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Week in Review: Artists Mourn COVID-19 Deaths; Guggenheim Curator Resigns Amid Controversy
Also, a major Armenian archaeological site is threatened by the outbreak of violence by Azerbaijan, and more.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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Fred Moten, Larissa FastHorse, and Ralph Lemon Among 2020 MacArthur “Genius” Fellows
Author NK Jemisin and documentarian Nanfu Wang were also among the awardees of the $625,000 prize from the MacArthur Foundation.
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Week in Review: Whitney Biennial Postponed to 2022; Guggenheim Union Protests at Reopening
Also, London’s Royal Academy of Arts is considering selling a Michelangelo relief to protect 150 jobs, and more.
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Week in Review: Artist Commemorates Ruth Bader Ginsburg; NY Gets a Climate Clock
Also, an anonymous collector donated Maurizio Cattelan’s viral banana sculpture to the Guggenheim Museum, and more.
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Rabkin Foundation Awards $20K Grants to Nine Arts Journals
The Brooklyn Rail, Burnaway, and Arts.Black are among the publications supported by the award.
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Week in Review: Guggenheim Employees Demand Executive Resignations; Brooklyn Museum Employees Allege Staff Mistreatment
Also, Bill Arning, former director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, was accused of sexual harassment online, and more.
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Week in Review: Biden and Harris’s Stance on the Arts; Met Museum’s First Curator of Native American Art
Also, the Everson Museum of Art will sell its prized Jackson Pollock to buy works by underrepresented artists, and more.
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Week in Review: Art Basel Miami Beach Canceled, Banksy Funds a Migrant Rescue Boat
Also, Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman died at 43, and more.
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For Decades, JEB Has Captured Liberatory Photographs of Lesbian Life
A portrait of Audre Lorde and an intimate embrace between a couple in 1979 are two of four photographs by Joan E. Biren.
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Metropolitan Museum Issues Second Round of Layoffs and Furloughs, Reducing Staff by 20%
Days ahead of today’s announcement, a group of Met employees sent a letter to museum administrators demanding greater transparency and protection for workers.
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#SayHerName: An Illustration of Breonna Taylor Will Cover September’s Oprah Magazine
The portrait will be the first cover of the magazine to not feature Oprah Winfrey in its 20 year history.
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Researchers Used a Century-old Postcard to Determine Where van Gogh Made His Last Painting
Wouter van der Veen, scientific director of the Institut van Gogh, noticed a striking resemblance between van Gogh’s “Tree Roots” (1890) and a postcard from Auvers-sur-Oise, where the painter took his life.