The statue will be installed in 2020, and it’s the first in a planned series that came about after “the city’s reviews of its statues — an effort to toss out ‘symbols of hate’ — and the creation of She Built NYC, an initiative to create more statues of women.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Accused By Multiple Women, Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Now Being Investigated By Fox And Cosmos
Three women have accused the scientist and host of the TV show Cosmos of misconduct ranging from groping to rape.
Is The Iconic West Coast ‘Sunset Magazine’ About To Sunset?
This is bad (and, of course, it’s because the magazine was bought by a private equity firm): “Five top editors, including the editor in chief, have quit in recent weeks. Some freelance writers haven’t been paid for months. Sunset’s holiday issue, which typically lands in mailboxes in late November, has been delayed until nearly Christmas, in part because of a lack of advertising.”
WWI, As Seen From The Home Front
You can thank the Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery for some of the most indelible images of the home front: “Rilla of Ingleside does an extraordinary job of conveying the anguish and worry of having sons far away in the trenches, fighting endless bloody battles to take and retake small pieces of ground, while at home you have to go on living and working and, all the time, tracking the faraway battles, waiting for the casualty lists, asking again and again, as Rilla writes in her diary, ‘Over there in France tonight — does the line hold?‘”
Transforming The Image Of Blackness
Afro-surrealist artist – and Ferguson documentarian – Damon Davis says, “We need to be able to imagine the world as we want to see it. … It can’t solely be based on anger because you’ll burn out.”
Harry Leslie Smith, Who Survived The Great Depression And WWII And Became A Social Media Star, Has Died At 95
Smith’s following on Twitter and Facebook, in podcasts and in his column for The Guardian, reached well into the hundreds of thousands. “‘Enjoy yourself,’ he often said. ‘It’s later than you think.'”
Restaurants Are Public Spaces, And They – Like A Lot Of Public Spaces – Are Dying
And for this, you can blame Uber.
The City Where China’s Epic Battles Of The Past (And The Mind’s Invention) Are Staged And Restaged
Hengdian claims to be the world’s largest outdoor set – but there are 13 sets, and a creation of the Forbidden City that is only a bit smaller than the real thing in Beijing.
The Film Star Who Says She’s Not An Actor
The star of Alfonso Cuarón’s new and widely praised Roma had no idea who he was or how the film industry worked when she auditioned in order to please her sister.
So You Want To Take Spotty To The Movies
This canine-welcoming cinema and coffeeshop (with dog-friendly treats) in Wales is for you.