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• Ted Kotcheff, Director Who Brought Rambo to the Screen, Dies at 94

  30-04-2025 23:13 via nytimes.com
  His films, including “First Blood” and “Weekend at Bernie’s,” covered a range of genres. He was later an executive producer of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
  
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• Artist Stuart Semple Loses Trademark Infringement Lawsuit to Yves Klein Estate

  30-04-2025 22:35 via artnews.com
  
  British artist Stuart Semple recently lost a lawsuit in a French court to the estate of conceptual artist Yves Klein for the sale of “Easy Klein Incredibly Kleinish Blue” paint.A French judge found Semple’s “Easy Klein” infringed on the Yves Klein trademark and was ordered by the court to pay €16,000 ($18,200) in damages and legal fees. Semple has two months to appeal.According to Artnet News, which first reported the news, Semple did not know the lawsuit had b
  
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• Andrew Gross, Best-Selling Writer of Thrillers, Is Dead at 72

  30-04-2025 21:54 via nytimes.com
  A successful New York apparel executive, he switched gears in midlife and became a novelist, writing numerous best sellers, including five with James Patterson.
  
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• Trump Fires Biden Appointees from the Holocaust Museum Board

  30-04-2025 20:21 via artnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump fired board appointees, made by former President Biden, who oversee the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., including former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, reported the New York Times.“Today, I was informed of my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council,” Mr. Emhoff said in a statement on Tuesday. “Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized. To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangero
  
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• TEFAF Will Likely Be the New York Fair Most Affected by Trump’s Tariffs Next Week

  30-04-2025 20:18 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.New tariffs under the Trump administration have affected shipping activity at US ports, curbed international tourism, caused volatility in the stock markets, and spurred predictions of a global recession. They’ve also set off a wave of panic among scrambling art professionals and now appear primed to impact
  
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• ‘Carême’ Serves Up Satisfaction in the Kitchen and the Bedroom

  30-04-2025 19:25 via nytimes.com
  “Carême,” a new Apple TV+ series, is based on the life of a 19th-century society chef who delighted diners and lovers. It’s very French.
  
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• Buddy Guy Talks ‘Sinners’ Post-Credits Scene

  30-04-2025 18:55 via nytimes.com
  The guitarist and singer, who turns 89 in July, discusses his role in Ryan Coogler’s musical horror drama and his promise to Muddy Waters and B.B. King.
  
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• Strauss’s ‘Salome’ Gets a New Staging at the Metropolitan Opera

  30-04-2025 18:22 via nytimes.com
  In his company debut, the director Claus Guth takes a psychological approach, surrounding the title character with six versions of her younger self.
  
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• Stream These 13 Movies and TV Shows Before They Leave in May

  30-04-2025 18:14 via nytimes.com
  A ton of great titles are leaving fast. Catch them while you can.
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Path From Harlem to Stardom, and Now Federal Court

  30-04-2025 18:00 via nytimes.com
  As Puffy, Diddy or Love, the mogul found success and trouble. After years of accusations with few consequences, he’ll stand trial next month.
  
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• Trump Axes Holocaust Museum Board Members, San Fran’s Pier 29 to Become Exhibition Space, Germany’s New Culture Minister Slated: Morning Links for April 30, 2025

  30-04-2025 17:40 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesTRUMP AXES HOLOCAUST MUSEUM BOARD MEMBERS. The Trump administration has fired US Holocaust Memorial Museum board members nominated by former president Joe Biden, including former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, reports the Washington Post. The White House said it plans to replace them “with steadfast supporters of the State of Israel.”
  
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• At Storm King, Kevin Beasley’s Acoustic Mirror Reflects Sounds of the Seasons

  30-04-2025 17:33 via artnews.com
  
  Word of mouth stands to take palpable form this season at the Storm King Art Center, when the idyllic upstate New York sculpture park plays home to an acoustic mirror created by the sculptor and sound artist Kevin Beasley. Measuring 11 feet tall and 100 feet wide, the four-part work was inspired by World War I–era defense structures that, in curved and reflective fashion, amplified distant sounds and dispersed sonic signals of encroaching enemies. Related ArticlesDisembodied Basketbal
  
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• What Comes After Trauma and a TikTok Hit? Gigi Perez Is Finding Out.

