September 8, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning. ⛅ Today, Mexico City’s Columbus statue is being replaced by a sculpture of an Indigenous woman, considering the realities of post-pandemic public art, and an exhibition explores the subjugation of Black people in the UK.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Charting Black Resistance in the UK Since the 1940s
A carefully curated exhibition at ICA London lays bare the insidious nature of the subjugation of Black people in Britain. | Aurella Yussuf
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