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• Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81

  23-03-2023 22:46 via nytimes.com
  
  As a teenager, he joined forces with George Clinton. Their vocal group, the Parliaments, morphed into Parliament-Funkadelic, one of the wildest acts of the 1970s.
  
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• No Prison Time for Book Thief

  23-03-2023 22:07 via nytimes.com
  
  The former publishing employee who pleaded guilty to stealing unpublished book manuscripts was ordered to be deported and to pay $88,000 in restitution.
  
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• Code is Not Law: Case on Who Owns the First NFT Dismissed by Judge

  23-03-2023 22:03 via artnews.com
  
  In 2014, Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash invented the NFT at a conference hosted by the digital art non-profit Rhizome. When the NFT boom blasted off in 2021, McCoy was able to sell that historical NFT, titled Quantum, for $1.5 million at a Sotheby’s auction. Six months after that success, Canadian companyFree Holdings filed a suit against McCoy, claiming that they were the rightful owners of the NFT. This week, James Cott, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New Yor
  
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• President Biden Designates Two New National Monuments in Land Home to Ancient Indigenous Art

  23-03-2023 21:36 via artnews.com
  
  The United States has established two new national monuments in Texas and Nevada, President Biden announced on Tuesday, in the process providing protection to scores of Indigenous pictographs and petroglyphs across the region.The designation covers over half million acres of land in Nevada that includes Spirit Mountain, or Avi Kwa Ame in the Mojave language, a culturally significant area that is also rich in biodiversity. These lands, Biden said during a briefing at the White
  
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• The Curator of Willem Dafoe’s Movie ‘Inside’ Takes Art on Film to a New Level

  23-03-2023 21:33 via artnews.com
  
  The new movie Inside, starring Willem Dafoe as an art thief, is both a psychological thriller and an art collector’s nightmare. For Italian curator Leonardo Bigazzi, it was also an unprecedented logistical challenge to stage the exhibition within the film. The movie may be entirely a work of fiction, but its portrayal of an art thief trapped inside a Pritzker-winning architect’s home incorporates real and replica works from some of the world’s most famous living artists far bey
  
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• Director of Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum Resigns Amid Upheaval in Russia’s Art World

  23-03-2023 21:17 via artnews.com
  
  The longtime director of Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Marina Loshak, has stepped down from her position. She will be replaced by the director of a state-run architecture museum in Moscow, Elizaveta Likhacheva.Her resignation comes as pressure on Russia’s museum network continues to escalate following the country’s invasion into Ukraine. Loshak, who was born in the Ukraine and emigrated to Moscow in the late 1980s, resigned from the role after a ten-year stint at
  
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• Hokusai’s Iconic ‘Great Wave’ Print Sets New Record with $2.8 M. Sale at Christie’s

  23-03-2023 21:12 via artnews.com
  
  A Katsushika Hokusai woodblock print sold at Christie’s in New York for $2.8 million on Tuesday. The sale hit a new record high for the print, which was only expected to fetch between $500,000 and $700,000. In a thirteen minute battle for the work, six bidders drove up the price, the Wall Street Journal reports. The winner was an anonymous telephone bidder.The last time the print came up for auction in 2021, it surpassed its low estimate of $150,000 by bringing in ten times as much at $1.6
  
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• Marco Island Center for the Arts focuses on all ages in an effort to ... - news.wgcu.org

  23-03-2023 21:04 via news.google.com
  
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• 209th National Council on the Arts Meeting - National Endowment for the Arts

  23-03-2023 20:49 via news.google.com
  
  209th National Council on the Arts Meeting  National Endowment for the Arts
  
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• Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts Selects 10 Fellows for ... - University of California San Diego

  23-03-2023 20:38 via news.google.com
  
  Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts Selects 10 Fellows for ...  University of California San Diego
  
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• Review: The Danish Experience in ‘Beyond the Light’ at the Met

  23-03-2023 20:02 via nytimes.com
  
  ‘‘Beyond the Light’’ at the Met is a luminous, move-close exhibition whose paintings and drawings render a volatile world with purity of heart and line.
  
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• Obituary: Susan Shannon, staff member in Arts & Sciences, 60 - The ... - Washington University in St. Louis

  23-03-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Obituary: Susan Shannon, staff member in Arts & Sciences, 60 - The ...  Washington University in St. Louis
  
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• San Diego weekend arts events: Women choreographers, '25 ... - KPBS

  23-03-2023 19:37 via news.google.com
  
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• Jeremy O. Harris’s Writer’s Residency Under the Tuscan Sun

  23-03-2023 19:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The finalists for the 2023 Yale Drama Series Prize suddenly find themselves in Italy, with plenty of time to write, reflect and make pasta.
  
