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• Ponca City Arts Festival underway - Kay NewsCow

  23-09-2022 23:08 via kaynewscow.com
  Ponca City Arts Festival underway  Kay NewsCow
  
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• Works by Vincent van Gogh, Lucian Freud, Jasper Johns, Gustav Klimt Unveiled as Part of Paul Allen Collection, Valued at $1 B.

  23-09-2022 22:57 via artnews.com
  Works by Vincent van Gogh, Lucian Freud, Jasper Johns, Gustav Klimt, Georgia O’Keefe, and other major artists have been revealed to be part of the $1 billion collection of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen that will be auctioned at Christie’s this fall.News of Allen’s estate coming to auction was first reported in August. The tech mogul, who died in 2018 at the age of 65, was notoriously discreet about his collection. Details of Allen’s art holdings and where the collection
  
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• Love and Death in Paris, With an Assist From Star-Crossed Verona

  23-09-2022 22:26 via nytimes.com
  Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project presents a “Romeo and Juliet” with same-sex lovers. And at Paris Opera Ballet, Alan Lucien Oyen goes Bauschian.
  
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• Longview arts groups get $128K in state grants - Longview News-Journal

  23-09-2022 22:00 via news-journal.com
  Longview arts groups get $128K in state grants  Longview News-Journal
  
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• An Art Gallery Founded By Famous Art World Heirs Is Opening in the Former CBGB Spot

  23-09-2022 21:35 via artnews.com
  New York City mourned when famed rock club CBGB closed in 2006. The legendary home of rock and roll, punk, and dance, CBGB was where Johnny Rotten went to cope with the breakup of the Sex Pistols and where the Police and Patti Smith began their careers, often singing for a mostly empty club. When the space was taken over by men’s clothing brand John Varvatos two years later, many New Yorkers saw it as emblematic of the endless gentrification of the East Village. But rejoice!Art gallery Spa
  
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• A Gallery Founded By Famous Art World Heirs Is Opening in the Former CBGB Spot

  23-09-2022 21:35 via artnews.com
  New York City mourned when famed rock club CBGB closed in 2006. The legendary home of rock and roll, punk, and dance, CBGB was where Johnny Rotten went to cope with the breakup of the Sex Pistols and where the Police and Patti Smith began their careers, often singing for a mostly empty club. When the space was taken over by men’s clothing brand John Varvatos two years later, many New Yorkers saw it as emblematic of the endless gentrification of the East Village. But rejoice!Art gallery Spa
  
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• Delaware Division of the Arts Announces 2022-2023 POETRY OUT LOUD Poetry Recitation Contest - State of Delaware News - news.delaware.gov

  23-09-2022 21:25 via news.delaware.gov
  Delaware Division of the Arts Announces 2022-2023 POETRY OUT LOUD Poetry Recitation Contest - State of Delaware News  news.delaware.gov
  
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• ArtSci Roundup: Kicking the school year off with the arts - University of Washington

  23-09-2022 21:09 via washington.edu
  ArtSci Roundup: Kicking the school year off with the arts  University of Washington
  
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• Guggenheim Museum Nixes Closely Watched $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize

  23-09-2022 20:50 via artnews.com
  The Guggenheim Museum in New York will no longer award the prestigious Hugo Boss Prize, the museum told ARTnews Friday. The closely-followed biannual award has elevated the profile of numerous artists and comes with a $100,000 monetary prize and often an exhibition at the museum.The Hugo Boss Prize was established in 1996 by the Guggenheim Museum in partnership with the fashion brand Hugo Boss to honor “outstanding achievement in contemporary art, celebrating the work of remarkable artists
  
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• ArtSci Roundup: Kicking the school year off with the arts - washington.edu

  23-09-2022 20:46 via washington.edu
  ArtSci Roundup: Kicking the school year off with the arts  washington.edu
  
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• Collage Artist Deborah Roberts Sues Fellow Artist, Gallery Claiming ‘Willful Copyright Infringement’

