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• $111,000 granted to boost Mercer County arts - WHBF - OurQuadCities.com

  27-09-2023 23:59 via news.google.com
  $111,000 granted to boost Mercer County arts  WHBF - OurQuadCities.com
  
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• Archaeologist Accuses Manhattan DA’s Office Of Abusing Intellectual Property

  27-09-2023 23:14 via artnews.com
  
  The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has gained an international reputation for its efforts to repatriate looted artifacts through its antiquities trafficking unit (ATU). But one archaeologist has now cast doubt on whether the DA’s office has properly credited many of its collaborators.Since the ATU was formed in 2017, the Manhattann DA’s office has recovered nearly 4,500 items from 29 countries, with an estimated value of more than $375 million. They include seven Egon Sch
  
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• Rebekah M. Devine | Liberal Arts - University of Nevada, Reno

  27-09-2023 22:25 via news.google.com
  
  Rebekah M. Devine | Liberal Arts  University of Nevada, Reno
  
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• Germany Toughens Migration Checks to Control Asylum Seeker Influx

  27-09-2023 22:06 via nytimes.com
  
  With the number of asylum seekers rising, along with support for the far right, the government has come under increasing pressure to act.
  
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• Art Institute of Chicago Union Finalizes First Contract, Secures “Across the Board” Wage Increases

  27-09-2023 22:01 via artnews.com
  
  Unionized employees of the Art Institute of Chicago museum (AIC) and its affiliated school, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), have secured their first contract, which guarantees wage increases “across the board” over a four-year period. Notably, employees who currently make the lowest wages receiving the highest raise at 16.25 percent.  The Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU/AFSCME)is comprised of more than 500 workers from the two institutions.
  
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• Headwaters Music and Arts announces fall youth art programs - Bemidji Pioneer

  27-09-2023 21:23 via news.google.com
  
  Headwaters Music and Arts announces fall youth art programs  Bemidji Pioneer
  
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• In New York, Creating a ‘Port of Entry’ for Young French Artists

  27-09-2023 21:13 via nytimes.com
  
  As French cultural adviser in New York, Gaëtan Bruel created artist residencies in the United States, museum curator exchanges and reimagined a poet’s studio.
  
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• Gérard Depardieu’s Art Collection Sells for $4.2 Million at Paris Auction

  27-09-2023 21:09 via nytimes.com
  
  Over 230 pieces went under the hammer, including sculptures by Rodin. The French actor — now dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct — once played the artist in a movie.
  
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• ‘A Metta Prayer' Brings a High-Energy Beat to the Met’s Great Hall

  27-09-2023 21:07 via nytimes.com
  
  Bucking the rules, and the canon, Jacolby Satterwhite remakes the Met’s Great Hall with his multimedia “A Metta Prayer.” It draws on Titian and video games.
  
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• Jacolby Satterwhite’s ‘A Metta Prayer' Brings Energy to the Met

  27-09-2023 21:07 via nytimes.com
  
  Bucking the rules, and the canon, Jacolby Satterwhite remakes the Met’s Great Hall with his multimedia “A Metta Prayer.” It draws on Titian and video games.
  
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• Court Documents Show Christie’s Fighting Back Against US-China Trade War

  27-09-2023 20:47 via artnews.com
  
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Court documents recently unearthed by ARTnews reveal that, in 2020, Christie’s filed a lawsuit against the United States government to dispute tariffs on imports that the house alleges were unlawfully imposed during the country’s trade war with China. Christie’s was
  
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• VCUarts to Break Ground on CoStar Center for Arts and Innovation - Hyperallergic

  27-09-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  VCUarts to Break Ground on CoStar Center for Arts and Innovation  Hyperallergic
  
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• Lawsuit Over Mural Honoring Police Shooting Victim in Miami Beach Returns to Court

