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• Washington state's Bellevue Arts Museum faces 'dire' financial straits - Art Newspaper

  22-02-2024 22:41
  
  Washington state's Bellevue Arts Museum faces 'dire' financial straits  Art Newspaper
  
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• British Museum Makes Emergency Repairs to Several Galleries Due to Leaking Roofs

  22-02-2024 22:26 via artnews.com
  
  Emergency roof repairs are being made to four galleries at the British Museum, according to a new report by the Art Newspaper.The repairs to the roofs above galleries devoted to Greek, Cypriot, and Japanese artworks are being done in response to an “endless series of leaks” at the popular institution, with buckets used to catch drips and extra heaters being used to reduce humidity levels.Last November, museum board chair George Osborne admitted in a speech that for decades, the build
  
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• What to Watch This Weekend: A Dysfunctional Family Dramedy

  22-02-2024 21:32 via nytimes.com
  
  “Moonshine,” a Canadian series about a family selling drugs and hospitality in Nova Scotia, is overstuffed but exciting.
  
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• $30 M. Brice Marden Painting Poised to Break Artist’s Auction Record

  22-02-2024 20:44 via artnews.com
  
  A diptych painting by Brice Marden, who died last year at the age of 84, will be auctioned in May at Christie’s, which is expecting the work to sell for between $30 million and $50 million.Event, a large-scale canvas produced between 2004 and 2007, will be offered during a New York evening sale dedicated to work made during the 20th and 21st centuries. If the work reaches its low estimate, its sale will set a new record for Marden.Born in Knoxville, New York, Marden managed studios in Hydr
  
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• Wendy Williams Has Frontotemporal Dementia and Aphasia, Representatives Say

  22-02-2024 20:21 via nytimes.com
  
  Representatives for the former daytime talk show host announced her diagnoses two days before the release of a two-part documentary about her health issues.
  
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• Manslaughter Trial Begins of ‘Rust’ Armorer in Alec Baldwin Shooting

  22-02-2024 20:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Prosecutors said the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was responsible for the presence of live ammunition on the set and for failing to check the gun; the defense said she was a scapegoat.
  
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• Robert Macbeth, Founder of Harlem’s New Lafayette Theater, Dies at 89

  22-02-2024 19:58 via nytimes.com
  
  He created a vibrant space for actors and playwrights that became a seedbed for the emerging Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s.
  
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• Armorer Who Loaded Gun in Alec Baldwin Shooting Stands Trial: What to Know

  22-02-2024 19:57 via nytimes.com
  
  The armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the film “Rust.” She has pleaded not guilty.
  
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• UK Campaigners Lose Legal Bid to Stop Construction of Tunnel Near Stonehenge

  22-02-2024 19:50 via artnews.com
  
  British activists have lost a legal challenge to stop the construction of a two-mile tunnel that they say would pass perilously close to Stonehenge. The Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site campaigners—a group comprising druids, archaeologists, urban planners, and scientists—have cited expert assessments that warned of “permanent and irreversible damage” to the ancient stone circle, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1986. However, in a 5
  
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• ‘The Ally,’ a Play About Israel and Free Speech, Tackles Big Issues

  22-02-2024 19:08 via nytimes.com
  
  Itamar Moses wrote a drama of ideas about Israel and antisemitism. Then Oct. 7 happened.
  
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• Molly Ringwald, Yvette Nicole Brown Among Creative Coalition Entertainment Industry Delegation Advocating for Arts Funding - Variety

  22-02-2024 19:00
  Molly Ringwald, Yvette Nicole Brown Among Creative Coalition Entertainment Industry Delegation Advocating for Arts Funding  Variety
  
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• ‘Io Capitano’ Review: A Migration Odyssey

  22-02-2024 18:45 via nytimes.com
  
  The Italian director of the film “Gomorrah” focuses his tender yet unsparing lens on two teenage boys journeying from their home in Senegal to Europe.
  
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• ‘The Ally,’ a New Play at the Public Theater, Hashes Out the Headlines

  22-02-2024 18:29 via nytimes.com
  
  Itamar Moses wrote a drama of ideas about Israel and antisemitism. Then Oct. 7 happened.
  
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• Israel’s Proposed Eurovision Entry Causes a Storm

  22-02-2024 18:25 via nytimes.com
  
  Almost nobody has heard the song, but some social media users see it as a reference to the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, and so too political for Eurovision.
  
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• Review: Ray Francis Photographs, at Bruce Silverstein Gallery

  22-02-2024 18:16 via nytimes.com
  
  A founder of the Kamoinge Workshop, he made lush, powerful photos that document and honor members of the African diaspora.
  
