Art – Five Shouts Out

LGBTQ+ Art, Literature, and Historical Ephemera Up for Auction at Swann

EditorAugust 7, 2022

“Homosexuals are American Citizens Also” sign from Philadelphia’s Annual Reminder march, 1969, ink on cardboard, 27 3/4 x 22 inches Swann Galleries’s LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History sale is...

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How Did a Banksy West Bank Mural End Up at an Israeli Gallery?

EditorAugust 7, 2022

In 2007, the British street artist Banksy painted a rat with a slingshot in the West Bank, ostensibly to protest the Israeli occupation of Palestine. He spray-painted the work on...

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Polish Museum Implores Visitors to Stop Having Sex on Its Premises

EditorAugust 7, 2022

Entrance to the Eastern Fort Museum of Fort Gerhard in Poland (via Wikimedia Commons) Wandering a museum can stir up all kinds of emotions. With history on display across cavernous...

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Black Artist Attacked in White Supremacist March in Boston

EditorJuly 7, 2022

Murrell shared photos of the attack on his social media. (screenshot Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic via Instagram) Charles Murrell, a Black artist, musician, and activist, was injured when he was caught...

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Philadelphia Faces Criticism for Commissioning a Harriet Tubman Statue From a White Artist

EditorJuly 7, 2022

Wesley Wofford’s “Harriet Tubman: The Journey to Freedom” (photo by Amaury Laporte via Flickr) The city of Philadelphia is drawing criticism for commissioning Wesley Wofford, a White sculptor, to complete...

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The Risks That Lurk in Europe’s “Scramble for Decolonization”

EditorJuly 7, 2022

The signing of the Joint Declaration on the Return of Benin Bronzes, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, on July 1, 2022. Left to right: German Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock,...