  23-09-2022 20:45 via artnews.com
  Deborah Roberts, a well-known collage artist based in Austin, Texas, is suing artist Lynthia Edwards, who is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and her Brooklyn gallery, Richard Beavers Gallery, as well as the gallery’s owner Richard Beavers, for copyright infringement. Roberts has alleged that Edwards deliberately copied Roberts’s artistic style to create work that would confuse potential buyers.In the complaint, Roberts alleges that Edwards and her gallery engaged in “willful copy
  
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• Ukrainian Museum in New York Appoints Peter Doroshenko as New Director

  23-09-2022 20:35 via artnews.com
  The Ukrainian Museum in New York announced Friday that Peter Doroshenko will be its new director.Prior to his appointment at the Ukrainian Museum, Doroshenko served as the director of the Dallas Contemporary, a contemporary art museum in Dallas, Texas, for 11 years. Doroshenko has also served as director at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in the United Kingdom, the Institute of Visual Arts in Milwuakee, and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent, Belgium. Doroshenko also served
  
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• Ryan Grantham of ‘Riverdale’ Sentenced to Life for Mother’s Murder

  23-09-2022 20:16 via nytimes.com
  Grantham, who also appeared in the film “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” had pleaded guilty earlier this year. He will be eligible for parole after 14 years.
  
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• Is Little Amal Getting Lost in New York?

  23-09-2022 20:15 via nytimes.com
  The hottest celebrity in town right now is an enchanting 12-foot-tall Syrian refugee puppet. She’s drawing masses of admirers, but that’s not always a good thing.
  
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• Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author Known for ‘Wolf Hall,’ Dies at 70

  23-09-2022 19:58 via nytimes.com
  The two-time Booker Prize-winning author was known for “Wolf Hall” and two other novels based on the life of Thomas Cromwell.
  
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• Birthday Messages to Celebrate Lives, Not Mourn Police Killings

  23-09-2022 19:50 via nytimes.com
  The “1-800 Happy Birthday” digital voice mail project is transformed into an exhibition in Brooklyn, and welcomes visitors.
  
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• The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.

  23-09-2022 19:36 via nytimes.com
  The German mega-show Documenta closes this weekend. Whatever comes next, it will never be what it was before.
  
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• Review: Dressed Up in Saran Wrap and Ready to Dance

  23-09-2022 19:35 via nytimes.com
  The South African choreographer Robyn Orlin mixes culture and politics with the help of the stunning performance artist Albert Silindokuhle Ibokwe Khoza.
  
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• Martial arts instructor accused of raping, sexually assaulting kids - KAIT

  23-09-2022 19:24 via kait8.com
  Martial arts instructor accused of raping, sexually assaulting kids  KAIT
  
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• Irwin Glusker, 98, Dies; Gave American Heritage Its Distinctive Look

  23-09-2022 19:20 via nytimes.com
  A veteran art director, he was best known for his work at the lavish magazine of U.S. history that became a fixture in dens across the country.
  
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• Arkansans for the Arts Hosting Arts Advocacy Day at State Capitol - neareport.com

  23-09-2022 19:17 via neareport.com
  Arkansans for the Arts Hosting Arts Advocacy Day at State Capitol  neareport.com
  
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• Lynn Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s’ Is the Most-Staged Play in America

  23-09-2022 19:15 via nytimes.com
  An annual survey, suspended during the pandemic, resumes and finds theaters nationally doing fewer shows and torn between escapism and ambition.
  
