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• Christie’s to Offer $35 M. Renoir Painting Owned by Whitney Family For Nearly a Century

  20-04-2026 23:50 via ARTnews.com
  For the first time in 97 years, Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s La femme aux lilas (Portrait de Nini Lopez) will hit the auction block, with an estimate of $25 million to $35 million.Set for Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale on May 18, the 1876–77 painting depicts Nini Lopez, a young Parisian actress, as a golden-haired woman with milky-pale skin and ruddy cheeks gazing into the distance, as she clasps a bouquet of white and pink flowers.The painting has a unique provenance: since 1
  
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• A Work Gifted to David Drake’s Descendants Is the Star of Theaster Gates’s Powerful Gagosian Show

  20-04-2026 23:05 via ARTnews.com
  “It started out as young scholarly curiosity,” the artist Theaster Gates said of his initial interest in the work of the 19th-century enslaved potter David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter.Gates was an undergraduate at Iowa State University in the early ’90s, making ceramics that he said referenced “white Americana craft” from the ’60s, like Peter Voulkos and Rudy Autio. While he admired that work, Gates recalled talking to his professor, Ingrid Lilligren,
  
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• An L.A. Artist Devoted to the Process of Paint

  20-04-2026 22:42 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  Sandy Rodriguez is a painter but also, on some level, a scientist, an art historian, a botanist, an outdoorswoman, and maybe even an alchemist.
  
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• The Next Frontier in Design? The Humble Birdhouse.

  20-04-2026 22:40 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  Recently, as artists and architects have turned their attention outdoors, they have started putting their creative chops to work — for the avians among us.
  
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• AI Model Reveals New Information About Authorship of 17th-Century El Greco Altarpiece

  20-04-2026 22:22 via ARTnews.com
  A group of scientists at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has built a new machine-learning program that might help art historians determine how many artists’ hands contributed to the creation of centuries-old artworks. The dozen researchers who published the paper in Science Advances range from physicists and computer scientists to art historians and anthropologists.The AI model is called PATCH, which stands for pairwise assignment training for classifying heterogeneity.
  
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• Three Months Out from Mandated Deadline, Trump’s Sculpture Garden Languishes

  20-04-2026 22:18 via ARTnews.com
  President Donald Trump has long fondly envisioned a sculpture garden dedicated to 250 American heroes. You know, people like George Washington, the country’s first president, and Alex Trebek, the longtime host of TV game show Jeopardy! Sculpted in traditional materials at larger than life size, these mythical sculptures have been on his mind for six years, and he has publicly promised “a beautiful complex.”But now, the National Garden of American Heroes is less than three month
  
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• Rare Books Stolen from Former MoMA President Are Returned

  20-04-2026 21:56 via ARTnews.com
  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., has announced the return of 17 rare books to the heirs of John Hay and Betsey Cushing Whitney. The books, which were stolen from the couple’s Long Island home in the 1980s, include works by John Keats, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, and the Brothers Grimm. John Whitney, who died in 1982, served as publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, president of the Museum of Modern Art, and Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Betsey Whitney, who died in 1998
  
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• James Hayward, West Coast Painter with a Cult Following, Dies at 82

  20-04-2026 21:36 via ARTnews.com
  James Hayward, a West Coast painter whose abstractions earned him a loyal cult following among artists, died on April 16. He was 82, according to a brief obituary posted by his studio over the weekend.Hayward may not be among the most well-known names to emerge from the postwar period, but many artists knew and loved his work. Mike Kelley, for example, once praised him as “one of the few truly important West Coast painters.”His process was marked by a certain eccentricity that differ
  
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• Patrick Muldoon, Actor on ‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘Melrose Place,’ Dies at 57

  20-04-2026 21:20 via NYT > Arts
  He played the handsome Austin Reed on the NBC daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” in more than 400 episodes.
  
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• Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel in a Spooky, Tangled Thriller

  20-04-2026 21:01 via NYT > Arts
  Our film critic Alissa Wilkinson reviews “Mother Mary.”
  
