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• Margaret Tynes, Soprano Who Soared in Verdi and Strauss, Dies at 104

  05-04-2024 23:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Because there were few opportunities for Black singers in the U.S., she became a powerhouse in Europe, performing in operas like “Tosca” and “Carmen.”
  
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• Bramble Theatre Company Unveiling Andersonville Performing Arts Space Saturday - Block Club Chicago

  05-04-2024 23:00 via news.google.com
  
  Bramble Theatre Company Unveiling Andersonville Performing Arts Space Saturday  Block Club Chicago
  
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• Why Is Cardi B Fighting With Raymonte?

  05-04-2024 22:53 via nytimes.com
  
  The rapper exchanged heated remarks with the social media personality Raymonte Cole after he suggested that her skin color was the reason brands consider her “marketable.”
  
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• Minneapolis media arts nonprofit Pollen Midwest shuts down after nearly 15 years - Star Tribune

  05-04-2024 22:32 via news.google.com
  
  Minneapolis media arts nonprofit Pollen Midwest shuts down after nearly 15 years  Star Tribune
  
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• At NFT.NYC, Web3 Types Focus on Merchandising and the Art World Heads Elsewhere

  05-04-2024 22:28 via artnews.com
  
  When NFT.NYC was established in 2018, it brought together a tight-knit community of Web3 nerds. But, by 2021, it had exploded into a monster convention, with 1,500 speakers and a stacked calendar of parties bringing together art, tech, and finance types, often for the first time. At this year’s post-crypto crash edition, which ended Friday, the energy was more muted and the Web3’s various factions kept to themselves. The more entrepreneurially-minded Web3 types headed to New York&rsq
  
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• Colorado Gallery Sells Mayan Artifacts Despite Demands To Stop From Mexican Officials

  05-04-2024 22:25 via artnews.com
  
  An auction house in Colorado recently sold several historic Mayan artifacts, despite Mexican officials requesting the cancellation of the sale.On March 26, Mexico’s culture minister Alejandra Frausto Guerrero posted on social media that Artemis Gallery in Louisville, Colorado was selling “pieces that belong to the cultures of Mexico” and demanding the business stop its sale. “There is nothing more immoral than put a price on the heritage of a nation,” Frausto Guerre
  
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• Lynne Reid Banks, Author of ‘The Indian in the Cupboard,’ Dies at 94

  05-04-2024 22:18 via nytimes.com
  
  She explored the struggles of young women in the novel “The L-Shaped Room” but found her biggest success with a children’s book about a magical cupboard.
  
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• Santa Monica Unveils First/Last Mile Plan for Bergamot Station/Arts District - Streetsblog Los Angeles - Streetsblog Los Angeles

  05-04-2024 21:50 via news.google.com
  
  Santa Monica Unveils First/Last Mile Plan for Bergamot Station/Arts District - Streetsblog Los Angeles  Streetsblog Los Angeles
  
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• Portland becomes first Northwest city featured on the Google Arts and Culture platform - OregonLive

  05-04-2024 21:49 via news.google.com
  Portland becomes first Northwest city featured on the Google Arts and Culture platform  OregonLive
  
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• Auction of African Art Secretly Stored in Houston Shed Canceled After Purported Owner Files for Bankruptcy 

  05-04-2024 21:34 via artnews.com
  
  In 2020, a discreet maintenance shed in Houston was discovered to house more than 1,000 pieces of “priceless” African art with no known provenance. After a lengthy investigation—that ensnared local taxpayers and the county commissioner—the collection was set for auction. However, the sale, scheduled for Thursday, was abruptly canceled after the purported owner of the art filed for bankruptcy.“Last night Sam Njunuri filed for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy,” attorney Jo
  
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• François Pinault’s Grandson Replaces Him on the Christie’s Board

  05-04-2024 21:30 via artnews.com
  
  François Louis Nicolas Pinault, the 26-year-old grandson of François Pinault, replaced the Kering founder as director on the board of the auctioneer of Christie’s on March 26, the Financial Times reported. This is the first indication of a family succession plan behind the luxury group.Founded in 1766, the London–based auction house was purchased by Artémis, the Pinault family’s holding company, in 1998.François Louis Nicolas Pinault is a product mar
  
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• Longtime Journalist Bob Schieffer Bares His Soul in a New Art Exhibition

  05-04-2024 20:57 via nytimes.com
  
  Mr. Schieffer, the former CBS newsman, has taken up painting in his retirement. His work will be seen at the American University Museum in Washington.
  
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• Howard Atlee, Showman Who Promoted Dramas and Dogs, Dies at 97

  05-04-2024 20:39 via nytimes.com
  
  As a press agent, he had his first big hit with “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” In dog competitions, his first big hit was a dachshund named Virginia.
  
