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• The First Atlanta Art Fair Heralds an Art Destination Ascendent

  04-10-2024 23:55 via artnews.com
  
  At the opening of the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair this week, there was discussion of what the fair—the first of its stature in Atlanta—is not. A numbers contest; a commercial thoroughfare; a crash landing into some locale’s front yard, complete with cleanup for the locals. The ambition is site-specificity: come, buy, stay, but this labor is foremost for the love of Atlanta.“All of the people here are so passionate about finding funding, championing their artists. Every dol
  
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• The First Atlanta Art Fair Heralds an Art Destination Ascendant

  04-10-2024 23:55 via artnews.com
  
  At the opening of the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair (AAF) this week, there was discussion of what the fair—the first of its stature in Atlanta—is not. A numbers contest; a commercial thoroughfare; a crash landing into some locale’s front yard, complete with cleanup for the locals. The ambition is site-specificity: come, buy, stay, but this labor is foremost for the love of Atlanta.“All of the people here are so passionate about finding funding, championing their artists. Eve
  
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• Richard Mayhew, Painter of Abstract Landscapes, Dies at 100

  04-10-2024 23:43 via nytimes.com
  
  He drew from his Black and Native American heritage, as well as his own memory, to find an emotional resonance behind the beauty of nature.
  
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• France and Madagascar Form Committee to Review Repatriation of Colonial-Era Remains

  04-10-2024 23:09 via artnews.com
  
  On Thursday, the culture ministers of France and Madagascar announced a joint effort to begin the process of repatriating human remains seized while the African nation was under French colonial rule. Officials from both countries revealed the appointment of a joint scientific committee to conduct a review Madagascar’s claim to the legal title of the skull of King Toera, a Sakalava king who was beheaded by French troops in the late 19th century. The decapitation happened during a military c
  
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• Arts District, Decades in the Making, in Ruins After Helene - The New York Times

  04-10-2024 22:23
  Arts District, Decades in the Making, in Ruins After Helene  The New York Times
  
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• Phillips Day Sales in New York Disappoint, Auguring More Tumult at November’s Auctions

  04-10-2024 21:57 via artnews.com
  
  Last week, Phillips held two back-to-to back sales of contemporary art at its New York headquarters, generating $7 million in total sales with fees. These auctions may not be as closely watched as the November evening sales by Phillips and its competitors, but they provide a window onto trends that may be seen next month on the block.Phillips specialists initially expected the more than 200 lots auction last week to bring in up to $9 million. But almost 50 lots went unsold, and total hammer pric
  
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• Arts Council accepting applications for its Holiday Makers Market - The Park Record

  04-10-2024 21:45
  Arts Council accepting applications for its Holiday Makers Market  The Park Record
  
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• Arts Education Teaches Empathy, Values Mentorship - Carnegie Mellon University

  04-10-2024 21:30
  Arts Education Teaches Empathy, Values Mentorship  Carnegie Mellon University
  
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• 13 Highlights from ‘Artists for Kamala’ Benefit Sale, Including Works by Jeff Koons, George Condo, and More

  04-10-2024 21:15 via artnews.com
  
  Carrie Mae Weems, George Condo, Jenny Holzer, and Hank Willis Thomas are just a few of the artists that have donated work to Artists for Kamala, a benefit in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. Works range in price from $250 for prints to as much $300,000 for household names like Jeff Koons and Amy Sherald. There were 164 works donated in total, around 50 of the which will be auctioned online through Artsy, starting on September 30 and closing on Octo
  
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• ‘The Franchise’ Review: Cutting Marvel Down to Size

  04-10-2024 21:02 via nytimes.com
  
  A new HBO comedy takes a jaundiced look at the making of a second-rate superhero film.
  
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• Oddities & Dark Arts Market coming to Tinley Park this weekend - WGN TV Chicago

  04-10-2024 20:37
  Oddities & Dark Arts Market coming to Tinley Park this weekend  WGN TV Chicago
  
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• 10 Unforgettable Kris Kristofferson Covers

  04-10-2024 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more.
  
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• Lauren Mayberry’s Lush Pop Ecstasy, and 13 More New Songs

  04-10-2024 19:47 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by Bartees Strange, the Smile, Ela Minus and others.
  
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• ARTnews Celebrates 35th Edition of Annual Top 200 Collectors Issue

  04-10-2024 18:51 via artnews.com
  
  Last week, ARTnews celebrated the 35th edition of its annual Top 200 Collectors list with a cocktail party in New York at Central Park Tower, the tallest residential building in the world. The evening’s cohosts were Top 200 Collectors Pamela J. Joyner, who has ranked on the list since 2016, and Allison Berg, who joins the list for the first time this year. ARTnews, Central Park Tower, and HUB International welcomed guests with a 360-degree view of Manhattan from the 121st floor. Notable at
  
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• Asheville’s Tourist-Friendly River Arts District Battered by Floods - Inc.

