Tuesday’s Art Notes

Dancer from the group Pilobolus performs a scene from 'Contradance' during a dress rehearsal before opening night at the Joyce Theater in New York on July 19, 2010. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/ AFP/ Getty Images

Dancer from the group Pilobolus perform a scene from ‘Contradance’ during a dress rehearsal before opening night at the Joyce Theater in New York on July 19, 2010. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/ AFP/ Getty Images

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On Monday, the first family welcomed Broadway stars (plus a handful of middle school-aged aspiring stars) to the White House on Monday, via the Washington Post.

The Broadway episode of ‘In Performance at the White House’ will air on PBS in October.

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Three artists have said they won’t participate in a planned exhibit this fall at the Rose Art Museum unless Brandeis University promises not to sell artworks from its collection, via the Boston Globe.

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Artists gathered in Union Square in New York Monday to protest new rules that limit where and how many vendors can sell their work in the city’s parks, via WNYC.

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