The EverLasting Beautiful by FEWOCiOUS. Courtesy of the artist.
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George Michael’s Art-Dealer Ex Secures Settlement – Former art dealer Kenny Goss reached a settlement with the family of musician George Michael. The two had a relationship decades ago, and, when Michael died in 2016, Goss sued the singer’s siblings, who became heirs to Michael’s estate using the Inheritance Act, which allows individuals to pursue an inheritance even if they are left out the will. (
Catherine Anchin, New Director at Arlington Arts Center, Chats About The Past and Future
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Holly Koons, who left the center in October of 2020 to become director of the new Christopher Newport University Fine Arts Center in Newport News, Virginia. For the past nine years, Anchin has worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, first as a development officer and then as an assistant (and later associate) director for advancement and external affairs. Prior to her work at the Museum of African Art, Anchin worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Museum of Contempo
The pandemic affected us all in varied ways. One 87-year-old woman spent almost all of it completely alone, whittling. "I don t know what I would have done without my carving," Minnie Adkins says.
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