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• Three Rivers Arts Festival leaving Point State Park, to center on Cultural District - WTAE Pittsburgh

  15-03-2022 23:28
  Three Rivers Arts Festival leaving Point State Park, to center on Cultural District  WTAE Pittsburgh
  
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• The Sounds of Ukrainian Pop

  15-03-2022 23:28 via nytimes.com
  
  A conversation about some of the country’s stars, the musical traditions they work within and how they have grappled with the war.
  
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• Maureen Howard, Novelist Who Traced Women’s Challenges, Dies at 91

  15-03-2022 22:41 via nytimes.com
  
  In well-reviewed works like “Natural History” and “A Lover’s Almanac,” she was intent, a fellow writer said, on “making the novel do and hold more.”
  
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• Colorado Business Committee for the Arts honors those who use art as a tool for resilience - Colorado Springs Gazette

  15-03-2022 22:05
  Colorado Business Committee for the Arts honors those who use art as a tool for resilience  Colorado Springs Gazette
  
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• U.S. Museum Donors Among Biden Appointees to Arts Committee

  15-03-2022 21:46 via artnews.com
  
  Museum donors and private business owners with ties to the cultural sector across the country are among the 14 people designated by Joe Biden to serve on the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts (PACA), a board formed in 1958 that advises on programming for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The 14 people being tapped for the presidential committee include board members of major art institutions in Los Angeles, Houston, and New York, as well as figures active in the D.C. politica
  
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• U.S. Museum Donors Among Biden Appointees to Arts Committee - ARTnews

  15-03-2022 21:46
  
  U.S. Museum Donors Among Biden Appointees to Arts Committee  ARTnews
  
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• New York cancels prestigious summer arts training program this year - Times Union

  15-03-2022 21:26
  
  New York cancels prestigious summer arts training program this year  Times Union
  
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• Directors of L.A.’s Underground Museum Depart as Noah Davis Show Shutters Early

  15-03-2022 20:48 via artnews.com
  
  The Underground Museum, a nonprofit gallery and cultural center in Los Angeles, said on Tuesday that it would close its current exhibition of museum cofounder Noah Davis’s paintings early. Also in that announcement was news that the museum’s co-directors, Meg Onli and Cristina Pacheco, would be stepping down from their roles. Onli had joined as director just two months ago.
  “For now, we ask that everyone give us the space and privacy needed to understand the future of the museu
  
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• Excellence in Literary Arts - wittenberg.edu

  15-03-2022 20:40
  
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• Mandy Patinkin Finds Healing in Refugee Work and Praying With His Dog

  15-03-2022 20:17 via nytimes.com
  
  Right when the actor thought he’d done almost everything, Ken Burns offered him the role of Benjamin Franklin, and, just maybe, held off an early retirement.
  
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• Timmy Thomas, Singer Whose Biggest Hit Was an Antiwar Anthem, Dies at 77

  15-03-2022 19:45 via nytimes.com
  
  His “Why Can’t We Live Together” rose to the top of the Billboard charts in 1973. He could never match its success.
  
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• Nasser Alzayani Wins Louvre Abu Dhabi’s $50,000 Richard Mille Art Prize

  15-03-2022 19:39 via artnews.com
  
  The Louvre Abu Dhabi has named Bahraini American artist Nasser Alzayani as the winner of its inaugural Richard Mille Art Prize, which carries a $50,000 cash award. Rather than keeping the money all to himself, however, he is planning to share it equally among himself and the six shortlisted artists.
  The seven artists, drawn from a regional open call, currently have work on display in the first entry in the museum’s new exhibition series “Art Here.” Launched in 2021 in partnersh
  
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• Gala Porras-Kim’s Fluid Conversation on Dry Conservation

  15-03-2022 19:01 via artnews.com
  
  In Precipitation for an Arid Landscape (2021), recently on view at Amant Foundation in Brooklyn, Los Angeles–based artist Gala Porras-Kim proposes an alternative practice of care for cultural artifacts. The project revisits the dredging of a sacred Mayan sinkhole in the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico, the Chichén Itzá cenote, believed to be a portal between the earth and the underworld as well as the temporary dwelling of Chaac, the Mayan god of rain. Over a period of abo
  
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• Russian Artists Lose the Tools of Their Trades as Companies Pull Out

  15-03-2022 18:45 via nytimes.com
  
  Creative professionals have been cut off from Western clients and from the products and services they use to make, market and get paid for their work.
  
