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Protesters Take to Met Museum to Denounce Charges Against Climate Activists
The action was staged in solidarity with climate protesters Joanna Smith and Tim Martin, who were indicted for targeting a Degas sculpture.
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The Darkest Memes of the Barbie-Oppenheimer Double Feature
The internet is at its best and its worst after it was announced that a film about the making of the atomic bomb would debut on the same day as Barbie.
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Kevin McNamee-Tweed’s Objects of Amazement
What is most satisfying about McNamee-Tweed’s work is that he has not lost his sense of wonderment.
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Demian DinéYazhi' Is Tired of Museums’ Solidarity Statements
The trans nonbinary Indigenous artist uses text-based printmaking to challenge the ways in which institutions extract from marginalized artists and their labor.
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“Pizza” Depicted in Pompeii Fresco Is Sadly Just Focaccia
Italy may be famous for its pizza, but Ancient Romans never had a chance to have a slice. And yet, on a frescoed wall in Pompeii, archaeologists have uncovered what appears to be an early relative of the ubiquitous food: a flatbread focaccia topped with spices, pesto, pomegranate, and a
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Tourist Could Face Jail Time for Etching Names on Colosseum
Italian officials decried the vandalism, which was caught on camera by a fellow tourist.
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T.J. Dedeaux-Norris’s Medium Is Healing
Through rap music, performances, textile work, and curated assemblages and installations, the artist dissolves identity-based dichotomies.
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Poignant Public Artwork Honors New Yorkers Lost to AIDS
Jim Hodges’s sculpture “Craig’s closet” sits in the heart of Greenwich Village, a neighborhood whose gay male residents were disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS.
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New Report Sheds Light on Plight of Persecuted Artists
Cultural workers too often fall outside the scope of advocacy groups, argues Artists at Risk Connection.
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New Doc Breaks the Silence Around Endometriosis
More often than not, the message from the US healthcare system to endometriosis sufferers is that their pain is all in their heads.
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At the Root of Justice Are Different Kinds of Love
The exhibition No Justice Without Love poses questions about the roots and limitations of our civic imagination.
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Translator Calls Out British Museum’s “Erasure” of Her Work
Yilin Wang, whose translations of Chinese poems were used without permission, claims the museum mishandled the issue and has not properly compensated her.