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“U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman — the same judge who, in March 2023, ordered several books banned by Llano County officials returned to library shelves — denied most of the Texas county’s motion to dismiss librarian Suzette Baker’s wrongful termination suit.” – Publishers Weekly
Two climate activists were recently arrested at the Natural History Museum in London after spraying a dinosaur skeleton reproduction with orange cornstarch while demanding the UK government halt oil and gas projects. Gastroenterologist Dr. Will Stableforth and physiotherapist Steve Fay sprayed the museum’s reproduction of the 26-foot-tall Patagotitan mayorum skeleton at approximately 1:50 pm on […]
Artist Khaleb Brooks will design London’s first memorial to the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, acknowledging the city’s pivotal role in it. His design The Wake, a 23-foot-tall bronze cowrie shell, was chosen from a shortlist of six proposals for the £500,000 ($660,000) monument. The public sculpture will unveiled in 2026 in West India […]
“When you can’t think of what to draw, draw a head,” the Brooklyn-based artist Nicole Eisenman has been known to say, per a catalog for her critically acclaimed traveling retrospective currently on view at the MCA Chicago. “Shape Driven Heads,” a new series of paintings, hangs in her recently opened solo show at Hauser & […]