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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.
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Metropolitan Museum Confirms Late August Reopening With Limited Hours
The museum, which has been closed since March 13, will reopen at 25% capacity.
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After Decades of Activism by Native Americans, DC's Football Team Ditches Its Name
Formerly known as the “Redskins,” the team will change its name and logo.
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Samaria Rice, Mother of Tamir Rice, Speaks Out About Art Depicting Her Son After Canceled Exhibition in Cleveland
After a Shaun Leonardo exhibition at moCa Cleveland was canceled, the museum issued an apology for its decision-making process. Activists and art workers in the Cleveland community, including Rice, have come forward as critics.
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Support Anti-Racist Organizations Through Art Sales and Fundraisers
From See In Black’s $100 print sale to the Black School’s fundraiser to open a space in New Orleans, here are a few ways you can support BIPOC-led organizations with your dollars.