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• A Night at the Kennedy Center, Just After Trump’s Takeover

  14-02-2025 23:52 via nytimes.com
  
  It’s still called the Kennedy Center. But after President Trump’s takeover, drag performers protested outside while audience members inside worried about what might be in store.
  
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• References to Transgender Activists Removed from Stonewall Monument Webpage by National Agency

  14-02-2025 23:41 via artnews.com
  
  The National Park Service (NPS), a government body overseeing federally protected public grounds, has removed all mention of transgender individuals involved in the Stonewall Uprising, a 1969 New York protest led by queer and trans activists that is said to have jump-started the gay rights movement.On its webpage, NPS has changed its terminology, replacing “LGBTQ+” with “LGB” or “LGBQ,” excluding transgender people from the narrative. The word “queer&rdq
  
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• Design Firm Roman and Williams to Partner with Sotheby’s on Breuer Fine Dining Restaurant

  14-02-2025 23:33 via artnews.com
  
  Roman and Williams, the design studio and hospitality group behind Soho’s Le Mercerie, will partner with auction house Sotheby’s to open a yet-to-be-named fine dining restaurant in the Breuer Building. In 2023, Sotheby’s announced it would make the storied Brutalist building at 945 Madison Avenue its new headquarters. The building, once the long-time home of the Whitney Museum of American Art, was officially sold to Sotheby’s for $100 million late last year, sho
  
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• Ken Wydro, Who Helped Create an Off Broadway Phenomenon, Dies at 81

  14-02-2025 23:27 via nytimes.com
  
  He and his wife, Vy Higginsen, poured all they had into “Mama, I Want to Sing,” a long-shot musical that became an enduring staple of Black theater.
  
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• ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap: New Friends

  14-02-2025 23:26 via nytimes.com
  
  An unexpected visitor shows up on Adult Shauna’s doorstep, prompting Callie to get ideas. Young Shauna makes a new friend.
  
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• Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences students hold walkout to protest recent immigration policies - KOKI FOX 23 TULSA

  14-02-2025 23:20
  Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences students hold walkout to protest recent immigration policies  KOKI FOX 23 TULSA
  
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• Nevada County Arts Council Announces New Poet Laureate Karen Terrey - YubaNet

  14-02-2025 23:02
  Nevada County Arts Council Announces New Poet Laureate Karen Terrey  YubaNet
  
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• Mel Bochner, Conceptual Artist Who Had a Way With Words, Dies at 84

  14-02-2025 22:49 via artnews.com
  
  Mel Bochner, a conceptual artist who incisively explored the slippery relationship between language and art, died on February 12 at 84. His death was announced on Friday by three of his galleries, Fraenkel, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, and Peter Freeman Inc.Bochner was one of the key artists associated with the Conceptualist movement during the 1960s and ’70s. In legendary pieces that hardly looked much like art at all, he offered measurements, numbers, words, and others’ photocopied drawin
  
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• Mayor Bray 'disappointed' following cancellation of Lower Town Arts, Music Festival - WPSD Local 6

  14-02-2025 22:44
  Mayor Bray 'disappointed' following cancellation of Lower Town Arts, Music Festival  WPSD Local 6
  
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• Walter Robinson, Exuberant Art-World Participant and Observer, Dies at 74

  14-02-2025 22:43 via nytimes.com
  
  A painter who took his subjects from pop culture, he was also the founding editor of Artnet.com and chronicled the rise of the SoHo art scene in the 1970s.
  
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• ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 Premiere Recap: It’s All Fun and Games Until …

  14-02-2025 22:36 via nytimes.com
  
  The teen Yellowjackets seem to be having fun when we first rejoin them. Taking bets now for which one gets eaten first.
  
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• The arts scene and the Hungerford Building - WXXI News

  14-02-2025 22:03
  The arts scene and the Hungerford Building  WXXI News
  
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• Could the Riggio Estate Bring Some Froth to the Art Market in 2025?

  14-02-2025 21:13 via artnews.com
  
  The secondary market today is driven by two things: quality and prestige. Often those two things are tied together; after all, the most well respected collectors are usually those with the best collections. When such marquee collectors die, it’s inevitable that Christie’s and Sotheby’s try to outmanuever each other for the estates’ business, as seems to be the case right now over the collection of Barnes and Noble co-founder and former ARTnews Top 200 collector 
  
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• VIEWPOINT: Revive Arts Week - Georgetown University The Hoya

  14-02-2025 21:03
  VIEWPOINT: Revive Arts Week  Georgetown University The Hoya
  
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• The creativity is unbound: Arts education makes a lasting impact - Springfield Daily Citizen

  14-02-2025 21:01
  The creativity is unbound: Arts education makes a lasting impact  Springfield Daily Citizen
  
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• Saints and Sinners reconcile for a Park City Performing Arts fundraiser - The Park Record

