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• Bonifas Arts Center’s Member Show highlights artists making the Bonifas possible - WLUC

  30-03-2023 23:28 via news.google.com
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• MoMA Alters Wall Text for Video Installation After Being Accused of Promoting ‘Garbage Putinist Discourse’

  30-03-2023 23:22 via artnews.com
  
  New York’s Museum of Modern Art changed the wall text for a work in a sizable survey of video art after some social media users accused the caption of putting forward a conspiracy theory by Russian President Vladimir Putin.The work, U.S. Greatest Hits Mixtape Volume 1 (2019), is by Frances Stark and features six screens, each of which display images shot on Stark’s iPhone that comment on US intervention in conflicts abroad. Those images, which display screens playing YouTube clips, a
  
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• Michael Blackwood, Who Captured 20th-Century Artists on Film, Dies at 88

  30-03-2023 23:12 via nytimes.com
  
  He made cinéma vérité movies — 160 in all — about musicians (Thelonious Monk), architects (Frank Gehry), composers (Philip Glass) and sculptors (Isamu Noguchi).
  
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• Stream These 9 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in April

  30-03-2023 22:35 via nytimes.com
  
  A bunch of great TV shows and movies are departing for U.S. subscribers this month. Catch them while you can.
  
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• The Headless Statue of a ‘Roman Emperor’ Is Seized from the Met

  30-03-2023 22:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Investigators said there was evidence that the bronze, on loan to the museum and valued at $25 million, had been stolen from Turkey.
  
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• New York governor proposes 56% cut to state arts funding - Art Newspaper

  30-03-2023 22:21 via news.google.com
  
  New York governor proposes 56% cut to state arts funding  Art Newspaper
  
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• Met to Send Artifacts Linked to Dealer Subhash Kapoor Back to India

  30-03-2023 22:09 via artnews.com
  
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return a group of 15 antiquities to India, the New York institution announced on Thursday. The group of terracotta and stone sculptures leaving the Met’s collection depict ancient Indian deities and date from the 1st century BCE to the 11th century CE. Each object passed through the hands of former art dealer Subhash Kapoor, who was charged with illegally exporting religious artifacts by New York authorities in 2019.US authorities began their probe into
  
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• Gego: Drawing in Space at the Guggenheim

  30-03-2023 21:55 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Measuring Infinity,” the kinetic constructions of the Venezuelan sculptor Gertrud Goldschmidt climb, twist, dangle — and dazzle.
  
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• THT moving toward becoming an arts hub - Addison County Independent

  30-03-2023 21:28 via news.google.com
  
  THT moving toward becoming an arts hub  Addison County Independent
  
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• ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap: Moral Ambiguity

  30-03-2023 21:12 via nytimes.com
  
  It turns out Starfleet is not the force for good that “The Next Generation” had us believe.
  
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• ‘A Thousand and One’ Review: A New York Love Story

  30-03-2023 20:53 via nytimes.com
  
  A mesmerizing Teyana Taylor stars in A.V. Rockwell’s feature directing debut, about motherhood and survival in a fast-changing city.
  
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• The Best Booths at São Paulo’s SP-Arte, From Modernist Masterpieces to Sly Subversions

  30-03-2023 20:21 via artnews.com
  
  While Brazil’s market is heavily weighted toward São Paulo, the current 19th edition of the SP-Arte fair is showcasing some of the best contemporary art being across the country. This is important, given Brazil’s vast scale and diversity, and the focus is only underlined by the fact that of the 100 art galleries participating, only 15 are international. In addition to stunning contemporary art, sprinkled throughout the fair are modernist masterpieces from Brazil and elsewhere
  
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• Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90

  30-03-2023 20:09 via nytimes.com
  
  Washington was his main quarry. Did he have any writers? “Oh, yes — 100 in the Senate and 435 in the House of Representatives.”
  
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• Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips.

  30-03-2023 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The apex dinosaur’s terrifying teeth were sheathed in lip-like tissue, some paleontologists say. Imagine them more akin to Komodo dragons than crocodiles.
  
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• ‘Imagining the Indian’ Review: Fighting Offensive Imagery

  30-03-2023 19:39 via nytimes.com
  
  This documentary, subtitled “The Fight Against Native American Mascoting,” argues that Native-themed sports team branding fits into a history of systemic racism.
  
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• ‘Rye Lane’ Review: A Lively Modern Rom-Com With a British Accent

  30-03-2023 19:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Raine Allen-Miller’s feature debut revives the genre with exuberant performances and a vibrant South London setting.
  
