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• FKA twigs Says in Suit That Shia LaBeouf Had Her Sign ‘Illegal’ NDA

  26-03-2026 23:37 via NYT > Arts
  The suit said the nondisclosure agreement that was part of her court settlement with Mr. LaBeouf, her former boyfriend, effectively silenced her. His lawyer disputes that.
  
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• Local businessman, philanthropist to provide Pearl Arts with $100,000 per year for scholarships, $4 million endowment - WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, IN

  26-03-2026 23:14 via news.google.com
  Local businessman, philanthropist to provide Pearl Arts with $100,000 per year for scholarships, $4 million endowment  WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, IN
  
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• Sam Kieth, Creator of Surreal Comic Book Series The Maxx, Dies at 63

  26-03-2026 23:06 via NYT > Arts
  A cocreator of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series, he dreamed up a character who is homeless in the real world and a superhero in a subconscious realm. It was adapted for an MTV series.
  
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• Ex-Sotheby’s CEO Tad Smith Banks on NFTs, Agrees to Buy Collectibles Platform Candy Digital

  26-03-2026 22:08 via ARTnews.com
  
  Tad Smith, chairman of Doodles and former CEO of Sotheby’s, has agreed to buy most of the assets of digital collectibles platform Candy Digital.He wrote on X that he’s “doubling down” on his “commitment to digital collectibles, adding that “when the transaction closes in a week or two, I will also serve as CEO.”The acquisition comes at a pivotal moment for Candy Digital, which launched in 2021 amid heightened interest in NFTs and blockchain-based collect
  
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• ‘Tristan und Isolde’ at the Met Opera Has a Troubling Problem

  26-03-2026 21:50 via NYT > Arts
  Audiences are packing the theater for a new “Tristan und Isolde.” Everyone can see the same spectacle, but they probably don’t hear the same sound.
  
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• OU Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Honors Alumni, Arts Leaders - The University of Oklahoma

  26-03-2026 21:44 via news.google.com
  OU Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Honors Alumni, Arts Leaders  The University of Oklahoma
  
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• Finding direction through creativity: The Arts Division's Find Your Path! creates career pathways for students - UC Santa Cruz - News

  26-03-2026 21:38 via news.google.com
  Finding direction through creativity: The Arts Division's Find Your Path! creates career pathways for students  UC Santa Cruz - News
  
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• Why I now believe all NJ kids should give martial arts a try - New Jersey 101.5

  26-03-2026 21:37 via news.google.com
  Why I now believe all NJ kids should give martial arts a try  New Jersey 101.5
  
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• San Diego weekend arts top picks: New outdoor sculpture, Flamy Grant and more - KPBS

  26-03-2026 21:32 via news.google.com
  San Diego weekend arts top picks: New outdoor sculpture, Flamy Grant and more  KPBS
  
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• Manhattan D.A.’s Office Returns 17 Stolen Antiquities and Rare Books to Italy

  26-03-2026 21:30 via ARTnews.com
  
  In a restitution ceremony held this week, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office returned 17 stolen antiquities and rare books collectively valued at more than $1.5 million to Italy and the Vatican. According to a statement by D.A.’s office, the objects were recovered after “multiple investigations into antiquities trafficking networks.”The items include six rare Chinese-language books—largely on scientific subjects—written by Jesuit clerics in the 16th&ndas
  
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• Fort Wayne businessman donates $4 million for music education at Pearl Arts - WANE 15

  26-03-2026 21:29 via news.google.com
  Fort Wayne businessman donates $4 million for music education at Pearl Arts  WANE 15
  
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• Robert Fox, Acclaimed Producer in Britain and on Broadway, Dies at 73

  26-03-2026 21:22 via NYT > Arts
  A favorite of actors like Maggie Smith, he produced dozens of plays, including “The Audience,” about Queen Elizabeth II, which was made into the Netflix show “The Crown.”
  
