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Required Reading

Lunar New Year festivities and California's new Historic South L.A. Cultural District underscore renewed recognition of local arts, community celebration, and plans for a monument.

Social justice

fromThe Atlantic

1 day ago

Black History Month Is Radical Now

America elevates Founding figures to faultless heroes despite their roles as enslavers; efforts to erase those truths distort national memory.

Books

fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

2 weeks ago

'The good, the bad and the ugly': a short history of how artists depict the female body

Public visual culture simultaneously overexposes and marginalizes the female body: abundant naked female imagery on buildings contrasts with few monuments honoring named women.

from48 hills

5 months ago

Painter Luis Felipe Chavez contemplates the monuments immigrants carry within - 48 hills

The sculpture that we have here in Dolores Park is pretty chill, like, 'Oh, I did it. Everything is over,'

Arts

Typography

fromCreative Bloq

9 months ago

The Pope's tomb is the most unexpected design crime of 2025

Bad kerning on Pope Francis's tomb has prompted widespread criticism from designers, highlighting the importance of proper letter spacing.