“Is it Possible to Enjoy John Cage’s Music?” & More Yahoo Answers Art Qu estions

Good morning. ⛅️ Today, we wanted to have some fun, so check out photographs of NYC’s beloved bodega

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Good morning. ⛅️ Today, we wanted to have some fun, so check out photographs of NYC’s beloved bodega cats, ridiculous art questions on Yahoo Answers, and, one very serious topic, the racial history of mid-century modernist design.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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We rounded up the best art-related questions on Yahoo Answers, including gems like “Is it Possible to Enjoy John Cage’s Music?” in an homage to the iconic web Q&A platform, which is shutting down permanently next month. Since 2012, Robb Hitt has been documenting New York’s bodega cats on social media, here are some of his adorable photos. A statue of Nisqually environmentalist and tribal leader Billy Frank Jr. will represent Washington State in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

SPONSORED The Kennedy Center’s Open Call to Fund and Showcase Emerging Artists With Disabilities Merge is open to US visual artists with disabilities who are between the ages of 16 and 25. The grand prize is $20,000.

Mid-Century Modernism’s Racial History What do we know about the history of these designs? Who was buying this furniture when modernism was new, and why? Kristina Wilson

SPONSORED Curators Discuss Iconic Shows in "Site Read: Seven Curators on Their Landmark Exhibitions" The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s new anthology surveys an array of structurally innovative shows in the exhibition makers’ own words.

Jia Zhangke Looks at the Drastically Different Past and Present of Shanxi Province Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of the poster and trailer for Jia’s upcoming documentary Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue. Dan Schindel

Stream Movies About Climate Change From Al Gore, David Attenborough, and More Some of these films inform, others make demands for action. All fight the uncertainty and cultural denial around global warming. Rohini Kejriwal

SPONSORED SMFA at Tufts Offers Flexible Design and Illustration Certificates Create a custom art certificate from a robust list of core courses and electives at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts’ Continuing Education Summer Session.

Praise Be the Artist Is that silence I hear in the studio? Guy Richards Smit

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