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Awe-Inspiring Portraits of Chicano Men that Resist Typecasting
Harry Gamboa Jr. started this series in 1991, after hearing an announcement on his car radio that warned: “Be on the lookout for a Chicano male. He is dangerous.”
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A Mobile Studio and Trilingual Newspaper Draw Disparate Communities Together in Downtown Manhattan
The ArtBuilt Mobile Studio, parked outside the Seward Park branch of the New York Public Library, sees art making as an important tool to facilitate difficult conversations.
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The Challenges and Realities of Breastfeeding at an Art Fair
At art fairs around the world, breastfeeding is no easy task.
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Hunting for Dragons in Antoni Gaudí’s Barcelona Masterpieces
The dragon pops up as a recurring motif in Gaudí's famous works, and this is no coincidence.
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A Celebration of Contemporary Caribbean Poetry at the Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum hosts a night of poetry in celebration of Caribbean works and artistry, with readings by three Cave Canem poets.
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Debunking the Myths Around America’s Rise to Power
Sarah Wagner questions the romanticized or elided stories that Americans tell themselves about the forces that built the United States into a world power.
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Archaeologists May Have Discovered a Church Built on the Site of Constantine the Great’s Conversion to Christianity
During work along the right bank of the Tiber this summer, the archaeological group Cooperativa Archeologia uncovered what was first thought to be a villa, but later considered to be a church.
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Required Reading
This week, a new micro-car in Europe, white nationalists misuse ancient history, Joan Jonas in London, a feminist history of food journalism, and more.
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The Ghosts of Our Future Climate at Storm King
A group exhibition featuring almost 20 artists suggests directions for visual art in response to climate change.
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What Would Grandma Do?
I’m glad Grandma never had to hear the President say almost every offensive word, at least once, on national TV.
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A Pioneering Thai Artist in America
Tang Chang's first solo US retrospective veers away from the criteria of progress and linearity according to which Western art is typically evaluated.
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A Pilgrimage to Art Brut’s Austrian Heart
An Austrian museum presents a wide-ranging survey of works made over almost 50 years by residents and other autodidacts associated with the Art Brut Center Gugging, near Vienna.