BEST

About TIME – Artist Titus
Kaphar’s poignant illustration of a black mother with the
silhouette of a child is on the cover of this
week’s TIME magazine.

Memorials to Black Lives – Murals paying
tribute to those killed by police and in other racist
incidents appeared in cities around the world.

Cutting Ties with Police – The Walker Art
Center and Minneapolis Institute of Art have severed their contracts with the city’s police
department after the death of George Floyd.

Voices From the Front Lines – On this
week’s Art Angle Podcast, four artists share their personal accounts from
the front lines of protests in New York and beyond.

Art for Philadelphia – Philadelphia-based
artists are selling prints to raise money for bail
funds as part of an efforts to support protestors in
Pennsylvania.

SAMO for Sale – A small New York auction
house sold a Jean-Michel Basquiat SAMO graffiti tag—the first
ever to come to market—for more than $70,000.

Monuments, Down – Monuments to Confederate
soldiers—including one of Robert E. Lee in Virginia—are
finally coming down in the wake of nationwide protests against
police brutality and systemic racism.

Hiding In Plain Sight – Archaeologists
used LiDAR technology to unearth the largest and oldest Mayan ceremonial
complex ever found.

WORST

Remembering Christo – The artist,
who died at age 84, dedicated his career to
bringing seemingly impossible projects to life.

Trump’s Photo Flop – What does President
Donald Trump’s bizarre photo op with a bible say about the larger state of the world? Artnet
News’s Ben Davis analyzes the story.

Time’s Up for Rizzo – Philadelphia removed a monument to Frank Rizzo, a former
city police chief and segregationist mayor.

Honor for Sale – A German auction house
sold a Medal of Honor for over $15,000, even after Texas senator Ted
Cruz criticized the sale.

Fair or Fail? – The Seattle Art Fair may
be over, after its parent company, Vulcan, closed its art and entertainment division this
week.

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