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The mural “Multicultural” by Gilberto Guzman was first painted in 1980 and refurbished in 1993 by Guzman. The Department of Cultural Affairs plans to remove the mural from the wall of what will become the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Vladem Contemporary. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
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The fight to preserve the “Multicultural” mural by Gilberto Guzman is not over.
The mural was set to be retired by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs in preparation for the new Vladem Contemporary Art Museum, but the mural’s future isn’t dead yet.
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Guzman recently filed a federal lawsuit over his mural’s preservation, claiming the department breached his artist’s contract and the Visual Artists Rights Act. His attorney, Penelope Quintero, did not return requests for comment.
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New Mexico city finalizes purchase for homeless center
JESSICA DYER, Albuquerque Journal
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Albuquerque, N.M., Mayor Tim Keller speaks, Wednesday, Aprill 7, 2021, about the city s recent acquisition of the former Lovelace hospital. The city will use it for emergency shelter and other services for the homeless population photographed on Tuesday April 6, 2021. (Jessica Dyer/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)Albuquerque Journal/AP
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The deal is finally done.
Now, officials say, the real work begins.
Albuquerque officials recently gathered with county and state leaders to commemorate the city’s latest major purchase: a onetime southeast Albuquerque hospital expected to eventually provide a range of services to people who are homeless.
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Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller says it is past time to make a major investment to combat homelessness, contending the pandemic has only worsened a pre-existing crisis and has made the city’s forthcoming Gateway Center even more necessary.
Patricia Smith, Anne White and Margaret Ward stand along Gibson Boulevard on Friday to protest the Gateway Center the city of Albuquerque is planning for the old Lovelace hospital at 5400 Gibson SE. Area residents contend the city has left them out of the planning process and is concentrating too many social services in their area. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)