  04-10-2024 18:42
  Asheville’s Tourist-Friendly River Arts District Battered by Floods  Inc.
  
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• Arts Preview: Grand Central Art Center + Broadway in O.C. - Orange Coast Magazine

  04-10-2024 18:30
  Arts Preview: Grand Central Art Center + Broadway in O.C.  Orange Coast Magazine
  
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• Van Gogh Specialists Identify Three Fakes in Private Collections

  04-10-2024 18:24 via artnews.com
  
  The Van Gogh Museum has identified three works attributed to Van Gogh in private collections that are fake, including a painting of a peasant women that sold through Christie’s for nearly $1 million in 2011 and was even previously authenticated by the Amsterdam institution. Three Van Gogh Museum specialists—Teio Meedendorp, Louis van Tilborgh and Saskia van Oudheusden—shared their findings in the October issue of the Burlington Magazine. The works in question had previously bee
  
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• Electronic Arts (EA): Positioned for Growth in Esports and Sports Games - Yahoo Finance

  04-10-2024 18:10
  Electronic Arts (EA): Positioned for Growth in Esports and Sports Games  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Celebrate Los Alamos Day Of Arts & Culture Oct. 5 And More Arts Events Throughout The Month Of October - Los Alamos Reporter

  04-10-2024 17:50
  Celebrate Los Alamos Day Of Arts & Culture Oct. 5 And More Arts Events Throughout The Month Of October  Los Alamos Reporter
  
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• Eric Adams Aide Under Investigation Reportedly Sought Brooklyn Museum Show on Sun Yat-Sen

  04-10-2024 17:48 via artnews.com
  
  As New York City Mayor Eric Adams continues to face fallout after being indicted on charges of bribery, campaign finance, and more, a new report alleges that his administration sought a Brooklyn Museum show at the behest of one aide in charge of Chinese American community relations.That aide, Winnie Greco, is herself under investigation, although she has not been accused of wrongdoing. She was brought on by the organization as a volunteer liaison and reportedly claimed in her 2021 taxes not to h
  
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• IN PHOTOS: The Occoquan Fall Arts & Crafts Show is always a treat - InsideNoVa

  04-10-2024 17:46
  IN PHOTOS: The Occoquan Fall Arts & Crafts Show is always a treat  InsideNoVa
  
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• Extreme Weather Gives Video Games a Powerful Adversary

  04-10-2024 17:25 via nytimes.com
  
  Designers are increasingly able to render weather conditions as not just evocative visual effects but phenomena that physically affect the player.
  
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• Village Arts Hosts ‘About Face’ Exhibit - Los Alamos Reporter

  04-10-2024 17:08
  Village Arts Hosts ‘About Face’ Exhibit  Los Alamos Reporter
  
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• Arts District, Decades in the Making, in Ruins After Helene

  04-10-2024 17:05 via nytimes.com
  
  The hurricane damaged an estimated 80 percent of the buildings in the River Arts District of Asheville, N.C., and upended the lives of artists who had recast the city as a cultural force.
  
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• 5 New Horror Movies to Stream for Halloween on Hulu, Max and More

  04-10-2024 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Out this week, a period possession movie starring Sarah Paulson, a chef-driven supernatural thriller starring Ariana DeBose and more.
  
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• Mod Sun and lovelytheband shake the Neptune stage - Dailyuw

  04-10-2024 16:30
  Mod Sun and lovelytheband shake the Neptune stage  Dailyuw
  
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• Andy Warhol’s Homosexuality Stars in an Elegant Show in Berlin

  04-10-2024 16:01 via artnews.com
  
  “O was an otter / who slept in the same bed with this young man, / and there was never an odder otter.” Above this verse by Ralph Thomas Ward winds a single sinuous line, tracing two male silhouettes united in the prelude to a kiss or a tender tête-à-tête. Andy Warhol’s Two Male Heads Face to Face (1952) found early publication alongside various images of unabashedly same-sex desire, as did lithographs from the artist’s “Studies for a Boy Book,&rd
  
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• Saoirse Ronan Has Lived, and Acted, Through a Lot

  04-10-2024 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  At 30, the Irish actress has already spent two decades in front of the camera, collecting many awards. Her two latest projects are also generating Oscars buzz.
  
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• Arts Playlist: Biggs final exhibit of the year blends hip-hop imagery with Japanese folklore - Delaware First Media

  04-10-2024 15:57
  Arts Playlist: Biggs final exhibit of the year blends hip-hop imagery with Japanese folklore  Delaware First Media
  
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• Cai Guo-Qiang Speaks About Disastrous PST ART Fireworks Display, Controversy in Israel Over West Bank Archaeology Bill: Morning Links for October 4, 2024

  04-10-2024 14:55 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The Headlines
   
  IT’S RAINING CAPS AND TUBES. In his first interview since his September 15 fireworks display to kick off Getty’s PST ART festival in Los Angeles injured some spectators, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang opened up to The Los Angeles Times. In addition to raining quarter-sized, clay fireworks caps, tubes, and other de
  
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• We Want to Know Your Questions About Theater, Film, Music and Culture

  04-10-2024 14:48 via nytimes.com
  
  Your culture and entertainment questions answered by New York Times journalists and experts.
  
