Cassie Packard

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Week in Review: Whitney Museum Cancels Controversial Exhibition; Ai Weiwei Drops COVID-19 Documentary

Also, MoMA Chairman Leon Black is expected to be subpoenaed in the Virgin Islands in connection to his business dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and more.

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Week in Review: NYC Museums Announce Reopening Dates; Kentucky Gets Its First Public Monument to a Woman

Also, an ancient burial ground was discovered in Japan, Magnum Photos will reexamine its archive following allegations that it sold photos that promote child abuse, and more.

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Week in Review: Beirut Artists Raise Funds to Rebuild; New Museum Union Files Labor Complaint

Also, a portrait by Amoako Boafo was acquired by the Guggenheim Museum, and more.

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Week in Review: After Explosion, Beirut Galleries Band Together; Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Unionize

Also, the Tenement Museum Union filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, and more.

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Week in Review: One-third of US Museums May Never Reopen; MOCA Detroit Director Terminated

Also, Congress passed legislation to create the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino, and more.

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Reflecting on the Life of Rebeccah Blum, Accomplished Curator, Editor, and Translator

Friends and family remember Rebeccah Blum, who was killed in Berlin on July 22.

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Week in Review: NYC Delays Phase IV Museum Reopening, Tenement Museum Lays Off All Part-time Educators

Also, artists responded to the Goya CEO’s comments about Donald Trump, and more.

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Week in Review: Senior SFMOMA Curator Resigns; Smithsonian Workers Cite Racism at National Museum of African Art

Also, the French government drafted a law requiring that several high-profile objects be restituted to Benin and Senegal within a year, and more.

Art

Ecofeminist Art Takes Root

ecofeminism(s) at Thomas Erben Gallery offers an urgent reminder of our present climate and human rights emergencies. Likewise, the works featured imply that another world is, and has always been, possible.

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Week in Review: Museums and Galleries Receive Millions in PPP Loans; ICE Regulation Targets Students

Also, Korean-American artist Kate Bae was attacked in Manhattan’s Bryant Park, and more.

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Week in Review: Racism at Museums Is Scrutinized; Richmond’s Confederate Monuments to Be Removed

Also, 25 editions of a Simone Leigh sculpture sold out in one day, with 100% of proceeds benefitting Color of Change, and more.

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Week in Review: NYC Theodore Roosevelt Statue Will Be Removed; New Orleans Museum Workers Expose Racism

Alumni and students of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, including Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Didier William, have signed letters of concern condemning the college’s non-affiliation policies.