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• New Mexico Judge Grants and Dismisses Claims Made By Meow Wolf in Ongoing Copyright Fight

  20-06-2023 23:07 via artnews.com
  
  A federal judge in New Mexico has granted and dismissed some of the claims made by the art company Meow Wolf in response to a copyright infringement lawsuit from artist Lauren Oliver. The case centers around Oliver’s 13-foot tall, furry, horned sculpture Space Owl. The sculpture was first created in 2006, but the artist made a new version of it for a climate-change themed environment called Ice Station Quellette (ISQ) in Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return (HoER). The highly Instagra
  
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• Magda Saleh, Influential Egyptian Ballerina, Is Dead at 79

  20-06-2023 23:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Trained at the Bolshoi, she became a star of the Cairo Ballet and played a key role in making ballet accessible to people of all classes.
  
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• Lisl Steiner, Photographer Who Glimpsed Luminaries Up Close, Dies at 95

  20-06-2023 22:50 via nytimes.com
  
  A flamboyant photojournalist with the moxie to stand up to autocrats, she captured the intimate moments of leading figures of the 20th century.
  
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• ‘Completely Unique’ 2,700-Year-Old Rock Carvings Discovered in Sweden

  20-06-2023 22:40 via artnews.com
  
  Two millennia or so ago, sailing ships, grazing animals, and people—hunting, gathering, dancing—were carved into cave walls, then obscured, slowly, by layers of moss. Ultimately, they were lost to time. Or lost until last month, when a team of researchers surveying the western Swedish province of Bohuslän uncovered the ancient artwork. The carvings, or petroglyphs, were made around 2,700 years ago, according to the Foundation for Documentation of Bohuslän’s Rock
  
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• Lost Peter Paul Rubens Painting Will Go To Auction at Sotheby’s with $7.7 M. Estimate

  20-06-2023 22:25 via artnews.com
  
  The painting Saint Sebastian Tended By Two Angels by Flemish master Sir Peter Paul Rubens will go to auction at Sotheby’s in London in early July with a high estimate of $7.7 million, according to the auction house.The sale will be the first time the painting has gone to auction since it was confirmed to have been painted by Rubens. When the work was last sold at auction in 2008 — at Ivey-Selkirk, a St. Louis auction house, for $40,000 — it was misattributed as the work of Fren
  
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• When Submersibles Meet the Titanic, James Cameron Is an Inspiration

  20-06-2023 22:15 via nytimes.com
  
  Cameron’s 1997 movie “Titanic” reinvigorated interest in the ill-fated ocean liner, feeding the mystique that spurs some wealthy experience chasers.
  
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• Amid Tightening of Cultural Protections Worldwide, Austria Proposes New Restitution Laws

  20-06-2023 21:46 via artnews.com
  
  The Austrian government has announced plans to propose a new law requiring museums to return objects acquired in a colonial context by March 2024, the culture secretary, Andrea Mayer, said at a press conference Tuesday.According to Mayer, the proposed law intends to establish an “orderly, consistent and comprehensive” protocol for restitution claims. “The rulers of European countries long viewed large parts of the world as places where they could help themselves; they simply to
  
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• Review: A Genderqueer ‘Cabaret,’ at War With Itself

  20-06-2023 21:13 via nytimes.com
  
  A revival of the 1998 revisal of the 1966 musical highlights the stories of trans and nonbinary performers.
  
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• A ‘Creature’ by Artist Danny Cole Mysteriously Appeared Overnight at Manhattan’s High Line

  20-06-2023 20:29 via artnews.com
  
  The camera is shaking and the cops aren’t happy. “You realize you’re trespassing at this point, right,” a New York City police officer asks in a film by artist Danny Cole that was obtained by ARTnews. In it, Cole and his team of art handlers (complete with a crane operator) quickly install—guerrilla-style, seemingly—one his sculptures onto the balcony of a luxury residential building overlooking Manhattan’s High Line.For legal reasons, Cole can’t a
  
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• ‘It Has It All’: Taking on a Strange, Immense Piano Concerto

  20-06-2023 20:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the pianist Igor Levit discuss Ferruccio Busoni’s Piano Concerto, a rarity they are performing in San Francisco.
  
