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Christian N. Kerr: “The Power of Protest Art and the Dignity of the Protester”

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Vassilis Lambropoulos | Comments Off on Christian N. Kerr: “The Power of Protest Art and the Dignity of the Protester”

 The Window and the Breaking of the Window, a new exhibition of black American artists “at the Studio Museum in Harlem about organized protests asks if they can push us to recognize our shared humanity.”

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