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March 4, 2020

An Update on How COVID-19 Is Impacting the Art World

While the Louvre Museum is indefinitely closed, Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” is one of 60 artworks from London’s National Gallery that will wait in quarantine as many of Japan’s museums remain shuttered.

Monica Castillo

A Breathtaking Project Remembers Child Migrants Who Died in Custody

Sandy Rodriguez situates America’s ongoing practice of migrant detention within a centuries-long project of violence against indigenous peoples, starting with Spanish contact in 1519.

Daniel Soto

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News

Dawoud Bey and Deborah Kass Among 1,400 Artists to Endorse Elizabeth Warren

Concurrent to the Super Tuesday primaries, over 1,400 artists, writers, musicians, and creative professionals endorsed Elizabeth Warren as the Democratic nominee.

NYC May Get an African American Civil Rights History Museum

Following the passage of a new local law, NYC Council is establishing a task force to evaluate the creation of a museum on African American civil rights history in the city.

Acclaimed Documentary Shakedown Has Made Its Streaming Debut on Pornhub

The site is hosting Leilah Weinraub’s film about underground Black-owned lesbian clubs, as part of its venture into artistic legitimacy.

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Art on Paper Returns to Downtown Manhattan’s Pier 36 March 5–8, 2020

The fair will feature 95 galleries featuring top modern and contemporary paper-based art.

Amid Climate Change and Rapid Gentrification, a Caribbean Film Festival Centers Notions of Home

Embracing the full spectrum of Caribbean experiences and cultures, Third Horizon has created a dynamic community devoted to highlighting cinema from and about the region its founders call home.

Dessane Lopez Cassell

Peeking Behind the Curtain of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Little of the information presented in Envisioning 2001 will be new to Kubrick diehards, but it gathers artifacts that offer a thrill for anyone who has ever been affected by the movie.

Dan Schindel

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The American Academy of Arts and Letters Presents the 2020 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts

The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, videos, photographs, and works on paper by 28 artists. On view March 5–April 5.

Honoring 50 Activists and Advocates at the Japanese American National Museum

In conjunction with an exhibition on the immigrant experience, the museum hosts workshops ranging from a letter-writing session to paper crane folding and weaving lessons.

Matt Stromberg

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