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The article discusses interaction between Chilean artist Nemesio Antúnez and British printmaker Stanley William Hayter, who ran the Atelier 17 printmaking studio, in New York City in the 1940s. The author describes Antúnez's Taller 99 studio set up in Santiago, Chile in 1955 and discusses his involvement in a series of print biennial exhibitions in Chile from 1963-1970, including the American Print Biennial. Other topics include Chilean artist Roberto Matta's work at Hayter's studio, how Hayter and Antúnez's studios promoted social change, and the Museo de Arts Contemporáneo and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Chile.

The article discusses public memorials to the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City, which killed 146 young, mostly female, Jewish and Italian workers. The fire was believed to be the result of the company's undermining of garment union attempts to improve working conditions. The city refused to release the unidentified bodies for a public procession, fearing expressions of outrage, and instead buried the bodies quietly in Brooklyn. A large parade organized by the union took place on the same day with almost 400,000 people attending. A memorial statue appeared at the graves in December 1912. Possible sculptors, including Evelyn Beatrice Longman and Henry Bacon, are discussed. Class differences in the approach to memorials are discussed.