  27-09-2023 19:35 via artnews.com
  
  A censorship lawsuit over an artwork removed by city officials in Miami Beach returned to court on September 22, the Art Newspaper reported.Rodney Jackson’s Memorial to Raymond Herisse (2019) was a portrait commemorating the life of Haitian American Raymond Herisse, who was shot and killed by police during Miami Beach’s Urban Beach Weekend festivities in 2011. As part of the ReFrame Miami Beach project, Memorial to Raymond Herisse was included in the exhibition “I See You,
  
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• ARTS at King Street Station Gallery Fall Exhibitions - Art Beat - Seattle.gov

  27-09-2023 19:26 via news.google.com
  
  ARTS at King Street Station Gallery Fall Exhibitions - Art Beat  Seattle.gov
  
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• New Tampa Performing Arts Center's Fall Festival Celebrated the ... - Hillsborough County

  27-09-2023 19:23 via news.google.com
  
  New Tampa Performing Arts Center's Fall Festival Celebrated the ...  Hillsborough County
  
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• Neosho Arts Council sets annual sidewalk chalk art contest - Joplin Globe

  27-09-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Neosho Arts Council sets annual sidewalk chalk art contest  Joplin Globe
  
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• Bruce Springsteen Postpones 2023 Shows Because of Peptic Ulcer Disease

  27-09-2023 18:56 via nytimes.com
  
  A statement on the musician’s social media said he is continuing to recover from peptic ulcer disease, and will resume shows in 2024.
  
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• Arts calendar published Sept. 27, 2023 - West Central Tribune

  27-09-2023 18:34 via news.google.com
  
  Arts calendar published Sept. 27, 2023  West Central Tribune
  
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• Second Atlanta Art Week to celebrate the city's visual arts community ... - ARTS ATL

  27-09-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Second Atlanta Art Week to celebrate the city's visual arts community ...  ARTS ATL
  
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• ‘Reservation Dogs’ Was a Coming-of-All-Ages Masterpiece

  27-09-2023 18:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In the ending of the FX comedy-drama, preserving the bonds among generations is a radical, magical act.
  
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• Hands of Wonder and Culinary Arts Program celebrate bounty ... - Multnomah County

  27-09-2023 17:41 via news.google.com
  
  Hands of Wonder and Culinary Arts Program celebrate bounty ...  Multnomah County
  
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• Review: The Met Opera’s Season Opens With ‘Dead Man Walking’

  27-09-2023 17:37 via nytimes.com
  
  As part of its push to stage more contemporary works, the company has turned to one of the most widely produced operas of the 21st century.
  
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• Emma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is Rude

  27-09-2023 17:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The term may be popular in an age of blurring lines between platforms, but the Hollywood strikes have shown how the phrase can devalue creative work.
  
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• Exclusive announcement: Luke Bryan is coming to Jupiter to raise money for local arts schools - WPBF West Palm Beach

  27-09-2023 16:57 via news.google.com
  Exclusive announcement: Luke Bryan is coming to Jupiter to raise money for local arts schools  WPBF West Palm Beach
  
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• Popcast (Deluxe): Doja Cat’s Rap Renaissance + Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce

  27-09-2023 16:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Breaking down Doja Cat’s surprising new album, “Scarlet,” plus: Swift’s foray into football and Hasan Minhaj’s fibs.
  
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• Arts advocate Estrus Tucker rolls off Fort Worth's art commission - KERA News

  27-09-2023 16:23 via news.google.com
  Arts advocate Estrus Tucker rolls off Fort Worth's art commission  KERA News
  
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• British Museum Wants Your Help Recovering Its Stolen Items

  27-09-2023 16:12 via artnews.com
  
  The British Museum in London has launched a web page for the items that are still missing with the hope of relocating. Around the same time that page went live, the museum dozens of objects that were stolen are now back in the collection.A press statement issued on September 26 said “it was confirmed that 60 items have now been
  returned, with a further 300 identified and due to be returned imminently.”The museum’s web page does not share full details of the lost and damaged ite
  
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• British Museum Seeks the Public’s Help Recovering Its Stolen Items

