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• Juan Hamilton, Protégé and Beneficiary of Georgia O’Keeffe, Died at 79

  07-03-2025 22:41 via artnews.com
  
  Juan Hamilton, an artist, caretaker, and protégé of renowned painter Georgia O’Keeffe and the sole beneficiary of her will, died in his Santa Fe, New Mexico home on February 20 at 79 years old.He died from complications related to a subdural hematoma, which occurred several years ago, according to his wife Anna Marie Hamilton.Born John Bruce Hamilton on December 22, 1945, in Dallas, Texas, he grew up in Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela, the child of parents Alan and Claire (K
  
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• Nvidia CEO’s Foundation Rescues Ailing California College of the Arts with $45 M. Boost

  07-03-2025 20:48 via artnews.com
  
  San Francisco’s California College of the Arts (CCA) has secured short-term financial stability through a $45 million fundraising campaign, alleviating an urgent budget deficit that had prompted fears of layoffs and a potential merger.The campaign’s success hinged on a matching gift from the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation, which doubled the $22.5 million raised by over 50 donors, including trustees, former board members, and alumni. Jen-Hsun “Jensen” Huang, Nvidia&rsq
  
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• Nvidia CEO’s Foundation Rescues Ailing California College of the Arts with $45 M. Boost - ARTnews

  07-03-2025 20:48 via news.google.com
  Nvidia CEO’s Foundation Rescues Ailing California College of the Arts with $45 M. Boost  ARTnews
  
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• School Committee approves $3m in cuts, rejects arts reductions as hundreds pack Town Hall - Brookline.News

  07-03-2025 20:03 via news.google.com
  School Committee approves $3m in cuts, rejects arts reductions as hundreds pack Town Hall  Brookline.News
  
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• Uri Shulevitz, 89, Acclaimed Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Dies

  07-03-2025 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A Caldecott Medal winner, he turned childhood memories of fleeing the Nazis in Poland into magical stories.
  
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• 10 Outrageously Great Lady Gaga Deep Cuts

  07-03-2025 20:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Revisit the pop star’s catalog as her latest album, “Mayhem,” arrives.
  
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• Dolly Parton Memorializes Her Husband, Carl Dean, in a New Song

  07-03-2025 19:54 via nytimes.com
  
  “Like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton wrote on Instagram before releasing the ballad “If You Hadn’t Been There.”
  
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• Review: Batsheva, and a Dance Divided

  07-03-2025 19:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Batsheva Dance Company’s performance of Ohad Naharin’s masterful “Momo” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was inevitably colored by events in Israel and Gaza.
  
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• Stowe Foliage Arts Festival won’t return after windstorm devastation - VTDigger

  07-03-2025 19:18 via news.google.com
  Stowe Foliage Arts Festival won’t return after windstorm devastation  VTDigger
  
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• Jason Isbell’s Bare-Bones Breakup Tune, and 7 More New Songs

  07-03-2025 18:57 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by I’m With Her, Nathy Peluso, Car Seat Headrest and others.
  
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• Notre Dame Raffles Stones to Support Religious Heritage in France

  07-03-2025 18:42 via artnews.com
  
  If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, now is your chance! In an effort to raise funds to support France’s endangered religious landmarks and heritage sites, the medieval Catholic cathedral is raffling off around 50 stones from the iconic building. The stones, which were too badly damaged in the fire to reuse, weigh roughly 800 grams each and have been engraved with the silhouette of the iconic structure’s main façade.To enter, you must be
  
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• Christie’s Totals $167.8 M. Across Midseason Double Header Evening Sales, Says ‘Market is Going Up’

  07-03-2025 18:38 via artnews.com
  
  At times, it can feel like auction house specialists are part of a cult whose mantra is, ““High-quality, well-priced, fresh-to-market artworks will always sell.”On Wednesday, in London, Christie’s Tessa Lord was the latest to adopt the cliché after the auction house’s 20th/21st Century evening sale generated a respectable £82.1 million, on a high estimate of £93 million. Immediately following, Christie’s held its annual “The Art of the
  
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• Ricardo Scofidio, Architect Who Transformed the American Museum Landscape, Dies at 89

