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Radical Hope

he pandemic-plagued world is ripe with divisions. The social-isolation methods and restrictions on travel that have kept people apart are further hardening opinions and hearts to our shared predicaments. Finding new ways to connect to one another and to relate to the planet that we share has become a driving impetus behind many artists’ practices. As communities around the world look to address both immediate and longstanding problems, artists have the ability to create spaces of understanding, empathy, and awareness that

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