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• Taylor Swift Fans Commiserate in Vienna After Concerts Are Canceled

  08-08-2024 22:25 via nytimes.com
  
  Taylor Swift fans from around the world grappled with disappointment and fear after a terrorism plot derailed the Vienna dates of the Eras Tour.
  
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• Mary Wings, Pioneering Creator of Queer Comics, Dies at 75

  08-08-2024 21:59 via nytimes.com
  
  She was the first openly gay woman to write a comic book about lesbians. She went on to write detective novels with a queer woman in the lead.
  
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• Steve Martin Is Out. Who Will Play Walz and Vance on ‘S.N.L.’?

  08-08-2024 21:21 via nytimes.com
  
  Steve Martin is out, and the roles of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump seem settled. But the internet has been busy dream-casting the rest of the “S.N.L.” election ticket.
  
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• Harvard Will Not Remove Sackler Name from University Art Museum and Campus Building

  08-08-2024 20:43 via artnews.com
  
  Harvard University will not remove the name Arthur M. Sackler from one of its three art museums and another campus building. Recommendations in a recent report concluded an extended campaign by student activists aimed at distancing the Ivy League college from the family which owned Purdue Pharma.In October 2022, the group Harvard College Overdose Prevention and Education Students submitted a 23-page proposal requesting the removal of Sackler’s name. A committee comprised primarily of unive
  
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• Directors of Slovakia’s National Gallery and National Theater Fired: ‘It Was Like a Fascist Declaration’

  08-08-2024 20:15 via artnews.com
  
  Slovakia’s culture ministry announced on Wednesday that it has sacked Alexandra Kusá, the general director of the country’s National Gallery (SNG), for “several managerial failures.” The ministry also said that because Kusá is the daughter of Martin Kusý, the architect responsible for refurbishing the SNG, she had a “conflict of interests.” “[The fact she is related to Martin Kusý] was already known before Alexandra Kusá
  
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• 2 Youths Planned Attacks on Taylor Swift’s Vienna Concerts, Authorities Say

  08-08-2024 19:51 via nytimes.com
  
  A suspect confessed to a plot using explosives and other weapons to kill as many attendees as possible, security officials said. The singer’s three-concert Vienna run was canceled.
  
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• French Street Artist Invader Debuts New Work During Paris Olympics

  08-08-2024 19:03 via artnews.com
  
  While Banksy has grabbed international headlines for unveiling not one but four new works this week, it turns out he is not the only elusive street artist revealing fresh pieces this week.Invader, an anonymous French artist who has gained a loyal following across the globe, also took to the streets this week, putting up a new work that is visible from the Seine. He made the world aware of the piece this week by posting a picture of it to Instagram, calling the work “a special piece for the
  
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• ‘It Ends With Us’ Review: For Blake Lively, Love Hurts and Even Bruises

  08-08-2024 18:10 via nytimes.com
  
  Blake Lively plays Lily Bloom, a flower lover with a thorny personal garden, in this gauzy adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel.
  
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• Banksy Unveils Fourth Piece in London: A Howling Wolf Joins an Ark of Animals

  08-08-2024 17:33 via artnews.com
  
  The fourth in a string of Banksy works has appeared in London: a howling wolf stenciled onto a white satellite dish. The work appeared overnight, popping up in the Peckham borough of South London, according to the Mirror. Then part of the work quickly disappeared. According to photographs of the site, the dish has been removed and was allegedly stolen.This new series of Banksy works, each of which portrays on animals, seems have begun on Monday, when a stenciled goat was
  
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• Fire at Baltimore Jewish Museum Investigated as Arson

  08-08-2024 17:21 via artnews.com
  
  A federal investigation has been launched after a suspected arson Sunday night outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland, the Baltimore Fire Department said in a statement.Remnants of a fire were found on Monday at the locked front gate of the museum. According to Howard Libit, the Executive Director of the Baltimore Jewish Council, a security camera system captured the suspect pulling up to the museum at 10:30 p.m. and lighting an object on fire before fleeing the scene. A member of the museum&rsqu
  
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• Broadway Revival of ‘Glengarry’ to Star Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr

  08-08-2024 16:19 via nytimes.com
  
  A revival of “Glengarry Glen Ross,” David Mamet’s classic play about unscrupulous real estate agents, is to open next spring.
  
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• Russian Artist Released in Prisoner Swap, Christie’s Teams Up With Ocean Charity, Michelle Obama Wants to Win the Election With Art, and More: Morning Links for August 8, 2024

  08-08-2024 15:57 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.THE HEADLINESTIME TO WOKE UP? Are repatriation efforts turning British museums into a global laughing stock? David Abulafia, a professor emeritus of Mediterranean history at the University of Cambridge, certainly seems to think so. He praises the refusal of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to return a small 11th-century statue of the god Shiva to India upon the request o
  
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• The Political Appeal of Tim Walz, the Aggressively Normal Dad

  08-08-2024 14:46 via nytimes.com
  
  The vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, and his online fans, have elevated Midwestern dad vibes into nostalgic art.
  
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• 2 Teenagers Planned Attacks on Taylor Swift’s Vienna Concerts, Authorities Say

  08-08-2024 14:14 via nytimes.com
  
  A suspect confessed to a plot using explosives and other weapons to kill as many attendees as possible, security officials said. The singer’s three-concert Vienna run was canceled.
  
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• ‘The Instigators’ Review: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck Lead Star-Studded Boston Heist

  08-08-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Casey Affleck and Matt Damon star in a Boston heist that goes sideways.
  
