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The Halcyon Days of Postcolonial Mali Through the Lens of Malick Sidibé
The artist's candid event photographs demand the spotlight in his current exhibition in New York.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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Art Movements: Tehran Museum Discovers Picassos and a Duchamp, NEH Grants $13.2M
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) announced it will be ending its spring New York fair, and a 14th-century Islamic manuscript was returned to the Egyptian National Library
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ACT UP Returns to the Whitney Museum's Wojnarowicz Retrospective, This Time as Guests
HIV/AIDS activists return to the New York museum, while the museum updated their wall placards to reflect the continuing crisis and the recent action.
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400 Indian Artists Sign Petition to Release Photographer Arrested in Bangladesh
After speaking on AlJazeera, Shahidul Alam was arrested under section 57 of the International Communication and Technology Act for reputedly spreading anti-government propaganda.
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Museum of Modern Art Union Workers Stage Walkout as They Prepare for Contract Negotiations
As workers at one of the world's most prestigious museums prepare for contract negotiations this week, dozens of workers participated in a museum-wide walkout.
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Art Movements: Swedish Royal Burial Crowns Stolen, Missing Art from British Parliament
Swedish crown jewel thieves escape by motorboat, American and British Vogue welcome long overdue “firsts” for Black artists, and two initiatives to support Puerto Rican art are announced.
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Artists Protest London's Design Museum As They Retrieve Works from Hope to Nope Exhibition
Artists went to the Design Museum to retrieve their works after the museum released a statement that angered exhibiting artists. The protests were sparked when the public institution hosted a private event organized by arms-trading company Leonardo
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More Artists Are Demanding Their Work Be Removed from London’s Design Museum
Many of the artists plan to attend the removal of their work by the museum this week.
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Israeli Court Sentences Palestinian Writer for Posting a Poem on Social Media
The poem, titled “Resist, my people, resist them,” landed the poet in trouble with Israeli authorities.
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Protesters Stage Intervention at Whitney’s Wojnarowicz Exhibition to Highlight the Enduring HIV/AIDS Crisis
A dozen protesters gathered at the Whitney Museum of Art to condemn the institution's lack of modern context about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in relation to Wojnarowicz's artwork.
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Texas Museum Deliberates How to Display a Mural About Hate Crimes Against Latinos
The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin took unprecedented measures to exhibit the controversial paintings of a modern-day Ku Klux Klan meeting.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Native American female artists receive long overdue recognition, New York Supreme Court judge orders stolen ancient art to be returned to Iran, and philanthropist behind “Anonymous Was a Woman” is revealed.