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• Embattled Metro Arts director takes leave amid swirl of investigations - WPLN

  06-03-2024 23:30
  
  Embattled Metro Arts director takes leave amid swirl of investigations  WPLN
  
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• Expecting Protests at the Oscars, Police Plan to Beef Up Security

  06-03-2024 23:15 via nytimes.com
  
  The Los Angeles police said it would increase its presence at the Academy Awards, given the potential for protests related to the Israel-Hamas war.
  
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• Josette Molland’s Testimony: Scenes of Life in Nazi Camps

  06-03-2024 22:28 via nytimes.com
  
  In her 80s, she created a series of paintings depicting the horrors she endured in forced-labor camps during World War II.
  
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• Josette Molland, Who Told of Life in Nazi Camps Through Art, Dies at 100

  06-03-2024 22:26 via nytimes.com
  
  She endured horrors as a captured member of the French Resistance and — to ensure that her story, too, would survive — depicted them years later in a series of stark paintings.
  
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• Drake Bell Will Detail Abuse He Suffered as a Child Star

  06-03-2024 21:53 via nytimes.com
  
  The former Nickelodeon actor is set to describe sexual abuse he experienced at the hands of a former dialogue coach, according to a new docuseries. Court documents detail the back story.
  
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• Lack of Progress on Nazi-Looted Art Prompts New Guidelines from US State Department

  06-03-2024 21:50 via artnews.com
  
  Most countries have made little to no progress on the restitution of art and cultural property looted during the Holocaust, according to a recently released report. “Holocaust-Era Looted Cultural Property: A Current Worldwide Overview” found that while seven countries have made “major progress” in returning items to their owner, 24 countries from among the 47 surveyed have not done sufficient historical research, provenance research, instituted a claims process, or &ldquo
  
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• Collectors Withdraw Works from London’s Barbican Show to Protest ‘Censorship’ of Talk on Palestine

  06-03-2024 21:47 via artnews.com
  
  Two collectors have withdrawn works loaned for a show at the Barbican after the London institution cancelled a talk by Indian writer Pankaj Mishra on Israel and Palestine. The decision has spurred allegations of censorship against the center, and deepened concerns in the art world that spaces for free discussion of Palestine are growing scarce. The loaned works, two quilts by Loretta Pettwlay, a member of the Southern American artist collective Gee’s Bend, were pulled from a major gro
  
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• Review: Lucid Dreaming, Person to Person

  06-03-2024 20:38 via nytimes.com
  
  In Ursula Eagly’s “Dream Body Body Building” at the Chocolate Factory, the dancers seem to be transmitting a dream state to the audience.
  
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• Leading Conceptual Icelandic Artist Hreinn Fridfinnsson Dies at 81

  06-03-2024 20:16 via artnews.com
  
  Hreinn Friðfinnsson, one of Iceland’s most important artists, has died at the age of 81. Reykjavík’s i8 Gallery, which has represented the artist since 1995, confirmed the news in an email newsletter. Characterized for his ability to transcend commonplace subjects and materials in his art, Friðfinnsson worked across performance, sculpture, photography, drawing, and installation for seven decades. The artist often used such mediums as paper, cardboard, and mirrors to cr
  
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• Christopher Walken’s Hidden ‘Dune’ Connection

  06-03-2024 19:48 via nytimes.com
  
  The actor who plays the malevolent emperor in the new film actually brought an element of the saga to life once before. Remember “Weapon of Choice”?
  
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• The Oscars Carpet Color Goes Back to Red

  06-03-2024 19:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Following the surprise of last year’s champagne-hued rug, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled a bright red one on Wednesday at the Dolby Theater.
  