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• Long-Lost Skeleton of D’Artagnan, the Fourth Musketeer, Discovered in Dutch Church

  26-03-2026 20:17 via ARTnews.com
  
  The skeletal remains of the 17th-century French folk hero D’Artangnan—born: Charles de Batz de Castelmore—have perhaps been recovered after being buried under a church in the Netherlands for centuries. The floor of the church, St. Peter and Paul in Maastricht, suffered damage last month, and subsequent repair work revealed the remains.D’Artagnan, a French soldier who served under Louis XIV, rose through the ranks to eventually became a captain of the Musketeers of the Gua
  
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• Paul Klee Painting Once Owned by Walter Benjamin Thwarted from US Debut Because of Mideast War

  26-03-2026 19:56 via ARTnews.com
  
  A Paul Klee painting famously owned by the philosopher and cultural theorist Walter Benjamin is currently stuck in Israel as a result of the war waged by Israel and the United States in Iran. The work was to make its American debut earlier this month. As noted in a Hyperallergic review and then reported out by the New York Times, Klee’s Angelus Novus (1920) was supposed to appear in “Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds,” an exhibition that opened last week at the Jewish Museum in
  
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• Hong Kong Signs Five-Year Agreement to Keep Hosting Art Basel Fair

  26-03-2026 19:52 via ARTnews.com
  
  Hong Kong may be halfway through Mega 8, the city’s new name for its months-long lineup of major arts, culture, and sporting events, but the undoubted highlight is this week’s Art Basel Hong Kong. The fair has become a must-attend for locals and a major draw for international visitors, with attendance reaching 80,400 in 2024 and 86,500 last year.As such, it is no surprise that the city has signed a new agreement with Art Basel to ensure it remains the region’s sole host for ano
  
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• The Best Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong, From AI Magical Girls to Asia’s Unsung Masters

  26-03-2026 19:38 via ARTnews.com
  
  Sore feet, lean pockets, sustainability woes—what’s a 21st-century art fair really good for, some might wonder? Surpassing the skepticism, this edition of Art Basel Hong Kong offered a compelling glimpse at the talent flourishing across Asia. Sure, Pace Gallery’s Modigliani made the early headlines—but by our reckoning, the fair belonged to Asia’s modern masters and its next generation of stars, some who sorely deserve their spotlight.  Brig
  
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• The Best Portable, Rechargeable Lamps, at a Range of Prices

  26-03-2026 18:57 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  The best rechargeable lights bring warmth and flair.
  
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• Harlandale ISD marks 50 years of Cultural Arts Fair with parade, performances and 5K run - KSAT

  26-03-2026 18:25 via news.google.com
  Harlandale ISD marks 50 years of Cultural Arts Fair with parade, performances and 5K run  KSAT
  
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• UK Government Plans to Charge Admission to National Museums for International Visitors

  26-03-2026 18:24 via ARTnews.com
  
  The United Kingdom’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has accepted several recommendations from a report last year aimed at increasing access to the arts in the country. One of these would require international visitors to pay an entry fee to visit the UK’s national museums, according to a report in the Financial Times.The initial report, reviewing the Arts Council England, was published last December and led by Baroness Margaret Hodge, a former member of Parliament. It
  
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• Ukrainian Official Calls For Russia to be Banned from Venice Biennale After Drone Strike Damages UNESCO-Listed Monastery 

  26-03-2026 18:14 via ARTnews.com
  
  For months Russia and Ukraine have been trading deadly drone strikes, and over the last couple of days Russia launched its most extensive drone campaign yet. A March 24 Russian strike in the historic center of the city of Lviv damaged a 17th-century Bernardine monastery that includes a church devoted to St. Andrew, designed by Italian architects in a Mannerist style. Founded in the late Middle Ages, the historic center of the city was named a World Heritage Site in 1998; per UNESCO, it was
  
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• ‘Yes’ Review: From Israel, an Uncomfortable Existential Howl

  26-03-2026 17:35 via NYT > Arts
  Nadav Lapid’s scathing tone and accelerated rhythms lead this movie about a married couple who ingratiate themselves with the country’s power elite.
  
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• Dash Crofts, of the Soft-Rock Duo That Sang ‘Summer Breeze,’ Dies at 87

  26-03-2026 17:13 via NYT > Arts
  The 1970s duo Seals & Crofts had a number of Billboard Top 20 songs before their chart topper brought them global fame.
  
