Like a bull in a terracotta shop, a tourist reportedly smashes 2000-year-old clay warriors at a mausoleum in China.
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June 05, 2025

Like a bull in a terracotta shop, a tourist reportedly smashes 2000-year-old clay warriors at a mausoleum in China. Meanwhile, a street artist in the United Kingdom paints cute Dachshunds over transphobic billboard ads. Just a typical day in these unhinged times.

In our Pride Month series, read about the distinctive legacy of Alice Austen, a pioneering queer American street photographer who captured the lives of young women of the Victorian era.

Also today: Alex Paik on a group show of artists from the Asian diaspora and Matt Stromberg with a list of the best art exhibitions to see in Los Angeles this summer.

— Hakim Bishara, Managing Editor

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The American Street Photographer Who Queered the Victorian Era

The Alice Austen House Museum in Staten Island is preparing to receive thousands of images and negatives by the iconic artist who defied 19th-century gender norms. | Isa Farfan

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Man Smashes Ancient Terracotta Warriors in China

A museum visitor reportedly damaged two sculptures in the famous third-century “Terracotta Army” in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. | Isa Farfan

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A group exhibition focuses on the fragmented nature of identity and the circular loop of external and internal feedback involved in self-image creation. | Alex Paik 

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Dienst wrests playfulness and movement from the warp and weft of weaving. | Sarah Rose Sharp

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