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The Guggenheim and the PAMM acquire works by Puerto Rican artist Daniel Lind Ramos
[Many thanks to Rafael Trelles for bringing this item to our attention.] Our warmest congratulations to artist Daniel Lind Ramos for the well-deserved recognition of his work. New York’s Guggenheim Museum and the Pérez Art Museum in Miami will acquire works by the Loíza artist. Lind Ramos has also just received a $50,000 grant from the non-profit arts organization United States Artists. Puerto Rican artists Macha Colón (Gisela Rosario Ramos) and JanpiStar were also awarded grants in the film and dance categories, respectively. Here are translated excerpts from Mariela Fullana Acosta’s article in
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February 4, 2021
Modern ways of life differ greatly than what used to be popular in the last several decades. At the moment, more people have to rent in order to afford living than ever. There are fewer homeowners that ever before due to the difficult financial and economic situation. Until things turn for the better and until more people can afford it, owning a home will remain a luxury not everyone can have. However, a new way of living is on the rise, and those are rent to own homes.
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Supreme Court Rules for Germany in Case on Nazi-Era Art
In a unanimous ruling, the court said a federal law bars suits against foreign governments accused of expropriating their own citizens’ property.
The Guelph Treasure is a collection of medieval art that is now estimated to be worth $250 million.Credit.Gordon Welters for The New York Times
Feb. 3, 2021
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled against the heirs of Jewish art dealers in Nazi-era Frankfurt who sought to sue Germany in American courts over artifacts they say the dealers were forced to sell for a third of their value.
Head First (2006). Photo by Becket Logan, courtesy of Ryan Lee Gallery, New York.
The artist Emma Amos died in May, at age 83, from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. But even as her illness progressed, the painter, printmaker, and weaver was sustained by the knowledge that her seven-decade career was finally on the brink of her first retrospective, “Color Odyssey” at the Georgia Museum of Art.
“Emma always knew that she was going to have a show with me she might not have remembered my name at the last, but she knew that I was organizing an exhibition,” Shawnya Harris, the museum’s curator of African American and African diasporic art, told Artnet News. “That really touched me.”
How to celebrate Cleveland’s Black history during Black History month in February
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
The ceremonial arch at Cleveland s African-American Cultural Garden was dedicated in 2016. Cleveland architect Daniel Bickerstaff intended it as the first phase of a larger project. The angled black walls below the arch represent the Door of No Return at Elmina Castle in Ghana, through which enslaved Africans passed before the Middle Passage to New World colonies. Steven Litt
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Ready to celebrate Black History Month?
Destination Cleveland encourages residents to attend one or more of the several virtual and socially distanced events, and exhibits throughout the Cleveland area to help further residents’ knowledge and understanding of Cleveland’s Black history. The Cleveland Public Library has a host of events, as well.