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Tate Modern Taps Little Simz to Curate a “Late” Night of Art and Music, and Other News – SURFACE

Oct 15, 2024Oct 15, 2024

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Tate Modern has tapped Little Simz to curate its next “Late” night of music, workshops, and conversations, which will showcase the musician’s creative inspirations. The evening will include DJ sets, a dance workshop, and talks with notable figures like Es Devlin and Caleb Azumah Nelson.

Lisa Jeanine Findley was arrested by federal authorities for trying to fraudulently foreclose on Elvis Presley’s Graceland property. The allegations posit that Findley claimed Lisa Marie Presley had used Graceland as collateral for a loan and that Findley used fake identities, forged documents, and fraudulent communications with the Presley family’s representatives to try to carry out the act of fraud.

The home and studio of late assemblage artist L.V. Hull in Kosciusko, MI, has been added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The move marks the first time an art environment created by an African American and the home of a Black female visual artist has received national recognition of its significance. The property’s current owner, Yaphet Smith, plans to preserve it as part of the L.V. Hull Legacy Center, which is scheduled to open in 2025.

The historic Green Vault jewels are back on view in Dresden’s royal palace after being recovered from a 2019 heist. The thieves, part of Berlin’s Remmo Clan, were sentenced to six years in prison after stealing 21 pieces of jewelry, most of which have been recovered and are awaiting restoration.

On Sunday, Nintendo announced a 10-minute “Nintendo Museum Direct” livestream tour, focusing solely on the forthcoming Nintendo Museum in Kyoto. The company made clear, however, that the presentation would not include any news about games or the rumored Switch successor.

Seaweed forms part of scientists’ plans to thwart single-use plastics.

STNames Lab is inventorying discriminatory street names across the U.S.

After more than a decade out of print, The Onion hits the presses again.

Swifties have notes on the Panoptikum Wax Museum’s Taylor figurine.

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