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• Art Stars at the Grammys as Refik Anadol’s Designs Appear on Stage and a Nam June Paik Piece Is Referenced

  06-02-2023 23:45 via artnews.com
  
  Last night’s Grammy Awards featured two notable art-related elements: designs by Refik Anadol and a prominent allusion to a work by Nam June Paik.At the awards show, which was held in Los Angeles on Sunday, Beyoncé broke an industry record for the most Grammys won in the show’s history. Meanwhile, stadium-filling artists like Bad Bunny, Lizzo and Harry Styles were present to accept their awards against a stage design produced by Anadol, an ascendant media artist.Drawing from A
  
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• A Young, Local Collective Shines During Guadalajara’s Art Weekend With an Irreverent and Vulnerable Exhibition

  06-02-2023 23:16 via artnews.com
  
  For about as long as Mexico’s premier art fair, Zona Maco (now in its 21st year), has existed, there has been Guadalajara Art Weekend, or as it’s more familiarly called “Pre-Maco.” An hour away from Mexico City by plane, Guadalajara (often abbreviated to GDL) has a vibrant art scene that takes advantage of her larger sister city’s limelight to showcase it.This year’s edition was calmer than in past years, in part because the crowd that usually descends on Guad
  
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• Charlie Thomas, a Drifter Nearly All His Life in Song, Dies at 85

  06-02-2023 23:05 via nytimes.com
  
  He was heard on hits like “There Goes My Baby,” “Under the Boardwalk” and “Up on the Roof.” He kept singing them for decades.
  
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• Jesse Tyler Ferguson Tips His Cap to ‘Take Me Out’

  06-02-2023 22:55 via nytimes.com
  
  The actor, who won a Tony Award for playing a baseball star’s business manager in the Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg’s 2002 play, called the role the most personal of his career.
  
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• Charlie Thomas, a Singing Drifter Nearly All His Life, Dies at 85

  06-02-2023 22:14 via nytimes.com
  
  He was heard on hits like “There Goes My Baby,” “Under the Boardwalk” and “Up on the Roof.” He kept singing them for decades.
  
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• Jason Moran Pays Tribute to an Early Jazz Ancestor

  06-02-2023 22:06 via nytimes.com
  
  The album “From the Dancehall to the Battlefield” puts the music of James Reese Europe through a contemporary prism.
  
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• Ukrainian Art Dealer Found Guilty of Stealing Signac Painting, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

  06-02-2023 21:27 via artnews.com
  
  Ukrainian art dealer Vadym Huzhva has been sentenced to five years in prison by a judge in France for coordinating the theft of the Paul Signac painting Port de la Rochelle. The sentence also included punishment for the theft of four other works, including a Renoir, and a rare book from museums and auction houses in France, as well as an order to pay nearly €300,000 in damages.Huzhva had pled not guilty, telling the court, “You have no proof of your allegations.”The news was fir
  
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• Scholarship Actualizes Student's Dream of Studying the Arts in London - Georgian Court University

  06-02-2023 20:22
  
  Scholarship Actualizes Student's Dream of Studying the Arts in London  Georgian Court University
  
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• Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria Damage 2,000-Year-Old Gaziantep Castle and Other Heritage Sites

  06-02-2023 20:09 via artnews.com
  
  A number of heritage structures have been damaged after an earthquake hit central and southern Turkey and north-western Syria early Monday morning. That earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 7.8, was followed less than 12 hours later by a second earthquake of 7.5 magnitude in south-eastern Turkey. Over 1,200 people have been reported dead across Turkey and Syria, with thousands more injured, according to official reports. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claims that over 2,300 b
  
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• Kelly Taxter Named Deputy Director of New York’s Artists Space

  06-02-2023 19:35 via artnews.com
  
  Kelly Taxter has joined Artists Space, a storied New York alternative art space, as its deputy director. She takes the reins from Miriam Katzeff, who formerly held the post.“While I was still an art student in Boston in the 1990s, Artists Space was central to my understanding of art in New York City, as it’s remained ever since,” Taxter said in a statement. “So many of my mentors and friends have been an integral part of the organization’s history, and it’s an
  
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• Price family establishes major endowment at the Utah Museum of ... - @theU

  06-02-2023 19:01
  
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• Documenta Committee Issues Final Report on Antisemitism Controversy, Saying the Show Was ‘Echo Chamber’ for Anti-Israel Sentiment

  06-02-2023 18:57 via artnews.com
  
  Roughly four months after its most-recent edition ended, Documenta has released a final report on the repeated allegations of antisemitism that plagued the storied German art show’s 2022 exhibition. Reiterating claims made while the show was still on view, the scientific committee accused the curators and certain artists of exhibiting a clear antisemitic bias through works that promoted stereotypes and a negative view of Israel.The 133-page report, released to the public on Monday only in
  
