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• British Museum Reaches Settlement with Poet Yilin Wang After Using Translations Without Permission

  07-08-2023 23:51 via artnews.com
  
  The British Museum has acknowledged it used Yilin Wang’s translations of Chinese poetry in a major exhibition without permission or credit and has apologized for doing so.The apology and acknowledgement are part of a settlement agreement between the museum and Wang after translations of Qiu Jin’s poetry were used in historical exhibition “China’s Hidden Century.” Wang’s poetry translations were used in a video presentation and exhibition signage, and published
  
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• Artists and Academics Call on British Museum to Strip Lecture Hall of BP Name

  07-08-2023 23:25 via artnews.com
  
  A group of more than 80 artists and academics have called on leadership at London’s British Museum to strip the BP name from one of its main lecture halls. The calls follow the museum’s plans to terminate a long-running corporate sponsorship deal with the oil company in June under pressure from climate advocacy groups.Signatories of the letter, which was addressed to outgoing director Hartwig Fischer, described the museum’s partnership with the oil company as “dangerous.&
  
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• Top NFT Exchanges Blur and OpenSea Have Cut Royalty Rates for Artists

  07-08-2023 23:07 via artnews.com
  
  A slump in the nonfungible tokens (NFT) market is increasing tension between traders and creators, as top NFT exchanges Blur and OpenSea cut royalty rates for artists, Bloomberg reported on Friday.In an effort to lower costs meant to uplift the buying and selling of NFTs, the two companies cut royalties for artists when their NFTs’ ownership changes. The loss of income, however, could have adverse impact on the creation of new works.This news comes as NFT trading volumes have already falle
  
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• Paramount Agrees to Sell Simon & Schuster to KKR, a Private Equity Firm

  07-08-2023 22:28 via nytimes.com
  
  The deal, for $1.62 billion, will put control of a cultural touchstone in the hands of a financial buyer.
  
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• William Friedkin’s Final Film to Premiere at the Venice Film Festival

  07-08-2023 22:24 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” with Jake Lacy and Kiefer Sutherland, was the director’s first new drama in more than a decade.
  
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• The International Puppet Fringe Festival Draws the World of Puppetry to New York

  07-08-2023 21:49 via nytimes.com
  
  This year’s International Puppet Fringe Festival surveys puppetry traditions from around the globe, and celebrates the legacy of the master puppeteer Ralph Lee.
  
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• O’Shae Sibley Wasn’t Interested in Toning Himself Down

  07-08-2023 21:38 via nytimes.com
  
  The killing of the dancer and choreographer at a Brooklyn gas station is a stark reminder that some forms of expression are still seen as threatening.
  
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• Mostly Mozart Festival Has Diverse Crowds, New Programming

  07-08-2023 21:06 via nytimes.com
  
  At recent Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra performances, visibly diverse crowds took in programming new to the ensemble.
  
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• Five Delaware Arts Organizations Receive Special Presenter ... - news.delaware.gov

  07-08-2023 20:56 via news.google.com
  
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• William Friedkin, Director of ‘French Connection’ and ‘Exorcist,’ Dies at 87

  07-08-2023 20:10 via nytimes.com
  
  He made his name with two of the biggest box-office hits of the 1970s. But despite some later successes, he never regained his early acclaim.
  
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• ‘Toros’ Review: Why Are We Still Friends?

  07-08-2023 19:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Old relationships bend, then break, in Danny Tejera’s finely detailed character study of languishing jet-set twentysomethings.
  
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• Artist Jeffrey Gibson Sues Chicago’s Kavi Gupta Gallery, Alleging He Is Owed More Than $600,000

  07-08-2023 19:26 via artnews.com
  
  Jeffrey Gibson, the artist set to represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale, has sued his former gallery, Chicago’s Kavi Gupta, alleging that it has withheld more than $600,000.In the lawsuit, filed in early May in United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Gibson claims that the gallery owes him $638,919.31 for works it has sold. Kavi Gupta, in a filing last week, denied the allegations, disputing the terms of the agreement outlined by the artist in
  
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• Judge Weighs Conservatorship for the Former Supreme Cindy Birdsong

  07-08-2023 19:12 via nytimes.com
  
  The singer’s family has asked the court to approve a legal arrangement that would govern her medical decisions and finances after relatives objected to the previous care by a longtime friend.
  
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• British Archaeologists Call for Protection of ‘Remarkably Preserved’ Ice-Age Mammoths

  07-08-2023 19:04 via artnews.com
  
  One of the UK’s most important paleolithic sites is at risk of plunder or destruction without better legal protections, prominent British archaeologists and paleontologists warn.In 2021, experts digging in Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, found a group of “extraordinarily” preserved ice-age mammoths, including one infant and two young adults, along with tools used by Neanderthals who likely hunted members of the herd. More mammoths are expected to be uncovered within the vast gravel
  
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• Rhiannon Giddens Is a Songwriter, Too

  07-08-2023 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The historically minded, socially conscious musician offers bluesy, racy, playful tracks on “You’re the One,” her first full album of her own songs.
  
