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National Museum of American History Evacuates Staff After Bomb Threat
There were no injuries or damages reported.
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Required Reading
This week, the return of the “dumbphone,” the future of music criticism, and a primer on how to title an academic paper.
Opinion
Israeli Chutzpah at the Venice Biennale
Perfectly timed for maximum press attention, the performative closure of the country’s pavilion is opportunistic and cynical.
Art
Every Artwork in the Massive Quilt for Palestine Unveiled at The Met
Each of the 69 squares is being sold as a print to directly support a family trying to flee Gaza.
Art
Faith Ringgold Had a Dream; We Must Keep It Alive
Guerrilla Girls share an MLK-inspired letter the artist sent them in 1994.
Interview
John Yau Talks About the Art of Collaboration
The exhibition Disguise the Limit highlights the many different ways Yau has worked with a wide range of visual artists over the past five decades.
Books
The Scholar Who Rewrote Black Brazilian History
Beatriz Nascimento’s groundbreaking research defied dominant White Brazilian academic narratives, instead emphasizing Black political agency.
Community
A View From the Easel
“My practice has grown in new ways just from being in close proximity to other artists.”
News
Heart-Wrenching Gaza Image Wins World Press Photo of the Year
Photojournalist Mohammed Salem captured a Palestinian woman embracing the body of her niece, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike.
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Met Museum Returns Ancient Sumerian Statue to Iraq
The move follows several high-profile seizures of artworks of questionable provenance by the Manhattan DA.
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This Is the Painting a German Museum Worker Snuck Into a Show
The Guardian published a photo of the now-terminated technician’s artwork, along with details about his motive for secretly installing it in the museum.
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A devoured hedge burrows deep II Opens a Portal Into the Future of Urban Life
By interacting with Eloïse Bonneviot and Anne de Boer’s spatial installation in Prague, viewers create speculative scenarios for an ecologically aware city.