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• Documenta Committee Issues Final Report on Anti-Semitism Controversy, Saying the Show Was ‘Echo Chamber’ for Anti-Israel Sentiment

  06-02-2023 18:57 via artnews.com
  
  Roughly four months after its most recent edition ended, Documenta has released a final report on the repeated allegations of anti-Semitism that plagued the storied German art show’s 2022 exhibition. Reiterating claims made while the show was still on view, the scientific committee accused the curators and certain artists of exhibiting a clear anti-Semitic bias through works that promoted stereotypes and a negative view of Israel.The 133-page report, released to the public on Monday only i
  
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• K-Pop Group Tomorrow X Together Ends SZA’s Seven-Week Run at No. 1

  06-02-2023 18:35 via nytimes.com
  
  The boy band topped the Billboard album chart for the first time thanks to an array of collectible CDs for sale.
  
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• The Essential Colette

  06-02-2023 18:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The author, considered by some to be the greatest French writer of her time, played with words and convention. Here’s where to start with her work.
  
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• Home-Cooked Spaghetti Dinners and a Glam Photo Shoot: Eight Unusual Oscar Bids

  06-02-2023 18:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The campaign on behalf of Andrea Riseborough is the latest to provoke controversy, but it’s hardly the most memorable.
  
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• How Questlove Pulled Off the Grammys’ Crowd-Pleasing Hip-Hop Tribute

  06-02-2023 18:10 via nytimes.com
  
  The Roots drummer and D.J. was tapped by the Recording Academy to fit 50 years of rap history into 15 minutes. For once, the awards show gave the genre a fitting spotlight.
  
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• How the Grammys Bring Rebels Into the Fold

  06-02-2023 17:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The awards show needs to build bridges between generations. That means convincing once-overlooked upstarts to show up as elders.
  
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• Book Review: ‘Up With the Sun,’ by Thomas Mallon

  06-02-2023 17:06 via nytimes.com
  
  In his name-dropping novel “Up With the Sun,” Thomas Mallon fictionalizes the minor career and tabloid murder of the Broadway actor Dick Kallman.
  
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• Institution-Building in the Global South: Sharmini Pereira of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka

  06-02-2023 17:00 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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• Fashion Designer Paco Rabanne Dies at 88, Paul Signac Thief Sentenced to Five Years, and More: Morning Links for February 6, 2023

  06-02-2023 14:15 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesPACO RABANNE, the inimitable Spanish fashion designer who made his name by constructing garments out of metal and plastic in the 1960s, and then built an empire selling fragrances, died on Friday, at 88, the New York Times reports. Rabanne’s many claims to fame include creating Jane Fonda’s instantly iconic outfit
  
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• Best and Worst Moments From the 2023 Grammys

  06-02-2023 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Questlove assembled a crash course in hip-hop history, Beyoncé made her priorities known and Kim Petras spoke from the heart at the 65th annual awards.
  
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• Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life

  06-02-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The author Mariana Enriquez deploys — and enjoys — horror conventions. But in “Our Share of Night,” she reminds readers that the violence we live with can be far more frightening.
  
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• Is Celebrity ‘Queer Baiting’ Really Such a Crime?

  06-02-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Even as gender and masculinity are more fluid than ever, it can still rankle when male stars co-opt traditionally gay codes and styles.
  
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• Hayley Williams Is Fueled by Teas, Thrifting and Terrifying Films

  06-02-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As Paramore releases its sixth album, “This Is Why,” the singer and songwriter chats about playing in a maturing band — and the music, mushrooms and tinctures that have aided that journey.
  
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• Book Review: ‘The Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3,” by Kira Yarmysh

  06-02-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A debut novel from Kira Yarmysh, a longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, offers an intimate look at political imprisonment.
  
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• Grammys 2023 Winners List: Harry Styles, Lizzo, Beyoncé and More

  06-02-2023 07:06 via nytimes.com
  
  Here are the winners of the 65th annual Grammy Awards.
  
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• Highlights From the 2023 Grammys: Beyoncé Makes History; Harry Styles and Lizzo Win

  06-02-2023 07:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé now has the record for the most Grammy wins ever, and Samara Joy and Bonnie Raitt also won top awards. A performance celebrated the forthcoming 50th anniversary of hip-hop.
  
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• What’s on TV This Week: ‘The 7 Toughest Days on Earth’ and Super Bowl LVII

  06-02-2023 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A new adventure series is on National Geographic, the Super Bowl airs on Fox, and President Biden delivers his second State of the Union address.
  
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• Beyoncé Makes History at a Star-Powered Grammy Ceremony

  06-02-2023 06:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé set a record for the most career Grammys won by any artist but was once again shut out of the biggest awards as the ceremony returned to a Los Angeles arena.
  
