In Brief
Largest Buddha Statue In The World Threatened By Rising Waters
As incessant floods continue in China, water reached the toes of the Leshan Giant Buddha for the first time in at least seven decades.
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Art
A Virtual Museum Preserves Black Lives Matter Protest Art
The University of St. Thomas has created the Urban Art Mapping George Floyd & Anti-Racist Street Art database, which has received over 1,000 submissions.
Announcement
Vermont College of Fine Arts Exhibitions Foreground Adaptability Amid the Unexpected
The first-ever virtual exhibitions from VCFA feature the work of graduating, new, and returning students, on view until September 20.
Art
Writing the Untold Stories of Polish Women Artists
Polish art historian Marika Kuźmicz has begun a project to research the biographies of overlooked female artists, locate their archives, and make the information and images available in a free online database.
Film
Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You Is a Brilliant Meditation on Consent
Chronicling a young writer’s experience in the aftermath of a sexual assault, the series captures the pain, absurdity, and murkiness of rape culture, refusing to ever tie a neat bow.
Art
Required Reading
This week, BIG's sustainable lilypad city, Germany's new dog laws, the Ghent Altarpiece upclose, white museum docents, Vincente Fox's Trump troll, and more.
Music
Pop Blasts Away
Head-banging new music by 100 Gecs, Amnesia Scanner, Haru Nemuri, and Machine Girl.
Books
Erudite Poems That Playfully Rework the Conventions of Life Writing
German writer Heinrich von Kleist serves as a starting point for Matthew Fink's exploration of the Western canon's gossipy underside.
Art
Anne Neely's Ethical Abstractions
Neely has created paintings that respond to some of the major issues of the day: climate change, environmental water loss, and immigration.
Art
Léon Spilliaert's Nocturnal Visions
Spilliaert saw his hometown of Ostend, Belgium, as a kind of liminal space between the outside and his interior world.
Art
A Powerful Debut
As a young Asian American painter, Susan Chen knows what she is up against and is consciously pushing back.
News
Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects Trump's Presidential Pardon
An attempt to appeal to women by President Trump may have backfired.