  30-04-2025 16:10 via nytimes.com
  The artist, 25, struck platinum with “Sailor Song.” Her debut album is a tribute to her lost sister, and an attempt to make sense of a few rudderless years.
  
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• Los Angeles Lakers Player Luka Dončić Quietly Funds Restoration of Vandalized Kobe and Gigi Bryant Mural

  30-04-2025 15:45 via artnews.com
  
  Luka Dončić may be new to Los Angeles, but he’s already acting like a local.The Lakers’ newest star stepped in to cover the full cost of restoring a mural of Kobe and Gigi Bryant that was recently defaced in downtown L.A. On Tuesday, according to The Guardian, Dončić donated $5,000 to a GoFundMe set up by artist Louie Palsino, who painted the piece Mambas Forever at 14th and Main Streets.“It was always important to give back to the community,” Donč
  
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• 2025 Power Players in Arts & Culture - Politics NY

  30-04-2025 14:02 via news.google.com
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• ‘Andor’ Season 2, Episodes 4-6 Recap: The Revolution Will Be Televised

  30-04-2025 11:03 via nytimes.com
  This week’s trio of episodes includes visceral kicks while digging into the meat of the new season’s plot and themes.
  
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• When Beauty Standards and Body Positivity Collide

  30-04-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  A new cultural ideal for women is ultrathin and cloaked in the language of inclusivity and self-acceptance.
  
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• ‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Miranda July Knew Exactly What She Was Doing

  30-04-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  With “All Fours,” the author started a conversation about women’s desire. She knew it would get heated.
  
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• ‘Ceremonies in Dark Old Men’ Review: A Father in Defeat

  30-04-2025 11:02 via nytimes.com
  Norm Lewis stars as the resigned patriarch of two slippery sons in this revival of Lonne Elder III’s drama from 1969.
  
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• A Novelist Finds Unsettling Echoes in a Nazi-Era Filmmaker’s Compromises

  30-04-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Daniel Kehlmann wrote “The Director” only to realize how loudly the moral quandaries faced by G.W. Pabst would resonate today.
  
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• 24 New Books to Read in May: Stephen King, Ocean Vuong, Alison Bechdel and more

  30-04-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Novels by Stephen King and Ocean Vuong, Ron Chernow’s latest blockbuster biography, a new graphic novel by Alison Bechdel and more.
  
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• Despelote Reimagines Ecuador’s Transcendent Soccer Summer

  30-04-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The video game Despelote, set against Ecuador’s journey to the 2002 World Cup, is filled with the sights and sounds of its country and candid, autobiographical details.
  
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• Amalia Ulman Describes Leaving an Abusive Art World for Film

  30-04-2025 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  Amalia Ulman broke the internet in 2014 when she started an Instagram account for posting images of her beauty routine. There, she thanked followers for supporting her as she underwent plastic surgery and solicited opinions on her hair color and outfits. It was all a performance, soon titled Excellences and Perfections, designed to draw out revealing reactions and highlight the way that social media can frame women as yours to look at.Amalia Ulman: Excellences & Perfections (Instagram Update
  
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• A Soccer-Loving Nation’s Transcendent Summer Is Reimagined

  30-04-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The video game Despelote, set against Ecuador’s journey to the 2002 World Cup, is filled with the sights and sounds of its country and candid, autobiographical details.
  
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• Late Night Grades Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

  30-04-2025 08:46 via nytimes.com
  “It’s been an historic 100 days — some would say prehistoric,” said Jimmy Kimmel.
  
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• Ewan McGregor, Back Onstage, Is the Architect of His Own Folly

  30-04-2025 00:59 via nytimes.com
  “My Master Builder,” a new take on the Ibsen classic, reduces a complex play to a tawdry marital melodrama.
  
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• Andy Bey, Jazz Singer Renowned for His Vocal Range, Dies at 85

  30-04-2025 00:22 via nytimes.com
  An admirer of Nat King Cole, he began as a child performer and as part of a family trio before emerging as a master of the American Songbook.
  
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