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by Michael Anthony Farley on July 3, 2017
- Edward Williams has been collecting racist memorabilia and art for years. Now, that collection lives at Theaster Gates’ Stony Island Art Bank in Chicago. [Chicago Tribune]
- David Gray has been using Melbourne’s anti-terrorism bollards as art spaces, installing mini-works and shows on the obtrusive concrete blocks around the city. [BuzzFeed]
- Is Jimmie Durham “The Art World’s Rachel Dolezal”? Them’s fighting words, but it appears Durham has been lying about being Cherokee for years, and built a career out of Native American imagery. [artnet News]
- The real estate industry is attempting to rebrand South Harlem as “SoHa”. Cringe-worthy. Now, politicians are trying to legislate against the nickname. It’s awful, but this doesn’t really seem like an issue for congressmen and senators to be dealing with. [Curbed]
- A United Nations initiative has been using the video game Minecraft to teach urban planning and architecture to women in slums. So cool. [Dezeen]
- Saint Petersburg’s new-ish Street Art Museum has to do a delicate dance with censorship and politics in Russia. [New Republic]
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