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• Hinckley Arts & Crafts Club - scriptype.com

  30-03-2023 19:31 via news.google.com
  
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• A 7,000-Year-Old Stone Structure in Saudi Arabia Sheds Light on Neolithic Cult Rituals, New Study Finds

  30-03-2023 19:18 via artnews.com
  
  A 7,000-year-old stone structure excavated in AIUIa in Saudi Arabia is shedding light on connections between the rituals and culture of Neolithic-era civilizations in the region. The prehistoric structure is a mustatil monument made of rectangular sandstone walls—one of 1,600 of its kind identified thus far across northern Arabia. Researchers are studying this one mustatil as part of a joint five-year project by the University of Western Australia and the Royal Commission for AlUla.The 460
  
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• ‘Spinning Gold’ Review: For the Records

  30-03-2023 19:08 via nytimes.com
  
  A son’s tribute to the Casablanca Records impresario Neil Bogart gives short shrift to the art and the artists.
  
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• 500-Year-Old Brueghel Painting Discovered in French Family’s TV Room

  30-03-2023 19:01 via artnews.com
  
  A 500-year-old painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger was discovered in the TV room of a family’s new home in Northern France after they invited an appraiser in to judge the value of some items in the house. The piece was sold at auction for $850,000 at the Daguerre auction house in Paris, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.“I came to a small TV room that was not very well lit. I started doing my estimates in the room and looking behind the door there were two-thirds of the
  
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• Native American Activists Prevent Auction of 600-Year-Old Indigenous Skull in North Carolina

  30-03-2023 18:56 via artnews.com
  
  Advocates for the preservation of Native American heritage successfully prevented the sale of an Indigenous skull at an auction house in North Carolina last week. Crystal Cavalier-Keck, an Indigenous advocate of the Occaneechi band of the Saponi tribe, uploaded several TikTok videos about the Mebane Antique Auction Gallery in North Carolina listing a 600-year-old Indigenous skull for sale.“There’s nothing that we can do about it in the state of North Carolina,” she sa
  
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• 11 New Books Coming in April

  30-03-2023 18:51 via nytimes.com
  
  A thrilling shipwreck tale by David Grann, newly translated fiction by Han Kang and plenty more.
  
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• Review: A New Zealand Troupe’s Oceanic Feelings

  30-03-2023 18:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Atamira Dance Company’s “Te Wheke” at the Joyce Theater drops you into its world and trusts you can swim in it.
  
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• UM-Flint student curated art exhibit 'Unlocking the Arts' now on display - news.umflint.edu

  30-03-2023 18:34 via news.google.com
  
  UM-Flint student curated art exhibit 'Unlocking the Arts' now on display  news.umflint.edu
  
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• Review: A Concerto Makes Two Soloists a Many-Tentacled Creature

  30-03-2023 18:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Felipe Lara’s sensational Double Concerto, with Claire Chase and Esperanza Spalding, was played by the New York Philharmonic under Susanna Mälkki.
  
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• The Estate of Juan Genovés, Visual Poet of Spain’s Social Flux, Is Now Represented by Opera Gallery

  30-03-2023 18:00 via artnews.com
  
  The estate of Juan Genovés, the celebrated Spanish painter who captured the chaos of fascism, is now represented by Opera Gallery, which has locations in New York and Madrid. To commemorate his addition, the Madrid branch will open a show of his work this May.Genovés was formerly represented by by Marlborough Gallery (New York and London).Genovés died in May 2020, leaving behind an oeuvre of social realist works that examined—with the immediacy of an eyewitne
  
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• Nazi-Looted Courbet Painting Currently in Cambridge Museum Will Be Returned

  30-03-2023 17:34 via artnews.com
  
  An idyllic forest scene by Gustave Courbet that was looted from a Paris apartment in 1941 will be returned to the family of its original owners, according to a report by the Art Newspaper.The painting, La Ronde Enfantine (1862), also known as Beneath the Trees at Port-Bertaud: Children Dancing, has been part of the collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge for years, courtesy of the Very Reverend Eric Milner-White, who donated the work after he purchased it in 19
  
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• boygenius Returns, Confident and Connected on ‘The Record’

  30-03-2023 17:34 via nytimes.com
  
  Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus reunite to take new chances on their first full album together, “The Record.”
  
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• In ‘Public Obscenities,’ the Transgender Activist Tashnuva Anan Makes Her New York Debut

  30-03-2023 17:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Tashnuva Anan Shishir, who became her country’s first transgender news anchor in 2021, is performing in “Public Obscenities” at Soho Rep.
  
