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Friday, October 11, 2024

Today’s AJ Highlights

Good morning: Here are today’s highlights:

  • Monet Pastel Stolen By Nazis Returned To Family Generations Later “Adalbert Parlagi and his son Franz kept meticulous ownership and search records. After Franz’s death in 2012, Françoise Parlagi stumbled upon her father’s cache of documents, including the original receipt from her grandfather’s purchase of the Monet pastel.” Read more – AP
  • “VeryManhattan DA’s Art Trafficking Unit’s Authority Challenged In Court By Art Institute Of Chicago “The unit seized from museums and collectors 11 works by Egon Schiele; most were surrendered when agents proved the pieces had been looted by Nazis. But the Art Institute has gone to court, arguing that the Manhattan DA’s unit not only is wrong about provenance but lacks jurisdiction.” Read more– NYT
  • How The Tampa Museum Prepared For A Hurricane “Our facility has been designed to withstand a direct hit from a category three on the second floor, we just completed a 25,000 square-foot renovation, which brought up to code the first floor for a direct hit at a Category Four,” Tomor told ARTnews. “So we’re ready.”” Read more – ARTnews
  • The Majorette Dancing Of HBCUs Is Going Mainstream “At historically Black colleges and universities in the American South, the real stars of any football game are the majorettes. Their signature dance style combines the precision of a kick line with the winking sensuality of burlesque. More recently, majorette dance has entered the mainstream, taking center stage on reality television series, movies, and social media apps.” Read more – Dance Magazine
  • The Internet Archive Has Been Hacked, Taken Down “An illicit JavaScript pop-up on the Internet Archive proclaimed on Wednesday afternoon that the site had suffered a major data breach. Hours later, the organization confirmed the incident.” Read more – Wired

As usual, jump down to read all the stories we collected organized by category. See you tomorrow.

Doug


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The Cabot – Executive Director


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Erie Philharmonic seeks next Executive Director


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Artistic Director – SpeakEasy Stage Boston


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Yakima Symphony Orchestra seeks Executive Director


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