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Over 200 Courtroom Sketches of Rodney King Trials Acquired by Library of Congress
Prominent courtroom artist Mary Chaney drew the 269 illustrations during three trials between 1992 and 1994.
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Free Your Mind With Alisha B. Wormsley and Nico Wheadon in RMCAD’s World Building Series
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design’s series of virtual artist talks asks: What do we want our world to look like, and how do we create that vision?
Art
Bulls, Bears, and Others Symbols of Wall Street Protest Art
When traders on r/wallstreetbets started bankrupting short sellers of GameStop and AMC stock, social media rejuvenated imagery stretching back to the 19th century.
Opinion
UK’s Threat to Punish Museums for Removing Colonial Statues Is Colonialism 101
The British government's new “free speech champion,” Oliver Dowden, has threatened museums with funding cuts if they remove controversial statues.
Film
The Idiosyncratic Archetypes of The Real Housewives
The cast members in the various iterations of the mega-popular franchise demonstrate the increasing self-awareness of performance in reality television.
Art
Black Feminist Archival Continuums: A Digital Remix of the Rita Keegan Archive (Project)
This is what Black feminist archival care work looks like.
Books
How Kuniko Tsurita Broke the Mold for Women Comic Artists in Japan
The Sky Is Blue With a Single Cloud shines a light on Tsurita’s short but innovative career.
News
See the Captivating Images From This Year’s Sony World Photography Awards
The COVID-19 pandemic dominates this year’s entries with images capturing life under lockdown and the resilience of people worldwide.
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Capitol Curators Estimate $25K Worth of Damage to Art During Pro-Trump Riots
In addition to looting and damaging furniture and spraying graffiti throughout the complex, insurrectionists vandalized six sculptures and two paintings.
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Join Original Studio KOS Members for a Conversation on Their Evolution as a Collective
On March 18, meet the artists continuing the legacy of the late Tim Rollins & KOS (Kids of Survival): Angel Abreu, Jorge Abreu, Robert Branch, and Rick Savinon.
Art
Grief and Grievance Honors the Weight and Wake of Racial Violence
A prophetic document of our time, the New Museum exhibition calls attention to the weight of Black death not because it is new or salacious but because it remains urgent.
Art
40 Years Later, Rigoberto Torres and John Ahearn Are Still Making Life Casts of Bronx Residents
"The Bronx Comes to Los Angeles" presents Ahearn’s and Torres’s works side by side, and it is ultimately Torres’s sculptures that stand out.