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• ‘Public Charge’ Review: The World Is Messy. Being a Force for Good Is, Too.

  26-03-2026 16:48 via NYT > Arts
  A new play at the Public Theater written by Michael J. Chepiga and the former ambassador Julissa Reynoso is a diplomatic memoir of sorts, and a meditation on loving one’s country.
  
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• Marica Vilcek, Art Historian Whose Foundation Upheld the Work of Immigrants, Dies at 89

  26-03-2026 16:24 via ARTnews.com
  
  Marica Vilcek, an art historian who, with her husband Jan, cofounded the grant-making Vilcek Foundation, died on Monday in New York. She was 89, according to the foundation, which said she died peacefully at her home.The Vilcek Foundation is an unusual one, since it funds endeavors in both art history and biomedical science, the respective fields of Marica and Jan. Just like the foundation’s creators, both of whom moved from Czechoslovakia to the US, many of the grantees were immigrants&md
  
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• ‘Teeth ’n’ Smiles’: A Pop Diva and a Flamed-Out Rock Music Revolution

  26-03-2026 16:17 via NYT > Arts
  The singer Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor, is an incarnation of late 1960s counterculture in a new London production of David Hare’s “Teeth ‘n’ Smiles.”
  
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• Following Shutdown of AI Video Platform Sora, Disney Pulls Out of $1 B. Deal with OpenAI

  26-03-2026 15:47 via ARTnews.com
  
  In a surprise move, OpenAI will shut down its Sora AI video app, just months after it was first launched.“We’re saying goodbye to Sora. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you,” the company said in a statement. “What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. We’ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work.”A sour
  
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• David Hockney Says ‘There’s Too Much Abstraction in the Art World’

  26-03-2026 15:24 via ARTnews.com
  
  At the ripe old age of 88, David Hockney has sounded a warning to the art world: “There’s much too much abstract painting being done now.” He was recently speaking to the Times from his Kensington studio while recovering from an infection, and he was discussing his latest exhibition, “A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts About Painting” at the Serpentine, which he was unable to attend in person.The show runs through August 23 and stretches nearly 300 feet, pr
  
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• Greek TV Auctioneer and Gallery Owner Arrested Following Investigation into Illegal Antiquities Trade

  26-03-2026 15:20 via ARTnews.com
  
  Last week, Greek authorities detained an Athens-based art dealer as part of an investigation into alleged the forgery, theft, and illegal trade of antiquities.According to the Greek Reporter, Giorgos Tsagarakis, 51, and one of his employees were arrested by the country’s Organized Crime Division. The move was was part of an operation targeting what officials said was a coordinated network dealing in counterfeit and unlawfully obtained artworks.Tsagarakis is known in Greece for appearing on
  
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• UK Considers Charging Museum Entry, Canada’s Azrieli Foundation Stops Funding for Toronto Arts Foundation, and More: Morning Links for March 26, 2026

  26-03-2026 14:38 via ARTnews.com
  
  Good morning!The UK government is exploring the option of charging foreign tourists for entry to national museums.The Azrieli Foundation maintains it did not end funding for the Toronto Arts Foundation over Gaza-related protests.Art Basel Hong Kong day-one sales are in.The Headlines NO MORE FREE LUNCH? Today, the UK’s culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, introduced a proposal to consider charging foreign tourists an entry fee to national museums in a bid to address lackluster funding f
  
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• The Kennedy Center Is Giving Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize

  26-03-2026 14:30 via NYT > Arts
  The annual award that recognizes merit in humor is going to the satirist and talk show host who has been critical of President Trump and political correctness.
  
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• Scoundrel & Scamp Youth Acting and Theatre Arts Education - AZPM

  26-03-2026 11:30 via news.google.com
  Scoundrel & Scamp Youth Acting and Theatre Arts Education  AZPM
  
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• What’s Your Star Sign? The Ancients Could Offer You Some Insight.

  26-03-2026 10:03 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  Long before horoscope apps, the foundations of today’s multibillion-dollar astrology industry were laid in Babylonia, Egypt and the classical world.
  
