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My Papi Has a Motorcycle, by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña

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'My Papi Has A Motorcycle' Pays Loving Tribute To A California Childhood

8:46am August 25, 2019

Author Isabel Quintero and illustrator Zeke Peña worked together on My Papi Has a Motorcycle, a homage to Quintero's childhood in California's Inland Empire, and to her hard-working father.

Nailed It: Bringing Science Into Nail Art

2:56pm August 24, 2019

by Luisa Torres

A young scientist decided that one way to get girls into science would be by painting neurons and parasitic worms on her nails.

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Tattoo Taints Larry Bird Mural

8:32am August 24, 2019

Basketball great Larry Bird is getting tattoo removal, or at least a mural of him is. Bird objected to a depiction of him on an Indianapolis building sporting what looked like multiple tattoos.

The Mapping Memory exhibition in at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, displays maps made in the late 1500s of what is now Mexico. They were created by indigenous peoples to help Spanish invaders map occupied lands. This watercolor and ink map of

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440 Years Old And Filled With Footprints, These Aren't Your Everyday Maps

4:55pm August 23, 2019

by Wade Goodwyn

In 1577, King Philip II of Spain wanted to know whom he was ruling and where in his vast kingdom they were. So his viceroy asked the indigenous groups in what is now Mexico to draw some maps for him.

Men wait to board a non-existent plane in Adrian Paci's 2007 video, Centro di permanenza temporanea (Temporary Detention Center).

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Artists Take On Global Migration: 'It's Hard To Watch And It's Hard Not To Watch'

5:08am August 20, 2019

by Susan Stamberg

An exhibition in Washington, D.C., features some 75 works — paintings, photographs, videos and installations — reflecting on displacement and relocation. Many of the artists are immigrants themselves.

The Confitería del Molino, once a bustling pastry shop adjacent to the Argentine Capitol building, reopened recently for a few hours in a sneak preview of its full restoration.

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In Buenos Aires, Crowds Line Up For A Taste Of Sweeter Days

5:52pm August 19, 2019

by Bob Mondello

The preview reopening of the Confitería del Molino, a long-shuttered art nouveau pastry cafe near the Argentine Capitol, prompted lines around the block — and, for some former patrons, good memories.

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Finding Identity Without Gender: A Queer Photographer's Journey

1:11pm August 18, 2019

by Olivia Falcigno

Photographer Ally Schmaling created a portrait series exploring queer and gender nonbinary identities. They say: "If there is not space for you, make space."

Big royal statues from the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, are pictured in 2018 at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris.

Across Europe, Museums Rethink What To Do With Their African Art Collections

7:37pm August 12, 2019

by Emma Jacobs

Attitudes toward returning cultural artifacts, often looted during colonization, are changing. In countries like France, Germany and Belgium, the talk has turned to restitution and repatriation.

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'Soul. R&B. Funk.' Features A Decade Of Photos From 'The Best Seat In The House'

1:20pm August 07, 2019

by Sonari Glinton

Bruce Talamon has photographed Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle ... the list goes on. A new book shows his work from 1972-1982.

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Crock Of Ages: New Exhibit Reveals Ancient Pottery's Millennia-Long Songs

5:57am August 06, 2019

by Neda Ulaby

Sculpture seems like an inherently visual art, but Oliver Beer has made it auditory. He dropped microphones into a mishmash of objects from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to craft an orchestra.

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