The Hudson Yards developer Related Companies has persistently ignored demands to raise the height of the structure’s guard rails.
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Fire Engulfs Warehouse of South America’s Largest Film Collection
São Paulo’s Cinemateca Brasileira is the latest cultural organization threatened by preventable fires in Brazil.
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How Watermelon Became a Symbol of Palestinian Resistance
A new tradition is emerging online, uniting Palestinians worldwide and drawing influence from the 20th-century motif.
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Rindon Johnson Ruminates on the Expansiveness of Identity
Johnson’s winding works prompt as many questions as they provide answers, percolating with repetition, address, and alternates.
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Are Hybrid Film Festivals Actually Accessible?
If hybrid festivals continue the way they do, the in-person experience will be held at a premium while the online content is given to the masses.
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Funny, Generous, and Honest: MFA Work From UC Riverside and USC Roski
A roundup of work by graduating MFA students this summer.
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US Restitutes 17,000 Looted Artifacts to Iraq
“This is the largest return of antiquities to Iraq,” said Iraq’s culture minister Hassan Nazim.
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Two Rediscovered Fragonard Paintings Are Acquired by France
The works had been hanging in a cluttered room in Normandy, unbeknownst to its residents.
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Week in Review: A Map Tracks Global Surveillance; Artists Decry Cuts at SFMOMA
Also, an impromptu performance at MoMA PS1 challenged the museum’s representation of Latinx women, and more.
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Black Artists Are Brightening Detroit With Murals
A Black-led, open-air mural festival lends visibility to the Black artists in this city.
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A Tribute to Artists Lost to AIDS Left Me With Mixed Feelings
I have to credit David Zwirner for attempting to include the queer community, but I can’t help but feel conflicted about the whole initiative.
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Kandis Williams’s Flourishing Black Feminist Vision
Williams, who just won the Made in LA award, readdresses harms wrought by capitalism, colonialism, and anti-Black rhetoric.