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• ‘Sacred Cloth’ pride flag is moving to Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in wake of Club Q shooting - KKTV

  06-12-2022 23:48 via news.google.com
  ‘Sacred Cloth’ pride flag is moving to Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in wake of Club Q shooting  KKTV
  
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• Philly Pops fun is going away. What happens next for the arts is serious business. - The Philadelphia Inquirer

  06-12-2022 22:29 via news.google.com
  Philly Pops fun is going away. What happens next for the arts is serious business.  The Philadelphia Inquirer
  
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• Denver School of the Arts needs more money to start expanding, diversifying - Chalkbeat Colorado

  06-12-2022 22:29 via news.google.com
  Denver School of the Arts needs more money to start expanding, diversifying  Chalkbeat Colorado
  
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• Natural History Museum Names College Leader as New Chief

  06-12-2022 22:22 via nytimes.com
  Sean M. Decatur, the president of Kenyon College and a biophysical chemist, will become the museum’s first Black leader when he succeeds Ellen V. Futter.
  
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• Artifacts from Met Trustee’s Collection Seized in New York

  06-12-2022 22:14 via artnews.com
  U.S. authorities have seized Greek and Roman antiquities from Shelby White, a New York philanthropist who sits on the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The group of artifacts recovered as part of the seizure are estimated to be worth $20 million. The Art Newspaper first reported news of the seizure.More than 20 works of art were recovered from White’s residence. According to a statement from White’s representative, Fraser Seitel, she is cooperating with the probe and has agree
  
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• A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century

  06-12-2022 21:57 via nytimes.com
  The documentary “Framing Agnes” uses transcripts to tell the story of an anonymous woman who became the subject of a series of landmark interviews.
  
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• Egypt’s Great Pyramids and Sphinx Could be Lost to Climate Change, Experts Warn

  06-12-2022 21:52 via artnews.com
  Egypt’s world-famous antiquities, including the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids of Giza, could be lost to climate change by the end of the century, experts warn. Rising sea levels caused by climate change threaten to flood Egypt’s archaeological sites, including the ancient temple complex in Luxor and most of Alexandria, Egypt’s largest city, which was built below sea level in 331 B.C.E. by Alexander the Great. Hussein Abdel Basir, director of the Antiquities Museum at
  
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• How to Mint a Holiday Hit

  06-12-2022 21:39 via nytimes.com
  Grabbing a piece of the lucrative holiday market requires planning, luck and the occasional battle with a seasoned superstar like Mariah Carey.
  
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• Wake the Arts at WFU to celebrate the launch of 'ArtCities' | Wake Forest News - Wake Forest News

  06-12-2022 21:21 via news.google.com
  Wake the Arts at WFU to celebrate the launch of 'ArtCities' | Wake Forest News  Wake Forest News
  
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• UW Establishes New Center For Arts And Humanities - Sheridan Media

  06-12-2022 21:04 via news.google.com
  UW Establishes New Center For Arts And Humanities  Sheridan Media
  
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• Potomac State honors Whitehill for continuous support of the arts - WV News

  06-12-2022 20:52 via news.google.com
  Potomac State honors Whitehill for continuous support of the arts  WV News
  
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• Restitution Organization Sues to Keep Smithsonian’s Benin Bronzes From Returning to Nigeria

  06-12-2022 20:15 via artnews.com
  The New York–based organization Restitution Study Group (RSG) is spearheading a lawsuit against the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. to stop the return of the museum’s 29 Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The group argues that returning the bronzes denies the descendants of enslaved people in America the chance to experience their heritage.On October 11, ownership of the 29 pieces was legally transferred from the Smithsonian to the Nigerian Commission for Museums and Monuments, whil
  
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• Artbound's 'Con Safos' Wins Two National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards - KCET

  06-12-2022 20:13 via news.google.com
  Artbound's 'Con Safos' Wins Two National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards  KCET
  
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• Quick Picks: Upcoming arts events in Concord area - Concord Monitor

  06-12-2022 20:05 via news.google.com
  Quick Picks: Upcoming arts events in Concord area  Concord Monitor
  
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• Collector and Sanctioned Russian Magnate Mikhail Fridman Is Investigated in London

  06-12-2022 20:01 via artnews.com
  Russian financial mogul and arts philanthropist Mikhail Fridman was the subject of a police probe carried out by a .U.K. agency overseeing international crime last week. Fridman was detained on charges related to money-laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud, the Russian state news agency TASS reported. In a statement on December 3, U.K. authorities identified the 58 year-old businessman, and TASS subsequently added his name to its reporting. Fridman was later released on bail.He amassed a for
  
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• ‘The Brightest Thing in the World’ Review: Falling in Love, While Loving Heroin

  06-12-2022 19:56 via nytimes.com
  An addiction and recovery tale wrapped in a romantic comedy, Leah Nanako Winkler’s play insists on acknowledging the messy coexistence of joy and pain.
  
