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• SZA Matches Adele With Six Straight Weeks at No. 1

  23-01-2023 22:53 via nytimes.com
  
  “SOS,” the latest album by the R&B singer, once again tops the Billboard album chart, matching the streak of Adele’s “30.”
  
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• Photography Curator Pleads Not Guilty to Child Pornography Charges and Attempted Enticement of a Minor

  23-01-2023 22:24 via artnews.com
  
  Writer, photography curator, and painter Efrem Zelony-Mindell recently pleaded not guilty in the Federal District Court in Manhattan after they were arrested by the FBI and charged by the U.S. District Attorney’s office last month. Zelony-Mindell is accused of attempted enticement of a 9-year-old boy, as well as possession and distribution of child pornography. He allegedly attempted to engage in sexual activity with a 9-year-old boy using the messaging platforms Scruff and Telegram. The F
  
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• Heirs Sue Guggenheim to Recover Storied Picasso Painting, Citing ‘Wrongful Possession’

  23-01-2023 22:17 via artnews.com
  
  The heirs of a German Jewish collector persecuted during World War II are taking legal action to recover ownership of a painting by Pablo Picasso that now resides in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The descendants believe the painting is worth up to $200 million.According to a lawsuit filed against the museum in a Manhattan court on Friday, relatives of the original owners, Karl Adler and Rosi Jacobi, and a group of Jewish nonprofits sought the return of Picasso’s 1904
  
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• Drake: Rap’s Biggest Fan

  23-01-2023 21:52 via nytimes.com
  
  Hip-hop can sometimes discourage rappers from openly embracing their heroes, but Drake wears his enthusiasms loudly and, this past week, literally.
  
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• TEFAF New York Names 91 Exhibitors for 2023 Edition

  23-01-2023 21:45 via artnews.com
  
  TEFAF New York has named the 91 galleries that will participate in its upcoming 2023 edition, slated to take place May 12–16, with a VIP preview on May 11, at the Park Avenue Armoy.A number of blue-chip enterprises from around the world are lined up to participate, including David Zwirner, Gagosian, Pace, Gladstone Gallery, Gallery Hyundai, Lisson, Kamel Mennour, Massimo DeCarlo, Mnuchin Gallery, Perrotin, Thaddaeus Ropac, and White Cube. Additionally, 13 galleries will participate for the
  
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• ‘Sugar Daddy’ Review: The Grief Comes Out in Laughs

  23-01-2023 20:55 via nytimes.com
  
  In his show about mourning his boyfriend, the comedian Sam Morrison confronts overwhelming loss with punch lines and panache.
  
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• Georgetown Arts and Culture Board awards grants for 2023 Round I ... - City of Georgetown Texas

  23-01-2023 20:54 via news.google.com
  Georgetown Arts and Culture Board awards grants for 2023 Round I ...  City of Georgetown Texas
  
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• Orlando Museum of Art Placed on Probation by Top Museum Accreditor After Basquiat Scandal

  23-01-2023 20:52 via artnews.com
  
  Still recovering its credibility after the headline-making FBI raid of its blockbuster Basquiat exhibition last year, the Orlando Museum of Art has been placed on probation by the American Alliance of Museums.Commonly called the AAM, it is one of the most prominent museum accreditation groups in the nation. The AAM monitors the conduct of more than 5,000 museums and facilitates partnerships among its members; expulsion from the group can have severe consequences for an institution’s abilit
  
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• The Philip Guston Hoard: A Boon or Overkill?

  23-01-2023 20:33 via nytimes.com
  
  The gift of 220 artworks from the artist’s foundation to the august Metropolitan Museum of Art seems at odds with the institution it hopes to become.
  
