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[TRENDING NEWS] The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Names a Co-Leader

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Author: BY ADAM NAGOURNEY - Publish Date: September 4, 2021 at 01:44AM After a period of turmoil, Johanna Burton was tapped as MOCA’s executive director. She will work with the museum’s former director, Klaus Biesenbach, who is now its artistic director.

[TRENDING NEWS] New York City Awards $3 Million for Latino and Puerto Rican Theater

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Author: BY SARAH BAHR - Publish Date: July 31, 2021 at 01:10AM The Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater will use the funds, along with $7 million from the city over the last eight years, for an expanded South Bronx space.

[TRENDING NEWS] Sotheby’s and Christie’s Reimagined Auctions Pay Off

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Author: BY SCOTT REYBURN - Publish Date: July 2, 2021 at 11:53PM Major auction houses are investing in digital and shaking up their sales categories and timings, in part to draw a global audience.

[TRENDING NEWS] As Money Launderers Buy Dalís, U.S. Looks at Lifting the Veil on Art Sales

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Author: BY GRAHAM BOWLEY - Publish Date: June 20, 2021 at 01:01AM Secrecy has long been part of the art market’s mystique, but now lawmakers say they fear it fosters abuses and should be addressed.

[TRENDING NEWS] A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers

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Author: BY PATRICIA COHEN - Publish Date: December 26, 2020 at 03:00PM With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has taken a deeper cut than it has in restaurants and other hard-hit industries.

[TRENDING NEWS] Former U.S. Nazi Hunter Seeks I.R.S. Sanctions Against Whitney Museum

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Author: BY ZACHARY SMALL - Publish Date: May 20, 2020 at 06:56AM Neal Sher, a former federal prosecutor, filed a complaint saying the museum had mishandled protests that led to the resignation of a trustee.

[TRENDING NEWS] Major LACMA Donor Suspends Longtime Acquisition Program

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Author: BY JORI FINKEL - Publish Date: February 26, 2020 at 07:33AM The Ahmanson Foundation, which has spent $130 million on art, including European masterpieces, for the Los Angeles museum, is moved by fears a redesign might bury those works.

[TRENDING NEWS] A New Leader for the Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Author: BY HILARIE M. SHEETS - Publish Date: October 2, 2019 at 07:00AM Katherine Crawford Luber of the San Antonio Museum of Art succeeds Kaywin Feldman as director.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Bank That Kept Saying Yes to Trump

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: May 23, 2019 at 07:00AM Despite repeated red flags over two decades, Deutsche Bank lent Donald Trump more than $2 billion, becoming the president’s biggest creditor — and a bearer of his financial secrets.

[TRENDING NEWS] Contemporary Art Sales Bring $981 Million, Led by Koons and KAWS

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Author: SCOTT REYBURN - Publish Date: May 17, 2019 at 07:00AM Demand for a former graffiti tagger named Brian Donnelly transforms a speculative market for paintings.

[TRENDING NEWS] Cézanne Painting Owned by S.I. Newhouse Jr. Draws $59.3 Million at Christie’s

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Author: SCOTT REYBURN - Publish Date: May 13, 2019 at 07:00AM But the fireworks are yet to come, perhaps at the contemporary sales starting on Wednesday.

[TRENDING NEWS] $1 Billion in Losses: A Decade of Trump’s Taxes

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: May 8, 2019 at 07:00AM A self-told narrative of business success helped propel Donald Trump to the presidency. Newly revealed tax figures tell a different story.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Mockingbird’ Producer Reconsiders, Letting Local Plays Go Forward

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Author: MICHAEL PAULSON and ALEXANDRA ALTER - Publish Date: March 1, 2019 at 07:00AM Facing criticism for making regional theaters cancel productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Scott Rudin said he would let them go on, using the new Aaron Sorkin script.

[TRENDING NEWS] The $238 Million Penthouse, and the Hedge Fund Billionaire Who May Rarely Live There

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Author: NIKITA STEWART and DAVID GELLES - Publish Date: January 24, 2019 at 07:00AM Kenneth C. Griffin, one of the richest people in the world, paid a record $238 million for a penthouse, heightening the debate about income inequality.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Paparazzi Dogs and Rabbitgirl Conquered New York City Streets

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Author: ZACHARY SMALL - Publish Date: January 3, 2019 at 07:00AM Going around the traditional gatekeepers, Gillie and Marc Schattner of Australia have become the city’s most prolific creators of public art.

[TRENDING NEWS] Everything in Life Is Only for Now: ‘Avenue Q’ to Close in April

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Author: SOPAN DEB - Publish Date: December 10, 2018 at 07:00AM The puppet-filled musical that became an unexpected hit on Broadway in 2003 will be ending its Off Broadway run on April 28.