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Milk Map
Via rawstory.com
May 17
For a new show in Hong Kong, Ai Weiwei has created a map of China using 1,815 cans of baby formula. After six children died from melamine-tainted milk in China in 2008, many on the mainland have turned to Hong Kong in search of new sources of milk powder.
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Museum Politics
Via theartnewspaper.com
May 17
The new Palestinian Museum scheduled to open in Birzeit next year, is only political, says curator Jack Persekian, “in the sense that it provides spaces and opportunities for Palestinians to shape their own historical narrative and to engage with it.”
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Growing a Garden
Articles
May 17
“The public took to it instantly,” says Martin Friedman, Walker director emeritus, on the 1988 opening of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. “Everyone had a comment, everyone had something to say. They took ownership right away because it was a public space to begin with.” Now, 25 years and 8 million visitors later, we check back in with Friedman and others who were there when this beloved park was born.
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Gatsby Without the Glitter
The Green Room
May 17
With the opening of Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby this past weekend comes the familiar questions of book to film interpretations. People wonder if anyone hosting Gatsby theme parties actually reads the book, what the music of Gatsby would actually feel like in the 20s, and if the movie can be accepted on its own terms. […]
With the opening of Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby this past weekend comes the…
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Frogtown Farm
Via tcdailyplanet.net
May 16
With only 0.006 acres of green space per child—the city’s lowest—St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood is due for some greening up. And it’s happening: community members are converting 12 acres into an urban demonstration farm, nature sanctuary, and rec area.