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• ‘It Needs You’: The Human Side to Boulez’s Demanding Music

  23-03-2023 19:24 via nytimes.com
  
  Matthias Pintscher speaks about Boulez’s “Dérive 2,” which the composer’s old ensemble performs in New York this weekend.
  
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• Harlem Arts Stroll Returning In April: What To Know - Patch

  23-03-2023 19:13 via news.google.com
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• STABLE Arts Shakes Up the D.C. Arts Scene - District Fray Magazine

  23-03-2023 19:04 via news.google.com
  
  STABLE Arts Shakes Up the D.C. Arts Scene  District Fray Magazine
  
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• Preview | ‘Spy for Spy’ at Ventura’s NAMBA Arts - Santa Barbara Independent

  23-03-2023 19:04 via news.google.com
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• We're Hiring: Arts & Culture Editor - Block Club Chicago

  23-03-2023 18:49 via news.google.com
  
  We're Hiring: Arts & Culture Editor  Block Club Chicago
  
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• ‘Tori and Lokita’ Review: Precarious Lives in Exile

  23-03-2023 18:39 via nytimes.com
  
  In the new movie from the Dardenne brothers, two underage African migrants struggle to make a home in an unkind land.
  
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• Toheeb Jimoh on ‘Ted Lasso’ and His Pretty Good Few Years

  23-03-2023 18:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Just as his character, Sam Obisanya, has grown over the hit series’ seasons, the actor’s career has also soared.
  
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• Josh Kun named first USC vice provost for the arts — USC News - USC News

  23-03-2023 18:15 via news.google.com
  
  Josh Kun named first USC vice provost for the arts — USC News  USC News
  
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• ‘The Worst Ones’ Review: The Gazes of Children

  23-03-2023 17:43 via nytimes.com
  
  In their feature, the directors Lisa Akoka and Romane Gueret build a provocative critique of filmmaking practices.
  
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• World’s Most Expensive Gold Coin, Minted by Brutus to Honor Caesar’s Murder, Returned to Greece

  23-03-2023 17:20 via artnews.com
  
  The Eid Mar Coin, the most expensive ancient coin in the world after it was sold in 2021 for $4.2 million at auction, was repatriated to Greece this week after an investigation by Homeland Security agents found that the coin had been sold using fake provenance. 28 other ancient artifacts looted from Greece returned as well in a handover ceremony organized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.The Eid Mar coins were minted by Brutus to commemorate the murder of Julius Caesar on March
  
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• For Two Los Angeles Artists, the Spiritual Is Political

  23-03-2023 17:11 via nytimes.com
  
  Patrisse Cullors and noé olivas trade activism for spiritual reflection in a joint exhibition that emphasizes the Ifá religious tradition.
  
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• Hong Kong Heiress Sues Prominent Art Dealer Pearl Lam Over Missing Banksy Painting

  23-03-2023 17:09 via artnews.com
  
  A lawsuit filed by a Hong Kong-based billionaire heiress Karen Lo alleges that the prominent art dealer Pearl Lam falsely claimed to have acquired a Monet-inspired Banksy painting for Lo—who paid Lam over $600,000 for her services—that was never delivered, Reuters reports.The aptly named painting, Show Me The Monet (2005), sold in 2020 at Sotheby’s for over $9 million, more than double its low estimate of $3.7 million.Lam’s office t
  
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• UMHB College of Visual and Performing Arts Presents Spring ... - UMHB.edu

  23-03-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Arts Huntsville announces plans for 41st Panoply Arts Festival, set ... - themadisonrecord.com

  23-03-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
  Arts Huntsville announces plans for 41st Panoply Arts Festival, set ...  themadisonrecord.com
  
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• Hoover Biographer Wins American History Book Prize

  23-03-2023 16:56 via nytimes.com
  
  The New-York Historical Society award goes to Beverly Gage, whose “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century” puts a notorious character in context.
  
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• Director of Film Programs at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Exits for Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

  23-03-2023 16:39 via artnews.com
  
  Bernardo Rondeau, senior director of film programs for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, is exiting to take a similar job as curator of film programs at the under-construction Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in downtown Los Angeles.Tuesday night’s screening of “Lawrence of Arabia” was the final film he presented as head of film programs, and Rondeau will start his new position on Monday.However, Rondeau, who started at the Academy Museum in 2014, will return t
  
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• Blockbuster Yayoi Kusama Exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum Extended for Second Time

  23-03-2023 16:36 via artnews.com
  
  The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery in Washington, DC, is extending its Yayoi Kusama exhibition for a second time through July 16. “One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection” was originally scheduled to close on November 27 last year. The Hirshhorn’s exhibition features two popular “Infinity Rooms” and other works from the museum’s permanent collection. The new closing date will also coincide with Kusama’s 94th birthday. View thi
  
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• ‘Petite Solange’ Review: Coming of Age as Your Parents Divorce

  23-03-2023 16:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Axelle Ropert’s carefully calibrated film from France follows a girl experiencing the pain of having to accept her parents as people with faults.
  
