Elsa María Meléndez takes on historical narratives that have perpetuated the disempowerment and marginalization of Puerto Rican women.
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Florida School Accused of Censoring Show About Police Violence — And Lying About It
Daytona State College abruptly withdrew a show of Jon Henry’s photographs depicting Black mothers, citing HVAC issues. Others say that wasn’t the real reason.
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In Miami, Diaspora Women Artists Tell Their Stories Through Photobooks
Participants in a 12-day workshop led by photographers Yumi Goto and Paola Jiménez Quispe explored the medium as a conduit for memory and self-discovery.
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Miami Halts Digging on Ancestral Site Slated for Luxury Hotel
The vote will temporarily protect the archeological site from further demolition by Related Group, founded by museum namesake Jorge Pérez.
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The Renewed Urgency of Ernest Withers’s Photographs
In Opa-locka, Florida, an exhibition of Withers’s civil rights images demonstrates that the Black history the state is trying to erase is indisputable and factual.
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Florida Man Crashes Car Into 14-Foot Bunny Sculpture
It’s the second time Derek Alan Modrok damages a public artwork, reportedly motivated by his dislike of Wilton Manors’s late mayor.
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Florida Freaks Out Over Gay Disney Character
The state’s Department of Education is reportedly investigating a teacher who showed the cartoon Strange World (2022) to her fifth graders.
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The Florida Art Students Who Want to Take Down DeSantis
As the threat of legislation banning critical race and queer theory looms, students and faculty at Florida International University are making their voices heard.
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Florida Pushes Law to Sue Over Removal of Confederate Monuments
The new bill would allow civilians to sue for three times the cost of the statue’s repair or replacement and limit the addition of contextualizing material like plaques.
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Prison Abolition Art in Florida Removed Under University Pressure
The University of Florida’s off-campus art gallery was vandalized after the school asked its curator to take down banners criticizing the local police department.
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A Living History of Black Queer Miami
“Give Them Their Flowers” pays homage to Miami’s Black queer history by merging historical research, archival imagery, artifacts, and oral histories.
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Florida Woman Drives Rolls-Royce Into $3M Damien Hirst Work
The unnamed woman lost control of the vehicle and plowed it through the backyard of collectors Steven and Lisa Tanenbaum’s property in Palm Beach, Florida.