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• Anti-Abortion Group Calls for Removal of ‘Satanic’ Shahzia Sikander Sculpture in Texas

  22-02-2024 18:16 via artnews.com
  
  A Shahzia Sikander sculpture has become the subject of controversy after a powerful anti-abortion group claimed that the work promotes “satanic” imagery.The sculpture, which was acclaimed by critics when it appeared in New York’s Madison Square Park last year, was intended to explore the relationship between femininity and power. Titled Witness (2023), the work features a female figure who levitates above the ground, her arms and legs dissolving into root-like forms. She dons t
  
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• Review: Yunchan Lim Plays Chopin at Carnegie Hall

  22-02-2024 17:51 via nytimes.com
  
  For his Carnegie debut, the fast-rising Yunchan Lim gave a confident and dazzling performance of Chopin’s 27 fiendishly difficult études.
  
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• Christie’s Auction of Sir Elton John’s Collection Achieves $8 M. on Opening Night

  22-02-2024 17:51 via artnews.com
  
  Christie’s auction of items from Elton John’s collection kicked off on Wednesday with a special sale dedicated to his art, his luxury goods and, of course, his fabulously eccentric outfits. Across the auction’s 49 lots, all of which sold, some $8 million in sales was brought in.
  It is merely the first auction in a series of sales of Johns’s collection that continues through February 28, however.
  The auction started with a bang as the first four lots soared past their esti
  
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• ‘October Rain,’ Israel’s Proposed Eurovision Entry, Causes a Storm

  22-02-2024 17:50 via nytimes.com
  
  Almost nobody has heard the song, but some social media users see it as a reference to the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, and so too political for Eurovision.
  
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• ‘How Do You Deal with the Sublime?’: The Curators of Saudi Arabia’s Desert X on Using Landscape as Inspiration

  22-02-2024 17:47 via artnews.com
  
  Earlier this month, the third edition of Desert X AlUla opened as part of the AlUla Arts Festival. The show runs through March 23.The show includes 17 artists, some from the region (like Rand Abdul Jabbar (Iraq),  Monira Al Qadiri (Kuwait), Aseel AlYaqoub (Kuwait), Ayman Yossri Daydban (Saudi-Palestine), Pascal Hachem and Rana Haddad (Lebanon), Faisal Samra (Saudi Arabia), Filwa Nazer (Saudi Arabia) and others international (like K
  
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• ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Review: Ethan Coen’s Sluggish Joyride

  22-02-2024 17:11 via nytimes.com
  
  Directing without his brother, Coen brings the usual mix of highbrow references and petty crimes, but this road movie just stalls out.
  
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• Residente’s ‘Las Letras Ya No Importan’: A Troublemaker Reveals His Heart

  22-02-2024 16:42 via nytimes.com
  
  The Puerto Rican rapper from Calle 13 places romance alongside resistance on “Las Letras Ya No Importan.”
  
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• Nigeria’s New Museum of West African Art Calls Into Question the Future of Encyclopedic Museums

  22-02-2024 16:30 via artnews.com
  
  This fall, barring any last-minute delays, Nigeria will open the glitzy Museum of West African Art, a sprawling 15-acre complex with a world-class historical museum, a contemporary art gallery, a research and education institute, and more. Built on the razed site of the former Benin City and constructed to resemble a historic palace, MOWAA represents a new kind of museum: deeply embedded in and designed in concert with the culture it enshrines and celebrates.“We think about MOWAA as a blue
  
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• Black History Month | Celebrating the arts and creatives - WLTX.com

  22-02-2024 16:27
  
  Black History Month | Celebrating the arts and creatives  WLTX.com
  
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• College of Arts and Sciences 2024 Business Bootcamp - shu.edu

  22-02-2024 16:07
  
  College of Arts and Sciences 2024 Business Bootcamp  shu.edu
  
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• APPlause! K-12 Performing Arts Series hosting 'Sing and Swing – A Jazz at Lincoln Center' on March 5 - Watauga Democrat

  22-02-2024 16:07
  APPlause! K-12 Performing Arts Series hosting 'Sing and Swing – A Jazz at Lincoln Center' on March 5  Watauga Democrat
  
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• Festival of Native Arts rings in 50 years | Latitude 65 | newsminer.com - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  22-02-2024 16:05
  
  Festival of Native Arts rings in 50 years | Latitude 65 | newsminer.com  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  
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• Popcast (Deluxe): Pop Stars vs. the Attention Economy

  22-02-2024 16:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez’s new film and album, “This Is Me … Now,” plus other messy rollouts for pop stars including Dua Lipa, Justin Timberlake and Camila Cabello.
  
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• Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Can’t Match the Original

  22-02-2024 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Netflix’s latest attempt to capture the magic of a beloved animated series has some strong performances but falls well short of the original.
  