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• Beyoncé Makes History at a Star-Powered Grammy Awards Ceremony

  06-02-2023 06:16 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé set a record for the most career Grammys won by any artist but was once again shut out of the biggest awards as the ceremony returned to a Los Angeles arena.
  
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• Grammys 2023 Winners: See the Full List

  06-02-2023 05:56 via nytimes.com
  
  Here are the winners of the 65th annual Grammy Awards.
  
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• 2023 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé Makes History, and Harry Styles Wins Album of the Year

  06-02-2023 05:54 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé now has the record for the most Grammy wins ever, and Samara Joy, Lizzo and Bonnie Raitt won top awards. A performance celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.
  
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• 2023 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé Makes History, and Lizzo Wins Record of the Year

  06-02-2023 05:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé now has the record for the most Grammy wins ever. A performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop featured rappers from Grandmaster Flash to Lil Uzi Vert.
  
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• 2023 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé Makes History, and Hip-Hop Is Celebrated

  06-02-2023 05:11 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé now has the record for the most Grammy wins ever. A performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop featured a string of performances, from Grandmaster Flash to Lil Uzi Vert.
  
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• ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Is Honored With a Grammy

  06-02-2023 05:05 via nytimes.com
  
  Shervin Hajipour won in a new special merit category recognizing a song for social change. The song has become the anthem of protests that have swept through Iran in recent months.
  
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• Martial Arts Students Fight Global Warming by Planting Trees - ithaca.com

  06-02-2023 05:04
  Martial Arts Students Fight Global Warming by Planting Trees  ithaca.com
  
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• Grammys Celebrate Hip-Hop History, From Grandmaster Flash to Lil Uzi Vert

  06-02-2023 05:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The medley, curated by Questlove of the Roots, featured a taste of some two dozen songs from across decades, regions and movements.
  
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• Kim Petras, A Transgender Woman, Wins Grammy for Best Pop Duo Performance

  06-02-2023 04:29 via nytimes.com
  
  The German pop singer, who accepted the award with Sam Smith for “Unholy,” announced that she was the first transgender woman to win a Grammy in the best pop duo and group performance category.
  
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• 2023 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé Makes History With the Most Wins

  06-02-2023 04:26 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé now has the record for the most Grammy wins ever. Loretta Lynn, Takeoff and Christine McVie were memorialized; and Kim Petras and Sam Smith performed “Unholy.”
  
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• Beyoncé Has The Most Grammys Ever After Winning 32nd Award

  06-02-2023 04:20 via nytimes.com
  
  After 88 career nominations, the superstar won her fourth trophy of the 2023 awards, giving her the record for most Grammy victories.
  
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• Loretta Lynn, Takeoff and Christine McVie Receive Tributes at the Grammys

  06-02-2023 03:57 via nytimes.com
  
  With performances and videos, the Grammys acknowledged a long list of industry veterans who died in the past year.
  
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• ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Truck Stop

  06-02-2023 03:50 via nytimes.com
  
  This week, Joel and Ellie’s bond deepened during an unplanned stay in Kansas City. They should have tried Des Moines instead.
  
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• 2023 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé Ties a Record; Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar Win

  06-02-2023 03:44 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé tied the record for most wins; Kim Petras and Sam Smith won best pop duo/group performance for “Unholy.” Harry Styles and Stevie Wonder performed.
  
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• 2023 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé Ties a Record and Kim Petras Wins

  06-02-2023 03:25 via nytimes.com
  
  Beyoncé tied the record for most wins; Kim Petras and Sam Smith won best pop duo/group performance for “Unholy;” and Bad Bunny won best música urbana album. Stevie Wonder and Brandi Carlile performed.
  
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• Boys basketball: No. 14 Gill St. Bernard’s outlasts No. 18 Arts in OT - NJ.com

  06-02-2023 03:11
  Boys basketball: No. 14 Gill St. Bernard’s outlasts No. 18 Arts in OT  NJ.com
  
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• Nduduzo Makhathini - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater ... - WZUM Jazz Pittsburgh

  06-02-2023 03:03
  
  Nduduzo Makhathini - Kente Arts at the New Hazlett Theater ...  WZUM Jazz Pittsburgh
  
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• Former students remember Nicholls martial arts teacher's 'profound ... - Daily Comet

  06-02-2023 03:02
  
  Former students remember Nicholls martial arts teacher's 'profound ...  Daily Comet
  
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• 2023 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé Ties the Record For Most Wins

  06-02-2023 02:45 via nytimes.com
  
  The 65th annual ceremony, hosted by Trevor Noah, is airing on CBS and Paramount+. Beyoncé won two awards at an earlier ceremony.
  
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• Beyoncé Ties Record for Most Grammy Wins

  06-02-2023 02:40 via nytimes.com
  
  With her third victory of the day so far, an award for best R&B song, the singer has 31 career Grammys, tying the conductor Georg Solti.
  
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