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• Singer D4vd Charged With Murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

  20-04-2026 20:50 via NYT > Arts
  The singer is accused of committing unlawful sexual acts against Celeste Rivas Hernandez, killing her because she was a witness to an investigation, and mutilating her body.
  
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• With Orban Out, the Pianist András Schiff Plans a Return to Hungary

  20-04-2026 20:39 via NYT > Arts
  Schiff has said he won’t perform in countries with what he calls strongmen leaders, a list that still includes the United States and Russia.
  
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• Headwaters Music and Arts Chess Club to host April 26 exhibition - Bemidji Pioneer

  20-04-2026 20:32 via news.google.com
  Headwaters Music and Arts Chess Club to host April 26 exhibition  Bemidji Pioneer
  
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• Surprise! Coachella Finds a New Identity

  20-04-2026 20:27 via NYT > Arts
  What started in the late ’90s as a rock and dance-music festival has evolved into a platform where social media, spectacle and unexpected guests make the headlines.
  
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• How Coachella Became a Pop Spectacle With Surprise Guests Like Madonna and Olivia Rodrigo

  20-04-2026 20:27 via NYT > Arts
  What started in the late ’90s as a rock and dance-music festival has evolved into a platform where social media, spectacle and unexpected guests make the headlines.
  
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• Nantucket Performing Arts Center announces 2026 season - The Inquirer and Mirror

  20-04-2026 20:12 via news.google.com
  Nantucket Performing Arts Center announces 2026 season  The Inquirer and Mirror
  
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• Alma Allen’s US Pavilion Heads to Venice Amid Questions Over Selection Process

  20-04-2026 20:10 via ARTnews.com
  Alma Allen’s pavilion for the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale has become a proxy fight over politics, process, and cultural authority—questions the artist himself has little interest in adjudicating.“I don’t think my work is political in respect to party politics,” Allen said as he prepared his exhibition, adding that his more immediate concern was practical: “some of the pieces barely fit in the doorway.” A report by t
  
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• AAN’s Spring Forward reception Friday - The Inquirer and Mirror

  20-04-2026 20:04 via news.google.com
  AAN’s Spring Forward reception Friday  The Inquirer and Mirror
  
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• Singer D4vd Will Be Charged With Murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

  20-04-2026 20:02 via NYT > Arts
  The singer is accused of committing unlawful sexual acts against Celeste Rivas Hernandez, killing her because she was a witness into an investigation, and mutilating her body.
  
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• University of Idaho Theatre Arts to present ‘The Comedy of Errors’ starting April 30 - Dailyfly News

  20-04-2026 19:32 via news.google.com
  University of Idaho Theatre Arts to present ‘The Comedy of Errors’ starting April 30  Dailyfly News
  
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• HRS: Earth and Arts Festival - WAVY.com

  20-04-2026 19:31 via news.google.com
  HRS: Earth and Arts Festival  WAVY.com
  
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• BCM producing new Farm & Fun Time show May 14 - The Rogersville Review

  20-04-2026 19:30 via news.google.com
  BCM producing new Farm & Fun Time show May 14  The Rogersville Review
  
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• Nazareth Academy to host fine arts showcase May 6 - Shaw Local

  20-04-2026 19:29 via news.google.com
  Nazareth Academy to host fine arts showcase May 6  Shaw Local
  
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• 'Frozen' is heartwarming - Mount Desert Islander

  20-04-2026 19:29 via news.google.com
  'Frozen' is heartwarming  Mount Desert Islander
  
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• Staff Spotlight: Eva Gabriella Flynn, College of Arts and Sciences - New Mexico State University

  20-04-2026 19:24 via news.google.com
  Staff Spotlight: Eva Gabriella Flynn, College of Arts and Sciences  New Mexico State University
  
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• Lost Nation’s ‘Our Town’ proves much more than nostalgic Americana - Rutland Herald

  20-04-2026 19:22 via news.google.com
  Lost Nation’s ‘Our Town’ proves much more than nostalgic Americana  Rutland Herald
  
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• Prosecutors Will Charge D4vd With Murder of Teenage Girl

  20-04-2026 19:07 via NYT > Arts
  The singer was arrested last week in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in the trunk of his Tesla.
  
