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• Live Updates: Sean Combs’s Lawyers Link His Drug Use to Violence Toward Cassie

  15-05-2025 23:54 via nytimes.com
  Casandra Ventura has testified that Mr. Combs physically coerced her into “freak-offs,” but defense lawyers are suggesting that jealousy and drug use caused his aggression.
  
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• Archeological Site in Peru Vandalized With Lewd Graffiti

  15-05-2025 22:50 via artnews.com
  
  Authorities in Peru are searching for the vandal responsible for spray-painting the image of a penis onto a wall of Chan Chan, an ancient archaeological city 300 miles north of Lima.The vandalism, which was filmed, was dealt to one of the original walls of the more than 600-year-old pre-Columbia city. The Chan Chan Archaeological Zone is operated by Peru’s Ministry of Culture, and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.According to Artnet, a video appeared on Facebook on May 12 of an i
  
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• Archaeological Site in Peru Vandalized with Lewd Graffiti

  15-05-2025 22:50 via artnews.com
  Authorities in Peru are searching for the vandal responsible for spray-painting the image of a penis on a wall of Chan Chan, an ancient archaeological city 300 miles north of Lima.The vandalism, which was filmed, was dealt to one of the original walls of the more than 600-year-old pre-Columbian city. The Chan Chan Archaeological Zone is operated by Peru’s Ministry of Culture, and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.According to Artnet, a video appeared on Facebook on May 12 of an in
  
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• ‘Doctor Odyssey’ Wraps Up Its Sexy, Shameless First Season

  15-05-2025 22:31 via nytimes.com
  The ABC series is only sort of a doctor show. It is better understood as a fantasy.
  
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• ‘Rotten Legacy’ Is a Soapy Spanish Succession Story

  15-05-2025 22:27 via nytimes.com
  The premise of this foreign Netflix drama makes it sound a lot like “Succession,” but it isn’t trying to be. It’s brighter and pulpier than that.
  
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• ‘Russians Feel a Deep Sense of Betrayal’: V-A-C Foundation Ex-Director Teresa Mavica Returns to the Art World

  15-05-2025 22:17 via artnews.com
  
  The last three years have been a period of profound sadness for Teresa Iarocci Mavica, the former director of the Moscow-based V-A-C Foundation, which she co-founded in 2009 with Leonid Mikhelson. He’s one of Russia’s richest men and a close ally of Vladimir Putin.At V-A-C, Mavica was responsible for building the GES-2 House of Culture, Russia’s biggest contemporary art museum, of which she was also director. In November 2021, however, just one month before it opened, Mavica re
  
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• At Theatertreffen Festival, Bodies Do the Talking

  15-05-2025 22:16 via nytimes.com
  Choreographer-led works at the annual German theater event range from the transgressive to the melancholic.
  
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• Smokey Robinson Faces Criminal Investigation After Assault Allegations

  15-05-2025 22:14 via nytimes.com
  The Motown legend, who was accused in a lawsuit earlier this month of sexually assaulting four former housekeepers, is being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
  
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• Kennedy Center Employees, Alarmed by Trump, Push to Unionize

  15-05-2025 21:15 via nytimes.com
  Employees say they are concerned by the Trump administration’s efforts to “dismantle mission-essential departments and reshape our arts programming.”
  
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• Harvard’s Magna Carta, Listed as ‘Unofficial’ for 80 Years, Turns Out to Be Real

  15-05-2025 20:45 via artnews.com
  
  A Magna Carta classified by Harvard as an unofficial copy for almost 80 years has been declared as an original issued by Edward I from 1300, the university has announced. The discovery means that there are now seven surviving copies of the first document to effectively establish that no English monarch was above the law.  According to the Guardian, the discovery was made by David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King’s College London, who examined the 1327 document via th
  
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• Met Receives ‘Trailblazing’ Photography Gift from Collector Artur Walther

  15-05-2025 20:40 via artnews.com
  
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art has received a promised gift of more than 6,500 photographic works from German American collector Artur Walther and the Walther Family Foundation, which operates photography-focused exhibition spaces in New York and Germany under the collector’s direction.The donation, announced this week, spans 19th-century vernacular photography—meaning made by a non-professional or amateur—to contemporary photography and video, and represents artists from Afric
  
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• Cannes Film Festival 2025: Is This an Early Front-runner for the Palme d’Or?

  15-05-2025 20:09 via nytimes.com
  “Sound of Falling,” which tracks four German girls over the course of a century, drew early raves. But it might not go the distance.
  
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• Joe Don Baker, Actor Who Found Fame With ‘Walking Tall,’ Dies at 89

  15-05-2025 20:01 via nytimes.com
  His performance as a crusading Southern sheriff made him a star after a decade under the radar in character parts. He went on to play a wide range of roles.
  
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• Diddy’s Lawyers Work to Establish Cassie’s Agency in Freak-Offs

  15-05-2025 18:54 via nytimes.com
  On the first day of cross-examination, a defense lawyer asked Casandra Ventura about messages she wrote to the music mogul ahead of their sex sessions.
  
