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June 20, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. ⛅ Today, a new Juneteenth museum is coming to Texas, Microsoft's Internet Explorer was discontinued (not that anyone has used it in the last decade or more), images from the only touring Black rodeo in the US, Hew Locke's controversial installation in Birmingham in the UK Sanford Biggers's quilts, and more. — Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief Hew Locke Challenges Empire in BirminghamThe artist realized what he previously called an "impossible proposal", building a ship around a public statue of Queen Victoria, where she's joined by five smaller replicas of herself. | Dan Hicks SPONSORED THE LATEST The National Juneteenth museum is set to open in 2025. (all images courtesy BIG, KAI, and National Juneteenth Museum) Opal Lee, “the Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is helping to build the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth, TX. Microsoft has finally retired Internet Explorer.SPONSORED Onassis Stegi Returns to Pedion Areos Park With Plásmata: Bodies, Dreams, and DataThese site-specific installations in Athens invite visitors to explore how technology continues to shape, affect, and impact the human experience. Learn more. BEYOND ART Sanford Biggers Cracks the Code of QuiltsBilled as a “survey of quilt-based works,” Sanford Biggers: Codeswitch feels less like an overview of one section of the artist’s oeuvre and more like a record of his creative process overall. | Natalie Weis A Look at the Country's Only Touring Black RodeoThe Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo has helped validate and redefine the largely untold story of Black cowboys and cowgirls in the American West. | Lauren Moya Ford A Film Asks: What Is Home?In Nadav Assor and Tirtza Even’s film <I>Chronicle of a Fall</I>, on immigrant cultural workers in the US, there is no singular, stable view of anything. | Lori Waxman Become a member today to support our independent journalism. Become a Member |
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