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Good morning. 🌤️ Today, the Met Museum returns three Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the Golden Age of Hollywood through the eyes of a cameraman, and how Africa’s cultural institutions are making great strides in audience development.

We are also happy to announce this year’s Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators!

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

How Africa’s Cultural Institutions are Leading the Way in Audience Development

The overarching narrative about Africa’s cultural institutions tends to portray them as in need of know-how from the West, but this is mistaken. | Charlotte Ashamu

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

The Metropolitan Museum of Art officially repatriates three Nigerian works, including Benin bronzes “Warrior Chief” and “Junior Court Official."

Rare 16th century Tudor wall paintings were discovered hidden behind the plaster walls of a medieval manor in Yorkshire, England.

The inaugural Natural Landscape Photography Awards showcases unique and inventive approaches to the genre.

Tahnee Ahtone, La Tanya S. Autry, Dan Cameron, Jeremy Dennis, and Frederica Simmons are the recipients of this year's Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators.

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Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art Presents Beyond Intention

This exhibition in Great Falls, Montana addresses the concept of intention in contemporary fiber art and its complex relationship with the history of women’s art as craft. Learn more.

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The Spiritual and Erotic Role of Touch in Early Modern Art

In the early modern era, divine and erotic passions were not as polar as they may seem to us today. | Anne Wallentine

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The Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU Presents Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste: Set It Off

Using sonic frequencies that register just below human audibility, this exhibition in Richmond, Virginia provides site-specific experiences for sound to be deeply felt. Learn more.

Step Into the Tender World of a Hollywood Cameraman

A history of the Golden Age of Hollywood from the perspective of someone who worked behind the scenes. | Anya Ventura

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Artists Cut Through Digital White Noise With .ART Website Domains

From supporting artists who work with traditional media to those who base their practice in digital, crypto, VR art, or NFTs, .ART covers it all. Learn more.

In Neelon Crawford’s “Moving Paintings,” the Natural and Manmade Face Off

MoMA’s exhibition Neelon Crawford: Filmmaker is a retrospective of his experimental work documenting machinery, travels in South America, and more.| Mark Asch

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