  07-03-2025 18:34 via artnews.com
  
  Ricardo Scofidio, an architect who helped reshape the museum landscape in the US, died on Thursday at 89. His death was announced by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the firm he founded with his wife Elizabeth Diller in 1997.Working alongside Diller and firm partner Charles Renfro, Scofidio worked on many US museum projects, from the Museum of Modern Art’s 2019 expansion to a building for the Broad, the Los Angeles private museum of collectors Eli and Edythe Broad.The firm’s various project
  
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• ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Taking Aim

  07-03-2025 18:32 via nytimes.com
  
  The teens make a tough decision about Coach Ben. The adults say goodbye the only way they know how.
  
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• Passerelle des Arts Bridge / Marc Mimram - ArchDaily

  07-03-2025 18:00 via news.google.com
  Passerelle des Arts Bridge / Marc Mimram  ArchDaily
  
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• George Lowe, 67, Dies; Five Clips Capture His Kvetchy Space Ghost Alter Ego

  07-03-2025 17:44 via nytimes.com
  
  He was the secret weapon behind the cult-classic Cartoon Network series that reimagined the 1960s intergalactic superhero as temperamental talk show host.
  
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• Review: A New York Philharmonic Evening of Small Epiphanies

  07-03-2025 17:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Marin Alsop led the orchestra in a program of works by Beethoven, Brahms and Stravinsky, as well as a new violin concerto by Nico Muhly.
  
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• Civil Liberties Union Sues National Endowment for the Arts, San Fran Museums Weighing Up Layoffs, Ricardo Scofidio Dies: Morning Links for March 07, 2025

  07-03-2025 16:56 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesACLU SUES NEA OVER GENDER CLAUSE. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sued the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), claiming that its new policy requiring that its funding applicants do not “promote gender ideology” will limit what kinds of works can be shown, reports Alex Greenberger for ARTnews. On Thursday, the ACLU&rsq
  
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• Civil Liberties Union Sues National Endowment for the Arts - ARTnews

  07-03-2025 16:56 via news.google.com
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• Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott, Nina Hoss and More, Off Broadway in March

  07-03-2025 16:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Underwater drama, a daunting solo undertaking, a gaggle of students and a version of “The Cherry Orchard” that aims to recapture Chekhov’s winking tone.
  
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• Off Broadway Shows to See in March: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and More

  07-03-2025 16:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Underwater drama, a daunting solo undertaking, a gaggle of students and a version of “The Cherry Orchard” that aims to recapture Chekhov’s winking tone.
  
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• Mexican Artist Duo ASMA Follow Their Materials into the Unconscious 

  07-03-2025 15:07 via artnews.com
  
  In a cramped basement space in New York’s SculptureCenter in early February, ventriloquist Sophia Becker adjusted the metal legs of a doll with long black hair, a single guarache made from metal, and an underwear-like piece made from medical materials that looks oddly fashionable.  “Oh god that feels good,” the doll chirped in a girlish voice, before complaining that she’s stiff from a lack of play. “The lookers come but they don’t touch. I wish they woul
  
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• She helps culinary arts students prepare for careers in hospitality, food service & more - The News Journal

  07-03-2025 11:14 via news.google.com
  She helps culinary arts students prepare for careers in hospitality, food service & more  The News Journal
  
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• ‘Mickey 17’ and the Long Line of Movie Clones

  07-03-2025 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Mickey is the latest addition to the world of expendable doppelgängers created to perform all sorts of dangerous and unpleasant tasks humans would rather not do.
  
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• Like ‘Mickey 17?’ Watch These Movies About Clones Next.

  07-03-2025 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Mickey is the latest addition to the world of expendable doppelgängers created to perform all sorts of dangerous and unpleasant tasks humans would rather not do.
  
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• Kathryn Stockett, Who Wrote ‘The Help,’ Has a Second Novel

  07-03-2025 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  Fifteen years ago, Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel became a best seller, but was also heavily criticized for its portrayal of Black characters. Now, she has written second novel, “The Calamity Club.”
  
