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Thai Street Artists Demand Justice After Killing of Endangered Black Panther
After a Thai mogul was arrested for allegedly hunting in a wildlife sanctuary, artists started painting panther murals to keep the story in the public consciousness.
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Sondra Perry's First Solo European Show Engulfs Visitors in Turner's "The Slave Ship"
Typhoon Coming On challenges visitors to consider the UK’s complicity in the dehumanisation of black people.
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Pratt Presents a Conversation on Creativity and Identity with Questlove and Hank Willis Thomas
Moderated by Ben Greenman, this free event will be hosted at Pratt Institute on Tuesday, May 1, at 7:30pm.
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A Trump Portrait Contest Provides Some Artistic Catharsis
Winners of an open call contest for portraits of the 45th US president include a photo of a cheese slice draped over a doughnut and a painting of Trump piggy-backing on Putin.
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Design as a Strategy of Disobedience and Dissent
Design, according to a public talk in Brooklyn, has the potential to reflect and even remedy pressing social problems.
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Texas Art Teacher Suspended for Discussing Her Sexual Orientation in Class
According to the Mansfield Independent School Board, Stacey Bailey was let go after "complaints from parents about Ms. Baily discussing her sexual orientation with elementary-aged students."
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Denmark's First Public Monument to a Black Woman Celebrates a 19th-Century Freedom Fighter
"I Am Queen Mary," installed in Copenhagen, was inspired by Mary Thomas, who led a major uprising on the former Danish colony of St. Croix.
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BAMPFA’s 40-Year Experiment with Artist-Driven Ideas
A radical approach in 1978, MATRIX has remained dynamic by putting the artists first.
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In a Trump Hotel Suite, Artist Collective "Jails" the President
The shadowy artist collective Indecline converted a room at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Manhattan into a solo jail cell for a man playing President Trump.
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The European Avant-Garde in Hollywood, from Brecht to Eisenstein
Artist and filmmaker Zoe Beloff explores the Hollywood legacies of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, German playwright Bertolt Brecht, and other members of the European avant-garde.
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John Baldessari Lends His Voice and Conceptual Art to The Simpsons
The grandfather figure of California conceptual art recently turned up in a Springfield art gallery for a cameo on the beloved cartoon.
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314 Rare Books Stolen from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library
There are generally two types of rare book thieves — ones that steal for money and book hoarders.