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For Decades, JEB Has Captured Liberatory Photographs of Lesbian Life
A portrait of Audre Lorde and an intimate embrace between a couple in 1979 are two of four photographs by Joan E. Biren.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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Metropolitan Museum Issues Second Round of Layoffs and Furloughs, Reducing Staff by 20%
Days ahead of today’s announcement, a group of Met employees sent a letter to museum administrators demanding greater transparency and protection for workers.
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#SayHerName: An Illustration of Breonna Taylor Will Cover September’s Oprah Magazine
The portrait will be the first cover of the magazine to not feature Oprah Winfrey in its 20 year history.
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Researchers Used a Century-old Postcard to Determine Where van Gogh Made His Last Painting
Wouter van der Veen, scientific director of the Institut van Gogh, noticed a striking resemblance between van Gogh’s “Tree Roots” (1890) and a postcard from Auvers-sur-Oise, where the painter took his life.
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Metropolitan Museum Confirms Late August Reopening With Limited Hours
The museum, which has been closed since March 13, will reopen at 25% capacity.
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After Decades of Activism by Native Americans, DC's Football Team Ditches Its Name
Formerly known as the “Redskins,” the team will change its name and logo.
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Samaria Rice, Mother of Tamir Rice, Speaks Out About Art Depicting Her Son After Canceled Exhibition in Cleveland
After a Shaun Leonardo exhibition at moCa Cleveland was canceled, the museum issued an apology for its decision-making process. Activists and art workers in the Cleveland community, including Rice, have come forward as critics.
Art
Support Anti-Racist Organizations Through Art Sales and Fundraisers
From See In Black’s $100 print sale to the Black School’s fundraiser to open a space in New Orleans, here are a few ways you can support BIPOC-led organizations with your dollars.
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What We Can Learn From a Vanished Mural of Racist Violence
John Wilson’s 1952 mural “The Incident,” is a salient meditation on the horrors of lynching and though physically lost, the mural endures in archival images, preliminary sketches, and studies.
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New USPS Stamps Commemorate Four Harlem Renaissance Figures
Stylized in soft hues, new stamps bear the likenesses of novelist Nella Larsen, philosopher Alaine Locke, historian Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, and poet Anne Spencer.
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Lion Statues at Art Institute of Chicago Get Face Masks, One Stolen Immediately
The masks are meant to encourage Chicagoans to wear face coverings when out in public.
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Live Blogging Discussions on Fossil Fuel Abolition and Representations of Gender in the Arts
Check out Hyperallergic’s live report of day five of the Common Field Convening.