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• 11 Broadway Shows to See Before They Close This Winter

  13-11-2024 22:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Many Tony Award-winning musicals and starry plays (Robert Downey Jr., anyone?) are wrapping up their runs in January. Catch them while you can.
  
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• The British Museum Gets a Giant Gift: $1.27 Billion of Chinese Ceramics

  13-11-2024 22:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Sir Percival David’s collection, amassed in the early 1900s, includes prized vases and wine cups. “You simply couldn’t build up a collection like this today,” one expert said.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg and T-Pain Release Version of ‘Get Low'

  13-11-2024 22:26 via nytimes.com
  
  As he continues to shake up his old image, Meta’s chief executive has collaborated with the singer on a version of the hit song that was playing when he met his wife.
  
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• Eric Oglander’s Tiny Curiosities Summon a Sense of Simplicity and Play

  13-11-2024 21:43 via artnews.com
  
  Eric Oglander makes his sculptures—poetic and odd, searching and guided by a sense of play—in the back of an eccentric antique shop. Hidden behind a wall in Tihngs, a store he stocks with one-of-a-kind finds, and operates on Sunday afternoons in Ridgewood, Queens, is a workshop filled with scraps of wood, piles of button-down shirts, and other cast-off materials that Oglander crafts into curious contraptions, often at minuscule scale. Some are elaborate and mechanical, like the homes
  
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• ‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: A Song and Dance of Transformation

  13-11-2024 21:06 via nytimes.com
  
  The star of Jacques Audiard’s showy new musical about a trans Mexican crime boss, Karla Sofía Gascón, adds soul to the melodrama. Zoe Saldaña also shines.
  
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• San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum to Close to the Public for a Year or More

  13-11-2024 21:00 via artnews.com
  
  The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco will shutter its galleries for at least a year, a move that its leadership attributed to continued financial difficulties resulting from the pandemic.Because of the temporary closure, the museum will lay off some of its employees, though details for those cuts were not available by the time the shuttering was announced on Wednesday. The museum also said it could not yet supply a timeline for reopening.Kerry King, director of the Contemporary Jewish
  
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• Pro-Palestine Activists Call for MoMA to Sever Ties with Honorary Chairman Ronald S. Lauder

  13-11-2024 20:43 via artnews.com
  
  Last night, pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside the Museum of Modern Art in New York as it hosted the annual assembly for the World Jewish Congress, an influential organization led by honorary MoMA chairman Ronald S. Lauder.The World Jewish Congress has repeatedly made statements in support of Israel and claimed that anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism. In a 2022 report submitted to the United Nations, the organization denounced what it described as the “false depiction of Israel
  
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• The Answers to Your Toughest Holiday Gift Shopping Questions

  13-11-2024 20:31 via nytimes.com
  
  What do you get for a sick loved one? A group of remote colleagues? A teenager interested in fashion?
  
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• Big Apple Circus Review: A City Tour, Pizza Rats Included

  13-11-2024 19:07 via nytimes.com
  
  This year’s show is an underwhelming exercise in nostalgia. But it’s still a joy to be under the big top with acts like the Wheel of Destiny.
  
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• Anna Weyant Graces the Cover of ‘Vogue’ with a Portrait of Kaia Gerber

  13-11-2024 19:04 via artnews.com
  
  A recent cover of Vogue‘s December 2024 issue may look strikingly familiar to art world audiences, who may recognize it as the work of Canadian artist Anna Weyant.One of two iterations—the other shot by American photographer Steven Meisel—captures actor and model Kaia Gerber. Weyant, who became known for her intimate, yet uncanny depictions of girl- and womanhood, has rose to art world stardom in the last few years. The issue’s first U.S. guest editor, fashion mogul Marc
  
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• Their Pissarro Is Staying in Germany, but Their Story Is Getting Out

  13-11-2024 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A woman whose family had to sell a painting in the Holocaust and a museum have struck a deal. The museum will keep the work but will help to publish a book telling the family’s story.
  
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• Yves Bouvier to Stand Trial in France Over Missing Picasso Artworks

  13-11-2024 18:41 via artnews.com
  
  A French court has ruled that Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier and his business partner Olivier Thomas should stand trial over allegations related to the disappearance of multiple Picasso artworks from a storage unit over a decade ago, according to the Art Newspaper.The decision, handed down November 7 by a Paris appeals court, dismissed Bouvier’s attempt to curb the legal proceedings against him related to the works. The case began in 2015 when Catherine Hutin, Jacqueline Picasso’
  
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• Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90

  13-11-2024 18:03 via nytimes.com
  
  A staple of British television, he played Churchill three times over a long career. Onstage, he was King Lear, Macbeth and Willy Loman.
  
