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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.

Lakshmi Rivera Amin

April 17, 2025 — 8 min read

On November 9, 2023, journalist Mukta Joshi photographed Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi at a walk-out at Columbia University, with a living art installation visible in the background, for Hyperallergic. On Monday, ICE arrested him when he showed up for a citizenship interview. Mahdawi, who said in a statement to CBS that "the activism that we have done was centered in the energy of love,” is one of several international students who have been targeted for speaking out against the Israeli military's bombardment of Gaza. (photo Mukta Joshi/Hyperallergic)

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Craft in America Concludes its Handwork Series with NORTH and SOUTH

Celebrate Indigenous Cinema and Storytelling with Free Films

“Free Lyric” Tells the Story of a Young Black Female Rapper Cancelled for Her “Provocative” Lyrics

Contemporary Beadworker Ken Williams Jr Awarded Rakow Commission by Corning Museum of Glass