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• NewJeans’s Complaints Against Hybe Brings Scrutiny to K-Pop’s New Releases

  25-09-2024 22:50 via nytimes.com
  
  The breakout girl group went public with complaints against its parent company, Hybe, which has just released a new TV series and film about the control it exerts over stars.
  
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• Cat Glover, Who Danced With Prince, Dies at 62

  25-09-2024 22:43 via nytimes.com
  
  She worked with Prince on many of his iconic works, including the “Sign o’ the Times” tour and the “U Got the Look” music video.
  
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• Simone Leigh, Jeff Koons, and Other Top Artists Offer Work for Kamala Harris Fundraiser

  25-09-2024 22:42 via artnews.com
  
  As November’s US presidential election approaches, more artists are putting their talent in service of Democratic candidate and current vice president Kamala Harris.165 leading contemporary artists—Carrie Mae Weems, George Condo, Jenny Holzer, among others—have contributed pieces to the aptly-titled group, Artists for Kamala, which will host a week-long sale starting October 1. The online sale includes an auction as well as a series of fixed-priced offerings, and all proceeds r
  
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• Bresson’s ‘Lancelot du Lac’: The Undoing of Camelot

  25-09-2024 22:37 via nytimes.com
  
  Broken by failure, the knights don their creaking armor and take aim at one another, as a desolate Lancelot tries to sever his bonds with Guinevere.
  
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• The Nation’s Politics Are Dramatic. Now Its Dramas Are Political.

  25-09-2024 22:30 via nytimes.com
  
  For the second year in a row, a play about the Constitution is the most-staged in America. And a farce about a terrible president is also pretty popular.
  
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• Asia Week New York Offers Encouraging Results, Led by Sales for Hokusai, Chinese Antiques, and South Asian Art

  25-09-2024 21:49 via artnews.com
  
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Concerns about a down auction market did not stop several notable sales from taking place during this year’s autumn edition of Asia Week New York.The results highlighted growing interest in South Asian modern and contemporary art, Chinese antiques, and a ubiquitous iconic Japanese woodblock print.
  
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• NYS to award up to $80M to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations - Long Island Business News

  25-09-2024 21:38 via news.google.com
  NYS to award up to $80M to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations  Long Island Business News
  
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• London’s ‘Evening Standard’ Newspaper to Revive Art Critic Brian Sewell with AI Amid Staff Cuts

  25-09-2024 21:00 via artnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: He was one of the most feared and revered British art critics of his generation — and now, nearly a decade after his death, Brian Sewell could be about to wield his pen once more.Deadline understands that London’s historic Evening Standard newspaper has been making plans to revive its former writer using artificial intelligence.Two sources said AI Sewell has been assigned to review The National Gallery’s new Vincent van Gogh exhibition, titled Van
  
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• BBC reinforces its commitment to Arts and Culture with major new commissions across TV and Radio - BBC.com

  25-09-2024 21:00 via news.google.com
  BBC reinforces its commitment to Arts and Culture with major new commissions across TV and Radio  BBC.com
  
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• Top Collector Adrien Cheng May Lose CEO Role from His Family’s Firm, New World Development, After Record Losses

  25-09-2024 20:49 via artnews.com
  
  Top art collector Adrien Cheng is at risk of losing his position as CEO at his family’s Hong Kong property development firm, New World Development Co., after the company posted its first annual loss in 20 years.Cheng, a regular face on the annual ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list, may be replaced by New World’s current Chief Operating Officer, Ma Siu-Cheung, according to a report by Bloomberg.New World in August predicted that a sluggish real estate market and the r
  
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• Top Collector Adrian Cheng May Lose CEO Role from His Family’s Firm, New World Development, After Record Losses

  25-09-2024 20:49 via artnews.com
  
  Top art collector Adrian Cheng is at risk of losing his position as CEO at his family’s Hong Kong property development firm, New World Development Co., after the company posted its first annual loss in 20 years.Cheng, a regular face on the annual ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list, may be replaced by New World’s current Chief Operating Officer, Ma Siu-Cheung, according to a report by Bloomberg.New World in August predicted that a sluggish real estate market and the r
  
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• How the Artist Liza Lou ‘Messes With Your Mind’

  25-09-2024 20:40 via nytimes.com
  
  Her medium is the tiny seed bead. Her canvas ranges from a 35-foot-long mobile home to the chauvinist history of Abstract Expressionism.
  
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• Roundabout, With 3 Broadway Theaters, Finds Leader in California

  25-09-2024 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Christopher Ashley, the artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse and a Tony winner for “Come From Away,” will run the large New York nonprofit.
  