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• In ‘A Simulacrum,’ Steve Cuiffo Has Nothing Up His Sleeves

  20-06-2023 20:19 via nytimes.com
  
  The magician worked with the playwright Lucas Hnath to create “a more vulnerable version of magic performance,” Hnath said.
  
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• Ebon Moss-Bachrach Gives ‘The Bear’ Its Abrasive Edge

  20-06-2023 20:18 via nytimes.com
  
  This thoughtful Brooklyn dad excels at playing stunted men like Richie, his volatile character in the FX hit. Just don’t call them dirtbags: “I get a little sensitive,” he said.
  
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• ‘Secret Invasion’ Review: Marvel Welcomes Back Samuel L. Jackson

  20-06-2023 20:13 via nytimes.com
  
  Nick Fury gets back in the fight in the latest Disney+ series from the Marvel assembly line.
  
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• Readers’ Picks: 12 Pride Anthems

  20-06-2023 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A playlist with personal stories about the ways music plays a vital role in struggles, triumphs and self-expression.
  
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• ‘Sublime’ Review: Two Boys, One in Love

  20-06-2023 19:48 via nytimes.com
  
  A teenager dreams of pop songs, and his best friend, in Mariano Biasin’s tender gay coming-of-age drama.
  
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• Curator Allison Glenn Reveals Her Top Five Recent Obsessions

  20-06-2023 19:46 via artnews.com
  
  Allison Glenn is the curator of the Counterpublic 2023 triennial currently on view in St. Louis. In her role, she considers the importance of collectivity and collaboration. Below, Glenn discusses her related interests.
  
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• Elton John Warns of ‘Growing Swell of Anger and Homophobia’ in U.S.

  20-06-2023 19:29 via nytimes.com
  
  “We seem to be going backwards,” the pop superstar warned as he lamented the curtailing of L.G.B.T.Q. rights in the United States, particularly in Florida.
  
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• New York’s Whitney Museum Appoints Meg Onli as Curator-at-Large, Promotes Laura Phipps to Associate Curator

  20-06-2023 18:06 via artnews.com
  
  New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art announced two new curatorial appointments, including its curator-at-large position, which hasn’t been filled at the museum in nearly 15 years.Writer and curator Meg Onli will join the institution as its new curator-at-large. In this role, Onli will curate exhibitions, propose acquisitions, and serve as an ambassador and advisor on special projects.Onli is currently co-curating the 2024 Whitney Biennial with Chrissie Iles, a curator at the mus
  
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• Jonathan Majors to Face Trial on Assault Charges in August

  20-06-2023 17:36 via nytimes.com
  
  The movie star, who has maintained his innocence, appeared briefly in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Google Doodle Honors Polish Sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz’s 93rd Birthday

  20-06-2023 17:35 via artnews.com
  
  The artist Magdalena Abakanowicz would have been 93 today. On the occasion of her birthday, Google honored the artist with a “doodle”, an illustration that takes the place of the Google name when opening up the search browser. The illustration shows a number of Abakanowicz’s famous works, including individual works from her larger series like “Abakans” (1970-78) and “Agora” (2006). The artist passed in 2016.Abakanowicz grew up in an aristocratic Polish-R
  
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• Morgan Wallen’s ‘One Thing’ Returns to No. 1 for the 13th Time

  20-06-2023 17:24 via nytimes.com
  
  The country singer’s latest album has topped the Billboard chart for more than half the year.
  
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• Authors of ‘And Tango Makes Three’ Sue Over Florida Law Driving Book Bans

  20-06-2023 16:25 via nytimes.com
  
  The authors of a picture book about a penguin family with two fathers sued the state and a school district that removed the book from libraries.
  
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• Walking Zadar’s Old Town Is a Loop Through History

  20-06-2023 15:44 via nytimes.com
  
  A circumnavigation of the city’s Old Town includes a tidal symphony and an architectural synopsis of Croatian history.
  
