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...public spaces. Mrs. Obama has been quoted numerous times stating that she believes the White House is ultimately, “America’s house.” The roughly 45 pieces requested, comprised mainly of portraits of Native Americans in the Old West, 20th-century abstract paintings, and sculptures, were undoubtedly curated to reflect both the Obamas’ personal tastes as well as the new administration’s approach and aspirations...
...York 20 years ago. Now this historically significant image has resurfaced for “ACT UP New York: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987-1993,” encouraging Harvard to speak up about AIDS and explore its relevance to the community. The exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the formation of ACT UP New York as well as the premiere of the ACT UP Oral History Project, a collection of interviews with artists who were involved in the movement...
...Wall in My Head,” whose release marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, is an eclectic anthology, composed of excerpts from previously published novels by authors like Milan Kundera and Victor Pelevin, previously unpublished short stories and essays by Peter Esterhazy and Uwe Tellkamp, among others, as well as art and photographs from artists including Walter Gaudnek and Brian Rose...
...Catalan language and is engaged in an ongoing series of debates with the country's central administration in Madrid over governance of the region's infrastructure. For many, bullfighting - especially given its association with the Franco regime, which promoted it as a unifying national spectacle in the 20th century - fits squarely into an "us vs. them" mentality. (Read "Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: More Than a Game...
...first time in January when Bush's son, George W. Bush, invited all the former Presidents, as well as Obama, to the White House. Earlier this year, the White House issued a proclamation marking the 20th anniversary of another Bush initiative, the Americans with Disabilities Act - a gesture that did not go unnoticed in Bush country. (See TIME's White House photo blog...