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James Turrell will unveil another Skyspace this year in the Colorado mountains

The American artist James Turrell will unveil a new Skyspace this summer in the foothills of Pikes Peak in Colorado. The work will be installed on a hillside in Green Mountain Falls, a bucolic town near Colorado Springs. The work—one of more than 100 of the artist’s signature light chambers with ceiling apertures open to the sky—will…

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Philly needs to protect public art — and the artists that make it too

Gentrification is changing the cultural landscape in Philadelphia. Many parts of the city are experiencing rapid development, and murals, which celebrate neighborhood history and community leaders, are being destroyed, covered up, and whitewashed prematurely. The artists and communities who created these public artworks are left without a choice in the matter. While it is true…

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