The Intersection Between Human Rights and the Arts

Good morning. 🌧 Today, newly discovered stone-age crystals challenge prevailing notions about our hum

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Good morning. 🌧 Today, newly discovered stone-age crystals challenge prevailing notions about our human origins, an interview with the couple who are spearheading Bard College’s Center for Human Rights and the Arts, and reviews of Roy Andersson, Paul Pescador, and Precious Okoyomon.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Thinking About the Intersection Between Human Rights and the Arts In early 2021, Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish relocated from Beirut to spearhead the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College. Katie Kheriji-Watts

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In a move that activists have called “a game of musical chairs,” MoMA named Marie-Josée Kravis as the new chair of its board of trustees. The discovery of stone-age tools and crystals in the Kalahari Desert disrupts the prevailing notion that human origins were linked to coastal environments. Check out the docuseries The Politics of Street Vendors in Los Angeles, premiering on LACMA’s YouTube channel on International Worker’s Day (Saturday, May 1).

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An Artist’s Crash Course in Government In a series of PSA-style videos, Paul Pescador poses questions about government that quickly unravel into a nightmarishly complex knot of existential crises. Caroline Ellen Liou

SPONSORED Stanford Arts Presents a Conversation With Teresita Fernández and Sir David Adjaye The university’s Artists on the Future series pairs renowned artists with cultural thought leaders. This virtual event is free and open to the public.

Absurdist Scandinavian Musings on Loneliness Roy Andersson’s About Endlessness presents a series of elaborate vignettes about isolated characters. Dan Schindel

Precious Okoyomon Envelops Us in the Textures of Black Mourning At Performance Space New York, Okoyomon enables a sense of communion amid unrelenting loss. Zoë Hopkins

SPONSORED SALT Presents Climavore: Seasons Made to Drift by Cooking Sections Exploring how to eat as humans change the climate, Climavore: Seasons Made to Drift is on view until August 22 at SALT Beyoğlu.

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Neanderthals Were Artists Too The discovery of the oldest cave paintings thus found suggests that Neanderthals may have been the first artists on Earth. Jack Sjogren

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