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• Anselm Kiefer Wonders if We’ll Ever Learn

  07-03-2025 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  As a sprawling new exhibit opens in two museums in Amsterdam, the German artist fears that history is repeating itself.
  
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• Jonas Mekas, Master of Avant-Garde Film, Shows His Tender Side

  07-03-2025 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Mekas’s diaristic film clips, left behind when he died, fuel a new documentary that renders an intimate portrait of a man who often trafficked in the abstract.
  
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• George Lowe, Kvetchy Voice of Cartoon Network’s Space Ghost, Dies at 67

  07-03-2025 11:03 via nytimes.com
  
  He was the secret weapon behind a modern cult-classic series that reimagined the 1960s intergalactic superhero as temperamental talk show host.
  
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• No Diamonds Here, but These Gemstones Still Shine

  07-03-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  For all the repellent narcissism of its members, the family of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” has been a deeply humanizing example of evangelical Christian faith.
  
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• Just Before It Was a Cult Film, ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Was a Broadway Flop

  07-03-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Tim Curry and colleagues recall the musical’s misadventure at the Belasco Theater in 1975.
  
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• ‘Housewife of the Year’: Contestants Look Back in Dismay

  07-03-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Ciaran Cassidy’s film revisits an Irish television show that judged stay-at-home moms on budgeting and appearance.
  
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• The Art World’s Next Big Thing: Tiny Paintings

  07-03-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Works the size of postcards and bathroom tiles are challenging the market’s appetite for grand scales.
  
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• Hauser & Wirth’s Manuela Restaurant Carries on a New York Tradition: “Eat Dinner, Take Meetings and Die.”

  07-03-2025 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  New York is a pretty sick town. Not in the “bro, that’s sick” way. Morbid, ill, macabre. The sickness has a lot to do with how disastrously emphasized the “New” in “New York” is with each passing generation. Forget what came before you. Just accept that things change. Enjoy the present while it lasts.While eating at the new New York restaurant Manuela in SoHo, I had only one thought: Our present sucks. To be blunt: Manuela is quite nice. The food is obvi
  
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• An Indian Designer Puts a Modern Spin on Traditional Textiles

  07-03-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Brinda Dudhat, the founder of Morii Design in India, creates modern motifs supported by age-old techniques.
  
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• A Peeling 17th-Century Palazzo and the Man Who Was ‘Crazy Enough’ to Buy It

  07-03-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The fabric designer Raffaele Fabrizio found a way to mine the past — both his own and his country’s — by moving into a sprawling Italian villa and (for now, at least) refusing to renovate.
  
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• The Dark Arts of Empire: Part Two - CounterPunch

  07-03-2025 07:57 via news.google.com
  The Dark Arts of Empire: Part Two  CounterPunch
  
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• Late Night Tackles Trump’s Tariff Tug-of-War

  07-03-2025 07:52 via nytimes.com
  
  “Trump just backed away from those tariffs like it was a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein,” Michael Kosta said on “The Daily Show.”
  
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• Caravaggio, Baroque’s Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome

  07-03-2025 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Two dozen works from museums and private collectors around the world are on display, with some reunited for the first time in centuries.
  
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• Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Paean to Joe DiMaggio Was a Big-Band Hit

  07-03-2025 05:58 via nytimes.com
  
  A vocalist with the Les Brown band, she celebrated the Yankee star’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941. She also performed on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.”
  
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• ‘Chaos: The Manson Murders’ Review: All You Ever Knew is Suspect

  07-03-2025 03:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Errol Morris returns to his main obsessions — evil and delusion — in a new Netflix documentary about the famous murders.
  
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• Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Song for a Yankee Star Was a Big-Band Hit

  07-03-2025 00:35 via nytimes.com
  
  “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio,” which she sang with the Les Brown band, celebrated DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941. She also sang on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.”
  
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• A Cheeto Shaped Like the Pokemon Charizard Sells for Nearly $90,000

  07-03-2025 00:01 via nytimes.com
  
  A “Flamin’ Hot” snack with an uncanny resemblance to the fire-breathing Charizard was sold at auction for nearly $90,000. First it needed a custom case.
  
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