Jasmine Weber

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Week in Review: Simone Leigh to Represent US in Venice Biennale; SF Offers Artist COVID-19 Stipend

Also, over 150 artists have amplified demands for reform at the New Orleans Museum of Art following accusations of bigotry and discrimination, and more.

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Activists Fined After Anti-colonial Protest at Quai Branly Museum

Four activists were fined for their live-streamed protest at the Paris museum, in which Mwazulu Diyabanza removed a 19th-century funerary post from its display.

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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.

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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.