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• BAM Announces a Women-Led Next Wave and Fall Season

  15-05-2025 18:42 via nytimes.com
  The arts institution, which has shrunk its programming in recent years, unveiled its fall lineup.
  
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• Video: An Event to Celebrate Asian American Culture

  15-05-2025 18:13 via nytimes.com
  The event marked the culmination of The New York Times series focusing on the rising effect of the A.A.P.I. community on American culture.
  
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• Luigi Alva, Elegant Tenor With a Lighthearted Touch, Dies at 98

  15-05-2025 17:55 via nytimes.com
  A Peruvian-born international star, he made a specialty of roles in operas by Donizetti, Rossini and Mozart, becoming one of their pre-eminent interpreters.
  
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• Marlene Dumas’s Record-Breaking Sale Is a Win for Women Artists—But the Market Still Has More Work to Do

  15-05-2025 17:38 via artnews.com
  
  On Wednesday night, Marlene Dumas was newly crowned the most expensive living female artist in the world when her 1997 painting Miss January, featuring a woman with a ghostly white face who’s naked from the waist down, sold for $13.6 million with fees at a Christie’s evening sale. Understandably, the auction house has trumpeted the achievement. And while he work was effectively pre-sold, coming to the block with a third-party guarantee, this is a win by most measures.Most measures, t
  
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• Larry Gagosian Buys BookHampton to Keep Pages Turning in East Hampton

  15-05-2025 17:16 via artnews.com
  
  The Hamptons’ favorite indie bookstore has found a savior—and it’s not Oprah, but the art world’s most powerful art dealer.Larry Gagosian has quietly purchased BookHampton, the beloved East Hampton shop that’s served readers and summer people for decades. Owner Carolyn Brody, who bought the store in 2016, announced last fall she planned to sell. Locals braced for another luxury boutique. Instead, they got Gagosian.“There was concern in the community about the
  
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• Fundraising Gala and 20 Year Retrospective Plan for Play Inc Arts - isanti-chisagocountystar.com

  15-05-2025 17:16 via news.google.com
  Fundraising Gala and 20 Year Retrospective Plan for Play Inc Arts  isanti-chisagocountystar.com
  
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• Get a Cultural Pass for Fund for the Arts - WHAS11

  15-05-2025 17:13 via news.google.com
  Get a Cultural Pass for Fund for the Arts  WHAS11
  
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• Finger Lakes organizations receive part of $86M in NYS arts funding - RochesterFirst

  15-05-2025 17:13 via news.google.com
  Finger Lakes organizations receive part of $86M in NYS arts funding  RochesterFirst
  
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• KIHS Performing Arts Teen of the Week honors Liam Burget as one of Maryland’s top young composer - MyEasternShoreMD

  15-05-2025 17:10 via news.google.com
  KIHS Performing Arts Teen of the Week honors Liam Burget as one of Maryland’s top young composer  MyEasternShoreMD
  
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• Atlanta: Jason Holt wants your confessions - ARTS ATL

  15-05-2025 17:06 via news.google.com
  
  Atlanta: Jason Holt wants your confessions  ARTS ATL
  
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• Richland Academy of the Arts welcomes four instructors to its music faculty - Richland Source

  15-05-2025 17:03 via news.google.com
  Richland Academy of the Arts welcomes four instructors to its music faculty  Richland Source
  
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• Twelve students honored as Mayo Performing Arts Center's May students of the month - New Jersey Hills Media Group

  15-05-2025 17:00 via news.google.com
  Twelve students honored as Mayo Performing Arts Center's May students of the month  New Jersey Hills Media Group
  
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• How Much Does It Cost to See Beyoncé? It Depends.

  15-05-2025 17:00 via nytimes.com
  Some fans who paid top dollar for the star’s Cowboy Carter Tour are feeling miffed as prices drop. Other procrastinators are reaping the benefits.
  
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• Brooklin A. Soumahoro Merges Op Art with African Patterns

  15-05-2025 16:44 via artnews.com
  
  As Brooklin A. Soumahoro made his way through his industrial-style studio in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Glassell Park, he pointed out oil paintings in various stages of completion, and compared the act of creating them to another personal passion: cycling. “It’s about laying one brushstroke at a time, building the composition with the same patience it takes to climb a mountain—one pedal-stroke at a time,” he said, drawing parallels between two feats of endurance. Sou
  
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• Martial arts students earn black belts - Midland Daily News

  15-05-2025 16:37 via news.google.com
  
  Martial arts students earn black belts  Midland Daily News
  
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• At the library: The News & Observer's impact on NC; - The Transylvania Times

  15-05-2025 16:30 via news.google.com
  At the library: The News & Observer's impact on NC;  The Transylvania Times
  
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• Midlakes Spring Arts Festival set for May 20 - Fingerlakes1.com

  15-05-2025 16:28 via news.google.com
  
  Midlakes Spring Arts Festival set for May 20  Fingerlakes1.com
  
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• Blue Oyster Cult Set to Rock Oxford Performing Arts Center This Weekend - Calhoun Journal

  15-05-2025 16:06 via news.google.com
  Blue Oyster Cult Set to Rock Oxford Performing Arts Center This Weekend  Calhoun Journal
  
