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Zoe Mendelson

Zoe is a journalist and troublemaker campaigning for a more chiller world. She writes about cities, emojis, maps, mushrooms, data, and other semi-related topics. Her writing has appeared in Next City, Print Magazine, WIRED, Fast Company, and elsewhere. Follow her
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Feminists Take Over Federal Building in Mexico City and Use Painting as a Weapon

by Zoe Mendelson September 10, 2020November 5, 2020

In protest of femicide, the artists painted over portraits of all-male historical figures hanging in the National Human Rights Commission.

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An Ode to the Raised Fist Emoji

by Zoe Mendelson July 17, 2020November 5, 2020

The international gesture has almost always signified some variation of solidarity and power to the people.

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In Mexico City, Art Collective Paints Names of Femicide Victims on Streets

by Zoe Mendelson March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

The names, painted on International Women’s Day, were scrubbed away around 24 hours later.

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A Major Art Symposium Goes Awry in Mexico City

by Zoe Mendelson August 23, 2017August 24, 2017

In late July, a newspaper reported that the 14th edition of Mexico City’s revered SITAC contemporary art symposium had been cancelled, but it’s more complicated.

Shepard Fairey billboard in Los Angeles in 2015 (via obeygiant.com)
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Mural or Billboard? The Dispute Over a Shepard Fairey in Brooklyn Heads Back to Court

by Zoe Mendelson August 17, 2017August 17, 2017

In 2014, the renowned street artist created a mural in Williamsburg that was very similar to a record cover he designed for Interpol. The resulting legal dispute recently spawned its third appeal.

A tablet from the Persepolis Collection on Matthew Stopler's desk at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago
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Victims of a Jerusalem Bombing Want to Seize Artifacts from a Chicago Museum as Damages

by Zoe Mendelson July 21, 2017July 21, 2017

The Supreme Court will decide whether the victims of the 1997 bombing can seize artifacts from the Oriental Institute that belong to Iran, which supported the terrorist organization responsible for the attack.

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In Chicago, a Case Study in the Ethics of Cultural Philanthropy

by Zoe Mendelson June 29, 2016July 1, 2016

Last Friday the Black Star Project, an organization that works to eliminate the racial achievement gap in Chicago, hosted a “Children’s March on the MacArthur Foundation” in front of the foundation’s headquarters in the city.

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