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• Vicky Holt Takamine Wins the Gish Prize

  13-11-2024 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Vicky Holt Takamine, a renowned teacher of hula dance and a champion for Indigenous culture, will receive a cash award of more than $450,000.
  
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• Hauser & Wirth Asia Managing Partner Elaine Kwok Departs After Two Years

  13-11-2024 18:00 via artnews.com
  
  Elaine Kwok, a veteran of the Hong Kong art market, has officially left her position at Hauser & Wirth after a two-year stint. The gallery announced her departure in an email to staff.In that email, which was obtained by ARTnews, Hauser & Wirth’s leadership wrote, “Elaine’s contribution in leading our Asia activities has been invaluable. Her commitment to our artists, programs, clients, and community, along with the successful opening of our new Hong Kong space she spea
  
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• 2,100 Fakes Rounded Up in Art Forgeries Bust

  13-11-2024 17:51 via nytimes.com
  
  Italian officials said they had dismantled a Europe-wide network of forgers and dealers selling works purported to be by A-list artists, mostly through auction houses.
  
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• Review: Lise Davidsen Meets Puccini in ‘Tosca’ at the Met

  13-11-2024 17:34 via nytimes.com
  
  The powerhouse soprano, already a company stalwart at 37, still seems to be figuring out a character whose moods change on a dime.
  
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• Amid Art Market Slowdown and High Interest Rates, Specialist Art Lenders Claim Business Is Booming

  13-11-2024 17:30 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.Back in June, Puck’s Marion Maneker created a minor stir when he proposed a previously untold effect of the ongoing art market slowdown. High interest rates, he reported, had slammed the brakes on art lending, the growing business of banks and specialist firms lending against high-net-worth collec
  
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• Steve McQueen Pulls Out of Film Festival in Protest of Its Leader’s Comments on Female Cinematographers

  13-11-2024 17:27 via artnews.com
  
  Steve McQueen, a Turner Prize–winning artist and filmmaker, said he would not appear at a Polish film festival after the event’s leader published a controversial comments on female cinematographers.The Camerimage Film Festival, an event held in Toruń that is focused specifically on cinematography, is still slated to screen McQueen’s latest feature, Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan as a woman looking for her lost child in war-torn London. McQueen was to be present at the scree
  
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• ‘Cross’ and ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Offer Different Spins on the Same Formula

  13-11-2024 17:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Within the boundaries of the crime-solving genius genre, “Cross” represents the dark yin and “The Lincoln Lawyer” the bright yang.
  
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• Daniele Rustioni, Fixture at the Met Opera, Will Be Its Guest Conductor

  13-11-2024 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Beginning next fall, Rustioni will lead at least two operas each season and help provide continuity for the Met as it rebuilds after a wave of retirements.
  
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• In Wisconsin, Cafe De Arts Now Serves Oriks Roasting Equipment - Daily Coffee News

  13-11-2024 16:28 via news.google.com
  In Wisconsin, Cafe De Arts Now Serves Oriks Roasting Equipment  Daily Coffee News
  
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• ‘Conclave’ Is Becoming One of 2024’s Most Memed Movies

  13-11-2024 16:19 via nytimes.com
  
  Thanks to characters we recognize from reality TV, the Vatican intrigues have jumped from stuffy prestige drama to the social-media scrum.
  
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• Near life-sized 3D printer at DECA Prep merges arts and robotics - WDTN.com

  13-11-2024 16:05 via news.google.com
  Near life-sized 3D printer at DECA Prep merges arts and robotics  WDTN.com
  
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• Kids Create With Art Education At The Saturday Arts Lab - SUNY The New Paltz Oracle

  13-11-2024 16:02 via news.google.com
  Kids Create With Art Education At The Saturday Arts Lab  SUNY The New Paltz Oracle
  
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• Beyond the Present: Candice Wu’s Arts District Exhibition Weaves Future Fantasies With Echoes Of Memory - Worldcrunch

  13-11-2024 16:01 via news.google.com
  Beyond the Present: Candice Wu’s Arts District Exhibition Weaves Future Fantasies With Echoes Of Memory  Worldcrunch
  
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• ILLINOISE Now Available the Watch at the Library for the Performing Arts - BroadwayWorld

  13-11-2024 15:59 via news.google.com
  ILLINOISE Now Available the Watch at the Library for the Performing Arts  BroadwayWorld
  
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• Fishers Arts Council board seats open - Current in Carmel

  13-11-2024 15:35 via news.google.com
  Fishers Arts Council board seats open  Current in Carmel
  
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• Three men sentenced in local Indian Arts and Crafts Act case - Alaska Native News