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• College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Member Co-Authors Textbook on Narrative Video Game Design - Newsroom ... - University of St. Thomas Newsroom

  22-02-2024 16:00
  
  College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Member Co-Authors Textbook on Narrative Video Game Design - Newsroom ...  University of St. Thomas Newsroom
  
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• Best of Chicago 2023: Arts & Culture - Chicago Reader

  22-02-2024 16:00
  
  Best of Chicago 2023: Arts & Culture  Chicago Reader
  
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• ‘About Dry Grasses’ Review: The Weariness of Hope

  22-02-2024 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The latest intimate epic from the master filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan asks whether the world can change, and we can change with it.
  
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• Massachusetts summer camp for performing arts helps kids "find their voice" - CBS Boston

  22-02-2024 15:44
  Massachusetts summer camp for performing arts helps kids "find their voice"  CBS Boston
  
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• Edison Council Approves Ordinance to Create The Cultural Arts Commission - TAPinto.net

  22-02-2024 15:22
  
  Edison Council Approves Ordinance to Create The Cultural Arts Commission  TAPinto.net
  
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• Milton Arts Guild fine crafts classes to start March 4 - CapeGazette.com

  22-02-2024 15:20
  
  Milton Arts Guild fine crafts classes to start March 4  CapeGazette.com
  
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• Buchanan Center for the Arts Dedicates Blum Studio Classroom | Prairie Communications, LLC - Radio Monmouth, IL

  22-02-2024 15:05
  
  Buchanan Center for the Arts Dedicates Blum Studio Classroom | Prairie Communications, LLC  Radio Monmouth, IL
  
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• The Coterie to Expand Arts Education Programs for Kansas City Youth with Spencer Fane Charitable Grant - Spencer Fane

  22-02-2024 15:03
  
  The Coterie to Expand Arts Education Programs for Kansas City Youth with Spencer Fane Charitable Grant  Spencer Fane
  
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• Newswire | 2024 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Laureates Announced - La Scena Musicale

  22-02-2024 15:00
  
  Newswire | 2024 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Laureates Announced  La Scena Musicale
  
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• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Review: Apocalypse Later

  22-02-2024 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The pleasant distractions of a beautiful open world undermine core narratives about pain and sacrifice on a doomed planet.
  
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• Dogwood Arts Council hosts free art exhibit at senior center - Palestine Herald Press

  22-02-2024 15:00
  
  Dogwood Arts Council hosts free art exhibit at senior center  Palestine Herald Press
  
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• 'Argylle' is a chaotic catastrophe | Arts & Culture | dailyemerald.com - Oregon Daily Emerald

  22-02-2024 15:00
  
  'Argylle' is a chaotic catastrophe | Arts & Culture | dailyemerald.com  Oregon Daily Emerald
  
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• 02/22/24: Melanie Cooper – Arts of York County – WRHI - News Talk 94.3 WRHI

  22-02-2024 14:50
  
  02/22/24: Melanie Cooper – Arts of York County – WRHI  News Talk 94.3 WRHI
  
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• The Other Columbus: Is the Short North still an arts district? - Matter News

  22-02-2024 14:43
  The Other Columbus: Is the Short North still an arts district?  Matter News
  
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• Stutsman County 4-H Communication Arts/Project Expo - newsdakota.com

  22-02-2024 14:34
  
  Stutsman County 4-H Communication Arts/Project Expo  newsdakota.com
  
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• Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events - Austin Chronicle

  22-02-2024 14:31
  
  Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events  Austin Chronicle
  
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• Steuben County: The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes reboots fashion show fundraiser and more - WENY-TV

  22-02-2024 14:16
  
  Steuben County: The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes reboots fashion show fundraiser and more  WENY-TV
  
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• Arts and entertainment events happening February 22nd-25th across the Mid-Ohio Valley - WTAP

  22-02-2024 14:16
  
  Arts and entertainment events happening February 22nd-25th across the Mid-Ohio Valley  WTAP
  
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• Acclaimed Boston performing arts troupe, Selma students to premiere “Selma Again” - Alabama Political Reporter

  22-02-2024 14:06
  
  Acclaimed Boston performing arts troupe, Selma students to premiere “Selma Again”  Alabama Political Reporter
  
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• Nipomo artist Fred Ventura leads digital art workshop in Morro Bay - Santa Maria Sun

  22-02-2024 14:05
  Nipomo artist Fred Ventura leads digital art workshop in Morro Bay  Santa Maria Sun
  
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• Great American Melodrama seeks short-term rentals for guest artists - Santa Maria Sun

  22-02-2024 14:05
  Great American Melodrama seeks short-term rentals for guest artists  Santa Maria Sun
  
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