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• Celebration of the Eagle Arts at Buddy Taylor Middle School set for April 12 - Palm Coast Observer and Ormond Beach Observer

  05-04-2024 20:15 via news.google.com
  
  Celebration of the Eagle Arts at Buddy Taylor Middle School set for April 12  Palm Coast Observer and Ormond Beach Observer
  
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• Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97

  05-04-2024 20:03 via nytimes.com
  
  A refugee from Iraq, he explored in popular books the worlds of Jews living in Arabic countries or who fled persecution, and of Arabs living in Israel.
  
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• A Solar Eclipse Soundtrack

  05-04-2024 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Songs from TV on the Radio, Brian Eno, Julianna Barwick and others than could well accompany the celestial event on Monday.
  
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• With ‘Succession’ Complete, the Roys’ Next Takeover Is the Stage

  05-04-2024 19:46 via nytimes.com
  
  Audiences are flocking to shows with Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and other alums of the acclaimed HBO series.
  
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• SD Aerial & Arts offers low-impact, high-flying fun - Dakota News Now

  05-04-2024 19:12 via news.google.com
  
  SD Aerial & Arts offers low-impact, high-flying fun  Dakota News Now
  
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• Mikel Breese and CCS’s Community Arts Partnerships - College for Creative Studies

  05-04-2024 19:12 via news.google.com
  
  Mikel Breese and CCS’s Community Arts Partnerships  College for Creative Studies
  
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• 2024 Dallas Arts Fair returns - Spectrum News

  05-04-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  2024 Dallas Arts Fair returns  Spectrum News
  
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• Four Arts zoning proposal gets initial OK from Palm Beach council - Palm Beach Daily News

  05-04-2024 18:57 via news.google.com
  
  Four Arts zoning proposal gets initial OK from Palm Beach council  Palm Beach Daily News
  
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• McCook Arts Council president shares hopes for creative district - KOLN

  05-04-2024 18:47 via news.google.com
  
  McCook Arts Council president shares hopes for creative district  KOLN
  
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• Rookie runner: no time to relax | Arts & Culture | dailyemerald.com - Oregon Daily Emerald

  05-04-2024 18:45 via news.google.com
  
  Rookie runner: no time to relax | Arts & Culture | dailyemerald.com  Oregon Daily Emerald
  
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• Enemies to Lovers: Liberal Arts Education – The Asbury Collegian - The Asbury Collegian

  05-04-2024 18:35 via news.google.com
  
  Enemies to Lovers: Liberal Arts Education – The Asbury Collegian  The Asbury Collegian
  
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• Washington Needs Dedicated Funding for Arts Education - The Stranger

  05-04-2024 18:31 via news.google.com
  
  Washington Needs Dedicated Funding for Arts Education  The Stranger
  
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• USC's School of Dramatic Arts finds its home in a 1930s church - Urbanize LA

  05-04-2024 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  USC's School of Dramatic Arts finds its home in a 1930s church  Urbanize LA
  
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• Making Films About Outsiders, Increasingly in the Mainstream

  05-04-2024 18:27 via nytimes.com
  
  Goran Stolevski, who is from North Macedonia and grew up partly in Australia, has made three features in three years, all teeming with unruly emotion.
  
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• Ceramic Garden Flowers at Prairie Arts Center - Visit Stillwater, Oklahoma

  05-04-2024 18:18 via news.google.com
  
  Ceramic Garden Flowers at Prairie Arts Center  Visit Stillwater, Oklahoma
  
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• When a Sasquatch Comes to Central Park

  05-04-2024 18:03 via nytimes.com
  
  A publicity effort for the movie “Sasquatch Sunset” had one of the film’s cast members in full sasquatch costume, wandering through Central Park.
  
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• Arts Everywhere Day set for April 12 | UNC-Chapel Hill - unc.edu

  05-04-2024 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Arts Everywhere Day set for April 12 | UNC-Chapel Hill  unc.edu
  
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• The Era of Klaus Mäkelä, Conducting Phenom, Begins in Chicago

  05-04-2024 17:57 via nytimes.com
  
  On Thursday, the richly talented 28-year-old maestro led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the first time since being named its next music director.
  
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• Chappell Roan’s Eye-Roll Kiss-Off, and 11 More New Songs

  05-04-2024 17:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by Prince, Young Miko, the Black Keys and others.
  
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• Soprano Renee Fleming leads arts and wellness panel with Dr. Sanjay Gupta – WABE - WABE 90.1 FM

  05-04-2024 17:16 via news.google.com
  
  Soprano Renee Fleming leads arts and wellness panel with Dr. Sanjay Gupta – WABE  WABE 90.1 FM
  
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• A $20-30 M. Lucio Fontana from the Rachofsky Collection could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s in May

  05-04-2024 17:10 via artnews.com
  
  Lucio Fontana’s Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (1964), which has been in the Cindy and Howard Rachofsky collection for over two decades, will come up for sale at Sotheby’s this May.Concetto, a brilliant cadmium yellow work from one of the artist’s most recognizable series, comes with an estimate of $20 million – $30 million, which makes the work not only the priciest Fontana to ever come to auction, but also sets the stage for a possible auction record. The w
  
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• Review: A Conductor’s Philharmonic Debut Is a Homecoming

  05-04-2024 17:05 via nytimes.com
  
  Karina Canellakis, a born-and-raised New Yorker, led her hometown orchestra alongside another debut, of the pianist Alice Sara Ott.
  