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• Thief Who Stole Picasso and Mondrian from Greece’s National Art Gallery in ‘Heist of the Century’ Recieves Suspended Sentence

  23-01-2023 20:32 via artnews.com
  
  A 50-year-old man who was accused of stealing three artworks from Greece’s National Gallery in Athens in January 2012 received a suspended prison sentence of six years on Friday.The works stolen included Pablo Picasso’s painting Head of a Woman (1934), Piet Mondrian’s painting Stammer Windmill with Summer House (1905), and Guglielmo Caccia’s sketch St. Diego de Alcala in Ecstasy with the Holy Trinity and the Symbols of Passion.The man, Giorgos Sarmantzopoulos, was found g
  
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• Thief Who Stole Picasso and Mondrian from Greece’s National Art Gallery in ‘Heist of the Century’ Receives Suspended Sentence

  23-01-2023 20:32 via artnews.com
  
  A 50-year-old man who was accused of stealing three artworks from Greece’s National Gallery in Athens in January 2012 received a suspended prison sentence of six years on Friday.The works stolen included Pablo Picasso’s painting Head of a Woman (1934), Piet Mondrian’s painting Stammer Windmill with Summer House (1905), and Guglielmo Caccia’s sketch St. Diego de Alcala in Ecstasy with the Holy Trinity and the Symbols of Passion.The man, Giorgos Sarmantzopoulos, was found g
  
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• $20 Million Worth of Looted Art Returns to Italy From the U.S.

  23-01-2023 20:18 via nytimes.com
  
  The authorities of the two countries have worked together to round up statues, vases and bronzes, some of which had appeared in American museums.
  
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• Two Presidential Fellows named in the arts and humanities - AroundtheO

  23-01-2023 20:01 via news.google.com
  
  Two Presidential Fellows named in the arts and humanities  AroundtheO
  
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• Minimalist Sculptor Robert Grosvenor Leaves New York’s Paula Cooper Gallery After More Than 50 Years

  23-01-2023 20:00 via artnews.com
  
  Artist Robert Grosvenor, a sculptor who recently appeared in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale, has left the roster of New York’s Paula Cooper Gallery, bringing an end to a representation deal that has lasted more than 50 years.Grosvenor, who is now in his mid-80s, is associated with the Minimalist art movement. He currently has an exhibition on view at Paula Cooper, as well as another running concurrently at New York’s Karma gallery, which lists Grosvenor on its roster. He&
  
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• He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback.

  23-01-2023 19:44 via nytimes.com
  
  The tenor Limmie Pulliam, who made his debut at Carnegie Hall on Friday, hopes to break barriers for larger artists.
  
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• A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise

  23-01-2023 19:08 via nytimes.com
  
  In 2020, she released a lauded album exploring the Coltranes’ music. The next year, she broke her jaw in a crash and turned the harrowing experience into inspiration for a new LP, “Phoenix.”
  
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• A Mass Burial of Decapitated Roman Remains Discovered in England

  23-01-2023 17:54 via artnews.com
  
  Archaeologists working on Roman and Iron Age settlements in Wintringham, a town near York, England, discovered a number of decapitated skeletons, according to a report by BBC Saturday.The team, which hailed from Oxford Archaeology, found 17 skeletons dating back to the third century C.E.. 11 of the skeletons had their skulls positioned at their feet. The skeletons were also buried with pottery, a customary burial practice of the time.“These results add greatly to our understanding of the l
  
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• Machu Picchu Closed as Peru Faces Widespread Anti-Government Protests

  23-01-2023 17:52 via artnews.com
  
  The Peruvian Ministry of Culture closed Machu Picchu on Saturday, in a direct result of the anti-government protests that have swamped the country following former President Pedro Castillo’s impeachment and imprisonment for trying to dissolve Congress, according to the Associated Press.Over 400 visitors were stuck at the the UNESCO World Heritage site, and left unable to get out. More than 300 of them foreigners, tourism minister Luis Fernando Helguero said at a news conference. On Sa
  
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• Calendar: Every Major Art Fair Taking Place in 2023

  23-01-2023 17:44 via artnews.com
  
  After the pandemic disrupted the art world’s fair calendar, last year saw the steady resumption of these events as normal, with some permanently switching their dates as well as the launch of two new fairs. This year will see the inauguration of two major fairs in Asia: ART SG, which opened the art fair calendar last week in Singapore, and Tokyo Gendai, set to launch in nearby Yokohama in July.Below, a look at the most important fairs taking place this year.
  
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• Marion Meade, Biographer Behind Dorothy Parker Revival, Dies at 88

  23-01-2023 17:35 via nytimes.com
  
  Her 1988 book put an Algonquin wit back in circulation. She also wrote about Eleanor of Aquitaine, the suffragist Victoria Woodhull and Woody Allen.
  
