Tag: History
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Slave Ship Relic to Depart Smithsonian’s African American History Museum After Decade on View
A relic of the transatlantic slave trade that has anchored a major gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture since its opening will soon leave Washington, DC. According to theAssociated Press,the museum plans to remove a timber fragment from theSão José-Paquete de Africa, a Portuguese slave ship that sank off read more
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F. Scott Hess: Art History & The Dreams of a Reluctant Realist – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Also on view in Hess’ living room is “Past the Wit of Man,” its title derived from a quote in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. At the forefront is a creature with a male human body and the head of a bull, naked and posed on the edge of a river. A monkey in a red read more
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Itamar Gov Draws on History and Legend for 'The Rhinoceros in the Room'
You’ve probably heard the idiom, “the elephant in the room,” to describe when there’s some uncomfortable and obvious problem that no one is addressing—the kind of issue that feels as though it’s taking up all available space. But what if yet another megafauna came stampeding onto the scene? That’s where Berlin-based artist Itamar Gov’s large-scale read more
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Six National Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Erasing History and Science at National Parks
Six national nonprofit organizations devoted to the national parks, history, and science have sued the Trump administration over its censoring of signage it disapproves of in national parks across the U.S. The plaintiffs in the sixty-page suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Masachusetts, include the National Parks Conservation Association; the American Association for read more
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Bad Bunny Makes Meme History
Daily Newsletter How the “Benito Bowl” took on a second life in the digital realm, Israel’s artwashing at the Venice Biennale, an art history of liminalism, and shows to see in NYC. If you’ve had Bad Bunny’s “NUEVAYoL” playing on loop in your brain, if you’ve pledged to call the Super Bowl “el Super Tazón” read more
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Matthew Bogdanos Awarded Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for Repatriation of Stolen Artifacts
Announcement The leader of the Manhattan DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit is acknowledged for his lifelong dedication to recovering and safeguarding looted antiquities. Matthew Bogdanos (all images courtesy the Vilcek Foundation) US Colonel Matthew Bogdanos has worked tirelessly throughout his career to protect cultural heritage, recovering thousands of artifacts from across the world. For his extraordinary read more
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Matthew Bogdanos, Head of New York DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Wins $100 K. Prize in Art History
The Vilcek Foundation, a nonprofit that raises awareness of the contributions of immigrant to American history and culture, announced the recipients of its 20th annual prizes for excellence in the arts and sciences. Among this year’s honorees was Matthew Bogdanos, a former classics scholar, US Marine colonel, and current assistant district attorney in New York. read more
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The Detroit Museum of Arts Confronts Art History While Shaping Its Future
“We have not yet begun to utilize the museum as an instrument of cultural education.” Those words, from Alain Locke’s 1925 essay “The Legacy of the Ancestral Arts,” carry visitors through a set of newly installed permanent collection galleries at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). When he penned that text a century ago, Locke, read more
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