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• UT Dallas is adding a 12-acre arts district - Axios

  04-10-2024 13:28
  UT Dallas is adding a 12-acre arts district  Axios
  
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• Time-Traveling Film ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ Hits Some Bumps Onstage

  04-10-2024 13:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Adapted from the offbeat 2012 movie, this new musical about loneliness and the longing for do-overs is promising but still needs to find its shape.
  
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• Robert Frank Forged a New Beauty Out of Grief and Fury

  04-10-2024 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  You remember Robert Frank from those old “pitchers,” “The Americans” (1958)—the series of death-glares and funereal jukeboxes that influenced everyone and their mother. As Jack Keroauc wrote in his introduction to the canonical book: “Anybody doesnt like these pitchers don’t like potry, see?”“The Americans” showed that a pretty picture was not the best picture. Now, Frank’s poetry bank refreshes, thanks to the stupendous retrospec
  
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• Venice Arts to Host Gala Honoring Founding Director, Welcomes New Executive Director - yovenice

  04-10-2024 11:16
  Venice Arts to Host Gala Honoring Founding Director, Welcomes New Executive Director  yovenice
  
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• Oliver Sacks Archive Heads to the New York Public Library

  04-10-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The voluminous papers of the celebrated neurologist include letters, notebooks, drafts and other traces of a man who couldn’t stop writing.
  
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• In ‘La Máquina,’ Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna Get a Rematch

  04-10-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  For their first screen roles together since 2012, the longtime friends undertook a Spanish-language series about a boxer who must fight for his life.
  
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• ‘Food and Country’ Offers a Close Look at How America Feeds Itself

  04-10-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  “Food and Country” argues that our food production systems don’t work and offers potential solutions.
  
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• Atlanta Opera Is Growing, and Bucking Trends

  04-10-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Under the leadership of Tomer Zvulun, Atlanta Opera powered through the pandemic, has tripled its budget and is producing ambitious work.
  
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• Two Just Stop Oil Activists Acquitted by Judge After Glueing Themselves to Turner Painting at Manchester Art Gallery

  04-10-2024 11:01 via artnews.com
  
  On Thursday, a judge acquitted two environmental activists who glued themselves to a J.M.W. Turner painting at Manchester Art Gallery in July 2022.The Just Stop Oil protesters stuck themselves to the frame of Tomson’s Aeolian Harp (1809) and wrote the words “No New Oil” on the Just Stop Oil logo on the gallery’s floor in chalk.The environmental group said Paul Bell, 24 – is who studying for a Phd in climate impacts, and energy advisor Edred Whittingham, 27, app
  
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• How to Watch Horror Movies Without Being Too Scared

  04-10-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  How to get into the season, even if you’re squeamish.
  
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• Cady Noland and the Art of Control

  04-10-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Cady Noland, who became the darling of the art world, has tested the limits.
  
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• Expressive Arts: A Comfort in Challenging Times - Dana-Farber Insight

  04-10-2024 11:00
  Expressive Arts: A Comfort in Challenging Times  Dana-Farber Insight
  
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• Ask Arts & Leisure

  04-10-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Your culture and entertainment questions answered by New York Times journalists and experts.
  
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• A Compact Weekend House Filled With Comfort

  04-10-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A couple bought a second home with friends, and then decided that being neighbors would be much more fun.
  
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• Late Night Heaps Scorn on Trump’s Latest Defense

  04-10-2024 09:12 via nytimes.com
  
  Jimmy Kimmel said Donald Trump was “partially right” in denying interference in the 2020 election: “He tried to rig the election and failed to rig the election.’
  
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• Los Alamos Arts Council 2024 Fall Arts And Crafts Fair Is Saturday At Central Park Square - Los Alamos Reporter

  04-10-2024 07:09
  Los Alamos Arts Council 2024 Fall Arts And Crafts Fair Is Saturday At Central Park Square  Los Alamos Reporter
  
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• Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion donates 102 arts books to community - Community Impact

  04-10-2024 07:00
  Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion donates 102 arts books to community  Community Impact
  
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• Arts Update: Opportunities, announcements in local arts - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

  04-10-2024 06:00
  Arts Update: Opportunities, announcements in local arts  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
  
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• Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo head quit weeks before ‘mega event’ starts - South China Morning Post

  04-10-2024 05:15
  Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo head quit weeks before ‘mega event’ starts  South China Morning Post
  
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