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Maya Pontone

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As seen in: Flipboard, Hyperallergic, EIN News, NewsBreak, ArtsHub Australia, Portside, Office Magazine, ZNetwork, The Berkeley Beacon, Culture Times of Canada and
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Historic Diné Weaving Relabeled to Center Native History

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By Maya Pontone
| Hyperallergic
In Ganado, Arizona, Diné (Navajo) shepherd and weaver Nikyle Begay grew up hearing stories and reading old newspaper clippings about the intricately designed textiles woven by the late master weaver Julia Bah Joe and her family. Out of the hundreds of weavings that Joe created in nearby Greasewood, one always stood apart from the rest: a 250-pound masterpiece rug made of hand-spun and dyed wool called “Diyogí Tsoh” (“The Big Rug”).
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Altman Siegel Gallery to Close Next Month

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By Maya Pontone
| Hyperallergic
After nearly 17 years in business, San Francisco gallery Altman Siegel will wind down operations next month. Founder Claudia Altman-Siegel specifically cited the current art market as the reason for the gallery’s closure in an announcement released yesterday, October 15.
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Ancient Rock Art Rewrites the Arabian Desert’s History

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By Maya Pontone
| Hyperallergic
A trove of life-sized animal rock engravings recently discovered in the Northern Arabian Desert may indicate that the notoriously arid region was populated around 12,000 years ago, contrary to previous beliefs that the area was once uninhabitable. Published in the journal Nature Communications last month, the findings help fill a long-standing gap in the region’s archaeological timeline at the end of the last Ice Age and beginning of the Holocene period.
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