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The Art Handler Who Saved the Emancipation Proclamation From Drowning in Mountain Dew
Calder Brannock was told he was just transporting an empty vitrine from the National Archives in DC north toward New York. That wasn't the full truth.
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The Implicit Threat of Being Designated a World Heritage Site
Since the World Heritage List was first started in 1978, there has been a persistent link between inclusion on the list and forced relocation of residents, who are typically poor or marginalized.
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The Art Handler Who Fell Down an Elevator Shaft
The first thing his gallery colleagues asked when he emerged from the elevator: Was the art okay?
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The Vernacular of Space Through Images of the Moon
The Met's exhibition shows us that our cosmos is divided between the pictured and the real, and that the character of the pictorial asserts a powerful influence over our conception of the actual.
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An Evening of Music, Films, and Poetry on Climate Change
Four Corners Media will present "Sea Change" — a night of art and activism in Brooklyn in which groups like Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future will discuss their plans in the fight for climate change.
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The International Spy Museum Seen Through the Eyes of a Human Rights Expert
"This feels like a loss," said Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch while touring the museum, flagging several errors in how curators have presented the history of torture and interrogation.
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Looking at the Legacy of Jess in California
An exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art positions the artist known as Jess as the center of a creative nexus, bringing together his works with a smattering of California artists.
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When Communal Dining Transforms Into Cultural Exchange and Debate
More than a culinary celebration, this event will focus on how the dishes being consumed are tied to themes of colonization, appropriation, and resistance.
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The Art Handler Who Built a Community of Pride Around His Work
Being an art handler means belonging to a patchwork quilt of professional networks, but translating goodwill into solidarity requires significant effort. One day, you might have to entrust a colleague with your life.
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Exploring Sexuality and Myth Through Fiber and Other Types of Sculpture
While Mrinalini Mukherjee radically used textiles to negotiate the deep roots of symbolic Indian art and craft, her visual vocabulary sought independence from traditional roles within her culture.
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The Art Handler Whose Shoulder Shattered at the Loading Dock
The art world conditions its workers to accept subpar safety standards and low salaries in the name of high culture. And because art handlers frequently hop from institution to institution for jobs, issues are typically handed off to the next wave of workers.
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How to See Palestine Whole
It is crucial for us to see how and why European and American images of Palestine have historically distorted the realities of this region.