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• Morgan Library Rings in Its Centennial with Black-Tie Gala and $15 M. in Birthday Gifts

  06-03-2024 19:30 via artnews.com
  
  On Monday evening, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York hosted a black-tie gala to celebrate its centennial as a public institution. Guests, swathed in silk lapels and floor-length evening gowns, entered through the grand arch of the historic building’s original Neoclassical entrance, with spotlights illuminating the facade and a red carpet. Inside the rotunda, flutes of champagne chimed as toasts were made, hands shaken, and air kisses bequeathed. The sound of a violin elegant
  
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• Onstage, Zach Bryan Howled, and the Crowd Found Its Voice

  06-03-2024 19:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The singer and songwriter has become one of pop’s least expected new stars. On opening night of his arena tour, he showcased the bond with his fans that brought him there.
  
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• Official Posters for the 2024 Paris Olympics Have Been Released, Causing a Stir with Conservatives

  06-03-2024 19:22 via artnews.com
  
  France released the official posters on Tuesday for the upcoming 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this summer, and conservatives and right-wingers in the country are not happy. The posters, designed by illustrator Ugo Gattoni,depict a panorama of a fantastical Parisian cityscape, showing such iconic monuments as the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe along the Seine in vibrant hues.Conservatives in France, however, were remiss over a missing Christian cross and French tricolor flags,
  
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• And the Oscars Carpet Color Goes … Back to Red

  06-03-2024 19:22 via nytimes.com
  
  Following the surprise of last year’s champagne-hued rug, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled a bright red one on Wednesday at the Dolby Theater.
  
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• New Yale faculty receive honorary Master of Arts degrees - Yale News

  06-03-2024 19:12
  
  New Yale faculty receive honorary Master of Arts degrees  Yale News
  
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• Paper Bag Players Celebrate 65 Years of Making Magic Out of the Ordinary

  06-03-2024 19:07 via nytimes.com
  
  The children’s theater company will bring its latest production, “It’s a Marvelous Paper Bag World!,” to stages in New York this spring.
  
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• girl in red: The Popcast (Deluxe) Interview

  06-03-2024 18:45 via nytimes.com
  
  An interview with the Norwegian singer girl in red (Marie Ulven) about her second album, “I’m Doing It Again Baby!,” opening for Taylor Swift and more.
  
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• Off the Board Game, Onto the Digital Canvas

  06-03-2024 18:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Are role-playing games enriching culture, or destroying it? In two shows, the artist Simon Denny spoofs the grandiose fantasy worlds of tech entrepreneurs designing virtual reality.
  
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• ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Review: Best Fiends Forever

  06-03-2024 18:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In this slapdash, off-color comedy directed by Peter Farrelly, three buddies use the same imaginary friend as an excuse to get them out of binds.
  
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• ‘As Living as Opera Can Get’: John Cage’s Anarchic Anti-Canon

  06-03-2024 17:23 via nytimes.com
  
  In his “Europeras,” Cage dismantled centuries of tradition and expectations, for musicians and audiences alike. A rare revival is coming to Detroit.
  
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• ‘Bérénice’ Review: Crushed by Isabelle Huppert’s Star Power

  06-03-2024 16:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Romeo Castellucci’s production of the classic play by Jean Racine is all about the lead performer — and that’s it.
  
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• Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to Lead Broadway ‘Othello’

  06-03-2024 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Kenny Leon will direct a starry revival of Shakespeare’s tragedy in the spring of 2025.
  
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• Nations to Clarify Definition of Nazi-Looted Art, Mysterious Kirchner Painting Discovered, Conservatives Blast Paris Olympics Poster and More: Morning Links for March 6, 2024

  06-03-2024 15:02 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESBURDEN OF PROOF LIFTED. Nations agreed to new clarifications outlining “best practices” for adhering to the non-binding Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art, when it comes to sticky questions that continue to stump restitution claims and feed ongoing court battles. In the new, “best practices” text signed thus far by 22 nat
  
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• Significant Paul Klee Works Head to New York for Show Pairing His Art with Calder’s

  06-03-2024 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  Next month, significant works by Paul Klee held in international collections will journey to New York, where they will join pieces by Alexander Calder for an unusually grand gallery show that examines the two modernists. The exhibition at Di Donna Galleries will include 40 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper that have been sourced from prominent international public and private collections. According to dealer Emmanuel Di Donna, the show will provide a window into how the artists tackled m
  
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• Love Letter to Book Arts - The Wellesley News

  06-03-2024 14:00
  
  Love Letter to Book Arts  The Wellesley News
  
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• Diller Scofidio + Renfro Breaks Ground on Rice University's New Arts Building - ArchDaily

  06-03-2024 12:30
  
  Diller Scofidio + Renfro Breaks Ground on Rice University's New Arts Building  ArchDaily
  
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• How Much Say Should Families Have in Biopics?

