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Rigoberto Gonzalez and the politics of painting migration

Rigoberto Gonzalez and the politics of painting migration

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In 2019, artist Rigoberto Gonzalez painted a large-scale painting depicting immigrants crossing the border in south Texas. That painting grew popular. Won an award, traveled the world, even got to hang in the Smithsonian. Now, he couldn’t show his work there if he tried.

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