  14-02-2025 21:00
  Saints and Sinners reconcile for a Park City Performing Arts fundraiser  The Park Record
  
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• The Getty Museum Acquires its First AI Photograph

  14-02-2025 20:36 via artnews.com
  
  The Getty Museum has acquired its first artificial intelligence-generated photograph. The work Cristian en el Amor de Calle (2024), byqueer Costa Rican photographer Matías Sauter Morera, depicts two young Latino men in blue leather jackets with gold embellishments in a bar or café. There is an intensity in the central figure’s outward gaze. The piece recalls the queer history of pegamachos, or cowboys from the Guanacaste Coast, who became renowned for their secret affair
  
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• Review: Actor’s Express’ ‘Marie Antoinette’ is a cake half-baked - artsatl.org

  14-02-2025 20:23
  Review: Actor’s Express’ ‘Marie Antoinette’ is a cake half-baked  artsatl.org
  
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• Sabrina Carpenter Flirts With Country and 12 More New Songs

  14-02-2025 20:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear Dolly Parton duet with the young star and tracks from Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco, plus Drake and PartyNextDoor.
  
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• An Assortment of 7 ‘Valentine’ Songs

  14-02-2025 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks from Laufey, the Replacements and Fiona Apple that share a title but vary in tone.
  
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• Spring USI Liberal Arts Faculty Colloquium Series to begin February 24 - University of Southern Indiana

  14-02-2025 19:57
  Spring USI Liberal Arts Faculty Colloquium Series to begin February 24  University of Southern Indiana
  
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• Isabella Rossellini: “Conclave” Scene Stealer and First-Time Oscar Nominee

  14-02-2025 18:54 via nytimes.com
  
  A scene-stealing role in “Conclave” brought her unexpected acclaim, and tears, at age 72. But she has built more than a life onscreen.
  
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• Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese Actress and Star of ‘Meteor Garden,’ Dies at 48

  14-02-2025 18:45 via nytimes.com
  
  Her role in the teen drama catapulted her to fame as a pop idol. She was also a TV host and appeared in films.
  
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• Ancient Mummies Smell ‘Woody’ and ‘Sweet,’ Researchers Find

  14-02-2025 18:43 via artnews.com
  
  This Valentine’s Day, forget the roses, lavender-scented candles, and savoy truffled chocolate. Think outside the box, or rather, the sarcophagus, and take your crush to the closest museum to sniff the mummies.According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, musty crypts and the decayed remains of mummies smell-like a high end spa. According to the Associated Press, which first reported on the study, researchers from the University College
  
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• Cleveland Museum to Return Prized Bronze Thought Looted From Turkey

  14-02-2025 18:38 via nytimes.com
  
  The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to be of Marcus Aurelius, had been stolen.
  
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• Cancelation of Artist’s Australian Pavilion Draws Outcry: ‘A Very Dark Day for the Australia’

  14-02-2025 18:28 via artnews.com
  
  Yesterday, Khaled Sabsabi was dropped as Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale, a move that has generated widespread controversy and multiple resignations at Creative Australia, the organization that facilitates the Australian Pavilion.Sabsabi was dropped alongside his curator, Michael Dagostino, after the Australian newspaper highlighted a past work by the Lebanese-born artist that featured the likeness of a Hezbollah leader. The Australian article claimed that choosing Sabsab
  
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• Cancelation of Artist’s Australian Pavilion Draws Outcry: ‘A Very Dark Day for Australia’

  14-02-2025 18:28 via artnews.com
  
  Yesterday, Khaled Sabsabi was dropped as Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale, a move that has generated widespread controversy and multiple resignations at Creative Australia, the organization that facilitates the Australian Pavilion.Sabsabi was dropped alongside his curator, Michael Dagostino, after the Australian newspaper highlighted a past work by the Lebanese-born artist that featured the likeness of a Hezbollah leader. The Australian article claimed that choosing Sabsab
  
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• Museum Agrees to Return Prized, Looted Bronze to Turkey

  14-02-2025 18:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to be of Marcus Aurelius, had been stolen.
  
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• In Major Expansion, Martha Graham Dance Company Will Move to Midtown

  14-02-2025 18:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The acclaimed troupe will relocate to a Times Square tower, more than doubling its footprint, and building six new studios.
  
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• Military vibes colour renowned Mali arts festival - Reuters.com

  14-02-2025 17:40
  Military vibes colour renowned Mali arts festival  Reuters.com
  
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• The Highs and Lows of ‘Edges of Ailey,’ the Whitney Museum’s New Exhibit

  14-02-2025 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The performance portion of “Edges of Ailey” at the Whitney Museum of American Art was best when it stepped away from tradition.
  
