Today’s news is filled with local interest: Artist Mikel Elam was asked to reimagine the Liberty Bell and what it symbolizes. He fashioned a sculptural mask called “A muzzle to silence you,” from materials that suggest the history of enslaved Africans.
Read MoreSherman Fleming’s art is personal, performative and quietly confrontational. Amazing, actually. Recently, Fleming said, he did a public art piece in Brooklyn that riffed on those offensive yard jockeys.
Read MoreHELLO!
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