For instance, portraits of Kim II Sung, the founder and supreme leader of North Korea, and Kim Jong Il, the father of current leader Kim Jong Un, are mandatory in public places like train stations, hospitals, schools and factories.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
Centred on intimate portraits of women rebuilding their lives, the film follows individuals shaping a future in the shadow of a shared past.
This exhibition will juxtapose garments and works of art from across the museum’s collection, creating pairings that will illuminate the connection between clothing and the body, as well as the interplay between artistic representations of the body and fashion as an art form.
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Jane Levere,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2026
This implied the Blackness of God, subverting cultural representations of the deity as white and possibly European.
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Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
The late Catherine O'Hara and Annie Murphy both won Emmys when the series swept the comedy categories in 2020 for their portrayals of Moira and Alexis Rose, who were forced to move to a small town after a scamming business manager made off with their fortune.
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Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
Yet these portrayals carry both opportunity and responsibility.
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