What to Do and See in NY and LA This Month

Good morning. 🌤 Today, your March guides for New York and Los Angeles, archeologists uncover an ornat

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Good morning. 🌤 Today, your March guides for New York and Los Angeles, archeologists uncover an ornate ancient chariot, and movies about Black cowboys.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Your Concise New York Art Guide for March 2021 Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month. Dessane Lopez Cassell and Cassie Packard

Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for March 2021 Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month. Elisa Wouk Almino and Matt Stromberg

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Matika Wilbur, Karen Zusman, and Anna Boyiazis are the winners of the second Leica Women Foto Project Award; view selections from their photography series on Hyperallergic. Pompeii archaeologists discovered an ornate chariot preserved in ash; its elaborate ornamentation has led some researchers to theorize that it could have been used for marriage rituals or processionals. Ahead of a massive march for International Women’s Day, activists painted fencing surrounding Mexico City’s National Palace with the names of femicide victims and messages of protest.

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