Four Confederate Monuments Removed, Protestors Demand More
Four of the most egregious Confederate monuments have been removed. Protestors aren’t finished.
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Mickalene Thomas Dazzles in New Orleans
It’s easy to love the rhinestone-encrusted work of New York artist Mickalene Thomas and the temerity of an artist who would dare to bedazzle paintings that otherwise quote from the canon of the male gaze. Her large-scale mixed media images, on view through April 9 in the Newcomb Art Museum’s exhibition “Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on … Continued
Aboriginal Women Artists Get Their Due at the Newcomb in New Orleans
Dictionary.com has announced that xenophobia is the word of the year. Referring to a fear of otherness, the word was obviously chosen because of the recent election’s rhetorical skirmishes. Trump’s rhetoric has exposed resistance to extending rights to the disenfranchised and has brought us to a full-scale reconsideration of diversity and identity politics. Outbreaks of … Continued
