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Sunday

Untitled (young boy), undated, sixth-plate daguerreotype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early African American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment. J. P. Ball/Smithsonian American Art Museum hide caption

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Smithsonian Acquires Rare Antique Portraits By First Black Photographers

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The almost 40-foot 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has been opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched. The bridge, which was fabricated from stainless steel rods by six-axis robotic arms equipped with welding gear, spans the Oudezijds Achterburgwal in Amsterdam's Red Light District. Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty hide caption

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Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty

Wednesday

Hung Liu, Resident Alien, 1988. Oil on canvas. Collection of the San Jose Museum of Art, gift of the Lipman Family Foundation. Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery hide caption

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Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

Remembering Hung Liu, A Portraitist Who Memorialized The Invisible

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The Safety Patrol, 2018. Cavigga Family Trust Fund. Photograph by Margaret Fox Bisa Butler hide caption

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Bisa Butler

Black Lives Are Celebrated In Bisa Butler's Extraordinary, Technicolor Quilts

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The Late Winfred Rembert Documented His Life With Art — And Now A Book

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Monday

Robert Longo, Untitled (Capitol), 2012-2013. Charcoal on mounted paper. Installation image by Lance Gerber for the Palm Springs Art Museum's exhibition Storm of Hope: Law & Disorder. Robert Longo/Metro Pictures, New York; Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles hide caption

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Robert Longo/Metro Pictures, New York; Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles

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A man covers himself from rain with an umbrella as he walks by the Baltimore Museum of Art on April 21, 2020. An upcoming exhibit at the museum will be curated by security guards. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption

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At This Baltimore Museum, Security Guards Will Be The Ones Curating The Exhibit

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Monday

People mourn their ancestors and the deceased at a cemetery in Quanzhou during the traditional Qingming Festival, or "Tomb-sweeping Day." VCG/VCG via Getty Images hide caption

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Matthew Mazzotta: How Can We Redesign Overlooked Spaces To Better Serve The Public?

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