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• Hennepin Arts announces the 2025-2026 Broadway season - KARE11.com

  07-02-2025 23:56
  Hennepin Arts announces the 2025-2026 Broadway season  KARE11.com
  
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• NEA shuts down arts grant for 'underserved communities' amid flurry of Trump executive orders - Art Newspaper

  07-02-2025 23:48
  NEA shuts down arts grant for 'underserved communities' amid flurry of Trump executive orders  Art Newspaper
  
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• Fun Valentine’s Day Arts & Crafts for Your Kiddos | DinaIY - CBS News

  07-02-2025 23:33
  Fun Valentine’s Day Arts & Crafts for Your Kiddos | DinaIY  CBS News
  
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• Fareed Armaly Rejects Käthe Kollwitz Prize Citing Censorship in Germany

  07-02-2025 23:31 via artnews.com
  
  American artist and curator Fareed Armaly has declined Germany’s Käthe Kollwitz Prize, citing the censorship controversies within the country’s cultural institutions.The annual €12,000 award, given out by the Academy of Arts in Berlin, established in 1992, recognizes established artists for key achievements. Armaly, who was born in the U.S. and is Lebanese-Palestinian, rejected it over what he called a “highly politicized, reactionary shift” in Germany’s c
  
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• Wilkes-Barre Area’s CAPAA program expanding, offering more students a path in the arts - WNEP Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

  07-02-2025 23:03
  Wilkes-Barre Area’s CAPAA program expanding, offering more students a path in the arts  WNEP Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
  
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• Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn Department of Public Health receives arts and culture grant - WDET

  07-02-2025 23:03
  Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn Department of Public Health receives arts and culture grant  WDET
  
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• Soup dinner and candlelight concert set to light up Hannibal Arts Council on February 20th - khqa.com

  07-02-2025 23:01
  Soup dinner and candlelight concert set to light up Hannibal Arts Council on February 20th  khqa.com
  
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• An El Greco Is Pulled From an Auction as Romania Objects

  07-02-2025 22:34 via nytimes.com
  
  The Romanian government has long sought dozens of valuable paintings that it says the country’s last king took into exile in 1947.
  
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• State & Union: Reflecting on work at Tri-County Arts Council - Olean Times Herald

  07-02-2025 22:29
  State & Union: Reflecting on work at Tri-County Arts Council  Olean Times Herald
  
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• A Katt Williams Interview Made Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” a Hit

  07-02-2025 22:25 via nytimes.com
  
  “Club Shay Shay” became a must-stop destination for Hollywood after Katt Williams aired his grievances. “This was our ‘Thriller’ album,” said the host Shannon Sharpe.
  
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• MCA receives arts education grant - Winona Post

  07-02-2025 22:02
  MCA receives arts education grant  Winona Post
  
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• At the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a Blockbuster Exhibition Explores Different Approaches to Black Figuration

  07-02-2025 21:36 via artnews.com
  
  A range of interpretations and depictions of the Black figure is currently on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (through February 9). Organized by British writer and curator Ekow Eshun, “The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure” features more than 60 artworks by 28 Black and African diasporic contemporary artists, including Kerry James Marshall, Amy Sherald, Noah Davis, Wangechi Mutu, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Claudette Johnson, Titus Kaphar, Denz
  
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• AI is Decoding Oxford’s Mysterious Herculaneum Scroll

  07-02-2025 21:28 via artnews.com
  
  Another Herculaneum scroll is being deciphered using X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms by a team competing in the Vesuvius Challenge. Among the ancient Greek words identified so far are ἀδιάληπτος (foolish), διατροπή (disgust), φοβ (fear), and βίου (life).The ancient Roman town Herculaneum was encased
  
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• Budget Cuts to French Arts and Culture Sectors Alarm Creative Workers

  07-02-2025 21:10 via artnews.com
  
  France’s policy of l’exception culturelle—which has long protected its arts sector from market forces—is buckling under the weight of austerity. According to The Art Newspaper, the Académie des beaux-arts has sounded the alarm, condemning the “violence” of the latest budget cuts, which will see the culture ministry lose €150m in funding.Prime Minister François Bayrou, battling to contain the country’s budget deficit, has
  
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• Budget Cuts to French Arts and Culture Sectors Alarm Creative Workers - ARTnews

  07-02-2025 21:10
  Budget Cuts to French Arts and Culture Sectors Alarm Creative Workers  ARTnews
  
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• Cleanup and construction begin on Denton’s future Texas Fine Arts Theatre for an April 2026 reopening - Denton Record Chronicle

  07-02-2025 21:05
  Cleanup and construction begin on Denton’s future Texas Fine Arts Theatre for an April 2026 reopening  Denton Record Chronicle
  