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• Octagon Center for the Arts holds 51st art festival in Ames on Sunday - Ames Tribune

  23-09-2022 19:11 via amestrib.com
  Octagon Center for the Arts holds 51st art festival in Ames on Sunday  Ames Tribune
  
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• Huntington Beach State Park hosts 47th Annual Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival - wpde.com

  23-09-2022 19:05 via wpde.com
  Huntington Beach State Park hosts 47th Annual Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival  wpde.com
  
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• Fine Arts Association gets grant to provide creative arts therapy - The News-Herald

  23-09-2022 19:02 via news-herald.com
  Fine Arts Association gets grant to provide creative arts therapy  The News-Herald
  
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• Día de los Muertos Festival at Mesa Arts Center Oct. 22-23 - Daily Independent

  23-09-2022 18:32 via yourvalley.net
  Día de los Muertos Festival at Mesa Arts Center Oct. 22-23  Daily Independent
  
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• Archaeologists Discovered 7,000-Year-Old Structure Older Than Stonehenge or Pyramids of Giza

  23-09-2022 18:28 via artnews.com
  Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have discovered a 7,000-year-old circular structure measuring approximately 180 feet in diameter, Radio Prague International reported earlier this month.The structure, known as a roundel, dates to the Neolithic period and archaeologists believe it was constructed between 4900 B.C.E. and 4600 B.C.E. The roundel, and others like it in Europe, are considered to be the oldest massive structures in Europe.For comparison, construction on Stonehenge is believed to s
  
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• Poundbury, England: The Town That Charles Built

  23-09-2022 18:06 via nytimes.com
  Before King Charles III inherited Britain’s throne, he was a prince with strong views on architecture. Poundbury is where he tried to put them into practice.
  
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• ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ Season 1, Episode 5: Misty Mountain Hop

  23-09-2022 17:49 via nytimes.com
  This week’s installment is the grandest in scale so far, with a running time to match. Here are five takeaways from the episode.
  
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• Red Hot Chili Peppers Honor Eddie Van Halen, and 10 More New Songs

  23-09-2022 17:42 via nytimes.com
  Hear tracks by Margo Price, Jamie xx, the Comet Is Coming and others.
  
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• Kennesaw's Smith Gilbert Gardens receives Georgia Council of the Arts Grant - Cobb County Courier

  23-09-2022 17:35 via cobbcountycourier.com
  Kennesaw's Smith Gilbert Gardens receives Georgia Council of the Arts Grant  Cobb County Courier
  
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• Newton Harrison, a Founder of the Eco-Art Movement, Dies at 89

  23-09-2022 16:42 via nytimes.com
  He and his wife produced work that blended marine biology, agriculture, urban planning and activism and that tackled, early on, the effects of climate change.
  
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• What Art Lovers Should See in Mexico City, One of the World’s Top Art Destinations

  23-09-2022 16:23 via artnews.com
  To say Mexico City is a great place to experience art would be a substantial understatement. Not only has it produced one of the world’s most beloved painters, Frida Kahlo, but it has consistently stood at the forefront of various international art movements for more than a century.But the city’s artistic standing — as well as that of Mexico in general — suffers from misapprehensions derived largely from the region’s rather notorious reputation. At best it’s o
  
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• Hilary Mantel Books, Reviews and Interviews: A Reading Guide

  23-09-2022 16:23 via nytimes.com
  Mantel’s body of work spanned memoir, short stories, essays — and, of course, historical fiction. Here’s a guide to her writing.
  
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• Hilary Mantel Books, Reviews and Interviews: A Guide

  23-09-2022 16:23 via nytimes.com
  Mantel’s body of work spanned memoir, short stories, essays — and, of course, historical fiction. Here’s a guide to her writing.
  
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• Why Does Hollywood Keep Using Fat Suits?

  23-09-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  The industry’s unforgiving standards are well known. Can it pivot to include a range of sizes and body types?
  
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• Lena Dunham Channels a Voice of a (Different) Generation

  23-09-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  With “Catherine Called Birdy,” she tackles a beloved YA novel set in medieval England. It’s a project she had dreamed of since the start of “Girls.”
  
