Jul 1, 2021 • View in browser

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Today, artists through the ages pay homage to the bicycle, locals are protesting the location of an essential workers monument in New York City, and looking at the archeological evidence to understand ancient Roman attitudes towards servitude.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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How Artists Have Paid Homage to the Bicycle

People throughout history, including artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Ebecho Muslimova, have celebrated the bike’s potential for freedom.

Valentina Di Liscia

Detail of Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Sam F” (1985), oil on door, Dallas Museum of Art

What's Happening

Urged by Battery Park City residents, work has paused on an essential workers monument planned for Rockefeller Park.
A portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat on the door of Dallas apartment has been acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art.

Veronica Ryan’s Botanical Musings on Migration

For the Montserrat-born artist, seeds are both a metaphor for and a physical continuation of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora.

Anna Souter

No Wave Musician Lydia Lunch Gets Her Due

Beth B’s biographical documentary “The War is Never Over” has a DIY sensibility befitting the No Wave performer.

Sophia Stewart

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Why the Edward Colston Statue Should Have Been Left in Bristol Harbor

The revolutionary imagery of its toppling has been replaced in public consciousness with a picture of its rigidly horizontal body in the museum.

Dolly Church

What Can Shackled and Beheaded Skeletons Reveal About Roman Servitude?

The mere mention of slavery continues to grab attention, even if the evidence is inconclusive.

Seph Rodney

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