It was a mile-long convoy of empty buses with over 4,000 vacant seats representing the number of young people killed by guns in the US.
Elaine Velie
Elaine Velie is a writer from New Hampshire living in Brooklyn. She studied Art History and Russian at Middlebury College and is interested in art's role in history, culture, and politics.
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Indigenous Groups in Canada Call on the Vatican to Return Their Cultural Belongings
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit leaders have asked for their cultural heritage to be returned ahead of the pope’s visit to Canada.
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Italy Thwarts Potential Illegal Sale of $2M Artemisia Gentileschi Painting
The Carabinieri’s art crime unit said Gentileschi’s masterpiece “Caritas Romana” was on its way to be sold in Vienna.
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Europe’s Extreme Heat Waves Bring Art to a Standstill
A floating art project can’t reach Documenta because the Weser River is too low and museums in the UK shutter galleries to keep workers and collections cool.
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Google Doodle Shares Artwork by 10-Year-Old Uvalde Shooting Victim
“I want people to be happy when they see my passion in art,” wrote Alithia Ramirez, one of 19 children killed in the Texas mass shooting.
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Dia Art Foundation Workers Seek a Union
“How can Dia, with its prestigious Board and reputation, justify paying us so much less than a livable wage?” one worker said.
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Get Ready for the New Emojis of 2022
Maracas, a jellyfish, a shaking face, and a WiFi icon are among the dozens of new emojis that could be approved this year.
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Charles Gaines Brings Trees Back to Times Square
Gaines’s sculpture “Roots,” encompassing seven sweetgum trees that were once native to the region, engages with the nation’s history of colonization and enslavement.
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Questions Arise After Gallery Shows White Artist’s Photos of Black Suffering
Meghan Boody’s images were initially produced in 2014 for a gun buyback program in New Orleans, but some expressed concerns when the works resurfaced this year in the context of a for-profit exhibition.
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New Database Shows Which Museum Job Boards Post Salaries
The Equity in Pay + Pay Transparency Accountability Tracker also lists whether or not popular websites that advertise museum openings publish unpaid internships.
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Museum Removes Damien Hirst’s Fly-Zapping Installation After Animal Rights Group Complaint
“Killing animals has nothing to do with art, it just shows the arrogance of people who literally will stop at nothing for their own interests,” a PETA representative said.
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The Deepest Images of Our Universe Are Here
NASA has released photographs taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, some capturing the ancient universe dating back 13 billion years.
