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• The Jussie Smollett Case Is Probably Far From Over, Analysts Say

  17-03-2022 23:11 via nytimes.com
  
  The Illinois appellate court that ordered Mr. Smollett’s release from jail often takes months, even years, to rule on cases, according to experts.,
  
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• Arts This Week: Wu's plan for the arts - GBH News

  17-03-2022 22:41
  
  Arts This Week: Wu's plan for the arts  GBH News
  
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• With Its Future Uncertain, the Humana Festival Will Not Return in 2022

  17-03-2022 22:34 via nytimes.com
  
  The showcase of work by contemporary American playwrights will not take place this year, either in person or online — and after that, it’s up in the air.
  
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• San Diego weekend arts events: Music for Ukraine, Jonny Alexander, 'Belonging,' Space 4 Art and more - KPBS

  17-03-2022 21:54
  
  San Diego weekend arts events: Music for Ukraine, Jonny Alexander, 'Belonging,' Space 4 Art and more  KPBS
  
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• A Show About European Identity Opens With a Backdrop of War

  17-03-2022 21:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Jasmina Cibic’s new exhibition explores the theatricality of nation building in Europe. She didn’t expect it to have such immediate contemporary relevance.
  
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• Quad City Arts’ Visiting Artist Series features folk, rock, jazz - WHBF - OurQuadCities.com

  17-03-2022 21:28
  Quad City Arts’ Visiting Artist Series features folk, rock, jazz  WHBF - OurQuadCities.com
  
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• How a New York Artist Used Her Work to Offer a Respite for Homeless Women During the ’90s

  17-03-2022 21:03 via artnews.com
  
  “I wanted to hold you close/and whisper ‘everything is/going to be alright’/but did’nt./Because…/We both knew; in our hearts,/it wouldn’t.” So go the closing lines of “Shelter Ladies” by Audrey Jackson, a homeless woman. The poem is included in the show “Art for Change: The Artist & Homeless Collaborative” at the New-York Historical Society, which explores the legacy and impact of artist Hope Sandrow’s public art initia
  
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• ‘The Life’ Review: Turning More Than a Few New Tricks

  17-03-2022 20:59 via nytimes.com
  
  Billy Porter brings a heavy-handed touch as the director and adapter of this 1997 musical about prostitutes and pimps in Manhattan’s bad old days.
  
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• Museum of Outdoor Arts to close in Englewood: Longstanding exhibit space faced pandemic upheaval, funding cuts - Englewood Herald

  17-03-2022 20:37
  
  Museum of Outdoor Arts to close in Englewood: Longstanding exhibit space faced pandemic upheaval, funding cuts  Englewood Herald
  
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• Artadia Names Three Winners of 2022 Los Angeles Awards

  17-03-2022 20:27 via artnews.com
  
  The New York–based nonprofit Artadia, which supports early-career visual artists nationwide through unrestricted grants, has named the 2022 winners of its awards in Los Angeles: dana washington-queen, Miller Robinson, and Esteban Ramón Pérez.
  dana washington-queen, a photographer and video artist, was selected as the Marciano Art Foundation Artdia Awardee, which carries a $25,000 cash prize; Robinson, who creates paintings, sculptures, and more, will receive $10,000 in fun
  
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• ‘Jane by Charlotte’ Review: A Mother-Daughter Duet

  17-03-2022 20:21 via nytimes.com
  
  Charlotte Gainsbourg makes her directorial debut with an elusive portrait of her mother, the French-English star Jane Birkin, at age 74.
  
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• Jonas Mekas, the Avant-Garde Filmmaker Who Tried to Tell the Truth

  17-03-2022 20:11 via nytimes.com
  
  An innovative retrospective of work by Jonas Mekas reveals the fundamental honesty of his “diary” films.
  