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• Bordentown City to Celebrate Revolutionary Roots with Weekend of Arts, Music, and History - TAPinto

  20-04-2026 19:00 via news.google.com
  Bordentown City to Celebrate Revolutionary Roots with Weekend of Arts, Music, and History  TAPinto
  
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• Dealer Matthew Brown More Than Doubles His Los Angeles Space with Move to Hollywood Media District: ‘I Really Believe in LA’

  20-04-2026 18:57 via ARTnews.com
  Dealer Matthew Brown is more than doubling his Los Angeles footprint with a move to a former warehouse at 1145 Seward Street in the Hollywood Media District. It’s just a mile or so from the two Hollywood spaces he has occupied since opening in 2019, at 712 N La Brea Avenue, but the design is worlds apart, he said in a phone conversation.“It’s night and day,” said Brown. “It’s the details, it’s the lighting, it’s the placement of the skylights, the
  
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• Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter to Co-Headline ‘Immersive Experience’ at Art Basel

  20-04-2026 18:51 via ARTnews.com
  Good news for any Art Basel attendees hoping to relive their early aughts salad days: Thomas Bangalter, one half of legendary French electro duo Daft Punk, will take over Hall 1.1 South at Messe Basel on Saturday June 20.Advertised as immersive experience and presented by art.klub, the event “WAREHOUSE ARTEFACTS” will feature Bangalter, house music producer Rampa, and French Swiss conceptual artist Julian Charrière. Info on the event is pretty scant, so it’s not clear if
  
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• Piano Students Play Recital In West Falmouth - CapeNews.net

  20-04-2026 18:45 via news.google.com
  Piano Students Play Recital In West Falmouth  CapeNews.net
  
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• UCSB Arts & Lectures ‘Air Time’: Kyle Abraham of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham - The Santa Barbara Independent

  20-04-2026 18:37 via news.google.com
  UCSB Arts & Lectures ‘Air Time’: Kyle Abraham of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham  The Santa Barbara Independent
  
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• Local Art Exhibit to Support Rural Arts Education Through 100% Benefit - The Fayette County Record

  20-04-2026 18:36 via news.google.com
  Local Art Exhibit to Support Rural Arts Education Through 100% Benefit  The Fayette County Record
  
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• State government diminishes voices it doesn’t like, former Arts Council director says - Arkansas Times

  20-04-2026 18:35 via news.google.com
  State government diminishes voices it doesn’t like, former Arts Council director says  Arkansas Times
  
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• May Programs | ARTS at King Street Station - Seattle.gov

  20-04-2026 18:28 via news.google.com
  May Programs | ARTS at King Street Station  Seattle.gov
  
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• The 10 Most Intense Martial Arts Movies of All Time, Ranked - Collider

  20-04-2026 18:11 via news.google.com
  The 10 Most Intense Martial Arts Movies of All Time, Ranked  Collider
  
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• Cape Symphony Will Bring Best Of Elvis Presley To Cape Cod - CapeNews.net

  20-04-2026 18:10 via news.google.com
  Cape Symphony Will Bring Best Of Elvis Presley To Cape Cod  CapeNews.net
  
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• Suspect Charged in $45,000 Fraud Incident Involving Floridian Museum

  20-04-2026 18:06 via ARTnews.com
  A Boca Raton woman faces felony charges over a forged check linked to Florida’s Flagler Museum, police report. An affidavit of probable cause from the Palm Beach Police Department details how Alexandra C. Kaiser, 31, was arrested on April 14 for allegedly depositing a counterfeit check drawn on the museum’s Northern Trust account into her personal JPMorgan Chase account earlier this year. Kaiser was charged with grand theft, uttering a forged check, and criminal use of personal
  
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• Midday Interview: OASIS Arts and Eats Fest - K8 News | Jonesboro, Arkansas

  20-04-2026 18:04 via news.google.com
  Midday Interview: OASIS Arts and Eats Fest  K8 News | Jonesboro, Arkansas
  