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• The Best Precut Mats for Seamlessly Displaying Your Artwork

  15-03-2022 18:00 via artnews.com
  
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  A mat adds polish and protection when displaying artwork, a photograph, or a document in a frame. It not only provides separation between the image and the glass but also acts as a visual border that sets off the image and enhances its appearance. Choosing a precut mat that fits into a standard-size frame is an easy and affordable alternative to expensive custo
  
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• Metropolitan Opera’s Concert Honors Ukraine

  15-03-2022 17:53 via nytimes.com
  
  A concert to benefit relief efforts featured a young Ukrainian singer, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the Met’s prima donna of the moment.
  
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• Ukraine’s National Anthem Reverberates Around the World

  15-03-2022 17:51 via nytimes.com
  
  “Ukraine’s glory hasn’t perished,” begins the anthem, which is being played by orchestras worldwide as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
  
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• National Gallery of Victoria Reveals Design for Massive Contemporary Art Space

  15-03-2022 17:49 via artnews.com
  
  The National Gallery of Victoria in Australia has offered a first look at its long-awaited contemporary art space. On Tuesday, the museum unveiled designs for the site, titled the National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary building, which is set to be the centerpiece of a $1.2 billion overhaul of the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in Southbank.
  The design for the new 140,000-square-foot space will be done by the Sydney-based firm Angelo Candalepas and Associates, which was picked to oversee the
  
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• Review: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine

  15-03-2022 17:23 via nytimes.com
  
  A concert to benefit relief efforts featured a young Ukrainian singer, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the Met’s prima donna of the moment.
  
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• Former NFL Player Keith Rivers Takes Up Curating with New York Show: ‘There’s Always an Opportunity to Change Your Course’

  15-03-2022 17:21 via artnews.com
  
  Right now, as soon as the elevator doors open onto the Flag Art Foundation’s ninth-floor space in the Chelsea Arts Tower, you’re confronted with what at first seems like an unusual pairing: a 2019 hard-edged abstraction in green, blue, and orange by Carmen Herrera next to an undated wall-hung sculpture by Sonia Gomes. The two artist’s approach to art-making in many ways couldn’t be further apart, but when seen side by side, the affinities become clear.
  This pairing is rev
  
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• Collector Nicolas Berggruen to Open Second Venice Space in 18th-Century Palazzo

  15-03-2022 17:00 via artnews.com
  
  As the art world prepares to flock to Venice for this year’s Biennale next month, collector Nicolas Berggruen has revealed plans to open a second space there. After acquiring the Casa dei Tre Oci on the island of Giudecca through his Los Angeles–based Berggruen Institute last year, he’s now bought the Palazzo Diedo, an 18th-century structure that once hosted an aristocratic family.
  Berggruen is hoping that the Palazzo Diedo will become a crucial component of the city’s ar
  
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• Anna Deavere Smith Among Winners of Arts Academy Prizes - Bloomberg

  15-03-2022 16:37
  Anna Deavere Smith Among Winners of Arts Academy Prizes  Bloomberg
  
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• 50 Years Ago, James Brown Took an Unlikely Stage: Rikers Island

  15-03-2022 16:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The story of how the Godfather of Soul ended up performing at the New York jail involves a dogged Board of Correction employee who knitted her way to the musician’s attention.
  
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• Suspected MoMA Attacker Arrested in Philadelphia

  15-03-2022 16:29 via artnews.com
  
  Gary Cabana, a man who the New York Police Department said stabbed two employees at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this past Saturday, has been arrested in Philadelphia.
  On Tuesday morning, the NYPD said that Cabana had been apprehended by Philadelphia police, though an investigation is still ongoing. Steve Keeley, a reporter for Philadelphia’s Fox 29, said on Twitter that Cabana had been detained outside a Greyhound bus station at around 1:30 a.m.
  The NYPD previously said that Caban
  
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• ‘Josep’ Review: Escaping a Civil War

  15-03-2022 15:15 via nytimes.com
  
  The French cartoonist known as Aurel animates the life of the Catalan illustrator Josep Bartolí, who lived in French internment camps and loved Frida Kahlo.
  
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• Pritzker Prize Goes to Architect From West Africa

  15-03-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Using indigenous materials and local symbols, Francis Kéré makes buildings that serve the community he came from.
  
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• For ‘Take Me Out,’ Jesse Williams Trades Scrubs for Cleats

  15-03-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The former “Grey’s Anatomy” star is making his Broadway debut in “Take Me Out.” For that, he said, “I needed to go into a very unknown place.”
  
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• After Grey’s Anatomy, Jesse Williams Takes the Stage

  15-03-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The former “Grey’s Anatomy” star is making his Broadway debut in “Take Me Out.” For that, he said, “I needed to go into a very unknown place.”
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo, BTS and Billie Eilish to Perform at Grammys

  15-03-2022 14:17 via nytimes.com
  
  The 64th annual awards ceremony, the second in a row to be delayed by the pandemic, will be held in Las Vegas on April 3.
  
