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36 Symbols, Including the “OK” Hand Sign, Added to Lexicon of Hate
The symbols of hate are evolving and the Anti-Defamation League has added dozens to it's "Hate on Display" database.
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Palais de Tokyo Dismisses Donor for Call to "Shoot Down" Activist Greta Thunberg
Bernard Chenebault, president of Amis du Palais de Tokyo (Friends of Palais de Tokyo) in Paris, called Thunberg a “madwoman” who “we must shoot down” in a Facebook post on Sunday. He was dismissed from his position the following day.
Film
Remembering Toni Morrison Through Film
To help me parse this year's film Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, I had a conversation with Steven G. Fullwood, an archivist, editor, publisher, and scholar, to discuss the documentary's approach in telling the phenomenal author's story.
Film
Harsh Lessons From Brazil's So-Called “Helpless”
Bacurau, a ferociously angry film, straddles the thriller and the social drama, invoking the history of resistance to state violence in the Brazilian sertão.
Film
How the Decade’s Best Documentaries Chart Radical Changes in Filmmaking
The 2010s were a seismic time for nonfiction filmmaking. Director Robert Greene considers how the craft has evolved, and continues to evolve.
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Call for Applications: Bard Graduate Center's Master's in Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
Training the next generation of curators, museum and arts professionals, scholars, and educators.
Interview
The Insidious Role of Gender Bias in How Artists Grapple with Personal Finances
Our culture is quick to put down a woman who seeks money or power at the same time that it valorizes the men who do so.
Art
The Astonishing Discovery of an Artist’s 9,200 Portraits of an Alternate Queer Self
The previously unknown Polaroids of April Dawn Alison were not just snatched from the jaws of oblivion, but are now in an esteemed museum collection.
Art
Did the Ancient Romans Use Infographics?
A new book by classicist and historian Andrew M. Riggsby investigates the types of information technologies drawn, painted, and inscribed on the surfaces of the ancient Roman world.
Announcement
BAM Opens Doors to Its First Dedicated Visual Art Space
The Ruden Family Gallery and additional programming deepen the performing arts institution’s commitment to visual art.
Art
A New Generation of Artists Confronts Environmental and Colonial Issues
Socrates Sculpture Park presents its annual exhibition of artist fellows in an effort to nurture emerging talent.
Art
Required Reading
This week, reviewing Félix Vallotton, whitesplaining history, a note to curators, women in the commercial art world, Judith Butler on anti-semitism, and more.