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• A Peek Inside Robert A.M. Stern’s New High-End Condo Building in NYC

  25-09-2024 19:51 via artnews.com
  
  Architect Robert A.M. Stern has had a long, illustrious career designing high-end condominium towers in New York City. From the 950-foot-tall limestone-faced tower at 220 Central Park South to the boutique building at 1228 Madison Avenue, his firm’s next highly anticipated project, The Henry, has just launched sales, and Robb Report got an exclusive sneak peek inside.Located at 211 West 84th Street, RAMSA—Stern’s architectural firm—has t
  
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• Italy’s Princess Camilla Speaks on Van Gogh Set to Smash Auction Records: ‘A Painting of Incredible History’

  25-09-2024 18:57 via artnews.com
  
  A Vincent van Gogh painting is expected to hammer for its $50 million high estimate at Christie’s Hong Kong on Thursday. It is being offered in the 20th/21st Century evening art sale that will inaugurate the house’s new Asia Pacific HQ, The Henderson. Les canots amarrés (1887) – translated as The moored boats – is owned by Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two Sicilies. Christie’s hopes it will set the record for the most expensive painting sold in A
  
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• Festival d’Automne in Paris Honors Rabih Mroué and Lina Majdalanie

  25-09-2024 18:57 via nytimes.com
  
  A retrospective in Paris honors Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué, whose theater works have examined the region’s troubles for decades.
  
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• A Sally Rooney Book Party Without Sally Rooney

  25-09-2024 18:27 via nytimes.com
  
  Sally Rooney lovers reveled, played trivia and took part in raffles to celebrate the Irish novelist’s new book, “Intermezzo.”
  
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• Sculptor Alix Vernet Excavates Secrets from Architectural Facades

  25-09-2024 18:21 via artnews.com
  
  On St. Marks Place in New York’s East Village, above a smattering of smoke shops and cheap pizza joints, two half-nude women in the form of decorative columns set within the facade hold up an apartment building. Most people pass by unaware. But when Alix Vernet spotted them, she was fascinated—and decided she had to cast one in latex.The resulting sculpture, Lady, Saint Marks, November (2021), resembles a flayed skin with hollowed breasts and a stomach drooping loose, hanging against
  
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• Louvre to Open Byzantine and Greek Orthodox Art Department

  25-09-2024 18:04 via artnews.com
  
  A new department dedicated to Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox Christian art is expected to open at the Musée du Louvre in 2027. A delegation, led by Louvre director Laurence des Cars, presented plans for the new department in Athens on Thursday.On display in the new department will be nearly 20,000 objects of Byzantine art depicting religious and social themes. Greece will play a central role in the development of the department, des Cars announced at an informal meeting at the French amba
  
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• Rising national rankings reflect Denison’s leadership in the liberal arts - Denison University

  25-09-2024 18:00 via news.google.com
  Rising national rankings reflect Denison’s leadership in the liberal arts  Denison University
  
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• Directing Thesis Interview: Calvin Atkinson - Columbia University School of the Arts

  25-09-2024 17:37 via news.google.com
  Directing Thesis Interview: Calvin Atkinson  Columbia University School of the Arts
  
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• Popcast: A Word With John Summit

  25-09-2024 17:08 via nytimes.com
  
  The dance music superstar and former accountant speaks on the return of EDM and his rise, from underground parties to headlining Madison Square Garden.
  
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• She Found a Home in Music. Now She’s the Composer for the King.

  25-09-2024 17:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Errollyn Wallen, a Belize-born artist who has been named master of music by King Charles, discusses music as an escape, confronting racism and living by the sea.
  
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• How the Bead Artist Liza Lou ‘Messes With Your Mind’

  25-09-2024 17:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Her medium is the tiny seed bead. Her canvas ranges from a 35-foot-long mobile home to the chauvinist history of Abstract Expressionism.
  
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• Saudi Arabia: Vatican Library at Islamic Arts Biennale in Jedda - Vatican News - English

  25-09-2024 15:19 via news.google.com
  Saudi Arabia: Vatican Library at Islamic Arts Biennale in Jedda  Vatican News - English
  
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• Magdalena Suarez Frimkess Gets Her First Museum Survey

  25-09-2024 15:02 via artnews.com
  
  There are many ways to tell the story of Magdalena Suarez Frimkess. There is the narrative about the charming nonagenarian finally getting her due: At the age of 95, the artist, who was born in Venezuela and lives in Los Angeles, is currently having her first museum survey, “Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard,” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The day of the exhibition preview, she materializes in a bright floral dress in the company of her gallerist, Fra
  
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• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Review: A Magic Formula

  25-09-2024 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Princess Zelda’s magic wand can make a copy of nearly everything in the game, offering inventive solutions to enemy encounters and environmental puzzles.
  
