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The Cancellation of Shaun Leonardo’s Museum Show Sparked an Uproar. Now, the Activists Who Wanted It Gone Tell Their Side of the Story
7 July 2020, 13:39
When artist Shaun Leonardo released a statement last month accusing the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, of censorship, few were more surprised than Cleveland-based artist and activist Amanda King. Last February, she raised her concerns to the institution’s senior staff that the work in Leonardo’s exhibition, which depicts scenes of police officers killing African American […] More
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Despite Outcry, Germany’s Städel Museum Stands by Its Choice to Hang a Graphic Painting Depicting Racist Violence
6 July 2020, 14:20
It is a shocking and unforgettable image: a Black man crosses the street with an angry mob in pursuit. A brick flies through the air toward the man’s head. The traffic light is green, as if the angry mob has the go-ahead. Activists are petitioning the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main to take down […] More
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“The Old Man and the Sea 2.0” by AERO in Morlaix, France
6 July 2020, 08:48
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For the 4th of July, an Augmented Reality Artwork Is Bringing the Liberty Bell to Cities Across the Eastern Seaboard
4 July 2020, 05:00
Art lovers up and down the East Coast of the US can celebrate Independence Day with , a new public, augmented-reality artwork from Nancy Baker Cahill that debuts on July 4 in Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and Washington, DC, among other cities. “I spent a lot of time in Philadelphia as a child, and one of my most […] More
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Photographer Gordon Parks Captured a Changing America in the Midst of the Civil Rights Era for Life Magazine—See Images Here
3 July 2020, 14:00
“Gordon Parks: Part One”through August 1, 2020Alison Jacques Gallery, London What the gallery says: “Born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas, Gordon Parks was a humanitarian with a deep and life-long commitment to social justice. He rapidly developed a deeply personal style of photography with a focus on race relations, poverty, civil rights, and […] More
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“DontGiveADamns” by Marian Cramer Projects in Amsterdam
3 July 2020, 07:24
Marian Cramer Projects in Amsterdam has teamed up with curator, writer, and contributing editor of Juxtapoz magazine, Sasha Bogojev, for an exciting group exhibition that will celebrate the beginning of Summer and hopeful restoration of everyday life’s energy. DontGiveADamns is an eclectic selection of 18 international artists whose creative practice carries the “f**k it!” attitude […] More
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‘There Is Meaning in Ugliness’: Watch Artist Fred Wilson Explain Why We Can’t Look Away From the Hideous Parts of History
2 July 2020, 16:00
What is more powerful: beauty, or ugliness? Artist Fred Wilson, who is known for his interventionist artworks, in which he takes objects from museum collections and rearranges them, decoding and recontextualizing their meaning, was focused on just that question in an exclusive interview with Art21 filmed in 2014. In the interview, Wilson discusses beauty, ugliness, and meaning […] More
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7 Breathtaking and Very Important Artworks to See at the Louvre That Are Not the Mona Lisa (She Can Wait)
2 July 2020, 13:45
Mona who? These works of art may not be as famous as Leonardo’s prim portrait, but they’re worth a visit when you go back to the Louvre, which happily reopens on July 6. Law Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylonca. 1792–1750 BC The Law Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon (ca. 1792–1750 BC). Courtesy of the Louvre. What […] More

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The Cancellation of Shaun Leonardo’s Museum Show Sparked an Uproar. Now, the Activists Who Wanted It Gone Tell Their Side of the Story

Despite Outcry, Germany’s Städel Museum Stands by Its Choice to Hang a Graphic Painting Depicting Racist Violence

“The Old Man and the Sea 2.0” by AERO in Morlaix, France

For the 4th of July, an Augmented Reality Artwork Is Bringing the Liberty Bell to Cities Across the Eastern Seaboard

Photographer Gordon Parks Captured a Changing America in the Midst of the Civil Rights Era for Life Magazine—See Images Here

“DontGiveADamns” by Marian Cramer Projects in Amsterdam

‘There Is Meaning in Ugliness’: Watch Artist Fred Wilson Explain Why We Can’t Look Away From the Hideous Parts of History

7 Breathtaking and Very Important Artworks to See at the Louvre That Are Not the Mona Lisa (She Can Wait)

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