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• Clip Studio Paint Rolls Back Plans to Offer AI Tools Following Artist Backlash

  06-12-2022 19:51 via artnews.com
  Clip Studio Paint, one of the most popular software programs for digital illustration, has nixed its new artificial intelligence “Image Generator palette” after widespread backlash from its users. Clip Studio Paint announced the new AI image generator tool on November 29. Only three days later, the company announced that it had dropped the feature. “After the initial announcement, we received a lot of feedback from the community and will no longer implement the image generator
  
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• 12 Montgomery arts programs awarded grants from Council on the Arts - Montgomery Advertiser

  06-12-2022 19:48 via news.google.com
  12 Montgomery arts programs awarded grants from Council on the Arts  Montgomery Advertiser
  
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• Kanye West Faces the Potential Loss of Another Prized Asset: His Honorary Degree

  06-12-2022 19:29 via artnews.com
  A petition posted to Change.org on December 1 is calling on School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SIAC) to withdraw the honorary doctorate given to rapper Kanye West in 2015, Artnet News reported Monday.The list of losses West has undergone for his recent spate of antisemitic statements is not short: Adidas, Balenciaga and Christie’s have all severed ties with the 2024 presidential hopeful. The loss in revenue from his Adidas deal, which was worth about
  
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• Michelle Dorrance’s Former Student Takes Over as Composer

  06-12-2022 19:25 via nytimes.com
  After years of friendship and collaboration, Aaron Marcellus is writing the music for a new dance by Michelle Dorrance, his former tap teacher.
  
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• Estonia Becomes the First Country to Reveal 2024 Venice Biennale Pavilion Plans

  06-12-2022 19:21 via artnews.com
  While the 2022 Venice Biennale has only just closed, plans are already shaping up for the 2024 edition of the world’s most biggest recurring art show. On Tuesday, Estonia became the first country to reveal details of its 2024 Venice Biennale pavilion. Artist Edith Karlson is lined up to represent the country, whose pavilion was commissioned this year by Maria Arusoo, the director of Tallinn’s Estonian Center for Contemporary Art.Karlson’s pavilion is not yet titled, althou
  
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• One Work: Black Power Naps’s “Chill Pill (Rockabye Baby)”

  06-12-2022 18:50 via artnews.com
  While galleries and museums provide physical and figurative spaces for contemplation, they are rarely sites for real rest. In their collaboration as Black Power Naps, Fannie Sosa and Navild Acosta offer a place to reflect and settle with the rocking, circular bed of Chill Pill (Rockabye Baby), 2022. Currently on view in the exhibition “Indisposable: Tactics for Care and Mourning” at the Ford Foundation Gallery, the installation creates a cozy corner in the black-walled gall
  
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• Science & Arts professor to be featured in solo art show in New York City - Chickasha Express Star

  06-12-2022 18:45 via news.google.com
  Science & Arts professor to be featured in solo art show in New York City  Chickasha Express Star
  
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• ‘Stomp’ to Close in New York in January

  06-12-2022 18:29 via nytimes.com
  The long-running stage show has been a part of the city’s theatrical landscape for nearly 29 years.
  
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• Arts Council Announces Arts and Cultural Grants for the Community - Yes! Weekly

  06-12-2022 18:10 via news.google.com
  Arts Council Announces Arts and Cultural Grants for the Community  Yes! Weekly
  
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• The Joyce Announces a Diverse Spring Season

  06-12-2022 18:00 via nytimes.com
  The 16 weeks of programming will feature new and returning dance companies from the United States and around the world.
  
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• Book Review: ‘The McCartney Legacy’ by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair

  06-12-2022 17:52 via nytimes.com
  “The McCartney Legacy” follows the superstar from the last gasp of the Beatles to “Band on the Run.” It’s 700 pages — and only the first volume planned.
  
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• QF'S D'REESHA PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL TO HIGHLIGHT ARAB CULTURE DURING WORLD CUP - Yahoo Finance

  06-12-2022 17:51 via news.google.com
  QF'S D'REESHA PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL TO HIGHLIGHT ARAB CULTURE DURING WORLD CUP  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Community Access for the Arts hires James Totten and Miranda Nichols - Berkshire Eagle

  06-12-2022 17:49 via news.google.com
  Community Access for the Arts hires James Totten and Miranda Nichols  Berkshire Eagle
  
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• In ‘Willow,’ Warwick Davis Revives the ‘Role That Gave Me Everything’

  06-12-2022 17:32 via nytimes.com
  The 1988 film “Willow” turned Davis into a “proper actor,” he said, and changed his life. A new series on Disney+ picks up the story decades later.
  
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• Review: In ‘Orlando,’ Emma Corrin Straddles Genders and Centuries

  06-12-2022 17:19 via nytimes.com
  In a freewheeling London adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel, Corrin plays a character whose emotions are as fluid as their identity.
  
