| Today in the news, Los Angeles fights back against President Trump’s draconian anti-immigration crackdown. In the report below, we gathered defining photos from the historic protests, taken by fearless photojournalists on the front lines. In other stories, the Memorial Arch at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza reopens after a two-year, $8.9 million restoration. Our Staff Reporter Maya Pontone was lucky enough to join a tour inside the massive Beaux Arts arch. Also today: the impactful legacy of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), John Yau on Tim Hawkinson’s paintings of the everyday, Taliesin Thomas on Renée Green's language- and color-based art, and more. — Hakim Bishara, Managing Editor | | |
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 | | The iconic protest visual used by SILENCE=DEATH and ACT UP became a key symbol of AIDS activism and LGBTQ+ advocacy. | Maya Pontone |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | Toshiko Takaezu was celebrated for her experimental approach to abstraction and form over a lengthy career, which spanned the 1950s into the 2000s. While she is widely known for her painterly ceramics, Takaezu spent three decades mastering the possibilities of bronze. Toshiko Takaezu: Bronzes foregrounds the artist’s series of outdoor sculptures in the medium. Learn more
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IN THE NEWS |  | | After sending the National Guard to quell demonstrations, the president’s next move could be dispatching Marines to the country’s second-largest city. | Isa Farfan |
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|  | | The two-year makeover was funded by former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration. | Maya Pontone |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | NYSWA’s centennial exhibition reflects the creative vision and resiliency of women artists today. On view June 24–July 19 at Ceres Gallery in Manhattan. Learn more |
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LATEST IN ART |  | | His recent paintings of everyday life transcend the literal without becoming overtly symbolic; this is the tight rope he walks. | John Yau |
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|  | | She combines text, images, and objects to orchestrate a distinct style of visual poetics that is grounded in language while rewiring it. | Taliesin Thomas |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | Step into a world where clay becomes character at Montana’s Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art. Learn more |
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 | | Our favorite shows right now address systemic abuses in the US with style and intelligence, but we’re also enjoying some intimate and abstract works. | Natalie Haddad, John Yau, Taliesin Thomas, and Monica Uszerowicz |
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| FROM THE ARCHIVE |  | | Though the artist’s own sexuality is unknown, the freedom, playful sensuality, and gender euphoria in her work resonate with present ideas of queer community. | Izzy DeSantis |
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