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Definition Jay from Above. Photographed by Bobbito Garcia.
February 14, 2020 - June 20, 2021

City/Game

Experience the excitement, energy, and evolution of this quintessentially urban sport as played on asphalt and in glittering professional arenas.
White background with light blue cartoon drawings of the microbes for different diseases
September 14, 2018 - April 28, 2019

Germ City

Microbes and the Metropolis
Two women who were rebels of the Victorian era. The women are not identified, but defied gender expectations of the time
July 17, 2018 - January 6, 2019

Rebel Women

Defying Victorianism
Close-up of a painting of a woman’s eye, with the word “EQUALITY” written in green beneath it
October 11, 2017 - August 5, 2018

Beyond Suffrage

A Century of New York Women in Politics
From an elevated platform, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a gathered crowd of journalists in New York City
January 13 - June 24, 2018

King in New York

Discover this civil rights leader’s connection to the city.
Close-up of a male AIDS patient wearing an ACT UP t-shirt and lying on a bed
May 23 - October 22, 2017

AIDS at Home

Art and Everyday Activism
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