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| Recently, a drag show for performers with Down syndrome was canceled by Republican congressional candidate Peter Meijer. He rescinded permission for the showcase at a venue he owns in Michigan, questioning whether or not the performers could provide “informed consent.” A 20-year-old Drag Syndrome
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| The bank, which is suing a city in Rhode Island for refusing to house ICE detainees at an affiliated detention center, has responded to Hyperallergic's report with an official statement. Read the full story and statement here [https://hyperallergic.com/514677/wyatt-detention-center/].
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| Cinema Guild and MEMORY have partnered to take My First Film, the hybrid film / performance / artist talk by Zia Anger, on tour across the US and Europe in fall 2019. Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of a new trailer for the film. Read the full story here [https://hyperallergic.com/499482/
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| A spokesperson for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) confirmed to Gothamist that the new state license plates will be produced by incarcerated individuals earning 65 cents an hour. Senator Zellnor Myrie (D) told Gothamist that, "We like to call ourselves the progressi
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| In response to the artists' open letter, Daisuke Tsuda, the artistic director of the Aichi Triennial, has released a letter addressing the controversy, saying, "The closure of the exhibition was a decision to prioritize the lives of visitors and staff who were in a position of imminent danger. Our
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Following statewide outcry, in an emergency special session of the Alaska state legislature, representatives restored full funding to the state's arts agency in a new budget deal with Governor Dunleavy, who did not exercise his veto power to eliminate it again. If the veto had held, Alaska would hav
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| The San Francisco Board of Education voted on Tuesday night to conceal, but not destroy [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/arts/san-francisco-murals-george-washington.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190814§ion=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11631&segment_id=16138&user_id=418
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| On Monday, August 12, Baton Rouge’s African American Museum was badly damaged in what appears to be an act of vandalism exactly one month after its founder was found murdered. Photos posted on Facebook show windows popped from their frames and benches flipped over. Police are investigating the inc
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| Police arrested a man suspected of making an arson threat against the Aichi Triennale, the Japan Times reported. “I will bring a gasoline container to the museum,” the threatening fax read, referencing a controversial, life-size sculpture of a "comfort woman." Hotta was apprehended after security
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| After organizers received threats of violence objecting to a statue of a Korean “comfort woman,” an exhibition at the 2019 Aichi Triennale was shuttered. In a statement posted to Facebook, the 72 artists wrote: "We strongly object to any violent intervention by politicians into exhibits, screenin
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| A 17-year-old has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly pushing a six-year-old boy off the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London. Police have yet to determine a motive. Read the full story here [https://hyperallergic.com/512322/six-year-old-boy-in-critical-condition-after-being-thro