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A List of Reopening Dates for NYC Museums
Plan your visit to see art in person again with our growing list of reopening dates at major New York City institutions.
Valentina Di Liscia
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Books
How Latinx Artists Were Shut Out Of Art History
Arlene Dávila’s Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, Politics considers the plights of Latinx artists through the lens of race and class disparities in both North and South America.
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NYPL's Essential Feminist Reading List Celebrates 100 Years Since the 19th Amendment
The New York Public Library’s reading lists acknowledge the shortcomings of the feminist movement and celebrates those who contributed to its diversity.
Art
Shellyne Rodriguez’s Drawings Expand the Definition of “Essential Workers”
"I didn't want to be pigeonholed into that idea, the 'COVID drawings.’ To me this was just part of a moment,’” she told Hyperallergic of her drawings depicting her fellow organizers and Bronx community.
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A Virginia Museum May Take Ownership of the US Capitol's Robert E. Lee Statue
The recommendation to move the Confederate general's monument to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture was made unanimously by the Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol.
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NYC Museums and "Low Risk" Cultural Sites Can Reopen On August 24, Governor Says
Institutions will be allowed to welcome visitors at 25% capacity, and they must enforce face coverings, among other safety measures.
Interview
Painter Angel Otero on Solitude and What It Means When You Can’t Go Home
Amid the pandemic, Otero has been looking inward, pursuing a series of highly personal works about Puerto Rico. Hyperallergic sat down with him to discuss this new body of work, now on view in Life During Wartime.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Workers Seek to Unionize
More than 150 employees are organizing to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents the museum's security guards.
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A Wiki Edit-a-Thon Dedicated to Women Artists of Color
Here's a complete lists of the Wikipedia articles updated during this year's Edit-a-Thon, Black Artists Matter, focused on artists of the African diaspora in the National Museum of Women in the Arts’s collection.
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Tania Bruguera Asks the Internet to Acknowledge Cuba’s Political Prisoners With Virtual “Chorus”
Following the death of Yosvany Arostegui in police custody, the Cuban artist asked people to record themselves reading the names of 102 current political prisoners out loud.
Art
David Wojnarowicz's Little-known "Stoned" Drawings
Wojnarowicz created his "Stoned Sketchbook" as a teenager, but its loopy, delightful drawings foreshadow the mature artist's irresistible irreverence.
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Dallas Art Fair Will Not Reimburse Participants for Canceled 2020 Edition
As galleries struggle to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, exhibitors learned the fair will not reimburse participants for the booth fees they have already paid.