Marcos asked all of his Cabinet secretaries last week to submit resignations in what the government said was a “bold reset” of his administration following the May 12 midterm elections, which saw more opposition candidates win crucial Senate seats.
Another painting in the exhibit is of, by the Jamaican artist Kapo, whose given name was Mallica Reynolds. Flack and Reynolds had become close in the 1970s after she saw his works on display in a hotel in Jamaica, and Flack set up a foundation for the artist so he could concentrate on his work without worrying about finances.
When Kapo’s house burned down, it was Flack who helped him rebuild, and her support allowed him to stay in his hometown and continue his art. It was one of many obstacles that he overcame, said his daughter, Christine Reynolds, who came to see the exhibition.“Seeing his painting on view in `Somewhere to Roost’ is yet another signal that his work made it through,” she said. “I feel pride, vindication and joy, and I only wish I had him at the museum next to me so that I could watch his reaction to seeing it.”A photograph by Margaret Morton entitled “Mr. Lee’s Home” shows a makeshift dwelling that was part of a lower Manhattan homeless encampment in the 1980s and early ‘90s. It and some other shelters were
; resident Yi-Po Lee died in the fire.Morton chronicled the camp’s residents in her series “Fragile Dwelling.”
“These impoverished habitats are as diverse as the people who build them, and they bear witness to the profound human need to create a sense of place, no matter how extreme one’s circumstances,” she wrote.
In one painting, a young boy is wearing some snazzy red slippers and a blue romper. He’s got a big book in one hand and an even bigger hat in the other. You get the impression he’s stopped only momentarily before running off to play in his room.Raramuri Indigenous woman Gloria Vega, right, watches a neighbor wash clothes outside her home in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Silva Rey)
But the forced leave and docked pay left her reeling. She said she’s living paycheck to paycheck and wonders how she’ll pay the bills — her daughter’s school supplies, lunches, tennis shoes.“I have a daughter to keep afloat,” she said. “It’s not like I have the option to wait and pay for things, for food.”
Associated Press videojournalist Martín Silva Rey contributed to this report from Cuauhtemoc, Mexico.TULSA, Okla. (AP) — At the site of