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• ‘The Instigators’ Review: A Star-Studded Boston Heist Movie

  08-08-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Casey Affleck and Matt Damon star in a Boston heist that goes sideways.
  
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• ‘Girl You Know It’s True’ Review: Milli Vanilli, Fictionalized. Again.

  08-08-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This film, based on the lives of the duo who lip-synced their way to stardom and downfall, fills in many of the details behind the facade.
  
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• ‘Dance First’ Review: Beckett Encounters Himself

  08-08-2024 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Samuel Beckett’s life is reduced to mommy and daddy issues in a biopic that offers simple explanations for the career of a complex writer.
  
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• Colorado Arts Spotlight: Things to know and do around the state Aug. 9-11 - Colorado Public Radio

  08-08-2024 12:01 via news.google.com
  Colorado Arts Spotlight: Things to know and do around the state Aug. 9-11  Colorado Public Radio
  
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• The Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah Wins Kluge Humanities Prize

  08-08-2024 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Appiah, a scholar who is known for his approaches to ethics, language, nationality and race, will receive the honor from the Library of Congress.
  
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• John Mayer on Being the Watch World’s Celebrity ‘Go-To Guy’

  08-08-2024 11:06 via nytimes.com
  
  The singer and songwriter talks about working with Audemars Piguet, how it felt when his design debuted and a prediction on the next big thing on everyone’s wrists.
  
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• The Political Appeal of the Aggressively Normal Dad

  08-08-2024 11:05 via nytimes.com
  
  The vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, and his online fans, have elevated Midwestern dad vibes into nostalgic art.
  
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• At 50, ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Still Cuts Deep

  08-08-2024 11:05 via nytimes.com
  
  Eli Roth, Paul Feig and other directors with movies out this month explain how this gory horror classic has inspired their work.
  
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• A Hip-Hop Comic Book Star Comes to Life in Steel

  08-08-2024 11:05 via nytimes.com
  
  A statue of Rappin’ Max Robot is bound for Paris. But first it’s making a stop in the Bronx.
  
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• ‘Good One’ Review: Revelation in the Woods

  08-08-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Lily Collias delivers an extraordinary lead performance in this exquisite debut feature about a camping trip and a moment of self-realization.
  
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• Food Porn Gets Dark

  08-08-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Shots of extravagantly composed dishes have become cliché. “The Bear” and two other summer releases use well-plated food to convey darker themes.
  
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• ‘Cuckoo’ Review: Never Has a Movie Been More Aptly Named

  08-08-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Dan Stevens and Hunter Schafer face off in this unexpectedly fun and undeniably nutty horror-comedy about cross-species pollination.
  
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• ‘Cuckoo’ Review: Dan Stevens and Hunter Schafer Face Off in Horror-Comedy

  08-08-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Dan Stevens and Hunter Schafer face off in this unexpectedly fun and undeniably nutty horror-comedy about cross-species pollination.
  
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• The Artists Remaking Everyday Buildings in Dollhouse Scale

  08-08-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Miniaturists are memorializing the architecture of quickly changing cities with meticulous renderings of corner stores, restaurants and even dumpsters.
  
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• Austin’s Artful Blanton Museum Says: Come On In

  08-08-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  When a director envisioned a museum you couldn’t walk by, Snohetta’s architects and designers added bright entryways, varied landscaping and impossible-to-miss “petals” on campus.
  
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• At Wallach Art Gallery, Artists Find Beauty and Darkness in Child’s Play

  08-08-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  A piquant exhibition at the Wallach Art Gallery examines how adult artists use, collaborate with and learn from children. Surprises abound.
  
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• What if All Dance Forms Were Considered Equal?

  08-08-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  At the Palais Garnier, ballet met hip-hop and beyond in a glittering Cultural Olympiad presentation of Saïdo Lehlouh’s ever-evolving “Apaches.”
  
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• How Post Malone Went Country (Carefully, With a Beer in His Hand)

  08-08-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The affable pop hitmaker made his name with all-star collaborations and genre-bending hits. Recording his latest LP, “F-1 Trillion,” he showed Nashville he’s for real.
  
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• Gloriously Noisy Latinas Are Coming to Lincoln Center

  08-08-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The free Ruidosa Fest is a showcase for innovative female musicians that has injected its founder “with a lot of energy and love and connection.”
  
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• ‘Mad Max’ Energy and Wacky Weapons: A Guide to Borderlands

  08-08-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  After a 15-year hunt for lucrative vaults, the shoot-everything-that-moves video game franchise Borderlands hits the big screen.
  
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• ‘Borderlands’ Review: Shoot First, Ask Questions Never

  08-08-2024 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In Eli Roth’s caper movie, based on the best-selling video game franchise, Cate Blanchett plays a bounty hunter who is tasked with finding a tycoon’s daughter.
  
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• Man Is Found Guilty in Killing of Rapper PnB Rock

  08-08-2024 04:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Prosecutors said that the man, Freddie Lee Trone, sent his teenage son into a restaurant armed with a handgun to rob the rapper.
  
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• Taylor Swift Fans Crave a Presidential Endorsement

  08-08-2024 03:49 via nytimes.com
  
  Taylor Swift’s coveted support went to President Biden in 2020. A shadowy figure in an Instagram photo led some fans to make the leap that she will champion Kamala Harris.
  
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• Chicago African Festival of the Arts postponed until next year due to high costs, organizers say - WLS-TV

  08-08-2024 00:28 via news.google.com
  Chicago African Festival of the Arts postponed until next year due to high costs, organizers say  WLS-TV
  
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