  13-11-2024 15:13 via news.google.com
  Three men sentenced in local Indian Arts and Crafts Act case  Alaska Native News
  
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• Discover South Walton: Florida's Top Beach Destination with a Vibrant Arts Scene - CS | Modern Luxury

  13-11-2024 15:05 via news.google.com
  Discover South Walton: Florida's Top Beach Destination with a Vibrant Arts Scene  CS | Modern Luxury
  
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• Discover South Walton: Florida's Top Beach Destination with a Vibrant Arts Scene - Capitol File

  13-11-2024 15:01 via news.google.com
  Discover South Walton: Florida's Top Beach Destination with a Vibrant Arts Scene  Capitol File
  
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• Arts Gallery announces December gallery - New Bern Live

  13-11-2024 14:50 via news.google.com
  Arts Gallery announces December gallery  New Bern Live
  
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• Mark Wilkinson to appear at art and music event at Sudbury Arts Centre this Saturday - Louder

  13-11-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  Mark Wilkinson to appear at art and music event at Sudbury Arts Centre this Saturday  Louder
  
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• Community funds playoff transport for Victoria West fine arts - Victoria Advocate

  13-11-2024 14:00 via news.google.com
  Community funds playoff transport for Victoria West fine arts  Victoria Advocate
  
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• Beaux-Arts to Bauhaus: How Two Schools Shaped Architectural Visualization - Archinect

  13-11-2024 14:00 via news.google.com
  Beaux-Arts to Bauhaus: How Two Schools Shaped Architectural Visualization  Archinect
  
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• Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts - The Caledonian-Record

  13-11-2024 13:57 via news.google.com
  Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts  The Caledonian-Record
  
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• Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts - Napoleon Northwest Signal

  13-11-2024 13:57 via news.google.com
  Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts  Napoleon Northwest Signal
  
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• Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts - mykxlg.com

  13-11-2024 13:57 via news.google.com
  Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts  mykxlg.com
  
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• Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts - El Paso Inc.

  13-11-2024 13:57 via news.google.com
  Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts  El Paso Inc.
  
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• Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts - Bennington Banner

  13-11-2024 13:57 via news.google.com
  Berlin's creatives rally against arts funding cuts  Bennington Banner
  
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• One City, Three Great Artists: Reuniting Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael

  13-11-2024 13:49 via nytimes.com
  
  A London exhibition shows how the three painters circled one another as rivals and role models in 16th-century Florence.
  
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• At autumn’s call, leaves fall: Autumn in the arts - The Boar

  13-11-2024 13:02 via news.google.com
  At autumn’s call, leaves fall: Autumn in the arts  The Boar
  
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• RIC Foundation & R.I. Latino Arts Fund Student Internship - Rhode Island College News

  13-11-2024 13:00 via news.google.com
  RIC Foundation & R.I. Latino Arts Fund Student Internship  Rhode Island College News
  
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• Aurora Reading Club celebrates 130 years as a legacy African American arts and cultural organization - Pittsburgh Union Progress

  13-11-2024 12:37 via news.google.com
  Aurora Reading Club celebrates 130 years as a legacy African American arts and cultural organization  Pittsburgh Union Progress
  
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• Get fit and have fun with pole dancing and other aerial arts at new Belleville studio - Belleville News-Democrat

  13-11-2024 12:30 via news.google.com
  Get fit and have fun with pole dancing and other aerial arts at new Belleville studio  Belleville News-Democrat
  
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• Lego Horizon Adventures Review

  13-11-2024 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Everyone’s searching for something in Lego Horizon Adventures, where a science fiction franchise gets an entertaining brick makeover.
  
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• A second Trump term could be great for the arts - Washington Examiner

  13-11-2024 12:00 via news.google.com
  A second Trump term could be great for the arts  Washington Examiner
  
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• European Film Awards: ‘The Substance’, ‘Emilia Pérez’ & ‘The Girl With The Needle’ Lead Arts & Craft Prizes - Deadline

  13-11-2024 11:50 via news.google.com
  European Film Awards: ‘The Substance’, ‘Emilia Pérez’ & ‘The Girl With The Needle’ Lead Arts & Craft Prizes  Deadline
  
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• Kinston Community Council for the Arts hosts Veteran Art Exhibit reception - Neuse News

  13-11-2024 11:45 via news.google.com
  Kinston Community Council for the Arts hosts Veteran Art Exhibit reception  Neuse News
  
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• With Pebbles and Soap, Jesse Krimes Takes on the Prison System

  13-11-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The artist’s works are the subject of two New York shows, at the Metropolitan Museum and the Jack Shainman Gallery.
  
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