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• Arts District studio complex at 6th & Alameda approved by City Planning Commission - Urbanize National

  14-02-2025 17:00
  Arts District studio complex at 6th & Alameda approved by City Planning Commission  Urbanize National
  
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• Uproar Over Australia’s Move to Drop Venice Biennale Artist, Trump’s Administration Dropping Trans References, Dame Edna’s Collection Sold by Christie’s: Morning Links for February 14, 2025

  14-02-2025 16:42 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesUPROAR FOLLOWING AUSTRALIA’S VENICE ARTIST CANCELATION. After Australia abruptly dropped its 2026 Venice Biennale artist, Khaled Sabsabi, due to controversy related to his older artwork featuring a top Hezbollah leader, as Alex Greenberger reported for ARTnews, the head of the pavilion’s organizer has now resigned in protest. Mikala T
  
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• Review: Karina Canellakis Hushes the New York Philharmonic

  14-02-2025 16:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Some of the most memorable moments in the orchestra’s program this week, led by Karina Canellakis, were extremely soft.
  
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• The Yellowjackets Are Back. Here’s Where They Left Off.

  14-02-2025 15:56 via nytimes.com
  
  The Showtime survival drama returns on Friday for Season 3. Memory a little fuzzy? Hint: There was a bunch of cannibalism and even more ’90s rock.
  
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• Tofu or not Tofu - Dailyuw

  14-02-2025 15:45
  Tofu or not Tofu  Dailyuw
  
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• Theater to Watch at Home: ‘Uncle Vanya’ and an Alice Childress Revival

  14-02-2025 15:42 via nytimes.com
  
  A bare-bones Chekhov, a critically acclaimed revival of “The Wedding Band” and the cult TV series “Smash” are all available for streaming.
  
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• Trump chairing a major arts institution would be laughable if it weren’t so deeply troubling | Charlotte Higgins - The Guardian

  14-02-2025 15:30
  Trump chairing a major arts institution would be laughable if it weren’t so deeply troubling | Charlotte Higgins  The Guardian
  
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• Why the Arts Matter at Colgate More Than Ever - The Colgate Maroon-News

  14-02-2025 15:11
  Why the Arts Matter at Colgate More Than Ever  The Colgate Maroon-News
  
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• Drake’s New Valentine’s Day Album Pivots From Kendrick Lamar Beef

  14-02-2025 14:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The Valentine’s Day release, a collaboration with PartyNextDoor, tries on different styles (acoustic pop, traditional Mexican) while only alluding to Kendrick Lamar.
  
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• Banksy’s Piranha-Emblazoned Police Sentry Box Donated to the New London Museum

  14-02-2025 13:45 via artnews.com
  
  The police sentry box that Banksy emblazoned with piranhas during his nine-day vandalism tour in London last summer is going on permanent display at the new London Museum.The spray-painted box made to look like an aquarium is one of nine animal-themed works that the anonymous British street artist made in the UK capital in August.A rhino amorously mounting a car, a pair of elephants with their trunks outstretched towards each other, and three monkeys swinging from a bridge are among the series.L
  
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• What to Know About ‘Captain America: Brave New World’

  14-02-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Need a refresher before seeing “Captain America: Brave New World” in theaters? We explain what has been going on with the superhero.
  
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• Lorne Michaels Reflects on His ‘S.N.L.’ Legacy Ahead of the 50th Anniversary

  14-02-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The man who made “Saturday Night Live” reflects on its legacy.
  
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• If You’re a ‘Bridget Jones’ Fan, You Might Like ‘Crossing Delancey’

  14-02-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  This 1988 rom-com, starring Amy Irving, joins the Criterion Collection this month. But it has been warming hearts for decades.
  
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• Ben Whishaw, as Paddington Once More, Is Here to Make You Feel Better

  14-02-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  With “Paddington in Peru,” the British actor voices the beloved bear for the third time. His calming charm remains the franchise’s calling card.
  
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• An Artist Expands the Landscape of Sound

  14-02-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  In a major show at the Whitney, Christine Sun Kim shines light on Deaf culture and measures sonic experience beyond the ear.
  
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• A Great James Earl Jones Role That Can Finally Be Seen

  14-02-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  A restored version of Charles Burnett’s 1999 movie “The Annihilation of Fish” opens at the Brooklyn Academy of Music after being virtually unshown for 25 years.
  
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• ‘The Strike’: When Collective Action Leads to Prison Reform

  14-02-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons.
  
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• When Politicians Exit Stage Right, What’s Left for Their Impersonators?

  14-02-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Comedians who lampooned Kamala Harris and Joseph R. Biden Jr. are finding that their fortunes rise and fall based on the fates of the people they portray.
  
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• Leda Athanasopoulou’s Patmos Home Reflects Centuries of History

  14-02-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As the island of Patmos continues to evolve, one local designer considers just how much of the past to incorporate into her home.
  
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