| Good morning. 🌧️ Today, Venice reenacts in full pomp and pageantry the 15th-century return of a queen, the story of a San Francisco muralist, and how mummified animals are helping us understand ancient dyes. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief The regatta reenacts in full pomp and pageantry the 1489 return to Venice of Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus, Armenia, and Jerusalem. | Avedis Hadjian SPONSORED On the occasion of the gallery’s presentation at Art Basel 2021, David Zwirner
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Ryman. Explore the tactile work through in-depth photographs, videos, and more. WHAT'S HAPPENING Notre Dame Cathedral’s ravaged interior after the 2019 fire (photo by Larry Koester/Flickr) France’s Notre Dame Cathedral is expected to welcome visitors again in 2024, the same year that Paris was set to host the Summer Olympics. In ℅: Black Women (ICOBW) withdraws from the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial, citing “a lack of honest investment” and “patterns of entitlement to Black women’s labor.” One of the 11 known copies of the US Constitution is expected to fetch at least $15M at auction this November. LATEST IN ART Josué Rojas came from El Salvador as a toddler, and his family settled in the Mission. | Emily Wilson SPONSORED This annual festival celebrating creative uses of glass returns to Seattle this October with more than 60 local artists. Learn more. Museum preservation specialists have demonstrated that these remains help us reconstruct the history and meaning of dyes used in animal burials. | Sarah E. Bond MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC A new book explores the impact of rapid growth and industrialization on six major Latin American cities. | Lauren Moya Ford SPONSORED In honor of the 10th International Arts Education Week, art projects and scholarly events in South Korea addressed arts education and its function in society and culture. Learn more. With films touching on protest in France, China’s one-child policy, and Indigenous life in Canada, the 2021 Currents program stays both culturally and politically forward-thinking. | Ela Bittencourt IN OUR STORE Defying every expectation of what a book can be, this pop-up extravaganza transforms into six fully functional tools: a real working planetarium projecting the constellations, a musical instrument complete with strings for strumming, a geometric drawing generator, an infinite calendar, a message decoder, and even a speaker that amplifies sound.
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