When Sophia Urista urinated on an audience member onstage, her act was framed and understood in a particularly gendered way.
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Why the Columbus Monument in Santo Domingo Still Stands
To displace the bronze statue would be to destabilize the very idea of nation and surrender the coveted allure of primacy in the Americas.
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What Public Art Can Reach Vs. What It Can Grasp
Despite the project’s apparent success, its artists ultimately understood that murals are not material resources, even though creating beauty in underserved neighborhoods holds space for people to feel seen.
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Seeking Better Ways for the Art Community to Collaborate with Indigenous Communities
Are ecological thinking and decolonial practice merely genres, or are they being used to transform all aspects of arts discourse?
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Where a New African Museum Fits in a Post-colonial World
The question remains: Is an African museum, designed by an African architect, capable of undoing the institutional violence that it has inherited?
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Paris+ by Art Basel Fails Even as it Starts
The leadership of Paris+ and its 10-dealer-strong advisory board have oddly forgotten to include a single person of color.
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Regarding the Pain of Others, on Social Media
While influencers market their brands using images of beauty ideals and upward mobility, grief accounts have started popping up, offering a different message.
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Why We Need to Care for and Maintain Public Art
Does public artwork left in ruin impact community mental health?
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How the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Might Curtail Antiquity Theft
The bottom line is that current laws on the trade of antiquities are insufficient, allowing the looting of culturally significant property to continue.
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Why We Must Challenge the Typical Museum Narrative Regarding Ancient Egypt
For museums to truly grasp their colonial history, self-examination must go beyond questioning how they built their collections to how they interpret them.
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Unmasking a History of Colonial Violence in a German Museum
At Leipzig’s Grassi Museum, a Tanzanian-German artist collaboration is reimagining the removal of a plinth as sculptural gesture in its own right.
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Why We Should Care About the Video Essay
Playing in the poetic space between documentary and fiction, the inclusion of found footage and screen recordings has turned the video essay into a representation of online life.