  06-03-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The Oscars slate this year is packed with films rooted in historical events and biographies. How much influence should the subjects have?
  
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• Total Solar Eclipse of 2024: 31 Things to Do

  06-03-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  On April 8, the moon will blot out the sun along a roughly 4,200-mile-long, 115-mile-wide path across North America. Where will you watch it? Here are some ideas.
  
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• ‘Modern Love Podcast’: Novelist Celeste Ng on the Big Power of Little Things

  06-03-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The acclaimed author delves into a Modern Love essay about parenting, poetry and persistence.
  
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• Green Architecture Hits a Growth Spurt

  06-03-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Buildings made shaggy with vegetation or fragrant with wood are no longer novelties.
  
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• 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Don Cherry

  06-03-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Listen to favorite songs by an adventurous musician who pushed the boundaries of jazz, selected by writers and musicians including Nailah Hunter, Kieran Hebden and the artist’s son Eagle-Eye Cherry.
  
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• Why Don’t More American Maestros Lead American Orchestras?

  06-03-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Leonard Bernstein blazed a trail for conductors from the United States nearly 70 years ago. But at top American orchestras these days, they’re scarce.
  
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• Wendy Ikemoto Brings an Indigenous Perspective to a New York Museum

  06-03-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Wendy Nalani E. Ikemoto, chief curator of the New-York Historical Society, aims to interpret, contextualize and activate art “in a way that is relevant to today.”
  
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• For Casting Directors, the Hunt for a Killer Never Stops

  06-03-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Procedural dramas are often relaxing to watch, but the hectic sprint to find and cast new patients, clients and crooks each week is anything but.
  
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• Architects’ Los Angeles Home Embraces Tube-Like Design

  06-03-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A hillside home of Spanish architects has a skin made of colorful tubes.
  
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• Late Night Finds Super Tuesday Super Predictable

  06-03-2024 09:36 via nytimes.com
  
  “Spoiler: It’s Biden/Trump,” Stephen Colbert said. “It’s always been Biden/Trump. It will always be Biden/Trump.”
  
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• Gabriel García Márquez Wanted to Destroy His Last Novel. It’s About to Be Published.

  06-03-2024 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The publication of “Until August” adds an surprising twist to his legacy, and may stir questions about posthumous releases that contradict a writer’s directives.
  
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• Janice Burgess, Nickelodeon Executive and ‘Backyardigans’ Creator, 72, Dies

  06-03-2024 04:14 via nytimes.com
  
  She oversaw production of “Blue’s Clues” and drew on her childhood for “The Backyardigans,” in which five cartoon animals imagine their yard as a place of otherworldly adventure.
  
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• Edward Bond, 89, Playwright Who Clashed With Royal Censors, Dies

  06-03-2024 04:05 via nytimes.com
  
  His brazen first play, “Saved,” though it drew outrage, led to the end of more than 200 years of state control over the theater.
  
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• Review: For ‘Jack Tucker,’ Failure Is the Only Option

  06-03-2024 02:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Zach Zucker delivers a raucously funny portrait of a catastrophically dim stand-up comic at SoHo Playhouse.
  
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• Patti Smith Sings for the Morgan Library & Museum’s 100th Anniversary

  06-03-2024 02:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The Morgan Library & Museum drew devotees out for a party celebrating its centennial, including Peter Marino, Vito Schnabel and Walton Ford.
  
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