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• Rediscovered Canova Could Fetch $10.5 M. at Christie’s in July

  17-03-2022 20:09 via artnews.com
  
  A rediscovered 19th-century marble sculpture depicting Mary Magdalene in repose reattributed last year to Italian master Antonio Canova will be sold at auction this summer. Maddalena Giacente (Recumbent Magdalene) is heading to the block at Christie’s where it will be offered during an antiquities sale in London this July. There, it is expected to fetch a price between £5 million–£8 million ($6.5 million to $10.5 million). The auction is poised to set a new record for the
  
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• ‘More Than Robots’ Review: An International Battle

  17-03-2022 20:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Despite the movie’s title, robots are the subject and spectacle of this lighthearted film about a high school robotics competition.
  
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• Record-Breaking Picabia Painting Brings Sotheby’s Surrealism Sale to $37 M.

  17-03-2022 19:59 via artnews.com
  
  On Wednesday, Sotheby’s staged its first sale dedicated to Surrealist art. Held at the house’s Paris headquarters, the sale was a success, bringing in €33 million ($36.7 million) with premium, across 23 lots. The auction saw a near-perfect sell-through rate, with only one lot unsold, and achieved a total hammer price of €27.1 million ($30.1 million), narrowly surpassing its €26.3 million ($29.2 million).
  The sale comes as a new level of attention is paid to Surrealism,
  
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• Review: ‘The Medium’ Is Less a Message and More a Museum Piece

  17-03-2022 19:58 via nytimes.com
  
  This early 1990s play, based on the life of Marshall McLuhan, is being revived by the company that created it.
  
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• 30th Annual Celebration of the Arts at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, April 15-16 - Maui Now

  17-03-2022 19:54
  
  30th Annual Celebration of the Arts at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, April 15-16  Maui Now
  
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• ‘A Pandemic Notebook’ Review: Karole Armitage Presents Final Program of New Works

  17-03-2022 19:34 via nytimes.com
  
  In “A Pandemic Notebook,” the choreographer Karole Armitage presents her final program of new works. And, with Jock Soto, she returns to the stage.
  
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• 700-Year-Old Sarcophagus Discovered Beneath Notre-Dame Cathedral

  17-03-2022 19:21 via artnews.com
  
  Several ancient tombs, including a 14th-century lead sarcophagus, have been found beneath the floor of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, offering new insights into the history of Paris’s famed landmark. The discoveries were made during excavation works inside the church in anticipation of the reconstruction of the church’s spire, which collapsed during the 2019 blaze. A team of archaeologists was present to ensure the historic structure was not damaged during the survey.
  “The floor of
  
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• Review: A ‘Punk Ballerina’ Turns to Film and Fashion

  17-03-2022 19:12 via nytimes.com
  
  In “A Pandemic Notebook,” the choreographer Karole Armitage presents her final program of new works. And, with Jock Soto, she returns to the stage.
  
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• ‘Life & Beth’ Review: Further Inside Amy Schumer

  17-03-2022 19:10 via nytimes.com
  
  A Hulu series about a frustrated wine rep re-examining her past has connections to the comedian’s Long Island childhood.
  
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• Use the Best Fine-Tip Permanent Markers for Fine Detail

  17-03-2022 19:00 via artnews.com
  
  A fine-tip permanent marker is a staple item for any home, office, or classroom, whether for labeling, doodling, or taking notes. It is most commonly available in two sizes: the standard fine tip (1.0 millimeter) and the ultrafine tip (0.2 to 0.4 millimeter). The standard fine tip will give you a mark that is legible and easy to control and stands out from the page. The ultrafine tip works well for journaling, detailed drawing, or any situation where you want a line similar to that of a standard
  
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• Spanish Ministry of Culture Buys Cheesemaker’s 120,000 Work Collection of Avant-Garde Art

  17-03-2022 18:00 via artnews.com
  
  The Spanish Ministry of Culture confirmed today that it would purchase the impressive archive of avant-garde art collected by prominent Spanish businessman José María Lafuente, reported El País.
  “It is a private file with a public vocation,” Lafuente told El País. “And the time has come for the transfer to the hands of the State. This is the moment.”
  Known as the Lafunete Archive, the collection is compromised of 120,000 objects, 19,000 of whic
  
