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“I paint to try to reveal the struggle, tragedy and joy of life." — Alice Neel NOW ON VIEW—"Alice Neel: People Come First" showcases the work of one of the 20th century’s most radical artists. See #MetAliceNeel until August 1. https://t.co/igbAsUNhYJ © The Estate of Alice Neel https://t.co/mc15Cjkb1B

He used to work for FedEx. Now, artist Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe is at the forefront of the next generation of West African art stars: https://t.co/88Zp1PwtWq https://t.co/h1chwRnIBw

Germany is moving towards full restitution of the looted Benin bronzes in its public collections, a Foreign Ministry official said, putting it on course to be the first country to commit to returning them to Nigeria permanently https://t.co/zds9vl4eLV

A monumental bas-relief sculpture by Nick Cave connects Senegalese and U.S. cultures in a web of beadwork https://t.co/XkEd7l61SW https://t.co/naEGTw226B

Join us in congratulating the Brooklyn-based figurative painter Anthony Cudahy, who is now represented by the NYC tastemaker gallery, @halesgallery. Cudahy’s poetic paintings draw from the artist’s memories, queer archival images, cinema, and art history. https://t.co/uOi81xlcYW https://t.co/3eqKW9txa4

The vast fields of dots and nets that often appear in #YayoiKusama's work—"infinity dots/nets," as she calls them—were taken directly from hallucinations she experienced as a child 🔴 🟢 🔵 🟡 The artist was born #OnThisDay in 1922. 🖼️ : "Dots Infinity NOWH" (2004) https://t.co/N5ajDEIHcb

"Women Street Photographers" bolsters the understanding that women have always taken photographs, since the earliest days of the medium. https://t.co/MgBxh2unaw

Faces and fingers glazed in celadon emerge from surreal vessels by Canopic Studio https://t.co/L5Aa16PIxg https://t.co/zyOG2YO2Kj

In a surprise move, the Humboldt Forum in Berlin said it wouldn't show its Benin Bronzes and began to seek the return of the artifacts https://t.co/21KtchsYzE

Hiroshi Sugimoto is reimagining the Hirshhorn Museum's sculpture garden and making elaborate soufflés: https://t.co/lfbVu0F06O https://t.co/IgliwOz8rC

Magnum Photos is threatening to sue a streetwear company that used its images of historical conflicts for a new clothing line: https://t.co/wMLwPEw6ep https://t.co/IJGUXcHQqv

The easy-to-use camera got the world hooked on personal photography. https://t.co/OdIT9zGZvm

The Park Avenue Armory will postpone its forthcoming season of “socially distanced performance commissions” after several performers in the inaugural event tested positive for COVID-19 https://t.co/vZRL3DRWm6

A Stunning Book Theatre in a Museum in Tokyo https://t.co/YoKWnWq3uR https://t.co/bQcemFV3no