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Good morning! Today, a look at a surreal underwater museum, a graphic artist on loneliness, Tigray rebels have taken over a UNESCO heritage site of rock-hewn churches, and more below.
— Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor
This Sculpture Museum Is 32 Feet Below Water
Artist Jason deCaires Taylor’s 90 sculptures will help generate the “recovery of coral habitats and reefs.” | Hakim Bishara
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
Lalibela is home to 11 medieval monolithic churches.
- Rebel forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region have reportedly seized the town of Lalibela, home to UNESCO-protected 12th- and 13th-century rock-hewn churches. The seizure has raised fears for the safety of the sacred site.
ART
Huguette Caland’s Vivacious Takes on the Female Form
Robust, voluptuous, and sexually frank, the works in Tête-à-Tête showcase Caland’s outré sense of humor and vivacity. | Ela Bittencourt
A Printmaker Memorializes New York City’s Architecture
“Manhattan is my easel,” said Austin Thomas. | Clayton Schuster
The Nuances of Loneliness
In a new graphic nonfiction book, Kirsten Radtke interrogates this pervasive but often shame-filled aspect of the human condition. | Erin Langner
FILM AND PERFORMANCE
When Live Music Brings the Beat Back Into Your Body
A concert at the Cloisters shed the Met’s stuffiness, broadening what performance can be. | Daniel Larkin
After Decades of Repression, Bill Gunn’s Work Finally Breaks Free
Because he refused to play to white hegemony, Gunn’s films were often poorly understood. | Justin Kamp
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