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Amid Attacks on Trans Rights, Museum Staff Push for All-Gender Restrooms
From a toilet "intervention" to signage that upends the traditional gendered silhouette, cultural workers share the labor that goes into developing inclusive facilities.
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Is the Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Finally Moving Forward?
Amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, a bipartisan coalition is advocating for a bill that would guarantee the institution a spot on the National Mall.
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For the Wing Luke Museum, Storytelling Is a Path to Healing
In the heart of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, the only pan-Asian art and history museum in the country puts the well-being of its community at the core of its work.
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Devastating Photo of Gaza Child Amputee Wins Top Global Award
Palestinian journalist Samar Abu Elouf earned the World Press Photo of the Year award for her image of nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour, who lost both arms in an Israeli attack.
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Required Reading
This week: Lee Bul’s headless sentinels, Tracy Chapman on reissuing “Fast Car,” Viet Thanh Nguyen on the imperialism of American literature, biomorphic seawall designs, and more.
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Your Low-Stress Guide to Spring Art Fairs and Events in NYC
A quick and easy lowdown on what to expect at the more than a dozen fairs opening soon, plus programs and other happenings coinciding with the frenzy.
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The Banality of the American Dream
Objects like beds, houses, and diamond rings, and the successful middle-class life they represent, are both desired and stultifying in Suellen Rocca’s art.
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Pratt Manhattan Gallery Exhibits Photography by Dona Ann McAdams and Abby Robinson
Black | Box pairs McAdams’s historic photos with her lyrical reflections. AutoWorks & WaterWorks showcases how Robinson captured the body performing games of chance with the camera.
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California’s New Slang
From airbrushed lettering of lowriders to silkscreen and sign-painting, an exhibition flexes the state’s wide-ranging visual language.
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LA’s Newest Museum Pays Homage to an Iconic Bar
Musée du Al is the creation of Marc Kreisel, founder of Al’s Bar, the legendary watering hole and hub for artists in pre-gentrification downtown.
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A View From the Easel
“I always joke that I am working diligently on my PhD — Projects Half-Done.”
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Workers Protest Abrupt Layoffs at Guggenheim Museum
As guests filed into the opening of Rashid Johnson's solo exhibition, dozens of cultural workers and supporters decried the museum's decision to cut 20 staffers without notice.