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Anonymous Was a Woman announces the recipients of its 2018 grants, Kameelah Janan Rasheed is an artist-in-residence at the Brooklyn Public Library, and more.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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Judge Rules on Natural History Museum Expansion, Dismissing Community Lawsuit
A coalition of over 5,000 New Yorkers has protested the museum's expansion into Theodore Roosevelt Park, but on Monday, a judge allowed the $383 million project to move forward.
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Tania Bruguera and Other Cuban Artists Released from Jail, Government Curtails Law Censoring the Arts
Numerous Cuban artist-activists were detained for protesting Decree 349, but have been released as the law is reassessed. Cuban Vice Minister of Culture Fernando Rojas tells the Associated Press that more precise regulations will be published in upcoming days, but that “artistic creation is not the
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Decolonize This Place Plans Action at the Whitney Opposing Tear Gas Manufacturer on Museum Board
After Whitney Museum director Adam Weinberg published a letter to the public asserting the museum, "cannot right all the ills of an unjust world," Decolonize This Place organized a December 9 protest in solidarity with Whitney staffers.
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Week in Review: SpaceX Launches Art in Space, Banksy Raffles Sculpture for $2.50
Also, Russia will pay Pussy Riot $43,500, Anish Kapoor wins a legal battle against the NRA, and more.
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Charlotte Prodger wins the 2018 Turner Prize, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures won $250,000 from Sotheby's to stage an exhibition on Black cinema, and more.
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Artists Arrested in Cuba for Protesting Decree Censoring the Arts
Cuban artists were arrested after planning a sit-in at the Cuban Ministry of Culture to protest Decree 349, which puts in place unprecedented censorship of the arts and will take effect December 7.
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Protesters March After UNC Proposes $5.3M Building to House Toppled Confederate Monument
In August, student activists toppled the "Silent Sam" Confederate monument on UNC's campus. Yesterday, the university chancellor introduced a proposal to reinstall the statue.
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Whitney Museum Director Pens Letter After Vice Chair’s Relationship to Weapons Manufacturer Is Publicized
"Even as we are idealistic and missionary in our belief in artists — as established by our founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney — the Whitney is first and foremost a museum. It cannot right all the ills of an unjust world, nor is that its role. Yet, I contend that the Whitney has a critical and urgen
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Decolonize This Place Demands Repatriation of "Imperial Plunder" at the Brooklyn Museum
Parallel to today's protest at the RISD Museum, organizers from Decolonize This Place gathered at the Brooklyn Museum to decry stolen objects in the Brooklyn Museum's collection.
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Week in Review: Renoir Stolen from Vienna Auction House, Leaning Tower of Pisa Slowly Tilts Upright
Also, Indigenous artifacts are pulled from auction in Boston following protests, a famous stretch of Berlin Wall is saved from developers, and more.
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Louvre Launches a Free Admission Night to Attract Low-Income and Younger Visitors
Starting January 5, the Louvre will offer free admission on one Saturday night every month, to "democratise" its patronage.