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Mark Loughney,<em> Pyrrhic Defeat: A Visual Study of Mass Incarceration</em>, 2014-present. Graphite on paper (series of more than 600 drawings)

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'Marking Time' And Making Art In Confinement

An exhibition at MoMa PS1 features work created by currently or formerly incarcerated artists and their family members. Curator Nicole R. Fleetwood knows what it's like to love someone on the inside.

October 28, 2020
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  • Andrew Limbong
Medusa cutting her hair and Hercules exercising at home are two examples of Jonathan Muroya's Greek Quarantology illustration series.

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  • Art & Design

Drawing On Greek Myths As Inspiration For Illustrating Life During The Pandemic

Illustrator Jonathan Muroya chose characters from Greek mythology to represent different aspects of living in isolation. A King Midas whose gold is hand sanitizer, for instance, feels relatable.

October 25, 2020
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  • Emily Bogle
The formerly missing panel is titled, <em>There are combustibles in every State, which a spark might set fire to. --Washington, 26 December 1786, Panel 16, 1956</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Lost Painting By Modernist Master Jacob Lawrence Found In Private Collection

A visitor to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York — where Lawrence's series, Struggle, is currently on view — helped identify a missing painting by the Modernist master.

October 22, 2020
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  • Neda Ulaby
Increased car and foot traffic coupled with rising sea levels have driven parts of the Tidal Basin area underwater.

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  • Art & Design

Landscape Architects Unveil Plans To Save The National Mall's Tidal Basin

With increased car and foot traffic, the ground underneath the Tidal Basin — home to memorials to Thomas Jefferson, FDR and MLK Jr. — is sinking. As sea levels rise, the walkways flood daily.

October 21, 2020
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  • Elizabeth Blair

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  • Fine Art

Artist In Residence Creates Portraits Of Reform At The District Attorney's Office

"I've been an artist since I was a child," says James "Yaya" Hough. After serving 27 years in prison, he is now the first-ever artist in residence at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.

October 19, 2020
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  • Neda Ulaby
"The Writing On The Wall" art installation projects writings by incarcerated people onto the sides of buildings, such as The New York State Supreme Court Building, above.

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  • Art & Design

'The Writing On The Wall' Finds Poetry Behind Bars, Projects It Onto Buildings

"Look at all the wisdom, look at all the heart that is imprisoned in our society," says Hank Willis Thomas, cofounder of the art installation project.

October 19, 2020
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  • Jon Kalish
After making a new life in the U.S., Jacob Moscovitch's mother, or Imma, raised three kids and led the household while working a part-time job. Moscovitch says his older sister Simone told him, "Imma is my superhero, no cape necessary." Here, Imma stands for a portrait in her bedroom on May 8.

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  • Photography

Documenting Grief: A Mother And Son Grow Closer Despite Loss

When photographer Jacob Moscovitch's grandmother died in Israel earlier this year, he and his family couldn't travel because of the pandemic. Instead, he photographed his mother's grieving process.

October 18, 2020
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  • Mhari Shaw
French woman conductor for the Paris Trolley Company, 1917

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  • Fine Art

Take Off Your Sweats And Step Into 'Silk And Steel' — French Fashions In WWI

An exhibition at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., explores what wartime women wore — from overalls to evening gowns — and how military uniforms have affected fashion.

October 15, 2020
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  • Susan Stamberg
Riva Lehrer's 2010 charcoal mixed-media collage portrait of Alison Bechdel, author of the <em>Dykes to Watch Out For</em> comic strip and the memoirs <em>Fun Home </em>and <em>Are You My Mother?</em>

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  • Fine Art

20 Artists In Inaugural Class Of Disability Futures Fellows Receive $50,000 Grants

A new fund created by the Andrew W. Mellon and Ford Foundations awards unrestricted grants to fellows working in a range of disciplines including architecture, dance, multimedia and journalism.

October 14, 2020
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  • Elizabeth Blair
<em>Angel Woman</em>.

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  • Photography

Graciela Iturbide's Photos Show The Beauty And Dreams Of Mexico And Its People

As one of Latin America's most renowned photographers, Iturbide has spent half a century capturing the beauty of her homeland and calling for her country to reclaim its sense of pride and identity.

October 13, 2020
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  • Laura Beltrán Villamizar
Models walk the runway during the Chanel Womenswear Spring/Summer 2021 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 06, 2020.

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  • Art & Design

'We Must Keep On': Paris Fashion Week Exudes Hope In Uncertain Times

The fashion industry is reeling in the pandemic; marketing budgets have been slashed and magazines are thinner. But houses moved forward with a handful of physical runway shows and lots more online.

October 09, 2020
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  • Allyson Portee

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  • Arts & Life

Amidst Global Troubles, MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners 'Provoke And Inspire'

This year's MacArthur Fellows — recipients of what's commonly called the Genius Grant — include artists, scientists, dancers and more. They'll each receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 award.

October 06, 2020
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  • Petra Mayer
Hundreds of people gather at the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Va., in July. The Mellon Foundation says it will spend $250 million over five years to re-imagine commemorative spaces in the U.S.

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  • Arts & Life

Mellon Foundation Pledges $250 Million To Rethink Nation's Monuments

The new project will fund efforts to create new monuments, as well as contextualize or relocate existing ones, to tell a "more inclusive story of our history."

October 05, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
A page from <em>The Book of Wood: Rose of Sharon, Jesus Heals Woman Bleeding, Judas Kiss, Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane,</em> 1932, paint on carved wood, mounted on wood panels

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  • Fine Art

'Every Piece I Carve Is A Message': Elijah Pierce Aimed To Do God's Work In Wood

An exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia showcases the art of barber, Baptist preacher and self-taught woodworker Elijah Pierce.

October 01, 2020
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  • Susan Stamberg
<em>Get Well Soon!</em> is an online artwork of more than 200,000 comments from the GoFundMe website. <a href="http://getwellsoon.labr.io/">Visit the Get Well Soon! site.</a>

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  • Art & Design

Artists Turn GoFundMe Comments Into A 'Get Well Soon!' Card For A Sick System

"We're thinking about it as an archive of well wishes, but an archive that shouldn't exist, that exists because of a terrible structural inequality that we all face," says artist Sam Lavigne.

September 29, 2020
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  • Neda Ulaby
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