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• Famed Titian Painting Reveals Hidden Portrait

  07-02-2025 20:46 via artnews.com
  
  Below the surface of an oil painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian, experts have identified a previously unknown work by the artist using scientific analysis, the Andreas Pittas Art Characterization Laboratories at the Cyprus Institute (APAC) announced in a press release for an exhibition of the painting at the Limassol Municipal Arts Center.Researchers from APAC were initially tasked with documenting the materiality and state of preservation of Titian’s Ecce Homo (1543). As th
  
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• See photos of Big Rapids' beloved pets throughout downtown - The Pioneer

  07-02-2025 20:45
  See photos of Big Rapids' beloved pets throughout downtown  The Pioneer
  
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• Brooklyn Museum, Facing $10 M. Budget Deficit, to Lay Off 40 Employees

  07-02-2025 20:40 via artnews.com
  
  The Brooklyn Museum said Friday that it will imminently lay off around 40 employees and reduce programming to ease a budget deficit with the potential to reach $10 million by June.The news was first reported by Hyperallergic and confirmed via a statement by museum director Anne Pasternak to the New York Times. Pasternak reportedly broke the news to staff in a letter on Friday, writing that the institution was “experiencing strong headwinds: inflation has dramatically impacted our operating
  
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• Meta asks ‘Who Eats Art?’ in Upcoming Super Bowl Commercial, Featuring Maurizio Cattelan’s World-Famous Banana

  07-02-2025 20:32 via artnews.com
  
  The Super Bowl is this Sunday. It’s the one day of the year that even people who care nothing about the NFL will gather together in living rooms and at pubs to watch big men in helmets and tight pants play keep away. This is in large part because the snacks, the half-time performance, and, for many, the multi-million dollar commercials. For any Super Bowl party, the snacks are paramount: chips and dip, nachos, buffalo wings. What about bananas? The potassium packed superfood doesn’t
  
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• Former martial arts instructor arrested for child sex abuse - Times Union

  07-02-2025 20:17
  Former martial arts instructor arrested for child sex abuse  Times Union
  
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• 9 Spellbinding Songs About Magic

  07-02-2025 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Lady Gaga’s latest has inspired a playlist.
  
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• Mort Künstler, Renowned Painter of Epic Historical Scenes, Dies at 97

  07-02-2025 19:57 via nytimes.com
  
  His years illustrating pulp novels honed his sense of pictorial drama, and his meticulous research ensured historical accuracy, notably in his Civil War paintings.
  
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• Ion moves to turn arena into performing arts center | 1local - Loudoun Times-Mirror

  07-02-2025 19:42
  Ion moves to turn arena into performing arts center | 1local  Loudoun Times-Mirror
  
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• Ye Takes Back Apology and Calls Himself a Nazi in Social Media Rant

  07-02-2025 19:25 via nytimes.com
  
  The rapper praised Hitler and took back an apology he made in 2023 for his past antisemitic remarks.
  
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• PRESS RELEASE: Investing in Creativity: 2025 Arts Grants Available for Bloomington Artists & Organizations - Indiana Daily Student

  07-02-2025 19:02
  PRESS RELEASE: Investing in Creativity: 2025 Arts Grants Available for Bloomington Artists & Organizations  Indiana Daily Student
  
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• Doechii’s Victory Lap, and 10 More New Songs

  07-02-2025 18:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks from Valerie June, Coi Leray, Destroyer and others.
  
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• No Fooling: Burlington City Arts Cancels Festival of Fools - Seven Days

  07-02-2025 18:30
  No Fooling: Burlington City Arts Cancels Festival of Fools  Seven Days
  
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• In Ratmansky’s ‘Paquita,’ Worlds Collide to Make a Ballet Big Bang

  07-02-2025 18:15 via nytimes.com
  
  Alexei Ratmansky creates a joyful new “Paquita” for New York City Ballet, giving the dancers a classical frame in which to find new versions of themselves.
  
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• The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked

  07-02-2025 18:09 via nytimes.com
  
  Here is our critic’s evolving survey of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, from best to worst.
  
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• Former employee of Hudson Valley martial arts school charged with child sexual abuse - Poughkeepsie Journal

  07-02-2025 18:07
  Former employee of Hudson Valley martial arts school charged with child sexual abuse  Poughkeepsie Journal
  
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• The Super Bowl Ads, Ranked

  07-02-2025 18:05 via nytimes.com
  
  Here is our critic’s evolving survey of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, from best to worst.
  
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• Rami Malek and Brie Larson Try Sophocles in London

  07-02-2025 17:52 via nytimes.com
  
  Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is taking on Elektra.
  
