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• Why Is ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Projected to Set Records?

  24-07-2024 23:11 via nytimes.com
  
  Opening-weekend estimates have been a Hollywood fixture since the 1980s. But surveys of moviegoers can fail to capture those who infrequently visit the theater.
  
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• Maestro Accused of Striking Singer Won’t Return to His Ensembles

  24-07-2024 21:41 via nytimes.com
  
  John Eliot Gardiner is stepping down from three renowned period groups he founded, after he was accused of hitting a singer last year.
  
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• Lisa Kudrow Brings Her Daffy Charm to ‘Time Bandits’

  24-07-2024 20:31 via nytimes.com
  
  The actress dialed up the zany comedy in the TV reboot of a Terry Gilliam fantasy classic, created by the team behind “What We Do in the Shadows.”
  
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• Barnes Foundation Cuts 12 Positions, Fires Curator in Newly Created Role

  24-07-2024 18:48 via artnews.com
  
  The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia has cut 12 positions from its full-time staff over the past six months, ARTnews has learned. The museum confirmed the news to ARTnews in a statement.Between January and February, the museum, home to a significant collection of 19th- and 20th-century art, parted ways with three full-time employees, including two senior-level staff members. In April the museum conducted a round of layoffs, eliminating nine positions.The terminations in January and February wer
  
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• The Academy Museum has a Pandering Problem that Can be Solved

  24-07-2024 18:29 via artnews.com
  
  The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been a commercial hit and a critical misfire.In an era of declining Oscar telecast ratings, the new institution’s robust ticket sales — there have been nearly 2 million visitors since it opened in September 2021 — have turned it into a major Los Angeles draw, bolstered the Academy’s coffers and prompted inaugural museum director Bill Kramer’s ascension to CEO of AMPAS, the parent organization. Yet except for Regeneration, it
  
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• Brazil Nears Total Restoration of Art Damaged in 2023 Insurrection

  24-07-2024 18:20 via artnews.com
  
  Brazil’s government has nearly completed its restoration of hundreds of artworks and objects that were vandalized during the 2023 insurrection, the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) announced earlier this month. The collection, which includes contemporary and historical artworks, design objects, and artifacts, was targeted on January 8, 2023, when riots erupted in Brasília following the defeat of then-president Jair Bolsonaro by Luiz Iná
  
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• He Wrote Michael Jackson’s ‘Human Nature’ and Has 2 More in the Vault

  24-07-2024 18:05 via nytimes.com
  
  Steve Porcaro of Toto, who played on some of the biggest hits of the ’80s, has sold the rights to his music, including a pair of unreleased tracks with the superstar.
  
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• This Year’s BroadwayCon Raises the Curtain on Mental Health

  24-07-2024 17:46 via nytimes.com
  
  The ninth annual fan event will include discussions on topics such as sobriety, self-care and body image. Here are six to look out for.
  
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• Lincoln Center’s Audiences Deserve Music Worthy of Them

  24-07-2024 17:33 via nytimes.com
  
  When listeners were given the power to program an orchestral concert, the results were surprising.
  
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• Dancers Drop Threat to Strike During Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

  24-07-2024 17:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Organizers avoided disruption by agreeing to give performers on temporary contracts a greater cut of broadcast royalties.
  
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• A Rarely Seen David Bowie Rom-Com Gets a New Life

  24-07-2024 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Linguini Incident,” a low-budget ’90s film directed by Richard Shepard and featuring Bowie and Rosanna Arquette, makes its way to Blu-ray in a director’s cut.
  
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• Roman Mosaic Floor Found in Naples Waters, Project to Restore Vandalized Art in Brazil, ‘Mona Lisa’ Called Back to Italy, and More: Morning Links for July 24, 2024

  24-07-2024 16:43 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESRESCUE OPERATION. The National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) has announced that an extensive project to restore art vandalized during the 2023 insurrection at the Brazilian government’s headquarters should be completed in December, reports The Art Newspaper. Hundreds of works of art and design, as well as historical objects we
  
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• Anne Imhof’s ‘Wish You Were Gay’ Billboards Vandalized in Austria: An ‘Attack on Love’

  24-07-2024 16:37 via artnews.com
  
  Six billboards designed by artist Anne Imhof that are on view in Austria were partially torn by vandals on Tuesday, an incident that the artist described as “an act of violent aggression.”Imhof, who won the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice Biennale for her memorable German Pavilion, was showing the billboards in Bregenz in tandem with a museum show in the city at the Kunsthaus Bregenz. The billboards read “WISH YOU WERE GAY,” a phrase that also acts at the title for Imhof&r
  
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• When the Paris Olympics Begin, the Seine Is His Stage

  24-07-2024 16:20 via nytimes.com
  
  To open the Games, the theater director Thomas Jolly has masterminded a spectacular waterborne ceremony depicting 12 scenes from French history.
  
