Happy Monday. 🌤️ Today, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway and the silent film Lovers in Quarantine are am
| Happy Monday. 🌤️ Today, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway and the silent film Lovers in Quarantine are among the works that entered the public domain in 2021, a look at the censored works from the past year, and artists let us take a peek at their studios. – Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief | |
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| | Many reporters shared stories of being harassed and targeted by law enforcement while covering Black Lives Matter protests. (via Lorie Shaull/via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| According to experts, coronavirus accelerated censorship in 2020, including attacks against free speech, LBGTQ+ rights, and peaceful assembly.Human rights groups say that while artistic expression has been blockaded during the pandemic, arts and culture continue to play a pivotal role in shaping how we view ourselves through our identities, fears, and hopes. |
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| In Other NewsThe public domain now includes classics like Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, Alain Locke’s The New Negro, and the silent film Lovers in Quarantine. Photographer Kyle Cassidy released one of his images into the public domain. Years later, someone else took credit for it. |
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| Xadie Xa's "Moon Poetics" |
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