Jun 23, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️

Today, you can rent an apartment in Antoni Gaudí’s famous Barcelona building for only $1, small museums are showing off on TikTok, and an insightful take on LA history by artist Umar Rashid.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Small Museums Are Stealing the Show on TikTok

Although major museums worldwide are taking on TikTok, it’s the less-renowned museums that are winning big.

Stephanie Stacey

What's Happening

Casa Vicens in Barcelona, Spain

Airbnb is offering an overnight stay at Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Vicens in Barcelona for only $1.
Plans to build a tunnel underneath Stonehenge may jeopardize its status as a World Heritage Site.
Researchers found evidence of the pigment “titanium white” in centuries-old Inca ceremonial objects.

A Playful, but Critical, Tribute to Los Angeles

Umar Rashid creates an alternate timeline that shows Black and Indigenous people defeating colonizers.

Reneé Reizman

Electric Images: Ming Smith’s Transcendent Photography

Evidence, the inaugural show at Nicola Vassell Gallery, emphasizes Smith’s track record as a photographer who both loves and riffs on the language of her medium.

Rachell Morillo

A Kurdish Artist’s Creative Resistance From Behind Bars

“Politics, war and oppression are a part of my life,” Fatoş İrwen explained of her current solo show, Exceptional Times.

Jennifer Hattam

The Summer's Hottest Nonfiction Comes Together at AFI Docs

Like many film festivals, the DC-area event is going partially virtual this year, allowing people around the country to take part.

Dan Schindel