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• Dancers flock to Las Cruces for Arts Lab Desert Peaks, plan public performance - AOL

  24-07-2024 15:36 via news.google.com
  
  Dancers flock to Las Cruces for Arts Lab Desert Peaks, plan public performance  AOL
  
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• Kansas Arts Commission announces annual grant awardees - KVOE

  24-07-2024 15:26 via news.google.com
  
  Kansas Arts Commission announces annual grant awardees  KVOE
  
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• The Met Museum Is Rebounding, but Not With International Visitors

  24-07-2024 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The museum said it attracted more local visitors during the past year than it did before the pandemic, but only half the international visitors.
  
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• UM-Flint’s Riverbank Arts creates a healing space for city’s queer community - University of Michigan-Flint

  24-07-2024 14:59 via news.google.com
  
  UM-Flint’s Riverbank Arts creates a healing space for city’s queer community  University of Michigan-Flint
  
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• Hannah Gadsby to Bring WOOF! to Abrons Arts Center - Playbill

  24-07-2024 14:59 via news.google.com
  
  Hannah Gadsby to Bring WOOF! to Abrons Arts Center  Playbill
  
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• Museum in St. Petersburg Facing Fine for Showing ‘Nazi Propaganda’ Painting by Belarusian Artist

  24-07-2024 14:56 via artnews.com
  
  St. Petersburg’s Erarta Museum – which holds the largest private collection of contemporary art in Russia – is staring down a raft of administrative charges after exhibiting a painting that Russian authorities say contains “Nazi symbols.”The case was brought on July 12 before the Vasilevsky District Court in the west of St. Petersburg, where the museum is located, although it’s not clear when the authorities pressed the charges. A hearing has not yet been sche
  
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• Northwood Performing Arts Center to present ‘Queen’ tribute concert Saturday, July 27 - Grand Forks Herald

  24-07-2024 14:53 via news.google.com
  
  Northwood Performing Arts Center to present ‘Queen’ tribute concert Saturday, July 27  Grand Forks Herald
  
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• Join the Cultural Center for arts, crafts and literature during Padanaram fest - Dartmouth Week

  24-07-2024 14:36 via news.google.com
  
  Join the Cultural Center for arts, crafts and literature during Padanaram fest  Dartmouth Week
  
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• George Kilby Jr. and his trio at Arts Nest - The River Reporter

  24-07-2024 14:34 via news.google.com
  
  George Kilby Jr. and his trio at Arts Nest  The River Reporter
  
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• Beyoncé-Beethoven and a lineup of plays and exhibits: August offers a filled arts scene - The Advocate

  24-07-2024 14:31 via news.google.com
  Beyoncé-Beethoven and a lineup of plays and exhibits: August offers a filled arts scene  The Advocate
  
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• Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Awarded South Arts Presentation Grant - High Country Press

  24-07-2024 14:24 via news.google.com
  Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Awarded South Arts Presentation Grant  High Country Press
  
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• Worship arts camps train future leaders in praising with ‘everything we do’ - The Baptist Paper

  24-07-2024 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Worship arts camps train future leaders in praising with ‘everything we do’  The Baptist Paper
  
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• Annual arts and crafts festival continues in Eagles Mere - NorthcentralPA.com

  24-07-2024 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Annual arts and crafts festival continues in Eagles Mere  NorthcentralPA.com
  
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• New Oregon studio wants everyone to make 'bad' art - The Capital Times

  24-07-2024 13:30 via news.google.com
  
  New Oregon studio wants everyone to make 'bad' art  The Capital Times
  
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• Watch: How to explore famous museums around the world with Google Arts & Culture - USA TODAY

  24-07-2024 13:25 via news.google.com
  
  Watch: How to explore famous museums around the world with Google Arts & Culture  USA TODAY
  
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• Hong Kong officials throw financial lifeline to West Kowloon mega arts hub - Art Newspaper

  24-07-2024 13:12 via news.google.com
  
  Hong Kong officials throw financial lifeline to West Kowloon mega arts hub  Art Newspaper
  
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• School of Communication Arts hosts Portfolio Day at The Drum Labs - The Drum

  24-07-2024 13:10 via news.google.com
  
  School of Communication Arts hosts Portfolio Day at The Drum Labs  The Drum
  
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• Art scene: Dance documentary auditions and lots of theater performances in August - The Advocate