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• The Aspiring Cult Leader’s Missing Art and the Nephew Obsessed With His Legacy

  23-03-2023 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The strange, twisting tale of Bradford Boobis and the nephew who has spent 50 years trying to make his painting public once again.
  
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• For Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space Remakes, Frights Were Reimagined

  23-03-2023 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  New versions of Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space illustrate the challenges that video game developers face when immersing players in horrifying yet familiar worlds.
  
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• Page to stage: Ideas come to life for writers through Arts Fort Worth ... - KERA News

  23-03-2023 15:59 via news.google.com
  
  Page to stage: Ideas come to life for writers through Arts Fort Worth ...  KERA News
  
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• Arts & Cultural Affairs Commission reviews the City Playhouse tonight - WEHOville

  23-03-2023 15:59 via news.google.com
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• Ireland Asks, What if Artists Had a Guaranteed Basic Income?

  23-03-2023 15:42 via nytimes.com
  
  A government pilot program is giving 2,000 artists $350 a week with no strings attached, allowing them to concentrate on creative pursuits.
  
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• WFVX shares UMaine School of Performing Arts events - UMaine ... - University of Maine

  23-03-2023 15:40 via news.google.com
  
  WFVX shares UMaine School of Performing Arts events - UMaine ...  University of Maine
  
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• ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review: There Will Be Blood, Yeah

  23-03-2023 15:22 via nytimes.com
  
  In the latest and longest movie set in Wick World, Keanu Reeves’s titular assassin visits Paris and paints the town red.
  
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• ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review: Keanu Reeves Paints the Town Red

  23-03-2023 15:22 via nytimes.com
  
  In the latest and longest movie set in Wick World, Keanu Reeves’s titular assassin visits Paris and paints the town red.
  
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• “Reclaiming Home” at Sarasota’s Ringling Museum Presents Work by Contemporary Seminole Artists

  23-03-2023 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla., presents a group exhibition titled “Reclaiming Home: Contemporary Seminole Art,” on view from Mar. 18 to Sept. 4 in the museum’s Ulla R. and Arthur F. Searing Wing. This exhibition includes over 100 artworks by twelve Seminole, Miccosukee, and mixed-heritage artists from Florida, along with notable works by internationally recognized artists of Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole descent from Oklahoma, California, and beyon
  
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• Call for artists: Enspire Arts is accepting applications for its 2023 ... - The Columbian

  23-03-2023 14:31 via news.google.com
  
  Call for artists: Enspire Arts is accepting applications for its 2023 ...  The Columbian
  
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• Collaboration means thriving arts in our community - Las Cruces Bulletin

  23-03-2023 14:10 via news.google.com
  
  Collaboration means thriving arts in our community  Las Cruces Bulletin
  
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• Attempts to Ban Books Doubled in 2022

  23-03-2023 14:10 via nytimes.com
  
  A new report from the American Library Association showed a spike in censorship efforts, with 1,269 attempts.
  
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• Arts at CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary to collaborate ... - CERN

  23-03-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Night at the Museum

  23-03-2023 13:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Geordi La Forge gets to right some wrongs, but first he has to make up with his daughter in an episode that doubles as a Callback Museum.
  
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• What Would Ben Franklin Say? Artists Weigh the Dream of Democracy

  23-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In Philadelphia, the sun rises on a bold collaboration between two museums.
  
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• Kevin Beasley’s New Book & LP Set Surveys Art Suited for Sight and Sound

  23-03-2023 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  Kevin Beasley’s new publication A View of a Landscape is a monograph paired with a 2-record set of vinyl LPs expanding on the artist’s work with sculpture and sound. The title relates to a 2018–19 exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York, to which Beasley transplanted a vintage cotton-gin motor whose whirring sounds he captured with microphones and broadcast in the museum. But the publication also looks back to survey the evolution of Beasley’s various bodies of work,
  
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• Have fun and be inspired at the Rockland Center for the Arts in West ... - News 12 Westchester

  23-03-2023 12:40 via news.google.com
  Have fun and be inspired at the Rockland Center for the Arts in West ...  News 12 Westchester
  
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• ‘Walk Up’ Review: Good Friends Make Bad Neighbors

  23-03-2023 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Hong Sang-soo’s latest film traces the relationships in a small Seoul apartment building as they evolve and grow heavier with complications.
  
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