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Alberto Aguilar Becomes the National Museum of Mexican Art
What’s an artifact, what’s an artwork, what’s a prop, what’s decoration, what’s disposable — these are questions that Aguilar has taken up with great enthusiasm.
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A Missed Opportunity to Bring an Eccentric Museum to Life With VR
In Space Popular's presentation at the Sir John Soane's Museum the VR content does not complement the physical, but widens the gulf between art history and contemporary art making.
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Don't Be a 🍆, Survey Says to Use Emojis
Over 90% of US emoji users agreed that the icons make it easier for them to express themselves and 60% said they improved their mental health, according to a new survey.
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Imperialist Violence Undergirds Hew Locke's Majestic Met Museum Facade Sculptures
The Guyanese-British artist's commission for the museum was created in a tense dialogue with collection objects that are connected to conquest.
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Call for Applications: Hyperallergic’s Journalism Fellowship for Curators
With the support of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Hyperallergic will award $5,000 fellowships to five curators to support ongoing research and develop their experience creating accessible writing and digital exhibitions for a wide audience.
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US Researchers Confirm 98% of Cultural Armenian Heritage Sites in Nakhichevan Destroyed by Azerbaijan
At least 108 Armenian monasteries, churches, and cemeteries in Nakhichevan have been demolished or blown up by the Azerbaijani government, according to the Caucasus Heritage Watch.
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As Crypto Flounders, Ethereum Reduces Its Energy Consumption by 99.95%
But the “merge,” as the transition to a proof-of-stake protocol is being called, has not helped the value of the cryptocurrency, and scammers took advantage of the hype.
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Five Women Indict an Unjust System in “They Won’t Call It Murder”
This intimate and subversive look at a community irrevocably altered by police violence is streaming free now on Field of Vision.
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ICA Philadelphia Presents First Major US Show on Sissel Tolaas, Smell Researcher and Artist
Using the building’s architecture to create an olfactory landscape, Tolaas explores the concept of experience, the unknown, and even the (un)pleasantly familiar.
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Required Reading
This week, fictional characters with student debt, a Gen X guide to Web3, landlord rent increases, neoliberals and Salman Rushdie, money and happiness, and more.
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Artist Resigns From Public Art Commission After Native Communities Raise Questions
Some members of Minneapolis's Native community did not think Inkpa Mani was the right choice for a $400,000 public art commission meant to honor the Dakota People.
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Questions Remain Around Return of 50+ Ancient Artifacts to Mexico
Mexican officials said the objects were “voluntarily returned” by citizens from Austria, Canada, Switzerland, and the US, but have not provided further details.