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Good morning. ☁️ Today, protesters enter MoMA with spoons and Palestinian flags, a new sketch attributed to van Gogh has surfaced, and the story of when Walt Disney joined the US war effort.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

When Disney Declared War on Deutschland

Walt Disney built his media empire animating fairy tales; he did not start making films set in a Nazi-occupied Europe by choice. | Tim Brinkhof

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

A protester holding a spoon, a new symbol of Palestinian resistance, at a demonstration outside
New York's Museum of Modern Art

Protesters stormed MoMA with Palestinian flags and spoons during the “Globalize The Intifada” march last Friday, part of “phase 2” of the Strike MoMA campaign.

The Mexican government petitioned to halt an international sale of 74 pre-Columbian artifacts through Munich-based dealer Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger.

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LATEST IN ART

The Disruptive Architecture of Border Walls

Rafał Milach sharply documents three international border walls and how they impact our sense of identity and memory. | Lauren Moya Ford

A New Sketch Has Been Attributed to van Gogh

"Study for ‘Worn Out’" (1882) has never before been seen by the public. | Sarah Rose Sharp

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At Haverford College, an Exhibition Inspired by a 19th-century Uyghur Poem

In The Contest of the Fruits, the art collective Slavs and Tatars investigates language, politics, religion, humor, resilience, and resistance in a pluralistic world. Learn more.

FILM

The Story of the “First Lady of Religious Broadcasting”

The Eyes of Tammy Faye features a riveting performance from Jessica Chastain, but proves less interesting than the documentary it’s based on. | Beandrea July

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FROM THE ARCHIVE

Revisit W|alls: Defend, Divide, and the Divine and Paper Borders — two exhibitions that confronted the impacts of physical, political, borders.

Fragile Borders and Rituals of Remembrance

In Paper Borders artists Emma Nishimura and Tahir Carl Karmali articulate the experience of displacement using delicate materials crafted by hand. | Billy Anania

As Walls Go Up at Unprecedented Rates, Artists Use Them as Subversive Canvases

The Annenberg Space for Photography maps the complex landscape of walls and rends, openings and sutures, that, to an ever-larger degree, define our age. | Lorissa Rinehart

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