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• A 311-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Sells for $11.25 Million at Sotheby’s

  07-02-2025 17:39 via nytimes.com
  
  The money from the sale of the violin, which was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim, will benefit a scholarship program at the New England Conservatory.
  
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• A 311-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Sells for $10 Million at Sotheby’s

  07-02-2025 17:32 via nytimes.com
  
  The money from the sale of the violin, which was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim, will benefit a scholarship program at the New England Conservatory.
  
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• Review: Heartbeat Opera Compresses Strauss’s ‘Salome’

  07-02-2025 17:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Heartbeat Opera specializes in daring reductions of the classics, and this may be its most implausible undertaking yet.
  
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• 6 Key Kendrick Lamar Performances that Led Him to the Super Bowl

  07-02-2025 17:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show, a look at how the rapper has turned introspective rhymes into his own visual language.
  
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• Three Super Bowl Titles, Two Podcasts and One Explosive Interview

  07-02-2025 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Club Shay Shay” became a must-stop destination for Hollywood after Katt Williams aired his grievances. “This was our ‘Thriller’ album,” said the host Shannon Sharpe.
  
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• Brooklyn Museum Will Lay Off Employees and Scale Back Exhibitions

  07-02-2025 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The museum, which faces a projected $10 million deficit, said it planned to cut more than a tenth of its employees and mount fewer exhibitions.
  
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• How a Family’s Life Is Upended in ‘I’m Still Here’

  07-02-2025 16:51 via nytimes.com
  
  The film’s director, Walter Salles, narrates a sequence from his film, which is nominated for best picture. Its star, Fernanda Torres is nominated for best actress.
  
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• ‘I’m Still Here’ | Anatomy of a Scene

  07-02-2025 16:50 via nytimes.com
  
  The director Walter Salles narrates a scene from his film, which has an Oscar nomination for best picture.
  
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• Barbara Kingsolver Uses ‘Demon Copperhead’ Royalties to Build Rehab Center

  07-02-2025 16:15 via nytimes.com
  
  Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.
  
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• How Artists Are Reframing Climate Doom

  07-02-2025 15:20 via artnews.com
  
  Literally sent from the raging fires in Los Angeles, “Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice” just arrived at the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University. Organized by the Hammer Museum, it is on view in Houston through May 10. That a show about climate change would flee LA under such duress might seem uncanny if disaster wasn’t becoming so terrifyingly commonplace.The exhibition, however, veers clear of outright terror; there’s enough of that in the news. Inst
  
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• Who Was Alice Coltrane? A New Exhibition Honors an Icon

  07-02-2025 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  The breathtaking music of Alice Coltrane has the power to stop listeners in their tracks and guide them to another realm of consciousness as she masterfully traverses genres of jazz, gospel, bebop, and classical Indian music, collapsing them together in ethereal, harmonic compositions that can drift into a discordant cacophony of sound. Her embrace of the unpredictable and her refusal to limit her musical range has attracted reverence among free jazz aficionados (and ire from classical jazz puri
  
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• Photojournalist Charles “Teenie” Harris, and the Family Friend Working to Keep His Legacy Alive

  07-02-2025 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  In a career spanning 40 years as a photojournalist for the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s leading Black newspapers, Charles “Teenie” Harris amassed an unrivaled photographic archive. The Smithsonian credits him with creating “one of the largest and most significant visual records of 20th-century African American life.”Related ArticlesWho Was Alice Coltrane? A New Exhibition Honors an Icon Christie's Sale of El Greco Painting Blocked by Romanian Government &
  
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• ‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’: Faith Ringgold’s Gift to Prisoners

  07-02-2025 14:33 via nytimes.com
  
  In this documentary, the artist depicts what a more just and beautiful world might look like.
  
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• ‘Emilia Pérez’ Star Karla Sofía Gascón and a New Era of Oscar Scandals

  07-02-2025 14:04 via nytimes.com
  
  As Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced social media posts upend the campaign for the year’s most-nominated film, what happens now?
  
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• Troubled Volksbühne Theater Announces Another New Director

  07-02-2025 13:59 via nytimes.com
  
  Matthias Lilienthal will take over running the Berlin playhouse, which has been lurching from crisis to crisis for years.
  
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• L10 Arts And Cultural Center Opens At 300 Ashland Place In Fort Greene, Brooklyn - New York YIMBY

  07-02-2025 13:30
  L10 Arts And Cultural Center Opens At 300 Ashland Place In Fort Greene, Brooklyn  New York YIMBY
  
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• A New Hammer Museum Show Traces Alice Coltrane’s Influence

  07-02-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Coltrane, a jazz virtuoso who devoted much of her life to a spiritual journey, is a beacon for today’s artists. An exhibition at the Hammer Museum shows why.
  
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