What is the viral “celebrity block party” on social media and how is it connected to the Met Gala? Find the answer in our explainer today. Another question we attempt to answer today: Why on earth did a curator at the American Museum of Natural History carry 1,500 scorpions in his luggage while flying back from Turkey? In other stories, CalArts reaches an agreement with its pro-Palestine student protesters and tensions arise in Miami over the auction sale of a major art collection.
There’s more, including John Yau on the first student-acquired art collection at an American university and an online archive working to perverse traditional Palestinian taṭrīz embroidery patterns 76 years after the Nakba, which is observed today. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
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Social media is on a blocking spree after witnessing the garish annual display of wealth juxtaposed with images of dead Palestinian children in Rafah. | Rhea Nayyar
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Immigrant arts professionals are encouraged to apply for a 2025 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise by June 10.
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ART COLLECTIONS UP CLOSE
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As major artworks head to auction, some question whether the city’s over-dependence on private collections is harmful to its arts ecosystem. | Carolina Drake
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The New York Choral Society and dance company EMERGE125 join forces for a powerful exploration of 1950s music, reimagined through the lens of the Lavender Scare.
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Wake Forest University is the only American institution of higher education to establish a collection of student-acquired art. | John Yau
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PRESERVING PALESTINIAN STORIES
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An online archive of digitized patterns features more than 1,000 motifs pertaining to the traditional embroidery art form. | Maya Pontone
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Archival photography in Against Erasure ranges from uprisings to olive tree cultivation and an open-air cinema. | Summer Farah
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