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Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration Through Abstraction
An exhibition at the Noguchi Museum marks the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which forced over 120,000 Japanese Americans into detention camps.
What Did Cleopatra Smell Like?
Researchers are using chemical analysis to concoct the fragrance possibly worn by the last Egyptian pharaoh.
A Body Horror Tale With an Avian Twist
Hanna Bergholm’s stunningly original debut film Hatching embraces the experience of female adolescence as the monster that it is, and then gives that monster literal wings.
Subway Graffiti Is on the Rise in New York City
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) plans to spend over $1 million on graffiti removal and prevention this year.
North America’s Largest Cave Art Discovered in Alabama
The cave is so shallow that the artists would not have been able to see the drawings in their entirety, meaning they worked from their imaginations.
The Guggenheim Museum Finally Drops the Sackler Name
London’s National Gallery has announced it will also remove the disgraced family’s name from its halls.
Thousands Rally for Abortion Rights in NYC
Photographer Kisha Bari captured a demonstration at Foley Square in Manhattan, one of several across the city and nation.
A Poignant Tribute to Abortion Rights, Sold to Support Reproductive Freedom
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade a likely reality, Laia Abril and Carmen Winant’s print “The Right to Choose” has taken on a new and terrifying resonance.
Reveling in the Ruins of the Past
In attempting to convey atrocities that confound language, artist Phyllida Barlow comes up against a paradox with no easy resolution.
How a Racist Statue in Iceland Ended up Inside a Rocket Ship
Artists Bryndís Björnsdóttir and Steinunn Gunnlaugsdóttirand said they wanted to symbolically launch “The First White Mother in America” into space.
Smithsonian Adopts Landmark Policy on Ethical Restitution
Previously, the Smithsonian held that its museums were entitled to retain an artifact so long as its provenance rested on solid legal ground.