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Book Talk: Tamara Lanier’s Fight With Harvard to #FreeRenty
Activist Tamara Lanier will join Hrag Vartanian to discuss her new book about her battle with Harvard University for ownership of her enslaved ancestors’ images.
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Required Reading
This week: female directors dominate Indian film, fiber arts as therapy, the chilling influence of conservative YouTubers, Bad Bunny’s new album, rodent cinematography, and much more.
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A New Movement to Free Social Media From Oligarchs
The Free Our Feeds campaign, launched by a group of tech entrepreneurs, aims to put digital platforms back in the hands of users.
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Nude Drawings of Hindu Gods Seized From Indian Gallery
The Delhi High Court approved the seizure of two works by the renowned late artist M.F. Husain after a visitor complained that they “outraged religious feelings.”
Art
WTF Is Planar Painting?
It is refreshing to see a group show that hews to its curatorial statement, and includes both old friends and unexpected twists.
Book Review
Timely Lessons From 18th-Century British Printmaking
The Radical Print reframes the work of five artists who used the form to satirize and lampoon, actively dismantling power systems in the process.
Community
A View From the Easel
“Being surrounded by our work feels like being surrounded by children — it brings us immense joy, but it can also make our minds restless.”
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Jo Baer, Painter of “Radical Figuration,” Dies at 95
“There was an awful lot going on in the world, and I didn’t just want to sit there and draw straight lines,” the artist said of her turn away from abstraction.
Art
13 Artists Perform Selfhood in the Age of Alienation
From Alex Ito’s shifting mirrors to Laura Anderson Barbata’s oceanic drag, each piece in this show weaves together themes of identity, protection, and transformation.
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SF Ranked Among Most “Arts-Vibrant” US Cities
The SMU DataArts ranking looks at metrics including government funding for the arts and revenue of nonprofit arts organizations.
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The Revisionist History of the Nazi Salute
Elon Musk’s defenders were quick to claim that his hand motion was actually an ancient “Roman salute” — but that gesture never existed.
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8 Artsy Ways to Celebrate the Year of the Snake in NYC
An exhibition at The Met, a Chinatown bookstore highlighting local stories, an independent arts market, and much more for your Lunar New Year plans.