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Good morning! ⛅ I'm back after a much needed staycation. Today, we have a story about how an artist h

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Good morning! ⛅ I’m back after a much needed staycation. Today, we have a story about how an artist helped to identify a stolen 18th-century sculpture that the museum later repatriated to India, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera was detained for the third time in a week, and a streaming list for all the Ronald Reagan haters. – Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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A Looted Statue Gets Repatriated

Figure of Annapoorna (Benares, India, 18th century), artist unknown (photo by Don Hall)

While preparing for her upcoming exhibition at the MacKenzie Art Gallery at the University of Regina, Canadian artist Divya Mehra uncovered the colonial history behind a misidentified 18th-century statue in its collection.As a result of her research, the museum has repatriated the figure, which was looted from an Indian shrine over a century ago.

In Other NewsArtist Tania Bruguera was detained for the third time in a week while walking down the street from her home in Havana. Harvard University will remove Philip Johnson’s name from a private residence he designed after a group of architects and designers denounced his “widely documented white supremacist views.” Mimicking the style of Spotify’s annual “Wrapped” feature, the Getty Museum has ranked the top art searches on its website in 2020.

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