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The People of the South Bronx 

For their first major survey since 1991, artists John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres team up, offering an intimate look at their community. “Swagger and Tenderness: The South Bronx Portraits by John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres” is on view through April 30, 2023, at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York.

In 1970, Rigoberto Torres, then age 10, moved with his parents from Puerto Rico to the South Bronx. But they struggled to set down roots as the neighborhood went up in flames. “I ended up in a shelter, not once but a couple of times,” Torres says. “...

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