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• Sag Harbor Horror: Painter Eric Fischl’s New Series Mines The Nightmare That is Contemporary America

  23-09-2022 15:30 via artnews.com
  The bright side of America’s political polarization and neverending crises may be that it has provided ample creative fodder for painter Eric Fischl.Fischl, who has been making and showing figurative paintings since the ‘70s, has become a self-fashioned bard of American decline. In recent years, he has hewed to the news cycle: Shortly after Trump took office, he posted a painting to Facebook, fresh off the easel, that showed a boy curled into a fetal position wrapped in the American
  
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• Abel Selaocoe Finds a Home in Improvisation

  23-09-2022 15:23 via nytimes.com
  The classically trained South African cellist draws on musical traditions from across the globe for his debut album, “Where is Home (Hae Ke Kae).”
  
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• Opportunity Fund Supports International Arts Exchange, Brooklyn Exhibition - charlottenc.gov

  23-09-2022 15:08 via charlottenc.gov
  Opportunity Fund Supports International Arts Exchange, Brooklyn Exhibition  charlottenc.gov
  
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• Lorne Michaels Discusses the ‘Year of Reinvention’ Coming to ‘S.N.L.’

  23-09-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  The “Saturday Night Live” creator explains how the show is handling one of its biggest cast turnovers in decades and why he has no plans to retire.
  
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• Harvey Awards to Induct New Hall of Fame Members

  23-09-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  Neil Gaiman, Marjorie Henderson Buell, Gilbert Shelton and Roy Thomas will be honored for their comic book work at New York Comic Con on Oct. 7.
  
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• Christie’s Details Paul Allen Collection Sale, Duro Olowu’s Latest Curated Exhibition, and More: Morning Links for September 23, 2022

  23-09-2022 14:55 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesOPENING THE TREASURE CHEST. That’s how the New York Times describes its preview of Paul Allen’s storied art collection, which will head to auction this fall at Christie’s New York. More than 150 of them will be sold and are expected to bring in over $1 billion, as we learned last month. But at last, we k
  
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• Along with fall weather, autumn arts events return to campus - AroundtheO

  23-09-2022 14:00 via around.uoregon.edu
  Along with fall weather, autumn arts events return to campus  AroundtheO
  
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• After a $50 M. Gift to Celebrate 30 Years, Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies Looks Toward the Future

  23-09-2022 14:00 via artnews.com
  What makes a great patron? There are as many answers as there are great patrons in the institutional art world. Typically, financial support plays a major role. But a truly exceptional patron, according to Guggenheim Museum director Richard Armstrong, has the capacity to imagine the uncharted heights an institution can achieve.In a catalogue devoted to Marieluise Hessel’s art collection, Armstrong cites her as such a visionary. In 1990 Hessel cofounded the Center for Curatorial Studies at
  
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• Acaye Kerunen Joins Pace Gallery After Showing at Venice Biennale’s Award-Winning Ugandan Pavilion

  23-09-2022 13:00 via artnews.com
  Acaye Kerunen, whose work figures in the first-ever Ugandan Pavilion at the current Venice Biennale in Italy, has joined Pace, one of the most prominent galleries in the world.Alongside Pace, she joined Vienna’s Galerie Kandlhofer and Blum & Poe, which has galleries in Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo. A presentation of her work will appear at Pace’s Frieze London booth next month, followed by a feature in Blum & Poe’s Art Basel Miami Beach booth in December, a Galerie
  
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• Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70

  23-09-2022 12:51 via nytimes.com
  The two-time Booker Prize-winning author was known for “Wolf Hall” and two other novels based on the life of Thomas Cromwell.
  
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• How Much Would You Pay to Hear Great Music?

  23-09-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  With ticket prices for performing arts rising, could fresh approaches like pay-what-you-can increase access and foster more adventurous programming?
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel Jeers at Trump for Claiming to Declassify Documents With His Mind

  23-09-2022 07:58 via nytimes.com
  “Like Harry Whodummy,” Jimmy Kimmel quipped on Thursday night.
  
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• Review: “The Wind Rises” (Alma, Book 1) by Timothée de Fombelle

  23-09-2022 05:14 via nytimes.com
  A West African girl thrust from her family’s private Eden confronts awful truths on the high seas in Timothée de Fombelle’s “The Wind Rises.”
  
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