Recalling the Hope of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Good morning. ⛅️ Today, the poems of Sun Ra, a new anti-racist street art database, and remembering t

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Good morning. ⛅️ Today, the poems of Sun Ra, a new anti-racist street art database, and remembering the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, which began almost 80 years ago today.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

On the Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Recalling the Hope It Offers Amidst the destabilization and trauma we currently face, an exhibit on the brave revolt tells a conflicted story of self-empowerment. Samantha Baskind

SPONSORED Celebrate Earth Day at the National Museum of the American Indian’s Living Earth Festival The online festival explores sustainability and innovation in Indigenous agriculture with Native American films, business representatives, and youth leaders.

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Sister Gertrude Morgan, “Violet Mountain” (ca. 1970s), acrylic paint on paper (High Museum of Art, Atlanta, bequest of Harvie and Charles Abney; photo by Mike Jensen)

Jive Poetic performed at Friday’s Strike MoMA action after previously withdrawing from a MoMA event. Artists in India band together after Budweiser unexpectedly painted over murals. Researchers from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis launched the George Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art database to record and map anti-racist street art, it now includes more than 1,800 images of artworks worldwide. The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia received a substantial donation of works by over a dozen self-taught Southern Artists, including Sister Gertrude Morgan and Nellie Mae Rowe.

SPONSORED Join the Inter-American Development Bank for Healing a Broken World Cultural leaders, artists, and experts from Latin America and the Caribbean will address how culture and policy can repair communities at this two-day virtual summit.

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Kenneth Tam Creates a New Frame for Asian American Masculinity Tam’s work always comes back to the body, emphasizing what lays beyond our daily performances. Aaron Hunt

The Absurdly Poignant Poems of Sun Ra Sun Ra’s stanzas are riddles against passive reading. Alex Jen

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