Devendra Banhart Exchanges Breath and Rhythm for Pencil and Ink

Good Morning. ⛅ Today, how Forensic Architecture's first US survey exhibition was censored, Biden rev

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Good Morning. ⛅ Today, how Forensic Architecture’s first US survey exhibition was censored, Biden revokes Trump’s classical architecture executive order, and a jail logbook signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. sells at auction.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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Logbook Signed by Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham Jail Breaks Auction Record The ledger signed by the civil rights activist in 1963 fetched $130,000 at Hake’s Auctions. Valentina Di Liscia

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