James Madison University

  09-03-2022 09:00
  JMU honors the late Dr. George Sparks in student arts celebration benefiting scholarships - JMU  James Madison University
  
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• Jimmy Fallon Rags on America’s Gas Problem

  09-03-2022 07:33 via nytimes.com
  
  “Gas prices are so high, the Indy 500 was just changed to the Indy 5,” Fallon joked.
  
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• Kentucky Arts Council to host virtual Arts Day(s) celebration March 16-18; registration now open - User-generated content

  09-03-2022 06:39
  Kentucky Arts Council to host virtual Arts Day(s) celebration March 16-18; registration now open  User-generated content
  
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• Augusta Heritage Center earns Governor's Arts Award | News, Sports, Jobs - The Inter-Mountain

  09-03-2022 06:11
  
  Augusta Heritage Center earns Governor's Arts Award | News, Sports, Jobs  The Inter-Mountain
  
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• Remembering Nancy Lukasiewicz, Founding Director of the Lyndon House Arts Center - Flagpole - Flagpole Magazine

  09-03-2022 06:08
  
  Remembering Nancy Lukasiewicz, Founding Director of the Lyndon House Arts Center - Flagpole  Flagpole Magazine
  
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• New Exhibits at Piedmont Arts: A closer look at Appalachia and the mystery of moths - Greensboro News & Record

  09-03-2022 06:00
  New Exhibits at Piedmont Arts: A closer look at Appalachia and the mystery of moths  Greensboro News & Record
  
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• New arts center official outlines plans | Local News | rockymounttelegram.com - Rocky Mount Telegram

  09-03-2022 06:00
  New arts center official outlines plans | Local News | rockymounttelegram.com  Rocky Mount Telegram
  
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• Berkeley Arts Council March classes to begin | Journal-news - Martinsburg Journal

  09-03-2022 05:00
  Berkeley Arts Council March classes to begin | Journal-news  Martinsburg Journal
  
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• Christie's And City College Center For The Arts Join Forces For Benefit Auction - Broadway World

  09-03-2022 04:54
  
  Christie's And City College Center For The Arts Join Forces For Benefit Auction  Broadway World
  
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• Olympia voters could raise sales tax for arts - KING5.com

  09-03-2022 04:10
  
  Olympia voters could raise sales tax for arts  KING5.com
  
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• Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council awards $155355 in grants - Rochester Post Bulletin

  09-03-2022 04:07
  
  Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council awards $155355 in grants  Rochester Post Bulletin
  
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• Review: ‘The Chinese Lady’ Casts a Long Look at Hate

  09-03-2022 04:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Lloyd Suh’s play is a riff on the arrival of the real Afong Moy, possibly the first woman from China in the United States, and a lens on contemporary racism.
  
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• Baruch Performing Arts Center Presents Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY - Broadway World

  09-03-2022 02:42
  
  Baruch Performing Arts Center Presents Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY  Broadway World
  
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