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Tag: Immigration
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Via miles4migrants.org
Miles4Migrants Donates Frequent Flyer Miles to Those in Need
Miles4Migrants, a non-profit founded back in 2016, has been using donated frequent flyer miles to provide people impacted by war, violence, persecution and disaster with the opportunity to migrate safely. Focused on …
Via itsnicethat.com
The London Underground’s African Diaspora Roundels
In conjunction with Art on the Underground, British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong redesigns the London Underground roundels (the discs that mark each station) for the Westminster Underground stop. Achiampong’s iteration will represent the …
East Harlem: The Postwar Years
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Through images photographed between 1949 and 1950, Leo Goldstein’s East Harlem: The Postwar Years tenderly depicts the lives of that era’s newest immigrants, Puerto Ricans. A Russian-Jewish immigrant himself, Goldstein used photography …
Virtual Reality Highlights from the 2019 Venice Film Festival
Four selections that run the stylistic, technical and narrative gamut of VR films today
Benefiting The ACLU, The Standard’s “Chefs Stand Up” Dinner Series
A look at the three-city venture that supports immigrant communities
Via artsy.net
Ai Weiwei’s New NYC Project “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”
Ai Weiwei’s latest NYC art installation is made up of some 300 pieces all over the city and makes a strong point about immigration and refugees. With a fence circling the Unisphere …
Via wmagazine.com
NYC Gallerist Denied Entry to the USA
As longtime fans (and neighbors) of NYC’s design gallery Chamber, we were shocked to hear that its owner, gallerist Juan Garcia Mosqueda, was detained upon re-entry to the US and sent back …
Via mic.com
Striking Portraits of Unknown African History
For his latest photo series, “Project Diaspora,” Senegalese artist Omar Victor Diop uses soccer as a metaphor linking the rich history of Africans in Europe to the struggle of those living on …
Via theatlantic.com
The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis in Photos
For its latest In Focus photo series, The Atlantic uncovers the perilous trans-Mediterranean journey that thousands of migrants from Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia embark on in search …