Happy Wednesday. We’re halfway through the week and there’s plenty to read about today. New York City will get its first center dedicated to Dominican arts and culture, an achievement that’s a long time coming for the city’s largest Latine subgroup. In other news, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has added Gaza’s Saint Hilarion Monastery to two lists of endangered sites, underscoring the urgency of safeguarding the 1,700-year-old site and other historical patrimony in a region where dozens of cultural landmarks have been reportedly destroyed in Israeli attacks. Meanwhile, Sebastián Meltz-Collazo reviews artist María “Lulú” Varona’s exhibition of embroideries in Puerto Rico that brings together beauty and political solidarity. And John Yau shares his thoughts on the complex and emotional drawings he encountered during a recent visit to Brenda Goodman’s studio.
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The fluidity of the artist’s line parallels her thought process and openness to taking unexpected paths, often prompted by a memory or life event. | John Yau
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NEWS & MORE
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Saint Hilarion is one of the oldest Christian sites in the region and home to a plethora of intricate mosaics. | Maya Pontone
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The institution will offer free exhibitions and performances and lead a project to record the oral histories of Dominicans in Washington Heights. | Isa Farfan
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The artist’s embroidered works suggest the need for collectivity to overcome common struggles such as environmental destruction. | Sebastián Meltz-Collazo
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FROM THE ARCHIVE
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From Ilya Repin to Charlie Kaufman, artists who explore the darkest human impulses can give us hope and inspire us to be better. | Tim Brinkhof
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