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Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Monument Will Be Melted Down and Turned Into a New Artwork

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu December 10, 2021December 10, 2021

The statue was at the center of the notorious, racist “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.

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Study Shows Correlation Between Number of Confederate Monuments and Lynchings

by Hakim Bishara October 15, 2021November 18, 2021

The University of Virginia researchers wrote that the data “provides compelling evidence that these symbols are associated with hate.”

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Two Aboriginal Artists Pay Tribute to Their Homeland

by Carl Little January 25, 2020January 24, 2020

A tree is never just a tree, a water source is never just a water source in the works of Barbara Moore and Sharon Adamson. “They’re all signs of ancestral action.”

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A YouTube Doc Exposes What Went Down at the “Unite the Right” Rally

Avatar photo by Andrew Swafford December 31, 2019February 4, 2021

In Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right, creator “Shaun” lays out a recreation of the deadly 2017 event in Virginia with a precision only possible through social media documentation.

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Texas Museum Deliberates How to Display a Mural About Hate Crimes Against Latinos

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber July 27, 2018

The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin took unprecedented measures to exhibit the controversial paintings of a modern-day Ku Klux Klan meeting.

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In Germany, a Curious Obsession with Cults, Icons, and Ethno-Nationalist Movements

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka October 17, 2017October 18, 2017

KULT! Legends, stars and images, investigates how the Zeppelin legacy can be read through categories of cults that persist today.

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After Charlottesville, an Anti-Fascist US Military Film from 1947 Goes Viral

by Jillian Steinhauer August 14, 2017August 15, 2017

The 17-minute film, “Don’t Be a Sucker,” offers some timely advice in light of recent events — though it hasn’t aged perfectly by any means.

The statue of Robert E. Lee in Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia (photo by Cville dog, via Wikimedia Commons)
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The Story Behind Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Monument

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton August 14, 2017August 14, 2017

The statue whose planned removal spurred this weekend’s violent rallies was unveiled in 1924, when General Lee’s three-year-old great-granddaughter pulled a giant Confederate flag off of it.

Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Amazonia
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Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Amazonia

Curated by Berta Sichel with Patricia Capa, this group exhibition centered on the Amazonian rainforest, its native societies, and ecologies is on view in NYC.

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