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• Elvis Presley’s Mink Coat Sells for More Than $163,000 at Auction

  07-08-2023 18:52 via artnews.com
  
  Auction house Henry Aldridge & Son recently sold Elvis Presley’s leather and mink coat for more than $163,000 (£128,000) to a US collector. The auction estimate was £10,000 to £15,000.According to the auction listing, the custom garment was worn by the famous singer during his last year of life in 1977 and given to Mike Alden, the sister of Ginger Alden, Elvis’ fiancée. The 47-inch-long coat was eventually donated to a nationwide raffle and won by a singl
  
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• Tory Lanez Is Expected to Be Sentenced for Shooting Megan Thee Stallion

  07-08-2023 17:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The Canadian rapper was found guilty in December of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in both her feet during an argument.
  
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• Scenic City Clay Arts Partners With Local Brewery For Give-Back Night - Chattanooga Pulse

  07-08-2023 16:25 via news.google.com
  
  Scenic City Clay Arts Partners With Local Brewery For Give-Back Night  Chattanooga Pulse
  
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• New Outdoor Space at Appalachian Arts and Events Center - Lootpress

  07-08-2023 16:10 via news.google.com
  
  New Outdoor Space at Appalachian Arts and Events Center  Lootpress
  
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• Fondation Beyeler Clerk Sentenced to Three Years in Prison For Stealing Over $1 Million At Ticket Counter

  07-08-2023 16:08 via artnews.com
  
  The woman accused of swindling the Swiss museum Fondation Beyeler out of over $1 million while working as a ticket clerk has been found guilty by a court in Basel and sentenced to three years and seven months in prison, according to The Art Newspaper. The judge found that the woman, who was accused of using multiple tactics to swipe money from the till including selling tickets more than once, voiding sales, and selling preprinted ticket meant for use during high volume atten
  
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• Sharon Preston-Folta and Jaiden Johnson Join the Suncoast Black ... - Broadway World

  07-08-2023 16:03 via news.google.com
  
  Sharon Preston-Folta and Jaiden Johnson Join the Suncoast Black ...  Broadway World
  
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• Black Arts Fest MKE brings in diverse food, music and art - TMJ4 News

  07-08-2023 16:03 via news.google.com
  
  Black Arts Fest MKE brings in diverse food, music and art  TMJ4 News
  
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• TVCC hosts Arts and Crafts Fair | News | williamsondailynews.com - Williamson Daily News

  07-08-2023 16:00 via news.google.com
  
  TVCC hosts Arts and Crafts Fair | News | williamsondailynews.com  Williamson Daily News
  
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• Five things to do this week | Arts & Entertainment | timesnews.net - Kingsport Times News

  07-08-2023 16:00 via news.google.com
  
  Five things to do this week | Arts & Entertainment | timesnews.net  Kingsport Times News
  
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• Creative arts summer camp in Haiti brings reprieve for some families - Haitian Times

  07-08-2023 15:55 via news.google.com
  
  Creative arts summer camp in Haiti brings reprieve for some families  Haitian Times
  
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• Paper Circle receives $8,349 in state arts grant | News ... - Athens Messenger

  07-08-2023 15:50 via news.google.com
  
  Paper Circle receives $8,349 in state arts grant | News ...  Athens Messenger
  
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• SIU to host culinary arts career fair Aug. 15 - SIU News

  07-08-2023 15:42 via news.google.com
  
  SIU to host culinary arts career fair Aug. 15  SIU News
  
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• Lifted by Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Recoups on Broadway

  07-08-2023 15:25 via nytimes.com
  
  The show, which opened in the spring of 2022, has had a remarkable box office turnaround after Michele replaced its original star.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Pays Tribute to Painter Henry Taylor With Stage Sets That Tell Stories for the Ages

  07-08-2023 15:24 via artnews.com
  
  Concertgoers training their ears on fiery flows at Kendrick Lamar’s recent show Friday at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago—among other festivals this summer— have also been treated to pointed material for the eye: stage sets that pay tribute to the sexagenarian Los Angeles artist Henry Taylor. Instead of visual stimulation that fixates on video and digital effects, Lamar’s current tour traffics in fabric that unfurls to reveal paintings of Black figures engaged in vari
  
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• The Gateway Family YMCA celebrates the arts with Rahway Creates - Union News Daily

  07-08-2023 15:18 via news.google.com
  
  The Gateway Family YMCA celebrates the arts with Rahway Creates  Union News Daily
  
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• Dr. Denise Stodola Named Interim Head of the Department of ... - kettering.edu

  07-08-2023 15:18 via news.google.com
  
  Dr. Denise Stodola Named Interim Head of the Department of ...  kettering.edu
  
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• Open Arts Alliance: Expanded Programming Makes 2023 the ... - Greenwich Free Press

  07-08-2023 15:15 via news.google.com
  
  Open Arts Alliance: Expanded Programming Makes 2023 the ...  Greenwich Free Press
  
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• Haas Endowment for the Performing Arts helps GV students prepare ... - Grand Valley Lanthorn

  07-08-2023 15:01 via news.google.com
  
  Haas Endowment for the Performing Arts helps GV students prepare ...  Grand Valley Lanthorn
  
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• Who Is Neil Breen?

