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May 17, 2021, 3:07 p.m. ET The C.D.C.’s updated masking guidelines are adding to the confusion about who should cover up, and when.Credit...Ashley Gilbertson/VII for The New York Times By Linsey Marr, Juliet Morrison and Caitlin Rivers Dr. Marr is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech. Dr. Morrison is a virologist at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Rivers is an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. The Centers for Disease C...

A widely-lauded, cross-country tour which has recast early abstract painting with Agnes Pelton as a central – not forgotten – figure, culminates at the Palm Springs Art Museum through September 6th.

Bob and Roberta Smiths All Schools Should Be Art Schools banner Courtesy of the artist “Revoke the policy proposals and ensure the continuation of a UK success story... Art is essential to the growth of this country,” says the letter, which is addressed to Gavin Williamson, the education secretary. Other signatories include Zoé Whitley, the director of the Chisenhale Gallery; Alistair Hudson, the director of the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester; and the Turner prize-win...

CLARKSVILLE — A country and western band belted out a gospel classic, ice cream dribbled down a 4-year-old’s mouth, and a lot of people got out and about Saturday for Clarksville’s annual SpringFest. Across the square, Melinda Watters hosted a juried art show. “It’s been excellent,” Watters said in the gallery of Culture Citizen. “I don’t know how many people have come in here, but it’s been a full day.” The art show wasn’t planned as a par...

Childhood Friends Build Networks Through Brunch Over 5000 women of color have been connected through a brunch group News provided by Share this article Share this article RICHMOND, Va., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Childhood friends Melissa Mason & Lillian Jackson banded together in 2018 to form a Brunch Group – Brown Skin Brunchin in their hometown of Richmond, VA. The brunch group has now reached 17 additional cities and connected over 5000 black women over brunch.  The duo set out to crea...

The budget cuts follow a six-week consultation by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and the Office for Students, the independent regulator for higher education in England, that found arts education subjects were not “strategic priorities”. The deadline for consultation on the budget cuts, which may come into effect during the 2021-22 academic year, is today. Other proposals include increased funding for courses “identified as supporting the NHS”, including science, technology, engin...

Anna Farthing (left) and Fiona Matthews (right) reading Boredom Buster Two. - Credit: Culture Weston An innovative newspaper is providing creative respite for thousands of people across the UK as health and cultural sectors join forces to bolster the mental health of hospital patients and care home residents during the coronavirus pandemic. Showcasing some of the country’s leading artists alongside tried and tested contributions from hospital art teams and participatory arts professionals, t...

Print Eli Broad made his billions building homes, and then he used that wealth — and the considerable collection of world-class modern art he assembled with his wife — to shape the city around him. Dogged, determined and often unyielding, he helped push and prod majestic institutions such as Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Museum of Contemporary Art into existence, and then, that done, he created his own namesake museum in the heart of Los Angeles. With a fortune estimated by Forbes at $6....

Eli Broad, billionaire who poured wealth into reshaping L.A., dies at 87 Elaine Woo © (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Eli Broad stands inside the Broad, his contemporary art museum on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, in 2015. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Eli Broad made his billions building homes, and then he used that wealth — and the considerable collection of world-class modern art he assembled with his wife — to shape the city around him. Dogged, determined and...

Provincial health minister Dr. Bonnie Henry was asked this week if B.C. would follow the lead of Ontario and Alberta in giving immune-compromised people — including chemotherapy patients and organ-transplant recipients — a second COVID vaccine dose within three to four weeks. “At the moment, no,” Henry said Monday. “The best protection for everybody is for more people to be immunized, to have that higher level of protection from a single dose and reduce the risk in our communities b...