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Scan These Artworks and They Will Come to Life

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 3, 2022November 4, 2022

Visitors to two Chinatown parks in New York can scan colorful banners that turn into lively animations about Chinese heritage and immigrant narratives.

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A Faux Sweetgreen Storefront in Chinatown Probes the Racial Dynamics of Labor

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu July 27, 2022August 1, 2022

Alexander Si’s “Sweet Green” installation at Chinatown Soup, a near-replica of one of the popular salad chain’s franchises, explored the experience of blue-collar service workers and their place in a system of race-based capitalism.

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The Photos Left Behind From the Chinese Exclusion Era

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson March 13, 2022March 14, 2022

At the California Historical Society, curator Erin Garcia contrasts how Chinese people were portrayed in the press with the dignified studio portraits taken in Chinatown.

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NADA Is Opening a Fair Booth-Sized Project Space in Manhattan’s Chinatown

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia September 16, 2021September 16, 2021

An inaugural exhibition of light-based sculptures by eight artists, inspired by the many lighting stores on Manhattan’s Bowery, opens this Saturday, September 18.

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Protesters Demand the Resignation of Museum of Chinese in America Director

by Hakim Bishara July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

“Institutions like MOCA are facilitating the destruction of our community under the cover of social justice,” said activist Yanin Peña.

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Protesters Chant “Boycott MOCA” at Museum of Chinese in America Reopening

by Hakim Bishara July 14, 2021July 15, 2021

While visitors watched performances in the museum’s lobby, protesters pressed placards against the windows, chanting slogans like “Boycott MOCA” and “Chinatown is not for sale.”

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Artists Request Museum of Chinese in America Remove Their Work From Its Collection

by Hakim Bishara July 12, 2021July 13, 2021

Artists Colin Chin and Nicholas Liem decried MOCA’s acceptance of $35 million in funding from NYC as part of a jail expansion plan.

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These Are the People Who Built LA’s New Chinatown

Avatar photo by Caroline Ellen Liou June 7, 2021June 7, 2021

Like all histories, LA Chinatown’s story is one that is fundamentally about people.

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Godzilla Withdraws From Museum of Chinese in America Retrospective, Citing “Complicity” in NYC Jails

by Hakim Bishara March 11, 2021March 12, 2021

The artist collective accused the Museum of Chinese in America of benefiting from mass incarceration.

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Hundreds of Arts and Restaurant Workers Rally to Save Historic Chinatown Banquet Hall

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 2, 2021March 3, 2021

Protesters rallied today in support of Jing Fong, the neighborhood’s last unionized restaurant and a popular meeting ground for arts events.

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The Ingenuity and Flair of Chinatown Seniors

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Andria Lo and Valerie Luu October 13, 2020November 5, 2020

We started Chinatown Pretty out of admiration for this overlooked community, for both their fashion blog–worthy outfits and their active and independent lifestyles.

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A Look at LA’s Chinatown, Past and Present

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino May 25, 2020May 22, 2020

Michelle Sui’s film Street Angel wanders through the streets of Chinatown, spotlighting the stories of elderly immigrant residents.

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