Saving a Mural From Spider-Man

July 25, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌦️ Happy National Wine and Cheese Day! This important holiday has been observed since 2014. To celebrate it, pick a wine and cheese combination you never tried before, because life is short. This also happened: A mural in Queens, New York, gets a second life, Judaica is experiencing a renaissance, the first documentary created entirely in the metaverse is out, and much more.

— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

“Queens is the Future” mural after restoration in 2022 (photo by Eve Biddle; courtesy Eve Biddle and Joshua Frankel)

In Queens, artists Eve Biddle and Joshua Frankel restored their mural's original design after Sony Pictures painted over it in 2014 to promote its Spider-Man movie.

The restoration of "Queens Is the Future" also fostered a brand new work on the reverse side of its wall by artist Erick Teran.

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