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December 16, 2019

Color-blind Museumgoers in Denver Can Now See Art in Full Color

This week, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver began its partnership with EnChroma glasses, which offers lenses engineered for people with color vision deficiency.

Ellie Duke

Best of 2019: Our Top 25 Books

Here are our favorite books of 2019, brought to you by the writers and editors of Hyperallergic.

A Glorious Gingerbread Venice Made by Architects and Engineers

The contestants in this year’s Gingertown competition recreated the lagoon city with jellybean canals, candy cane arches, and gingerbread walls.

Sarah Rose Sharp

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Claiming Months of No Payment, Workers at Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts Demand Wages

One anonymous employee says it worries him that he has not been paid for six months, despite continuing to do his job and sometimes working late nights.

Miami Janitors Protest Low Wages With a Parody of the Maurizio Cattelan Banana

At the demonstration, dubbed the “plátanito protest,” custodians shared stories of working two jobs and still not being able to afford gifts for relatives during the holiday season.

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Artists and arts professionals who wish to sharpen business skills and take control of their financial health should register by January 15, 2020.

A Hidden Life Is a Passionate, Damning Meditation on Faith and Fascism

Terrence Malick’s latest film makes me feel the way church never did, capturing an essence of the divine through aesthetic sublimity.

Dan Schindel

Capturing the Syrian War From a Woman’s Perspective

For Sama directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts talk to Hyperallergic about turning al-Kateab’s many hours of personal footage into a documentary.

Monica Castillo

Looking Back at Miyazaki’s Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro on Its 40th Anniversary

Released 40 years ago this Sunday, Cagliostro established Miyazaki as a notable talent. Much like his latest film, The Wind Rises, it reflects the director’s changing attitudes towards the animation industry.

Kambole Campbell

Probing the Tensions Between the Universal and the Specific in Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls

Then and now, Shange’s work responds to an urgent fever pitch humming beneath the taut surface of pain and respectability. A dazzling revival at the Public Theater reminds us of its timelessness.

Erica Cardwell

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Harvard Students Install a Memorial Site for Opioid Victims at Arthur M. Sackler Museum

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The Procrastinating Artist’s Gift Guide

A few last-minute ideas any artist can whip up.

Jack Sjogren

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