  07-08-2023 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The producer, writer, director and star has made five imaginative, bewildering low-budget paranormal thrillers, spurring both ridicule and awe.
  
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• Fiber Arts Festival - The Reader - The Reader

  07-08-2023 15:00 via news.google.com
  
  Fiber Arts Festival - The Reader  The Reader
  
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• Six questions with Pamela Barnett, dean of the School of the Arts ... - The College of New Jersey News

  07-08-2023 14:47 via news.google.com
  
  Six questions with Pamela Barnett, dean of the School of the Arts ...  The College of New Jersey News
  
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• In Focus: Northwoods Arts Council Prepares for 28th Annual Art ... - lptv.org

  07-08-2023 14:44 via news.google.com
  
  In Focus: Northwoods Arts Council Prepares for 28th Annual Art ...  lptv.org
  
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• Artists Cardiff and Miller Open Art Space, Will Gompertz to Lead Sir John Soane’s Museum, and More: Morning Links for August 7, 2023

  07-08-2023 14:17 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesJOB POSTING. Will Gompertz, who has been artistic director of London’s Barbican Centre since 2021, has been hired to to lead Sir John Soane’s Museum in the city. Gompertz has had a somewhat unusual path into museum leadership, having been BBC’s arts editor for 11 years before coming to the Barbican. Prio
  
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• TCAC auction event with Celebration of the Arts - Bradford Era

  07-08-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  TCAC auction event with Celebration of the Arts  Bradford Era
  
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• Meet Suzanne Jackson, Art in America’s Fall 2023 Cover Artist

  07-08-2023 14:00 via artnews.com
  
  Suzanne Jackson, whose work a history drawing-cracked wall (2016–19) features on the cover of the Fall 2023 issue of Art in America in a detail of the larger work shown here in full, told A.i.A. the backstory of her creation from her home in Savannah, Georgia. (Jackson is also the subject of a feature profile in the same issue.)As told to A.i.A. The “history” in history drawing is the history of making the drawing. Over the three years I was working on it—it&rsq
  
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• Fall 2023: Icons

  07-08-2023 14:00 via artnews.com
  
  What makes an artist iconic? It depends whom you ask. For us at Art in America, it has to do with their impact on other artists, their influence on visual culture, and, ultimately, their effect on history and society. That latter quality is a tough one to gauge; it’s a bit like the proverbial butterfly flapping its wings. But the artists we feature in this issue as icons have left their mark, to be sure. Suzanne Jackson cultivated the talent of other Black artists with her Gallery 32
  
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• K-12 arts and crafts material market to grow by USD 570.47 million from 2022 to 2027|Growing demand for paper-based stationery products drives growth - Technavio - Yahoo Finance

  07-08-2023 13:55 via news.google.com
  
  K-12 arts and crafts material market to grow by USD 570.47 million from 2022 to 2027|Growing demand for paper-based stationery products drives growth - Technavio  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Frost Fire's summer arts camp has become two sessions - Grand Forks Herald

  07-08-2023 13:44 via news.google.com
  
  Frost Fire's summer arts camp has become two sessions  Grand Forks Herald
  
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• Your guide to the Saginaw African Cultural Festival, Michigan’s oldest Black arts fest - MLive.com

  07-08-2023 13:30 via news.google.com
  Your guide to the Saginaw African Cultural Festival, Michigan’s oldest Black arts fest  MLive.com
  
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• Bee's Arts and Crafts opens in Huntington - Newsday

  07-08-2023 13:09 via news.google.com
  Bee's Arts and Crafts opens in Huntington  Newsday
  
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• Artist Jonas Wood Discusses His Latest Exhibition Focused on His Drawing Practice, ‘The Backbone of His Studio Practice’

  07-08-2023 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  Los Angeles–based artist Jonas Wood is best known for his paintings that feature landscapes, vessels, interiors, plants, and his love of sports. Recent exhibitions include “Henri Matisse & Jonas Wood” at Nahmad Contemporary in Gstaad, Switzerland, which displays both artist’s works in comparison, with a text written by curator and art historian Helen Molesworth.Related Articles The Atlanta University Center Has Long Been a Home for Robust Scholarship of Black Art Hist
  
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• Could this blighted Palmer Township building become an arts center? - lehighvalleylive.com

  07-08-2023 12:36 via news.google.com
  Could this blighted Palmer Township building become an arts center?  lehighvalleylive.com
  
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• TerrapinFest Arts and Music Festival PACC Gardner - The Gardner News

  07-08-2023 11:54 via news.google.com
  
  TerrapinFest Arts and Music Festival PACC Gardner  The Gardner News
  
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• After a Flood, Saving Appalachia’s History Piece by Piece

  07-08-2023 11:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Appalshop, a cultural center in Kentucky, has recovered more than 13,500 items after a devastating flood a year ago. Many are being restored and digitized.
  
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• For Dua Lipa, Just Being a Pop Star Isn’t Enough

  07-08-2023 11:11 via nytimes.com
  
  Though the singer has maintained a strict line between her music and her private life, she’s leveraging her personal passions in a bid to become a media mogul.
  
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