  24-07-2024 13:00 via news.google.com
  Art scene: Dance documentary auditions and lots of theater performances in August  The Advocate
  
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• Pearlfest 2024 Portland Pearl District Beer & Arts Fest - New School Beer + Cider

  24-07-2024 12:36 via news.google.com
  Pearlfest 2024 Portland Pearl District Beer & Arts Fest  New School Beer + Cider
  
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• Art Fair Jackson Hole starts this weekend - Jackson Hole News&Guide

  24-07-2024 12:30 via news.google.com
  
  Art Fair Jackson Hole starts this weekend  Jackson Hole News&Guide
  
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• RENT Fans! The Stars of the Original Broadway Cast are Coming to Jasper, IN - wbkr.com

  24-07-2024 12:28 via news.google.com
  
  RENT Fans! The Stars of the Original Broadway Cast are Coming to Jasper, IN  wbkr.com
  
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• RENT Fans! The Stars of the Original Broadway Cast are Coming to Jasper, IN - WBKR

  24-07-2024 12:28 via news.google.com
  
  RENT Fans! The Stars of the Original Broadway Cast are Coming to Jasper, IN  WBKR
  
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• In the Arts: Theatre Arts Fair - 21 Alive News

  24-07-2024 12:10 via news.google.com
  
  In the Arts: Theatre Arts Fair  21 Alive News
  
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• Pawtucket Arts Fest 2024 using grants to add new programming - Valley Breeze

  24-07-2024 12:00 via news.google.com
  
  Pawtucket Arts Fest 2024 using grants to add new programming  Valley Breeze
  
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• Paris 2024 Olympics: Team GB’s gold-medal hopeful Caden Cunningham juggles martial arts and modelling - Olympics

  24-07-2024 11:57 via news.google.com
  
  Paris 2024 Olympics: Team GB’s gold-medal hopeful Caden Cunningham juggles martial arts and modelling  Olympics
  
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• Private donors direct $200,000 to Polk arts groups hit by DeSantis' veto of state grants - The Ledger

  24-07-2024 11:20 via news.google.com
  
  Private donors direct $200,000 to Polk arts groups hit by DeSantis' veto of state grants  The Ledger
  
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• Troubled Brussels fine arts museums pin hopes on new director - Art Newspaper

  24-07-2024 11:11 via news.google.com
  
  Troubled Brussels fine arts museums pin hopes on new director  Art Newspaper
  
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• In a New Docuseries, Pete Rose Hustles for Redemption

  24-07-2024 11:05 via nytimes.com
  
  “Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose” examines the contradictions of one of the best (and most complicated) players in baseball history.
  
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• If A.I. Is Coming for Comedy Writers, Simon Rich Is Ready

  24-07-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The author of humorous short stories finds emotional connections in tales that engage with tech. But he’s more interested in the ties between humans.
  
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• These Effects Wizards Made ‘Twisters’ a Blast at 4D Showings

  24-07-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  For special presentations of that blockbuster and others, companies like CJ 4DPlex have turned splashing and shaking moviegoers into a lucrative art.
  
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• These Artisans Made ‘Twisters’ a Blast at 4D Showings

  24-07-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  For special presentations of that blockbuster and others, companies like CJ 4DPlex have turned splashing and shaking moviegoers into a lucrative art.
  
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• ‘Inspired by True Events’ Review: True Crime Thriller Riddled With Clichés

  24-07-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The actor Ryan Spahn makes his Off Broadway playwriting debut with an immersive, psychologically shallow dark comedy.
  
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• Enjoy the Wind Effects at 4D Showings of ‘Twisters’? Thank These Artisans These Artisans Made ‘Twisters’ a Blast at 4D Showings

  24-07-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  For special presentations of that blockbuster and others, companies like CJ 4DPlex have turned splashing and shaking moviegoers into a lucrative art.
  
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• Chappell Roan Booked a Tour. Then She Blew Up.

  24-07-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The rising pop star now has two songs on the Hot 100. The venues her team picked out months ago are struggling to fit her ballooning audience.
  
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• The Collapse of Romance Writers of America

  24-07-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The group worked for decades to build the profile of the genre and its writers. Now romance fiction is booming — but the R.W.A. has filed for bankruptcy. What happened?
  
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• How Horror Movies Solve Their Cellphone Problem

  24-07-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  When one quick call can eliminate danger and undermine screams, filmmakers have to figure out a workaround. Sometimes it can even deepen a story.
  
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