  27-09-2023 16:12 via artnews.com
  
  The British Museum in London has launched a web page for the items that are still missing with the hope of relocating. Around the same time that page went live, the museum dozens of objects that were stolen are now back in the collection.A press statement issued on September 26 said “it was confirmed that 60 items have now been
  returned, with a further 300 identified and due to be returned imminently.”The museum’s web page does not share full details of the lost and damaged ite
  
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• The National Museum of Women in the Arts reopens after $67.5m ... - Art Newspaper

  27-09-2023 15:51 via news.google.com
  
  The National Museum of Women in the Arts reopens after $67.5m ...  Art Newspaper
  
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• Center for the Arts Celebrates 50th Birthday - Wesleyan University

  27-09-2023 15:43 via news.google.com
  
  Center for the Arts Celebrates 50th Birthday  Wesleyan University
  
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• Juilliard’s Top-Tier Graduate Acting Program Is Going Tuition-Free

  27-09-2023 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Starting with the next academic year, the drama school will eliminate an “unrealistic burden” for graduate acting students.
  
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• Murmurs: Dan Ryan Spars With Arts Council - Willamette Week

  27-09-2023 14:21 via news.google.com
  
  Murmurs: Dan Ryan Spars With Arts Council  Willamette Week
  
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• The Tortured Legacy of Yambo Ouologuem

  27-09-2023 14:10 via nytimes.com
  
  Five decades ago, an award-winning Malian author disappeared from public life after being accused of plagiarism. Now, his ambiguous novel is being released, and evaluated, in new light.
  
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• Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network Announces ... - National Endowment for the Arts

  27-09-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network Announces ...  National Endowment for the Arts
  
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• Christian Thielemann to Succeed Daniel Barenboim at Berlin State Opera

  27-09-2023 13:07 via nytimes.com
  
  The conductor, an acclaimed Wagnerian, was named to replace Barenboim, who stepped down in January after three decades because of health problems.
  
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• Smithsonian American Art Museum Reopens Its Contemporary Galleries with New Stories to Tell

  27-09-2023 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  Women, queer artists, and artists of color have finally become the protagonists of recent American art history rather than its supporting characters. This is the lesson to be learned from the programming at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art since it reopened in 2015, and it is now the big takeaway in the nation’s capital, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, whose contemporary art galleries have reopened after a two-year closure.During that time, architect Annabelle Selldo
  
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• Las Vegas and Its Big, Big Ambitions

  27-09-2023 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  This shape-shifting desert city is in the middle of a reinvention that involves sports stadiums, Formula 1 and the Sphere: a 360-foot-tall, high-tech, traffic-stopping amphitheater clad in 1.2 million LED screens.
  
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• Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical is Opening. How Complete Was It?

  27-09-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Sondheim said days before his death in 2021 that he did not know when it would be finished, but the musical, now called “Here We Are,” begins performances Thursday.
  
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• Wes Anderson on Roald Dahl and ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’

  27-09-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  For years, the director puzzled over an adaptation of “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Then he let the characters say things they weren’t meant to.
  
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• How to Start a Gallery

  27-09-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The art business can be unpredictable, especially in New York. We asked several art dealers how they stay afloat — and how much it costs to do so.
  
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• How Directors Are Reimagining Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Shows

  27-09-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  How hotshot directors are reimagining “Cats,” “Evita,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Sunset Boulevard.”
  
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• MOCA Toronto Fall 2023 Exhibitions Offer Bold Approaches to Sculpture and Black Portraiture

  27-09-2023 06:00 via artnews.com
  
  This fall and winter, Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Art is a must-visit destination for any art-viewing excursion. Located in the newest gallery district in the west end of the city, MOCA Toronto is easy to get to by subway, bus, car, or bike. At the museum, visitors will experience the work of two internationally celebrated artists, Phyllida Barlow and Liz Magor, whose upcoming exhibitions offer distinct and bold approaches to sculpture. Also on view is a selection of work from The Wed
  
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• ARTS: National City community art program give students ‘A Reason to Survive' - NBC San Diego

  27-09-2023 04:01 via news.google.com
  ARTS: National City community art program give students ‘A Reason to Survive'  NBC San Diego
  
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