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Omicron’s on the decline, the snow is grey and slushy, and the city unveils eclectic and exciting art........

Polygon curator Justin Ramsey explains that the concept for the exhibition was inspired by two separate events. In 1992, after the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police, American artist Nick Cave (not to be confused with the Australian musician of the same name) was sitting in a park, thinking about how to react, when he noticed a little twig lying broken and abandoned on the ground. Cave gathered up all the broken bits of wood he could find, took them back to his studio and created his...

Black Artists Take Over New Museum In Stellar Exhibition On Racist Violence In America View all 27 The "grief" part of this stunning new exhibition is what hits you first, the devastation and mourning of Black lives lost to racist violence in America. The "grievance" component is a bit more subtle: those imagined injustices, often politically orchestrated, of white America terrified of losing its power, frequently manifested in white nationalism. The two are intertwined, of co...