Art
In the Time of Social Distance, Galleries Go Digital
As galleries transfer programming online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve noted exhibitions worth checking out.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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American Alliance of Museums Asks Congress to Allot $4B for Nonprofit Museums
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NYC Will Support Payroll for Some Small Businesses During Pandemic
Businesses with one to four employees can apply for the Employee Retention Grant Program, including galleries and nonprofits.
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Metropolitan Museum Announces Indefinite Closure to Contain COVID-19
Starting tomorrow, March 13, the museum's three locations will shutter.
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A Lyrical Ode to the Vernacular Art of the American South
At the California African American Museum, Dust My Broom convenes a group of largely self-taught artists from the American South, and other Black artists profoundly influenced by it.
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Former Hamptons Gallerist Gave Anti-Indigenous Rant at Documentary Screening
At a screening for Conscience Point, about the local Shinnecock Nation, a seemingly intoxicated Ruth Vered allegedly called herself "the queen of white privilege." She was escorted out by police, and arrested after kicking an officer.
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Also, over 100 artists will contribute to a benefit exhibition foregrounding the experiences of detained children, and more.
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Also, Amanda Schmitt’s lawsuit against Artforum moves forward, Paris Musées is now offering 100,000 digital reproductions of artworks online, and more.
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A Previously Unseen Side of Betye Saar
At the Museum of Modern Art, spending time with Saar’s early inner self revealed a great deal about her trajectory into genius.
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Week in Review: Hong Kongers Circulate Radical Christmas Cards; Mexico City Museum Workers Protest Wage Delays
Also, Hawai'i's Bishop Museum will eliminate single-use plastic on its campus, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver partnered with a glasses company that lets color-blind patients see in full color, and more.
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In Richmond, Tracing the “Great Force” of American Racism
Taking a cue from James Baldwin, an exhibition considers the way that American racism moves forward — from the arrival of the first ship carrying enslaved Africans to the insidious ways it has trickled through the capillaries of American culture.
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Week in Review: Climate Strike During Art Basel Miami Beach; Harvard Students Protest Sackler Museum
Also, a California church mounted a nativity scene that comments on US–Mexico border detentions, "classic blue" is Pantone's color of 2020, and more.