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• Best Booths at the 2024 Dallas Art Fair, where High Meets Low and Elegance is Simplicity

  05-04-2024 17:01 via artnews.com
  
  The 2024 edition of the Dallas Art Fair opened to VIPs on Thursday and, while the city’s Fashion Industry Gallery was bustling, the fair did not lose the intimacy that makes it such a distinctive experience.One of the strengths of the DAF is that art dealers frequently bring interesting, off-beat work confident in the knowledge that collectors there like to take the time to look, consider, and, in most cases, appreciate. Texas-based collectors like to stop and chat with dealers casually, a
  
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• WLU Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of Center for Arts and Education - westliberty.edu

  05-04-2024 16:05 via news.google.com
  WLU Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of Center for Arts and Education  westliberty.edu
  
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• Marlborough Gallery to End Operations, Land Artist Fights Demolition of Work, Gaza Art Center Destroyed, and More: Morning Links for April 5, 2024

  05-04-2024 15:59 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINES SUIT UP. Mary Miss, a key figure in the Land Art movement, has filed suit against the Des Moines Art Center in a bid to stop the institution from demolishing her outdoor installation. Plans to destroy the work, which was commissioned by the center in the 1990s, were revealed in January. The center has argued that after decade
  
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• Arts Notes: WSO bringing visually inspired 'America the Beautiful' program - Daily Press

  05-04-2024 15:01 via news.google.com
  
  Arts Notes: WSO bringing visually inspired 'America the Beautiful' program  Daily Press
  
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• Kurt Cobain's legacy, according to 10 young Seattle musicians, arts workers - The Seattle Times

  05-04-2024 15:00 via news.google.com
  
  Kurt Cobain's legacy, according to 10 young Seattle musicians, arts workers  The Seattle Times
  
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• Denton Fine Arts Theatre getting $1.6 million renovation - WFAA.com

  05-04-2024 14:34 via news.google.com
  
  Denton Fine Arts Theatre getting $1.6 million renovation  WFAA.com
  
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• Review: 'Wicked Little Letters' | Arts | dailyuw.com - Dailyuw

  05-04-2024 14:25 via news.google.com
  
  Review: 'Wicked Little Letters' | Arts | dailyuw.com  Dailyuw
  
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• Land Artist Files Lawsuit Against Des Moines Museum to Protect Her Work

  05-04-2024 13:47 via nytimes.com
  
  Mary Miss’s lawsuit claims that the planned demolition of her work violates the Visual Artists Rights Act, which empowers artists to save their work from destruction.
  
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• Arts Playlist: 'There Is a Woman in Every Color' at the Delaware Art Museum - Delaware First Media

  05-04-2024 13:12 via news.google.com
  
  Arts Playlist: 'There Is a Woman in Every Color' at the Delaware Art Museum  Delaware First Media
  
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• Kikuo Saito’s Tantalizing Abstractions Speak a Language We’ll Never Understand

  05-04-2024 12:00 via artnews.com
  
  This essay originally appeared in Reframed, the Art in America newsletter about art that surprises us and works that get us worked up. Sign up here to receive it every Thursday.Scribbled numbers, wiped-away letters, word-like scrawls: all of these recur in Kikuo Saito’s paintings of the early 1990s, a selection of which form a wonderfully mystifying solo show on view now at James Fuentes gallery in New York. The cryptic markings are cast against vast
  
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• Women Who Made Art in Japanese Internment Camps Are Getting Their Due

  05-04-2024 11:40 via nytimes.com
  
  A traveling exhibit will focus on the work of three Japanese American women artists, Hisako Hibi, Miki Hayakawa and Miné Okubo.
  
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• Woody Allen’s Muted Milestone with “Coup de Chance”

  05-04-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  “Coup de Chance,” a milestone, is being released in the United States after opening in Europe months ago.
  
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• ‘Sugar’ Review: In a Lonely Place With Colin Farrell

  05-04-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  This Apple TV+ mystery celebrates and subverts film noir.
  
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• A ‘Taxi Driver’ Remake: Why Arthur Jafa Recast the Scorsese Ending

  05-04-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The artist has gone back to his filmmaking roots, re-examining what he sees as racial undertones in Martin Scorsese’s classic 1976 movie.
  
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• Her Art Is at Odds With Museums, and Museums Can’t Get Enough

  05-04-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Gala Porras-Kim has confronted the restitution of cultural artifacts and now — with melting Antarctic ice — climate change.
  
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