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• Edward Pressman, Film Producer Who Bet on Unsung Talent, Dies at 79

  23-01-2023 17:30 via nytimes.com
  
  He took on Oliver Stone, Terrence Malick, Kathryn Bigelow and other directors just starting out. His name was on “Hoffa,” “American Psycho,” “Conan the Barbarian” and many more films.
  
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• What Makes a Good Arts District? - Hyperallergic

  23-01-2023 15:57 via news.google.com
  
  What Makes a Good Arts District?  Hyperallergic
  
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• ‘Room’ Will Be Staged on Broadway, Starring Adrienne Warren

  23-01-2023 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Emma Donoghue adapted the show from her best-selling 2010 novel; she also wrote the screenplay for the 2015 film.
  
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• ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap: Exit Through the Gift Shop

  23-01-2023 14:19 via nytimes.com
  
  This week brought a more in-depth look at post-apocalyptic Boston as well as more details about what exactly has happened to the planet.
  
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• Institution-Building in the Global South: Roobina Karode of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in New Delhi

  23-01-2023 14:09 via artnews.com
  
  For the annual Art in America Guide, published in print in January, the editors spoke to five directors of notable museums and institutions—Adriano Pedrosa of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo; Ibrahim Mahama of the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art, Tamale, Ghana; Sharmini Pereira of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka; Hoor Al Qasimi of the Sharjah Art Foundation; and Roobina Karode of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi—about their work in and arou
  
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• E-News | This week at the College of Creative Arts - WVU ENews

  23-01-2023 14:07 via news.google.com
  
  E-News | This week at the College of Creative Arts  WVU ENews
  
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• Athens Art Thief Gets Suspended Sentence, Detroit van Gogh Suit Dismissed, and More: Morning Links for January 23, 2023

  23-01-2023 14:00 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesCOURTHOUSE DISPATCHES. The man who stole three paintings from Greece’s National Gallery out of what he called “a passion for art” received a suspended sentence of six years, Kathimerini reports. Giorgos Sarmantzopoulos had admitted to stealing pieces by Picasso, Mondrian, and Guglielm
  
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• Samuel West Takes Comfort in D&D, Mendelssohn and Ron Swanson’s Whiskey

  23-01-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The British actor, who appears in “All Creatures Great and Small” and “Slow Horses,” talks about bird-watching, history podcasts and why he stands up for rats.
  
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• Elin Hilderbrand’s Fans Take Nantucket

  23-01-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This month, hundreds of Elin Hilderbrand’s fans flocked to her freezing cold island to dance, shop, do yoga and drink espresso martinis with their favorite author. Why?
  
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• Book Review: ‘The Guest Lecture,’ by Martin Riker

  23-01-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Martin Riker’s novel “The Guest Lecture” details a tortured night inside the head of a young economist.
  
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• What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘American Masters: Roberta Flack’

  23-01-2023 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The ABC reality dating show returns for its 27th season, and the PBS series looks at the singer Roberta Flack.
  
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• Nam June Paik Documentary at Sundance Offers an Incisive Look at a Rarely Seen Side of Pioneering Video Artist’s Life

  23-01-2023 05:09 via artnews.com
  
  Amanda Kim’s new documentary Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV starts somewhere in the middle. It’s the 1950s, and within the first 20 minutes, we see the artist tranquilly playing a piano composition by Arnold Schoenberg, the Austrian composer who ushered in a new kind of musical modernism. It’s hardly the Paik most people know.Paik’s wild videos, sculptures, and performances exude a madcap creativity that’s all too rare these days. And so it feels like a relief
  
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• ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 2: Exit Through the Gift Shop

  23-01-2023 04:01 via nytimes.com
  
  This week brought a more in-depth look at post-apocalyptic Boston as well as more details about what exactly has happened to the planet.
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley Gets Royal Tribute at Graceland

  23-01-2023 02:30 via nytimes.com
  
  At Graceland, family and friends gave a royal tribute to Lisa Marie Presley, whose life at times seemed to personify the dark streak of her father’s music.
  
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