Apr 5, 2021

How an LA Printmaking Workshop Advanced the Career of Women Artists

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Good morning. ☀️ Today, a mural of a knife-wielding spider god was found in a 3,200-year-old temple in Peru, the long road home for the Benin Bronzes in European museums, and the African Burial Ground in downtown Manhattan will officially become a museum.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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How an LA Printmaking Workshop Advanced the Career of Women Artists

Ruth Asawa, Anni Albers, and others first experimented with printmaking at June Wayne’s Tamarind Lithography Workshop.

Jordan Karney Chaim

What's Happening

Sculpture depicting the head of an Oba (Benin king) (courtesy the University of Aberdeen)

A path toward restituting the Benin Bronzes advances in Germany and the UK.
Archaeologists in Peru discovered an ancient mural depicting what appears to be a knife-wielding spider god on the side of a 3,200-year-old adobe temple.
Lawmakers in the US Senate and House of Representatives have reintroduced a bill to expand the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York into an international museum and education center.

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Join an online, communal letter-writing session dedicated “to those who have transcended.”

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How New York Has Changed Over the Years, as Told By Pizza

With Untitled Pizza Movie, David Shapiro spotlights a slice of NYC life.

Nathan Smith

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Louise Bourgeois "Spirals" Teacup & Saucer

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