May 8, 2023
Good morning on this glorious Monday in May. 🌤️
Today, Lori Waxman reviews the Veteran Art Triennial, Sarah Rose Sharpe covers a Smithsonian exhibition that asks if the world's light pollution problem can be solved, and Carolina Drake writes about an Indigenous collective challenging the myths about "White" Argentina.
And I also want to draw your attention to an essay by Priteegandha Naik about the caste bias on tech platforms. The issue of caste discrimination may be new to many of our readers, since the topic is rarely discussed outside of Asia, but in the United States it has started to emerge as an matter of importance. Three months ago, Seattle became the first US city to ban caste-based discrimination by incorporating it into its anti-discrimination laws. We encourage you to learn more about caste oppression and how it directly impacts the lives of hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
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Can We Even See the Night Sky Anymore?
Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky at the National Museum of Natural History is a call to action to mitigate the impact of light pollution. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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Art by Survivors of America’s Wars
The 2023 Veteran Art Triennial & Summit proves that the tools of the colonizer, the occupier, and the oppressor can be used to resist and persist. | Lori Waxman
Chronicles of an American Abyss
By surveying 150 years of social strife, the artists in Model Home (New York) dispel rosy clichés of the “American ideal.” | Ekin Erkan
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The Caste Bias of Tech Platforms
From Twitter and Instagram to matchmaking apps, tech companies have helped modernize the caste system instead of dismantling it. | Priteegandha Naik
The Artists Resisting the Myth of “White” Argentina
The work of Identidad Marrón Collective fights systemic racism and erasure of Indigenous and mixed-race narratives in the country. | Carolina Drake
Alfredo Arreguín, Painter of Myth and Memory, Dies at 88
The Mexican-American artist sampled from the jungles of his childhood and the lush landscapes of his adult life to create dreamlike canvases. | Quinn Russell Brown
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