In Brief
High School Student’s Painting of Lady Liberty in a Hijab Targeted by Conservatives
Members of a local anti-immigration group deemed the painting by a high school student in Santa Ana, California "inaccurate, unprofessional, and offensive."
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US Artist Trolls Trump with Billboard in Mexico City
After being denied by US ad companies, Mitch O'Connell took his billboard depicting President Donald Trump as a sinewy alien to Mexico City, where it now prominently hangs.
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Sci-Fi Films that Question What It Means to Be Human
While the summer science fiction series is a common repertory staple, MoMA’s Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction stands apart from the rest with its interest in the uncommon.
Art
From James Baldwin to Susan Sontag, Listen to Recordings from PEN America’s Vast Archive
After finding its literary archives inaccessible, PEN America launched a five-year project to digitize 1,500 hours of audio and video.
Art
How Coloring Books Can Teach Us About Diversity in Ancient Times
If we consider coloring books as pedagogical tools rather than amusing diversions, we can use the fad as food for thought.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: unknown sketches by Giacometti were discovered, two members of Pussy Riot were detained by Russian police, and previously withheld documents related to JFK's assassination were made public.
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New Spray-painting Robot Creates 98-Foot-Tall Mural in Estonia
Created by the company SprayPrinter, the device is engineered to paint large-scale murals by following computer instructions.
Art
Live a Year in Virtual Solitude in Walden, the Game
Walden, a Game transforms Henry David Thoreau's famed book into a thoughtful digital experience.
Art
Sculpture of Abe Lincoln Confusingly Includes Generic White Man Sporting "a Dad Look"
Seward Johnson's latest sculpture in downtown Chicago features a giant Abe Lincoln next to a "common man," or a white guy in a cable-knit sweater and corduroy pants.
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Comedian Spray Paints Hate Tweets Outside Twitter Headquarters
After Twitter refused to delete numerous hate tweets, Shahak Shapira, a Berlin-based Jewish comedian and author, spray painted them outside the company's German headquarters.
Art
Placing Pieces of Local History in an Empty Marcel Breuer Building
Tom Burr's installations bring together past and present in a famous Brutalist building in New Haven.
Books
A Comics Artist Draws on Emotional Isolation and Domestic Strife
In two new comics, Jeff Lemire portrays a pair of families' difficult pasts and the obstacles that crowd their paths ahead.