Good morning. 🌤 Today, the archetypes of The Real Housewives, US Capitol curators have revealed the pro-Trump riot caused some damage to the art, and what Black feminist archival care looks like.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Brais Lorenzo Couto, "Birthday" (2021) (image courtesy the Sony World Photography Awards 2021)
The shortlisted and finalist photographers of this year’s Sony World Photography Awards have been revealed, view their outstanding images capturing life under lockdown and the resilience of people worldwide.
When traders on r/wallstreetbets started bankrupting short sellers of GameStop and AMC stock, social media rejuvenated imagery stretching back to the 19th century.
On March 18, meet the artists continuing the legacy of the late Tim Rollins & KOS (Kids of Survival): Angel Abreu, Jorge Abreu, Robert Branch, and Rick Savinon.
The cast members in the various iterations of the mega-popular franchise demonstrate the increasing self-awareness of performance in reality television.
The British government’s new “free speech champion,” Oliver Dowden, has threatened museums with funding cuts if they remove controversial statues.
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