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Good morning. ☁️ Today, a hole in Malibu is being dug to contain all your grief, the new anti-riot bills may threaten social practice art, and a filmmaker explains how she is uplifting Black female activists.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

How Ashley O’Shay Uplifts Black Female Activists Without Deifying Them

The filmmaker tells Hyperallergic how she spent over four years within Chicago’s movement for Black lives making the documentary Unapologetic. | Kyndall Cunningham

WHAT'S HAPPENING

Julia Weist, “Demonstration” (2020), archival pigment print, 29 5/8 × 39 3/4 inches.

Prints from Julia Weist’s project, Public Record, have been acquired by several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Brooklyn Museum.

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In Malibu, a Large Hole Is Being Dug to Contain Your Grief

Cara Levine’s “Dig a Hole” is inspired by the Shiva, the seven-day period of mourning in Judaism. | Matt Stromberg

An Ode to California Architecture in Paint, Pencil, and Ceramics

In welcoming warm hues and tranquil blocks of color, five artists share their visions of California. | Reneé Reizman

New Anti-Riot Bills Threaten the Work of Social Practice Artists

Florida's "anti-riot" law in particular has significant consequences for artists and organizers involved in social practice. | Joy Harris

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Revisit some of Julia Weist’s previous works: from “17.(SEPT) [By WeistSiréPC]™,” an exhibition examining consumerism, free speech, and technology in Cuba, to “View-Through,” a project addressing the systemic isolation and silencing of prison populations.

Delivering the Internet, an Underground Network Keeps Cubans Connected

At the Queens Museum, an exhibition by Julia Weist and Nestor Siré explores Cuba's underground media-sharing network. | Mimi Wong

Why Googling “Miami Inmates” in South Florida Leads to Their Poetry

A massive search activity in South Florida has created search trends, effectively publishing poems by Miami inmates within the suggestions of Google search. | Sarah Trudgeon

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"Virtues Théologales" Tea Towel x Louise Bourgeois

Roughly translated, the words on this 100% linen tea towel featuring Louise Bourgeois's "Virtues théologales (Flower)" read: " Loves me, loves me not (passionately, crazily, not at all, with love, a little, a lot)…”
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