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• Rare Books Stolen From a Jesuit Archive in Rome Are Returned to Italy

  26-03-2026 10:03 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  The books, about astronomy and other topics, were written in Chinese by Jesuit missionaries who shared information on science as part of their effort to spread Christianity.
  
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• Raphael and the Renaissance of Divine Beauty

  26-03-2026 10:03 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  This blockbuster exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art humanizes a lapsed god of painting.
  
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• Paul Klee’s “Angelus Novus” New York Debut On Hold Due to Mideast War

  26-03-2026 10:03 via NYT > Arts
  The rarely seen “Angelus Novus” by Paul Klee was supposed to arrive at New York’s Jewish Museum, but remains in Israel instead.
  
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• When a Not-So-Dark Knight and His Sidekick Saved a Wacky Gotham

  26-03-2026 10:02 via NYT > Arts
  Joel Schumacher apologized for “Batman & Robin,” his corny 1997 superhero movie, but thanks to its ice puns and bat nipples, it’s since become an accidental parody worth howling at.
  
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• D. Boon’s Death Shook Punk Rock. 40 Years Later, Minutemen Look Back.

  26-03-2026 10:02 via NYT > Arts
  The influential band’s singer and guitarist died at 27, but the bassist Mike Watt and the drummer George Hurley never lost his spirit.
  
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• A Storied Rockefeller Art Trove Goes on View at Asia Society

  26-03-2026 10:02 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  Our critic offers a guide to 70 years of great devotional sculptures in the Asia Society collection — including some that he once helped install.
  
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• ‘They Will Kill You’ Review: The Co-Op From Hell

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  Zazie Beetz fights her way through a high-rise of horrors in a splatter-fest that concentrates its creativity in its gore.
  
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• The Thailand Biennale Brings More to Phuket Than Mass Tourism

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  Contemporary artists from across Thailand and beyond honor the island’s rich history of applied arts.
  
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• ‘She Dances’ Review: Steve Zahn Is a Reluctant Chaperone

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  Zahn plays the father of Claire (his real-life daughter, Audrey), awkwardly accompanying her and a friend to a competition in Kentucky.
  
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• ‘Our Hero, Balthazar’ Review: Lost Souls and Found Follies

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  Opposites attract in this provocative drama about mass violence and two disaffected man-boys.
  
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• Mearns and Melnick, Dance Stars Who Choose Each Other

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  In “Superbloom,” the latest work by the ballet dancer Sara Mearns and the postmodern choreographer Jodi Melnick, women are at the forefront.
  
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• Marriage Might Not Happen. But ‘Something Very Bad’ Did.

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  Executive produced by Matt and Ross Duffer, a new series by Haley Z. Boston finds horror in an idea that already terrifies her generation: romantic commitment.
  
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• ‘Forbidden Fruits’ Review: Queen Bees of the Food Court

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  Among a group of high school girls at the mall, power becomes toxic in the style of modern classics like “Mean Girls” and “The Craft,” but without the vibrancy.
  
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• ‘Fantasy Life’ Review: Digging Out of the Doldrums

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  Matthew Shear’s comedic feature appealingly explores the jitters of a stalled young paralegal who babysits for a frustrated actress.
  
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• ‘BTS: The Return’ Review: Back in the Recording Booth

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  This documentary follows the K-pop supergroup BTS reuniting after a four-year hiatus as they find their album’s new vision.
  
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• ‘Alpha’ Review: Body Trouble

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  A reckless incident at a party throws a young girl’s life into turmoil in this extraordinary third feature from Julia Ducournau.
  
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• ‘A Magnificent Life’ Review: An Era of Artistic Revolutions

  26-03-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  Sylvain Chomet (“The Triplets of Belleville”), directs this animated biopic of the filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, which revels in the sights and sounds of Provence.
  
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• In ‘The AI Doc,’ Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Go on the Record

  26-03-2026 10:00 via NYT > Arts
  “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” tries to cover so much that it ends up being more confusing than clarifying, but parts are fascinating.
  
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