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June 26, 2020

Open Letter Lambastes Racism and Homophobia at New Orleans Museum of Art

Incidents include a staffer being asked to cut their dreadlocks and the permanent installation of a plantation parlor against the advisement of Black staff.

Hakim Bishara

The Unapologetically Gay, Erotic Drawings of Soufiane Ababri

Alternately funny, melancholic, erotic, and political, the Moroccan artist’s Bedworks series offers compassionate images of men blissfully enjoying themselves.

Sarah Souli

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DATMA’s LIGHT 2020 Brings Art, Design, and Technology to “the City That Lit the World”

The Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute kicks off programming in New Bedford with free public art installations by MASARY Studios and Soo Sunny Park, to be observed outdoors while social distancing.

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Pennsylvania Art School Asks Faculty to Keep Professional Affiliation Separate From Activism

Alumni and students of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, including Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Didier William, have signed letters of concern condemning the college’s non-affiliation policies.

A Block in Brooklyn Gets a Black Lives Matter Mural

A new mural stretching 565 feet in Bed-Stuy memorializes over 150 victims of fatal anti-Black violence, including Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

Curator Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder Picks Five Artists to Watch From Indian Market

In this ongoing series, curators and members of the Native arts community share five artists they were looking forward to seeing at the 2020 Indian Market, which has been postponed to 2021.

Ellie Duke

Queer Art Workers Reflect: Kevin Quiles Bonilla Maintains That “Pride Is Celebrated All the Time”

Kevin Quiles Bonilla is an interdisciplinary artist based in Harlem.

Dessane Lopez Cassell

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