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• The Mushroom Kingdom That Shigeru Miyamoto Built

  25-09-2024 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Decades after Miyamoto invented Mario and Zelda, he explains what makes Nintendo special and its transformation into a global entertainment brand.
  
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• With Stickers on Phone Cameras, Clubs Defend the Party Vibe

  25-09-2024 11:05 via nytimes.com
  
  It’s standard practice in Berlin, and camera covering is catching on in London, Ibiza and New York as clubs seek to protect an anything-goes atmosphere.
  
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• Want to Turn Your House into the Art House? Try Metrograph at Home.

  25-09-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The Metrograph theater in New York has expanded to include a streaming platform that spotlights foreign, art house, independent, classic and documentary selections.
  
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• Janice Hallett Spins Murder Mysteries Out of Emails, Memos and Texts

  25-09-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  After years of this-and-that jobs, Hallet began to write a novel: “What do I have to lose?” Now a widely celebrated voice in crime fiction, she just launched her fourth book, “The Examiner.”
  
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• ‘Modern Love Podcast’: Myha’la’s Relationship Advice? Get in a Fight.

  25-09-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The “Industry” star on how she learned to have a healthy argument with her new fiancé.
  
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• Eugenio Viola Saw Opportunity at an Art Museum in Colombia

  25-09-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Eugenio Viola said he took the job at the Museum of Modern Art Bogotá to broaden its perspective and take part in the country’s reconstruction.
  
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• Did Sean Combs Firebomb Kid Cudi’s Car? Charges Allude to a Reported Arson

  25-09-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  The government does not name the victim of a firebombing cited in its case against Mr. Combs, but the timing and facts line up with a reported 2012 attack on the rapper’s car.
  
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• A London Museum’s Evolution Garden Offers a 540-Million-Year Journey

  25-09-2024 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  This newly redesigned space at the Natural History Museum in London traces 540 million years of the past while creating an outdoor laboratory for the future.
  
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• Tina Barney, Chronicler of the Elite, Is On Show in Paris

  25-09-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  This fall, the Jeu de Paume will showcase Tina Barney’s intimate, keenly observed images in her largest European retrospective.
  
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• His Father Is Leaving Office. Is Hunter Biden’s Art Market Also Over?

  25-09-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Some see hope and skill reflected in the Biden paintings. Critics say their success, and significant prices, were boosted by Joe Biden’s celebrity and stature.
  
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• Jack DeJohnette, One of Jazz’s Great Drummers, Has a Surprise

  25-09-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  At 82, the musician known for his work with Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett will perform a rare solo concert on his first instrument: the piano.
  
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• In the Footsteps of Dostoyevsky in Three German Spa Towns

  25-09-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Russian novelist, a compulsive gambler, lost everything in the opulent spa and gambling towns of Baden-Baden, Bad Homburg and Wiesbaden. An admirer of his books follows his footsteps.
  
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• Desi Lydic: Donald Trump ‘Really Knows How to Flatter a Lady’

  25-09-2024 07:49 via nytimes.com
  
  The “Daily Show” host said the former president had been so unpopular with women that he was now trying to turn on “the old Trump charm.”
  
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• A Tribute to Charlie: Champion of the arts and equality - New Bern Sun Journal

  25-09-2024 07:00 via news.google.com
  A Tribute to Charlie: Champion of the arts and equality  New Bern Sun Journal
  
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• Arts Shoots for Par to Lead Bulldogs on Day Two of Golfweek Red Sky Classic - UNC Asheville Athletics

  25-09-2024 06:10 via news.google.com
  Arts Shoots for Par to Lead Bulldogs on Day Two of Golfweek Red Sky Classic  UNC Asheville Athletics
  
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• Review: What’s Eating Trump? The Singing ‘Ghost of John McCain’

  25-09-2024 04:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The former senator haunts the former president, or vice versa, in this sophomoric musical satire.
  
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• Ghost of Yotei Is a Story of ‘Underdog Vengeance’ in Northern Japan

  25-09-2024 00:43 via nytimes.com
  
  The anticipated game, Ghost of Yotei, will follow a woman on a quest for vengeance in the snowy reaches of northern Japan.
  
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• Lack of state funding, affordable housing top of mind at Portland arts summit - Press Herald

  25-09-2024 00:14 via news.google.com
  Lack of state funding, affordable housing top of mind at Portland arts summit  Press Herald
  
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