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• "Winter Wonderland" with Arts & Crafts - Sunday - mysouthborough

  06-12-2022 16:49 via news.google.com
  "Winter Wonderland" with Arts & Crafts - Sunday  mysouthborough
  
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• Review: "Philip Guston Now" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Glasstire

  06-12-2022 16:42 via news.google.com
  Review: "Philip Guston Now" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston  Glasstire
  
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• Curse Words Around the World Have Something in Common (We Swear)

  06-12-2022 16:31 via nytimes.com
  These four sounds are missing from some of the seven words you can never say on television, and the pattern prevails in other languages too, researchers say.
  
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• Sleigh Bells Ring, Everyone’s Streaming: Christmas Music Is Back

  06-12-2022 15:43 via nytimes.com
  Grabbing a piece of the lucrative holiday market requires planning, luck and the occasional battle with a seasoned superstar like Mariah Carey.
  
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• The Met Takes a Deep Dive Into van Gogh’s Cypress Trees

  06-12-2022 15:30 via nytimes.com
  Forty landmark paintings and drawings by the Dutch master include “The Starry Night” — on loan from MoMA — and “Wheat Field With Cypresses.”
  
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• $10 M. Gift for the Met, Whitney Maps Edward Hopper’s New York, and More: Morning Links for December 6, 2022

  06-12-2022 14:01 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesMUSEUM BULLETINS. Major museums in the United States made little headway in diversifying their collections between 2008 and 2020, according to a study by art journalists Julia Halperin and Charlotte Burns, the Art Newspaper reports. Robert Stein, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s deputy director, has been na
  
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• Jordan-Matthews High School arts raffle, Siler City, until Dec. 14 - Asheboro Courier Tribune

  06-12-2022 12:00 via news.google.com
  Jordan-Matthews High School arts raffle, Siler City, until Dec. 14  Asheboro Courier Tribune
  
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• Is This Elephant Bothering You?

  06-12-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  “Pests,” by Bethany Brookshire, examines our relationships with the animals we’ve come to loathe. It’s not just the usual suspects — rats, pigeons and rabbits.
  
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• Best Movies of 2022

  06-12-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Amid endless agonizing over the State of Cinema, the actual releases proved a bounty for film lovers, whether fans of the art house or the multiplex.
  
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• 11 Ways I Escaped Reality This Year

  06-12-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Our critic was haunted, in a good way, by the performances she saw in movies, theater and TV that offered glimpses into other worlds.
  
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• 10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection

  06-12-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  For our critic-at-large, “Fat Ham,” “Severance,” “A Strange Loop” and “Sandman” were some of the places she found truth and transcendence.
  
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• Trevor Noah Takes on Trump’s Attempt to Terminate the Constitution

  06-12-2022 08:24 via nytimes.com
  “There was no proof of a conspiracy to help defeat Donald Trump,” Noah said. “But you know who doesn’t care about any of that? Donald Trump.”
  
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• School of Art Launches Master of Arts in Art History Graduate Program - University of Arkansas Newswire

  06-12-2022 07:10 via news.google.com
  School of Art Launches Master of Arts in Art History Graduate Program  University of Arkansas Newswire
  
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• Kirstie Alley, Emmy-Winning ‘Cheers’ Actress, Dies at 71

  06-12-2022 03:42 via nytimes.com
  She also starred in the NBC sitcom “Veronica’s Closet,” which aired from 1997 to 2000.
  
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• Review: ‘The Far Country’ Brings a Neglected History Closer

  06-12-2022 03:00 via nytimes.com
  Early 20th-century San Francisco and Guangdong, China, overlap in Lloyd Suh’s artful examination of the emotional price of immigration.
  
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• Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Spotlights a Morose Neil Diamond

  06-12-2022 01:51 via nytimes.com
  In the new Broadway show, Will Swenson plays the superstar, who seems perpetually dissatisfied, as if on a quest — but for what?
  
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• New Book by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie Explores the Link Between Conflict and Creativity

  06-12-2022 00:53 via artnews.com
  What good can art do? As the world appears to spiral out of control, a rising tide of authoritarianism swells here and abroad. Acts of astonishing bravery in places like Ukraine and Iran are met with crushing violence, while implacable forces drive an ever-widening wedge between those who wield power and those who are subjected to it. Related Articles Weeding and Seeding Histories: Walid Raad at Paula CooperSharjah Biennial Names Over 150 Artists for Long-Awaited Okwui Enwezor–Conceiv
  
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• Lost Illusions: From Trompe l’Oeil to Cubism

  06-12-2022 00:24 via artnews.com
  The inventors of Cubism, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, replaced perspective with a new kind of pictorial space: instead of receding into the distance, their paintings seemed to advance toward the viewer in a series of overlapping planes. In 1911 they supplemented representation with simulation, adding stenciled letters and patches of wood-graining to their paintings. In 1912 they glued actual strips of newspaper, wallpaper, and other materials to the surfaces. Their colleague Juan Gris went
  
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