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• Inside Wexner Center for the Arts' 'To Begin, Again' - The Ohio State University News

  17-03-2022 18:00
  
  Inside Wexner Center for the Arts' 'To Begin, Again'  The Ohio State University News
  
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• Paris Blockbuster Featuring Impressionist Masterpieces from Russia Could Face ‘Problems’ with Returns

  17-03-2022 17:43 via artnews.com
  
  Parisians have turned out in droves to see the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s current exhibition of works owned by Ivan and Mikhail Morozov, two Russian patrons who, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, assembled a world-class collection of modern art. The 1 million people who have gone to the show so far have good reason for visiting it: most of the works on view rarely leave Russian institutions like the Pushkin Museum, the State Hermitage Museum, and the State Tretyakov Galleries.
  
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• Camille Norment Explores New Sonic Terrains at Dia Chelsea

  17-03-2022 17:41 via nytimes.com
  
  The composer and sculptor, born in America and based in Norway, presents two installations on the border of art and music.
  
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• Before I could start earning $10,000 a month, I had to do this, says side hustler with 10 income streams - Grow from Acorns + CNBC

  17-03-2022 17:25
  
  Before I could start earning $10,000 a month, I had to do this, says side hustler with 10 income streams  Grow from Acorns + CNBC
  
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• ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ Review: Keep the Family Close

  17-03-2022 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff manage a very busy household in the latest adaptation of the popular novel.
  
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• ‘Intregalde’ Review: Oh, Be Good!

  17-03-2022 16:58 via nytimes.com
  
  A Romanian satire charts what happens when some humanitarian aid workers set out to save others (and need to be saved themselves).
  
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• New Middle Grade Fiction From the Authors of ‘Wicked’ and ‘Knights vs. Dinosaurs’

  17-03-2022 16:57 via nytimes.com
  
  Gregory Maguire’s “Cress Watercress” and Matt Phelan’s “The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck” give talking animal tales new depth and take them to new heights.
  
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• ‘Ahed’s Knee’ Review: A Filmmaker’s Agony in the Desert

  17-03-2022 16:56 via nytimes.com
  
  Nadav Lapid’s new film, about a brooding director much like himself, is a howl of rage at the state of Israeli society.
  
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• ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Recap: Back to the Past

  17-03-2022 16:51 via nytimes.com
  
  “Star Trek” has historically been at its best when dabbling in time travel, and this week’s episode found it doing so again.
  
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• Michael Armitage, Painter of Poetic Visions of Kenya, Joins David Zwirner

  17-03-2022 16:43 via artnews.com
  
  Rising Kenyan-British painter Michael Armitage has joined blue-chip gallery David Zwirner, which is now planning an Armitage solo show in New York for 2024.
  With locations in New York, Hong Kong, London, and Paris, as well as a planned one in Los Angeles, David Zwirner is one of the biggest galleries in the world. Armitage joins a 69-person roster that includes touted painters like Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel, and Josh Smith.
  In its announcement, Zwirner said Armitage will continue to be represent
  
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• Rosalía Reserves the Right to Transform

  17-03-2022 16:40 via nytimes.com
  
  The Spanish pop singer, known for her reinvention of flamenco, has smashed together new sounds from the Latin world and beyond on her latest album, “Motomami,” out on Friday.
  
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• Rosalía, Back With the Album ‘Motomami,’ Sees No Boundaries

  17-03-2022 16:40 via nytimes.com
  
  The Spanish pop singer, known for her reinvention of flamenco, has smashed together new sounds from the Latin world and beyond on her latest album, “Motomami,” out on Friday.
  
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• Assassin Princesses, Magical Lakes and Warrior Jinn in New Y.A. Fantasy Novels

  17-03-2022 16:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Three new Y.A. fantasy novels — “Castles in Their Bones,” by Laura Sebastian; “Lakelore,” by Anna-Marie McLemore; and “This Woven Kingdom,” by Tahereh Mafi — blend romance and magic to tell enchanting tales.
  