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• Hans Ulrich Obrist Reveals the One Artist Who Refused to Let Him Into Their Studio

  20-04-2026 18:02 via ARTnews.com
  Hans Ulrich Obrist, one of the art world’s great curators, is more deeply connected with artists than most could dream: he has estimated that he’s recorded over 2,000 hours worth of interviews with artists, and he regularly posts handwritten notes from painters, sculptors, and filmmakers whose studios he’s visited.But one artist has regularly refused his requests for a studio visit, and that artist is one of the most secretive painters still alive today.In an interview with the
  
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• See Photos from Archives of Nine Photographers Going to Center for Creative Photography

  20-04-2026 18:01 via ARTnews.com
  The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson has acquired the archives of nine photographers: Laura Aguilar, Jack Dykinga, Jody Forster, Frank Gohlke, Mark Klett, Nathan Lyons, Stephen Marc, Patrick Nagatani, and Susan Wood. The collections include photo prints but also other materials, and they join archives in the CCP’s holdings associated with such prominent artists as Ansel Adams, Robert Heinecken, David Hume Kennerly, and Lola Álvarez Bravo.“
  
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• Jacoby Arts Center workshop teaches adults pottery - Alton Telegraph

  20-04-2026 17:54 via news.google.com
  Jacoby Arts Center workshop teaches adults pottery  Alton Telegraph
  
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• Investor Says Artnet Layoffs Were Necessary for ‘Financial Strength’

  20-04-2026 17:47 via ARTnews.com
  Days after layoffs at Artnet and Artsy shook the art world, investor and owner Andrew E. Wolff has offered his clearest explanation yet for the cuts, framing them as part of a broader consolidation strategy already underway at the two companies.That strategy was laid out publicly on April 15, when ARTnews reported that Artsy CEO Jeffrey Yin would lead the combined company, with Wolff as chairman, as Artnet and Artsy were brought under the same le
  
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• The Closing of Hampshire College and the Fate of the Liberal Arts - LA Progressive

  20-04-2026 17:43 via news.google.com
  The Closing of Hampshire College and the Fate of the Liberal Arts  LA Progressive
  
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• Art Transport Hobbled and Prices Surging in Asia Amid US and Israel’s War in Iran

  20-04-2026 17:33 via ARTnews.com
  Art shippers are feeling stark impacts from the United States and Israel’s war in Iran, seeing costs rise and shipping routes severely disrupted, particularly in Asia, according to a new report in the Art Newspaper.Oil prices have risen drastically since the conflict began in February, leading airlines to charge higher cargo fuel surcharges. Just in the war’s opening weeks, international air freight costs for fine art spiked as much as 300 percent, according to Wang Jianmin, founder
  
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• Milwaukee Recreation & Partners to Hold Biennial Youth Arts and Humanities Showcase at North Division High School - Urban Milwaukee

  20-04-2026 17:30 via news.google.com
  Milwaukee Recreation & Partners to Hold Biennial Youth Arts and Humanities Showcase at North Division High School  Urban Milwaukee
  
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• Review: THE SONGS + STORIES OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ at Chan National Queer Arts Center - BroadwayWorld

  20-04-2026 17:25 via news.google.com
  Review: THE SONGS + STORIES OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ at Chan National Queer Arts Center  BroadwayWorld
  
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• Monday Mangé: St. Pierre's Center for the Arts - KADN News 15

  20-04-2026 17:21 via news.google.com
  Monday Mangé: St. Pierre's Center for the Arts  KADN News 15
  
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• Camden District to Fold Brimm, Big Picture, Creative Arts into Camden High School - TAPinto

  20-04-2026 17:15 via news.google.com
  Camden District to Fold Brimm, Big Picture, Creative Arts into Camden High School  TAPinto
  
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• Cape Cod Chorale Announces Scholarship Winner - CapeNews.net

  20-04-2026 17:05 via news.google.com
  Cape Cod Chorale Announces Scholarship Winner  CapeNews.net
  
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