Jasmine Weber - Hyperallergic (Page 15)

In Brief

Sadie Roberts-Joseph, Founder of Baton Rouge African-American Museum, Found Dead in Trunk of Car [UPDATED]

Baton Rouge police have arrested and charged Ronn Germaine Bell, a tenant in one of Roberts-Joseph’s rental properties, with first-degree murder.

In Brief

Solange Knowles Will Screen When I Get Home at Art Institutions Across the United States and Europe

The 41-minute-long, remastered director’s cut will feature new scenes and a new score.

News

Week in Review: WPA Mural Causes Controversy, Drawings by Children Detained at US–Mexico Border

Also, a monument to Melania Trump crafted with a chainsaw popped up in Slovenia, high-profile artists urge National Portrait Gallery to divest from BP, and more.

News

Week in Review: PAIN Sackler Protests at Louvre, Workers Unionize at Guggenheim Museum

Also, the death of artist Devra Freelander has sparked conversation across New York City to better protect bike lanes, Anish Kapoor's "The Bean" in Chicago was vandalized, and more.

News

Week in Review: An Artist Paints a Mural Along the US–Mexico Border Fence, New Museum Workers Protest

Also, someone stole a golden egg from a Dalí sculpture in Vancouver, British actor Mark Rylance has resigned from his association with the Royal Shakespeare Company due to their connection to British Petroleum, and more.

News

Detroit Street Artist Arrested While Painting Mural Commissioned by City

“They treated me like a felon even though I was commissioned by the city to do this,” said Sheefy McFly, adding that he felt "racially profiled and bullied."

In Brief

Protesting BP Sponsorship, Mark Rylance Resigns as Royal Shakespeare Company’s Associate Artist

“We are all together in this crisis and we all must change," Rylance said in an opinion article published in the Guardian. "I am resigning to lend strength to the voices within the RSC who want to be progressive, and to encourage my fellow associates to express themselves, too.”

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Week in Review: Sotheby's Sells for $3.7 Billion, an Art Philanthropist Couple Helped Fund the Anti-Vax Movement

Also, leading Jewish studies scholars are defending the former director of the Berlin Museum after his resignation, the Association of Art Museum Directors passed a resolution calling on art museums to pay their interns, and more.

Art

Theaster Gates Makes Visible the Hidden Layers of Cities

The collection of never-before-showcased objects materialize the underpinnings of urban livelihoods: commerce, culture, ancestry, trauma, which, particularly for Black Americans, are inextricably entwined.

News

Week in Review: Artists Protest BP, Hong Kong Institutions Strike to Oppose Extradition Bill

Also, a group of activists occupied El Museo del Barrio during its 50th-anniversary celebration, installations about child immigrant detentions appeared across NYC, and more.

In Brief

Following Social Media Criticism, #MeToo Artwork at Art Basel Removes Image of Assault Victim

Andrea Bowers's installation Open Secrets details sexual assault allegations that have come to light in the wake of the #MeToo movement, but came under fire for using the likeness of a survivor after her assault, without permission.

News

Week in Review: Museum Workers Urge Transparency, Trump Baby Returns in the UK

Also, New Jersey named eight members of the Sackler family in its lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, a Turkish video activist chained himself to the culture ministry in Ankara, and more.