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• Celebrating Ten Years in New York, Frieze Lines Up 66 Galleries for Upcoming May Edition

  17-03-2022 16:00 via artnews.com
  
  Frieze New York will bring together 66 galleries to the Shed for its upcoming edition, which is scheduled to run May 19–22, with an invitation-only preview day on May 18. The fair will once again host an online viewing room in conjunction with the physical fair, this time in partnership with AR platform Vortic.
  This year’s fair will have the same number of galleries as it did last year, when Frieze first took place at the Shed, an interdisciplinary arts venue in Hudson Yards. Edition
  
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• Olivia Munn Says a Martial Arts Lesson Helped Her Feel 'a Little More Like Myself' Postpartum - PEOPLE

  17-03-2022 15:21
  
  Olivia Munn Says a Martial Arts Lesson Helped Her Feel 'a Little More Like Myself' Postpartum  PEOPLE
  
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• Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe on ‘Lost City’

  17-03-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Their movie comedy will be under close scrutiny at the box office. But they aren’t fazed and have lots to say about that Brad Pitt cameo, “Magic Mike” and “Harry Potter.”
  
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• Bridget Riley, Abstract Painter, Through Her Own Eyes

  17-03-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Britain’s pre-eminent abstract painter looks anew at her career, from her black-and-white 1960s Op Art to her contemporary explorations with color.
  
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• ‘X’ Review: Trash, Art and the Movies

  17-03-2022 14:46 via nytimes.com
  
  Ti West’s latest is a slasher film about the making of a porno film, but the result might not be what you expect.
  
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• Woody De Othello’s Extraordinary Monuments to the Mundane

  17-03-2022 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Ahead of his inclusion in this year’s Whitney Biennial, the emerging sculptor reflects on the spiritual power of domestic spaces.
  
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• High School Invitational Exhibition opens April 8 in Lynchburg's Dillard Fine Arts Center - University of Lynchburg

  17-03-2022 14:00
  
  High School Invitational Exhibition opens April 8 in Lynchburg's Dillard Fine Arts Center  University of Lynchburg
  
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• Arts & Culture Newsletter: Flogging Molly brings road show to San Diego - The San Diego Union-Tribune

  17-03-2022 13:30
  
  Arts & Culture Newsletter: Flogging Molly brings road show to San Diego  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  
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• The 2nd Los Angeles Beverly Arts LABA Icon Charity Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills - 69News WFMZ-TV

  17-03-2022 13:15
  The 2nd Los Angeles Beverly Arts LABA Icon Charity Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills  69News WFMZ-TV
  
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• Creative Washtenaw issues $20k in regional arts grants - MLive.com

  17-03-2022 13:06
  
  Creative Washtenaw issues $20k in regional arts grants  MLive.com
  
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• Unique concert coming to Sunflower Performing Arts series – The Kansan - Newton Kansan

  17-03-2022 13:04
  
  Unique concert coming to Sunflower Performing Arts series – The Kansan  Newton Kansan
  
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• Picabia Sells for Record $11 M., Garden Statue IDed as $10.5 M. Canova, and More: Morning Links for March 17, 2022

  17-03-2022 13:00 via artnews.com
  
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  AUCTION ACTION. A 1929 painting by Francis Picabia that dealer Léonce Rosenberg commissioned for his Paris abode went for €10 million (about $11 million) during a sale of Surrealist art at Sotheby’s in the French capital city, setting a record for the artist at auction, the AFP reports. The wily a
  
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• Boulder Arts Week returns March 25 through April 2 - City of Boulder

  17-03-2022 13:00
  Boulder Arts Week returns March 25 through April 2  City of Boulder
  
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• Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published March 17 - Independent Record

  17-03-2022 13:00
  
  Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published March 17  Independent Record
  
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