January 4, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, a new digital atlas illustrates how Rio has changed for centuries, Faith Ringgold’s historic Rikers Island mural may find a new home in Brooklyn, and critic Seph Rodney considers three new online exhibitions worth a look.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

How the Face of Rio de Janeiro Radically Changed Over Five Centuries

A new digital atlas, imagineRio, reveals how the city’s urban evolution has unfolded from its 16th-century roots to the present day. | Lauren Moya Ford

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Works by Kafka, Hemingway, and Zora Neale Hurston shed their copyright on Public Domain Day.

Faith Ringgold’s mural at the Rose M. Singer Center in Rikers Island may head to the Brooklyn Museum, although some question its relocation.

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