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• Designer Paul Smith Sends Banksy to Auction, Prix Ars Electronica Winners Named, and More: Morning Links for June 20, 2023

  20-06-2023 14:10 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesTAKING IT TO THE BANK-SY. Fashion designer Paul Smith is sending a Banksy painting to auction at Bonhams in London, where it will be offered on June 29 with a top estimate of £1.8 million (about $2.3 million). Titled Congestion Charge (2004), the work is a pastoral scene rich with trees and plants&mda
  
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• Independent Names 32 Exhibitors for Second 20th-Century Art Fair

  20-06-2023 14:00 via artnews.com
  
  Independent New York has revealed the exhibitors for its second-ever 20th Century art fair in New York, devoted to art made during that timeframe. As with the last year’s inaugural edition, this one will be held at the Battery Maritime Building at the southern tip of Manhattan. The 2023 fair will run September 7–10, coinciding with the Armory Show, one of the biggest art fairs in New York and a major event of the fall season.Some 32 exhibitors are set to take part, around the same nu
  
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• What to know about Des Moines Arts Festival 2023 - Des Moines Register

  20-06-2023 13:05
  
  What to know about Des Moines Arts Festival 2023  Des Moines Register
  
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• John Corbett on His Arrival in ‘And Just Like That …’

  20-06-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  He was defined by his role in “Sex and the City,” not always comfortably. He’s reprising it in “And Just Like That …” because “I’ve made friends with the idea of, this is just what I do.”
  
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• Final Fantasy XVI Takes on Its ‘Star Wars’ Problem

  20-06-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Square Enix is trying to make a role-playing game for old fans and new gamers alike, a precarious tightrope for aging franchises.
  
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• Book Review: ‘The Quiet Tenant,’ by Clémence Michallon

  20-06-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Quiet Tenant” offers multiple perspectives on a monster who keeps his victim and his young daughter under the same roof.
  
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• Mid-Week Arts: Princeton Festival Continues, Seniors Take to the ... - TAPinto.net

  20-06-2023 06:23
  Mid-Week Arts: Princeton Festival Continues, Seniors Take to the ...  TAPinto.net
  
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• New Student Performing Arts Center Design Advances | University ... - almanac.upenn.edu

  20-06-2023 06:01
  
  New Student Performing Arts Center Design Advances | University ...  almanac.upenn.edu
  
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• The arts to fill Stevens Park on Saturday – Garden City Telegram - The Garden City Telegram

  20-06-2023 05:34
  
  The arts to fill Stevens Park on Saturday – Garden City Telegram  The Garden City Telegram
  
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• Get a sneak peek inside the Colonial Arts Center as it preps for ... - My Buckhannon

  20-06-2023 02:38
  
  Get a sneak peek inside the Colonial Arts Center as it preps for ...  My Buckhannon
  
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• Addison Center for the Arts hosts 'Lisa Lucaccioni: Peace and ... - Daily Herald

  20-06-2023 02:10
  
  Addison Center for the Arts hosts 'Lisa Lucaccioni: Peace and ...  Daily Herald
  
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• Wilsonville Festival of the Arts canceled this year - Wilsonville Spokesman

  20-06-2023 02:08
  Wilsonville Festival of the Arts canceled this year  Wilsonville Spokesman
  
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• Woodstock Arts presenting 'Ordinary Days' | Events ... - Cherokee Tribune Ledger News

  20-06-2023 01:19
  
  Woodstock Arts presenting 'Ordinary Days' | Events ...  Cherokee Tribune Ledger News
  
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• Plan for Tampa Bay African American Arts & Cultural Center - FOX 13 Tampa

  20-06-2023 01:19
  
  Plan for Tampa Bay African American Arts & Cultural Center  FOX 13 Tampa
  
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• Tribal artists, leaders want update to law to protect Native arts, crafts - Cronkite News

  20-06-2023 01:10
  
  Tribal artists, leaders want update to law to protect Native arts, crafts  Cronkite News
  
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• Hillsborough County announces plans for new Tampa Bay African American Arts and Cultural Center - FOX 13 Tampa

  20-06-2023 00:25
  Hillsborough County announces plans for new Tampa Bay African American Arts and Cultural Center  FOX 13 Tampa
  
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• Call for Poet Teachers for the Lake County Arts Council’s Poets and ... - The Bloom

  20-06-2023 00:16
  
  Call for Poet Teachers for the Lake County Arts Council’s Poets and ...  The Bloom
  
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