An Artist Inserts His Sculptures Into the Everyday

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July 20, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, an artist decides to leave little sculptures around New York City, protesters demand the resignation of the Museum of Chinese in America's director, and we start a three-part series that looks at the depiction of the Holocaust in film.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

An Artist Inserts His Sculptures Into the Everyday Around NYC

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