Jun 14, 2021 • View in browser

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Today, we look at how women artists have been crucial to the development of blockchain technology, the world is getting a Nintendo Museum, and much more.

—Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor

“Junior Court Official” (16th–17th century), brass (courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

What's Happening

The Met will repatriate two Benin bronzes to Nigeria, with critics noting it has failed to address the hundreds of other works that remain in its collection.
The world’s first Nintendo museum will be built on the site of the company’s historic Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant in Kyoto, Japan.
Hundreds marched through Midtown, while activists unfurled a “Strike MoMA” banner inside the Museum of Modern Art’s sculpture garden during the final week of protests to hold the museum accountable for its board members.

Women in Art

How Women Artists Have Been Marginalized in the Blockchain Discourse

These women artists have been developing the creative possibilities within blockchain technology since the beginning.

Charlotte Kent

Contending With Urgent Questions About Art and Feminisms in Buenos Aires

“Cuando Cambia el Mundo” (When the World Changes) invites audiences to deconstruct their own biases.

Silvia Rottenberg

After Pregnancy, an Artist’s Work Changes Course

“You turn inward because you’re focused on this new life that’s housed inside of you,” said Kimia Ferdowsi Kline.

Emily Wilson