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• Christie’s in New York Sees Records for Female Artists, The Met is Gifted 6,500 Artworks, Paris Cultural Center Short-Changed Over Migrant Occupation: Morning Links for May 15, 2025

  15-05-2025 16:02 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesWOMEN SHINE AT CHRISTIE’S SALE. Marlene Dumas’s Miss January (1997) has set a new world record for the most expensive artwork by a woman sold at auction, going for $13.6 million (all quoted prices include buyer’s fees) at Christie’s 21st century evening sale on May 14, reports Karen K. Ho for ARTnews. Overall, “
  
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• Live Updates: Cassie Faces Sean Combs’s Lawyers at Sex-Trafficking Trial

  15-05-2025 16:01 via nytimes.com
  Casandra Ventura, who has testified that Mr. Combs physically abused her and coerced her into marathon sex sessions, is being cross-examined by his defense team.
  
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• Emporia Arts Council Summer Art Classes Now Open for Enrollment - Emporia Gazette

  15-05-2025 16:00 via news.google.com
  
  Emporia Arts Council Summer Art Classes Now Open for Enrollment  Emporia Gazette
  
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• STC Expands Cooper Center to Better Serve The Fine Arts Community - Texas Border Business

  15-05-2025 15:54 via news.google.com
  STC Expands Cooper Center to Better Serve The Fine Arts Community  Texas Border Business
  
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• Arts Roundup May 16 - 22 - Las Cruces Bulletin

  15-05-2025 15:52 via news.google.com
  
  Arts Roundup May 16 - 22  Las Cruces Bulletin
  
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• Two Dragons Martial Arts Studio Burned Down in the Eaton Fire. Now Its Owner is Fighting to Maintain Its Legacy - bet.com

  15-05-2025 15:45 via news.google.com
  Two Dragons Martial Arts Studio Burned Down in the Eaton Fire. Now Its Owner is Fighting to Maintain Its Legacy  bet.com
  
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• Normandy Park City Council reviews arts, housing, safety, infrastructure & more in May 13 meeting - Normandy Park Blog

  15-05-2025 15:45 via news.google.com
  Normandy Park City Council reviews arts, housing, safety, infrastructure & more in May 13 meeting  Normandy Park Blog
  
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• In Doom: The Dark Ages, a Frenzied Franchise Takes the Fight Up Close

  15-05-2025 15:37 via nytimes.com
  Doom: The Dark Ages replaces double jumps and dashes with an emphasis on raw power and slow, strategic melee combat.
  
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• New work by multimedia artist, quilt work to be shown at Arts Center of Saint Peter - southernminn.com

  15-05-2025 15:35 via news.google.com
  New work by multimedia artist, quilt work to be shown at Arts Center of Saint Peter  southernminn.com
  
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• 6abc Loves the Arts: "Soft/Cover" on view through August 17 at Fabric Workshop and Museum - 6abc Philadelphia

  15-05-2025 15:35 via news.google.com
  6abc Loves the Arts: "Soft/Cover" on view through August 17 at Fabric Workshop and Museum  6abc Philadelphia
  
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• Theater/Arts: Summer Tango Marathon brings dance, flash mobs to Redondo and Hermosa piers - Daily Breeze

  15-05-2025 15:30 via news.google.com
  Theater/Arts: Summer Tango Marathon brings dance, flash mobs to Redondo and Hermosa piers  Daily Breeze
  
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• Faith-based dance studio to perform 'Mary Poppins'-inspired show - Colorado Springs Gazette

  15-05-2025 15:30 via news.google.com
  Faith-based dance studio to perform 'Mary Poppins'-inspired show  Colorado Springs Gazette
  
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• What to Expect From Cassie’s Cross-Examination at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Trial

  15-05-2025 15:26 via nytimes.com
  Lawyers for Sean Combs are expected to focus on moments of her agency in the relationship and on jealousy related to infidelities.
  
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• Earlville Opera House Awards $67,500 In Arts Grants - The Evening Sun | Chenango County, NY's Hometown Newspaper

  15-05-2025 15:22 via news.google.com
  Earlville Opera House Awards $67,500 In Arts Grants  The Evening Sun | Chenango County, NY's Hometown Newspaper
  
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• Bay Area arts: 15 great shows and concerts to catch this weekend - The Mercury News

  15-05-2025 15:10 via news.google.com
  Bay Area arts: 15 great shows and concerts to catch this weekend  The Mercury News
  
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• ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Review: Born to Die

  15-05-2025 15:08 via nytimes.com
  The sixth installment in the horror franchise might be the most self-consciously silly of the bunch — and it’s all the better for it.
  
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• NEA grant cancellations hit local arts spaces in Ithaca - The Ithacan

  15-05-2025 15:04 via news.google.com
  NEA grant cancellations hit local arts spaces in Ithaca  The Ithacan
  
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• Local musicians and artists showcase work at Evening Out with the Arts - WHEC.com

  15-05-2025 15:02 via news.google.com
  Local musicians and artists showcase work at Evening Out with the Arts  WHEC.com
  
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