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• Swiss Institute Names Director, Dealer Association Pushes Back on Regulation Talk, and More: Morning Links for March 15, 2022

  15-03-2022 13:14 via artnews.com
  
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  THE WAR IN UKRAINE. Arts Council England recommended that arts groups in the country suspend partnerships with Russian organizations in light of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, ArtReview reports. Museums in many countries have been rescinding loans to Russia in recent weeks. One new example: All 10 European entities contributing
  
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• ARTnews Travel Offers an Insider’s Look at the Los Angeles Art Scene

  15-03-2022 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  A LOOK AT LOS ANGELES ART5 Days | November 2–6, 2022
  Step into the embrace of the hot Los Angeles art scene, from world-renowned museums to emerging visionaries. Join Art Market Monitor editor and former ARTnews editorial director Marion Maneker for insightful, exclusive access to arts districts, private museum and collection tours, and other context-rich experiences only possible with ARTnews.
  Unveil L.A.’s complexity with ARTnews-selected stops for a discerning audience. For exampl
  
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• ‘The Last Mountain’ Review: Impossible Summits

  15-03-2022 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This documentary from Chris Terrill struggles to make emotional sense of its story, involving a mother and a son who both died on climbs.
  
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• Gary Cabana, Suspect in MoMA Stabbing, Arrested in Philadelphia

  15-03-2022 10:59 via nytimes.com
  
  The New York police had released video that they said showed the suspect, Gary Cabana, attacking workers at the Museum of Modern Art on Saturday.
  
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• Wildfires, Secrets and Struggles in a Hidden California

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In her new novel, “Mecca,” Susan Straight creates a wide and deep view of a dynamic, multiethnic Southern California.
  
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• Two Women Related by Blood, Strained by Money, Split by Hardship

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Elena Medel’s debut novel, “The Wonders,” explores daily life in Spain beyond the tourist clichés.
  
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• The People Who Draw Rocks

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Alps’ glaciers are melting, and these Swiss cartographers have work to do.
  
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• The Disaster That Is Venezuela

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  William Neuman’s “Things Are Never So Bad That They Can’t Get Worse” recounts the recent decline of Venezuela — and how that decline is continuing.
  
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• Is Love Enough to Save a City?

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Kelsey Ronan’s debut novel, “Chevy in the Hole,” follows a budding romance between opposites amid a civic crisis.
  
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• ‘In the Margins’ Offers a Path Into Elena Ferrante’s Mind

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In pieces both philosophical and practical, the pseudonymous author shares her conceptions of writing and reading.
  
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• In ‘Drowning Practice,’ a Dreamlike Vision of the End of the World

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In Mike Meginnis’s new novel, everybody on earth has the same dream that the world will end soon.
  
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• His Life Was Too Boring for a Memoir. So He Wrote Ireland’s.

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “We Don’t Know Ourselves,” Fintan O’Toole reckons with a life spent in a wildly changing homeland.
  
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• Book Review: ‘Vagabonds!’ by Eloghosa Osunde

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Eloghosa Osunde’s “Vagabonds!” is set in the Nigerian capital, where homosexuality is punished by law.
  
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• Book Review: ‘True Biz,’ by Sara Novic

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Sara Novic’s new novel, “True Biz,” takes readers beyond the hearing world.
  
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• Book Review: ‘The Fruit Thief,’ by Peter Handke

  15-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In his novel “The Fruit Thief,” the Austrian Nobel laureate tells us not just the story but the conditions from which it emerged.
  
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• New Data Show Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Arts & Culture Sector - National Endowment for the Arts

  15-03-2022 08:00
  
  New Data Show Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Arts & Culture Sector  National Endowment for the Arts
  
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• Gadsden Arts congratulates student art competition award winners - Tallahassee Democrat

  15-03-2022 08:00
  Gadsden Arts congratulates student art competition award winners  Tallahassee Democrat
  
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• Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Presents Glendale Memories with Paul Ignatius | News - City of Glendale, CA (.gov)

  15-03-2022 06:33
  Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Presents Glendale Memories with Paul Ignatius | News  City of Glendale, CA (.gov)
  
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• Trevor Noah Talks Tom Brady’s Un-Retirement

  15-03-2022 06:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Noah joked that Brady’s leaving the N.F.L. was like Charlie Sheen’s leaving “Two and a Half Men”: “Yeah, there were still two and a half men but which men? Not men we cared about.”
  
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• Ucranianos en EE. UU. parten a su país para defenderlo

  15-03-2022 02:42 via nytimes.com
  
  The conductor, Julian Wachner, denied the allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2014. The church said it had not verified the accusation, but fired him for behavior “inconsistent with our expectations.”
  
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