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Art Institute of Chicago Names Its Next Board Chief -
about 3 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/arts/design/denise-gardner-board-leader-art-institute-of-chicago.html
Denise Gardner, who will start in the post in November, is believed to be the country’s first Black woman to lead a major museum board.
art
black people
appointments and executive changes
art institute of chicago
gardner, denise b
levy, robert m
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‘Our Towns’ Review: Across America, Signs of Life -
about 4 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/movies/our-towns-review.html
In this companion piece to the book of the same title, James and Deborah Fallows search for revitalization in American cities that had fallen on hard times.
documentary films and programs
our towns: a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of america (book)
fallows, james
fallows, deborah
our towns (movie)
steven ascher
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Eddy de Pretto Is the Proud Sound of a New France -
about 4 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/arts/music/eddy-de-pretto-a-tous-les-batards.html
Born in the Paris suburbs, the singer has made waves with two albums that draw as much from ’60s chanson as contemporary hip-hop.
de pretto, eddy
music
content type: personal profile
homosexuality and bisexuality
paris (france)
a tous les batards (album)
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Lincoln Center’s Plaza Is Going Green. Really. -
about 4 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/arts/lincoln-center-plaza-green.html
Lincoln Center, whose theaters remain closed by the pandemic, will cover the plaza around its fountain with a synthetic lawn as it pivots to outdoor performances.
quarantine (life and culture)
theaters (buildings)
lawns
lincoln center for the performing arts
new york city
restart stages
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One Man’s Attempt to Solve a Mystery at the Top of Mount Everest -
about 6 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/the-third-pole-mark-synnott.html
In “The Third Pole,” the author and adventurer Mark Synnott documents his attempt to find the lost body of a 1924 explorer.
books and literature
synnott, mark
mount everest
mountains
adventure travel
the third pole: mystery, obsession, and death on mount everest (book)
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Bolu Babalola’s Stories Reset the Idea of Who Sees and Who Is Seen -
about 6 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/love-in-color-bolu-babalola.html
In Babalola’s debut collection, “Love in Color,” the knight in shining armor doesn’t necessarily wield a blade, but instead, the ability to see.
books and literature
love in color: mythical tales from around the world, retold (book)
babalola, bolu
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‘Transformers’ and a Zombie Comedy: What ‘Invincible’ Is Made Of -
about 7 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/arts/television/invincible-amazon.html
The writer behind the Amazon Prime superhero show ‘Invincible’ shares the films, comic books and characters he drew on to create the new series.
television
amazon.com inc
kirkman, robert
invincible (tv program)
comic books and strips
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The Long Tail of Aphex Twin’s ‘Avril 14th’ -
about 7 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/arts/music/aphex-twin-avril-14th.html
A song released 20 years ago continues to inspire curiosity and covers by classical, experimental and pop artists.
music
aphex twin
saturday night live (tv program)
taccone, jorma
moran, kelly
reitzell, brian (1965- )
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Cambodians Demand Apology for Khmer Rouge Images with Smiling Faces -
about 7 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/world/asia/cambodia-khmer-rouge.html
An Irish artist colorized portraits of Cambodian prisoners who were tortured, starved, beaten and killed. In some cases, he doctored the images to put smiles on their faces.
cambodia
phnom penh (cambodia)
murders, attempted murders and homicides
political prisoners
archives and records
museums
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With a New Museum, African Workers Take Control of Their Destiny -
about 7 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/arts/design/white-cube-renzo-martens.html
A Dutch artist worked with former plantation employees to create a “white cube” that they hope will one day display works returned from European museums.
congolese plantation workers art league
unilever nv
art
income inequality
museums
martens, renzo (1973- )
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Edinburgh Festivals Will Go Ahead, in Person and Online -
about 8 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/arts/edinburgh-international-festival-coronavirus.html
The Edinburgh International Festival, canceled last year, said it would proceed in August thanks to three specially built pavilions.
edinburgh international festival
linehan, fergus
edinburgh (scotland)
theater
classical music
dancing
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Frank Gehry Is Too Busy to Retire -
about 9 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/arts/design/frank-gehry.html
The Pritzker-winning architect is focusing on social justice projects — and can be something of a lightning rod — but he also has lighthearted pursuits.
gehry, frank
architecture
guggenheim museum bilbao
guggenheim, solomon r, museum
warner brothers
gagosian gallery
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An Old Man’s Youthful Fascinations Animate Cynthia Ozick’s New Novel -
about 12 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/antiquities-cynthia-ozick.html
The protagonist of the author’s latest work, “Antiquities,” recounts his obsession with Egyptian artifacts and his boyhood friendship with an unusual classmate.
books and literature
ozick, cynthia
antiquities (book)
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‘Love Made You Black’: Gazes of Desire and Despair in a New Novel -
about 12 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/caleb-azumah-nelson-open-water.html
Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut, “Open Water,” sets a romance between 20-somethings against the backdrop of racial oppression in southeast London.
books and literature
azumah nelson, caleb
open water (book)
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On the Run From the Nazis, Taking Train After Train -
about 12 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/ulrich-boschwitz-passenger.html
Written in the wake of Kristallnacht, “The Passenger,” a novel by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, follows a Jewish man in an increasingly hostile world.
books and literature
holocaust and the nazi era
the passenger (book)
boschwitz, ulrich alexander
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Paul Theroux’s New Novel Takes On Life’s Crashing Waves -
about 12 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/paul-theroux-under-wave-waimea.html
“Under the Wave at Waimea” follows a former surfer through a reflective and ultimately transformative period.
books and literature
under the wave at waimea (book)
theroux, paul
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Voyages of Hope and Anguish: New Science Fiction and Fantasy -
about 12 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/memory-theater-karin-tidbeck-fragile-waves-lily-yu-victories-charlie-jane-anders.html
“The Memory Theater,” “On Fragile Waves” and “Victories Greater Than Death” take readers tumbling through realms and ever stranger stories.
books and literature
tidbeck, karin
yu, e. lily
anders, charlie jane
the memory theater (book)
on fragile waves (book)
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Book Review: ‘Empire of Pain,’ by Patrick Radden Keefe -
about 12 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/empire-of-pain-sackler-dynasty-patrick-radden-keefe.html
“Empire of Pain,” by the New Yorker staff writer, is a deeply reported chronicle of the Sackler family and the highly addictive painkiller it marketed — at great profit and with disastrous results for the public.
books and literature
drug abuse and traffic
oxycontin (drug)
opioids and opiates
purdue pharma
empire of pain: the secret history of the sackler dynasty (book)
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The City That Won’t Shut Up Fills Two New Books With Its Babble -
about 12 hours ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/new-yorkers-craig-taylor-names-of-new-york-joshua-jelly-schapiro.html
“New Yorkers,” an oral history by Craig Taylor, and “Names of New York,” Joshua Jelly-Schapiro’s chronicle of street names, capture the dizzying variety and fluidity of the city’s stories.
books and literature
names, geographical
jelly-schapiro, joshua
new york city
names of new york: discovering the city's past, present, and future through its place-names (book)
new yorkers: a city and its people in our time (book)