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Projects with Clear Short-Term Goals
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Say No To Body Shame
Read more: Say No To Body ShameMounica Tata launched Doodleodrama as an online journal to improve representation for her body type in mainstream media. “I’ve always been an overweight person and bullied and shamed for the same. Only fairly recently I’ve learned to make my peace…
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Extending the frame: The art, vision and activism of photographer Will Wilson
Read more: Extending the frame: The art, vision and activism of photographer Will WilsonAt first, you don’t know what you’re looking at. A gray expanse of uneven geometry surrounded by undulating brown. Shift your perspective a bit and it might be a close-up of a distressed textile, with subtle hues and textures surfacing…
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If Not Now, When?
Read more: If Not Now, When?If Not Now, When? is an ongoing exhibition that showcases the work of 31 female sculptors, employing diverse materials and forms to address social and environmental issues such as gender equality, nuclear disarmament, and electronic waste. The Hepworth Wakefield in…
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Dancing Is The New Protest In Iran
Read more: Dancing Is The New Protest In IranThe Islamic Republic has always frowned upon dance but recently even a simple choreographed or ‘synchronized movement’ – as the regime calls it – has become an act of protest. Last week on International Women’s Day, a 40-second video of…
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Roots
Read more: RootsA major exhibition by Ai Weiwei this autumn features a new series of monumental sculptural works in iron, cast from giant tree roots sourced in Brazil during research and production for last year’s survey exhibition, ‘Raiz’, at the Oscar Niemeyer-designed…
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Leopoldo Méndez’s Revolution: Social Activism through Graphic Art
Read more: Leopoldo Méndez’s Revolution: Social Activism through Graphic ArtBorn on June 30, 1902, in Mexico City, Leopoldo Méndez would become one of Mexico’s most significant and beloved graphic artists of the twentieth century. Méndez was one of eight children in a poor household. At a young age, Méndez…
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2020 Was the Year of Protest Music
Read more: 2020 Was the Year of Protest Music2020 was the year of when protest music blared everywhere. For a long period, Black people struggled against police brutality and in the uproar of George Floyd’s murder, BLM protests instantly swept over the country. Of the many protest music…
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Protesters with fake blood, baby dolls and shackles picket Supreme Court justice’s home
Read more: Protesters with fake blood, baby dolls and shackles picket Supreme Court justice’s homePro-choice activists protested outside Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Virginia home on Saturday ahead of the apex court’s decision on a landmark case constitutionally protecting a woman’s right to safe abortion. The activists, part of a group called Rise…
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1,100 Body Bags Line National Mall For Action to Curb Gun Violence
Read more: 1,100 Body Bags Line National Mall For Action to Curb Gun ViolenceOver 1100 black “body bags” fanned out over a section of grass on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on March 24 in a plea for sanity. Each represented roughly 150 individuals who have died from gun violence since the…
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George Floyd statues unveiled as cities celebrate Juneteenth
Read more: George Floyd statues unveiled as cities celebrate JuneteenthIt was a quick turnaround for federal employers to recognize Juneteenth as a new federal holiday. But some cities were ready with new statues honoring George Floyd, whose killing by police in Minneapolis last year sparked a nationwide racial justice…
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Detroit Industry, North Wall
Read more: Detroit Industry, North WallAlmost all of Rivera’s art told a story, many of which depicted Mexican society, the Mexican Revolution, or reflected his own personal social and political beliefs, and In the Arsenal is no different. The woman on the right side of…
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JEREMY SCOTT’S FIRST POST-MOSCHINO MOVE: CAR COUTURE
Read more: JEREMY SCOTT’S FIRST POST-MOSCHINO MOVE: CAR COUTUREJeremy Scott and Moschino may no longer be a thing but the designer is still plenty busy. Case in point, Scott’s new partnership with Korean car manufacturer Hyundai, the latest in the latter’s ongoing Re:Style upcycling program. For Hyundai Re:Style…