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Illuminating the Legacy of Slavery at a New York Museum
Artist Reggie Black is projecting a message about the history of slavery in New York City on the façade of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in Manhattan, where six people were enslaved.
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Join Karol Radziszewski, Carlos Motta, and Laura Raicovich for a Conversation on Queering and Decolonizing History
Presented by Polish Cultural Institute New York in collaboration with Residency Unlimited, Searching for Missing Narratives will take place on December 15 at 6pm (EST).
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Did You Know the First Commercial Christmas Card Featured Underage Drinking?
May we all be as merry as that boozy child.
Film
The Spotless, Uncanny World of Cleaning YouTube
The "Clean with Me" video genre pits our deep need to connect against the pressures that come with sharing the intimacies of one’s life.
Film
At New Directors/New Films, Stories About People Struggling to Heal
This year's online edition of the venerable festival features movies about mourning rituals, reenactments of family history, cult survivors, and more.
Art
John Edmonds’s Intimate Gaze
In his meticulously posed photographs, Edmonds conjures new avenues for imaging relationships between Africa and its diasporas today.
Art
Mexican Filmmakers Are Documenting Indigenous Resistance and Feminist Issues
The online film program MexDocs presents a selection of great recent Mexican documentaries.
Art
A Goodbye to the Uncomfortable Holiday Work Party
Alex Prager’s “Farewell, Work Holiday Parties” at LACMA captures the awkwardness that ensues when a room full of intoxicated, mostly white people get together during the holidays.
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Christie’s and Sotheby’s Subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Investigation
The US Virgin Islands requested that the auction houses release “all documents reflecting or relating to inquiries, sales, bids, communications with or about Jeffrey E. Epstein.”
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Monolith-mania Continues as Artists Come Forward to Claim Credit for Sculptures
The statues have so far appeared in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Colombia, California, Las Vegas, New Mexico, and the Isle Of Wight.
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128-Year-Old East Village Church, Home of New York Liberty Bell, Destroyed in Fire
The fire also displaced a group of women living at a shelter operated by the Women’s Prison Association, the nation’s first organization for women impacted by incarceration.
Art
“Everyone Here Hates You”: Artists Send Marfa Tourists a Message
Local artists Chris Ramming and Rob Brill address tourists traveling to Marfa, which is in a COVID-19 hotspot and doesn’t have a hospital.