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• ‘The Line’ Review: Family Boundaries

  30-03-2023 17:30 via nytimes.com
  
  This emotionally probing, if occasionally unfocused, drama explores the dynamics among an egocentric mother and her three daughters.
  
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• ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Review: They’re on a Roll

  30-03-2023 17:28 via nytimes.com
  
  An ensemble cast aims to bring comedy and adventure to this film made in the image of the popular role-playing game.
  
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• Meet the Fine Arts Work Center Scholarship Recipients - Boston.gov

  30-03-2023 17:23 via news.google.com
  
  Meet the Fine Arts Work Center Scholarship Recipients  Boston.gov
  
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• Documenta Kicks Off Search for Artistic Director of 2027 Edition

  30-03-2023 17:23 via artnews.com
  
  Still reeling from bitter controversy over last year’s show, Documenta, one of the world’s biggest recurring art exhibitions, has officially begun the search for the director of its next edition in 2027.The show, which takes place once every five years in Kassel, Germany, is expected to announce the next artistic director in late 2023 or early 2024. Today, however, Documenta whetted people’s appetites by revealing the selection committee that will find that curator.Continuing t
  
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• Jenny Schlenzka Steps Down From Performance Space New York

  30-03-2023 16:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Schlenzka, who took the reins in 2017, presided over a rebranding and a new name for the organization — and an experiment in artist rule.
  
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• Teyana Taylor’s Pivot to Acting: ‘It Was a Real-Life Faith Walk’

  30-03-2023 16:30 via nytimes.com
  
  After stepping away from recording music, the artist has turned to movies with a lead role in “A Thousand and One.”
  
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• Fun Things to Do in NYC in April 2023

  30-03-2023 16:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Looking for something to do in New York? Take the kids to see “Esencial,” one of several circuses in town, or discover future dance stars at Ailey II and Juilliard.
  
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• Festival of Arts to feature more than 50 artists this Sunday in Plover - WSAW

  30-03-2023 16:23 via news.google.com
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• Nan Goldin is Second Major Artist to Exit Marian Goodman Gallery

  30-03-2023 15:52 via nytimes.com
  
  She is joining Gagosian Gallery to expand her global profile.
  
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• Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Renovation & Reopening - Town & Country

  30-03-2023 14:51 via news.google.com
  
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• Art-Collecting Exes Reach $1 Billion Divorce Settlement, $50 M. Chicago Collection to Auction, and More: Morning Links for March 30, 2023

  30-03-2023 14:08 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesTHE WORLD OF ACADEMIA. The next dean and deputy director of the International Center of Photography’s school in New York will be Colette Veasey-Cullors. She is presently the interim vice provost for undergraduate studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and will be the first BIPOC leader of ICP’s school, i
  
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• Building a Better Future through Music and the Arts - UN Web TV

  30-03-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Building a Better Future through Music and the Arts  UN Web TV
  
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• A Mexican Grandmother Finds the Right Recipe for Culinary Stardom

  30-03-2023 13:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Through her YouTube videos, Doña Ángela has become among the most watched and beloved cooks in the crowded market of online food shows. But what explains her widespread popularity?
  
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• ‘Tetris’ Review: Falling Blocks and Rising Freedom

  30-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Like it’s namesake, this film is clever, crafty and shockingly entertaining.
  
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• ‘Space Oddity’ Review: Failure to Launch

  30-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Men will literally contemplate traveling to Mars instead of going to therapy in “Space Oddity,” directed by Kyra Sedgwick.
  
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• ‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ Review: A Superteam Saga With a Demented Twist

  30-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Quentin Dupieux’s gift for surreal comedy is in full bloom in this nutty tale of heroes named after tobacco’s toxic components.
  
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• ‘Kill Boksoon’ Review: It’s a Deadly Job for a Busy Single Mom

  30-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  An assassin must choose between the murderous career she loves and the daughter she’s been hiding it from.
  
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• ‘In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis’ Review: Serene Demeanor, Bracing Message

  30-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Pontiff travels well. Gianfranco Rosi’s new documentary chronicles his visits to Catholic communities the world over, and he never seems to tire.
  
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• ‘Giraffe’ Review: Introspection in the Danish Countryside

  30-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In the pensive drama “Giraffe,” an ethnologist researching an abandoned cottage wonders whether her own life could or should change.
  
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• ‘Fugue’ Review: Lost Time

  30-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This psychological thriller about a woman experiencing amnesia poses an essentially cinematic question: Who are we without our memories?
  
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• ‘Enys Men’ Review: Island of the Lost

  30-03-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In this stylistically bold folk-horror movie, a woman is disturbed by visions related to a long-ago tragedy.
  
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