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Where Do the NYC Mayoral Candidates Stand on the Arts?
The recovery challenges facing New York’s next mayor are immense.
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Detroit Institute of Arts Faces Backlash Over “Pro-Cop” Mural
Artists including Dawoud Bey, Jordan Casteel, and Kevin Beasley criticized the institution’s partnership on the mural, titled “To Serve and Protect.”
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The History of Donut Day Told Through Archival Images
The annual celebration pays homage to the women at the front lines of World War I, who rolled their dough using shell casings to bake the sweet treats.
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A Plant Concert Blooms in an Abandoned Building
Martin Roth's electronic soundscape shifts as plants grow and sway in a Victorian house in upstate New York.
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Whitney Museum Voluntarily Recognizes Union
The museum has recognized the collective bargaining unit, bypassing the union election.
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John Akomfrah, Carrie Mae Weems, and Others Demand Release of Dissident Cuban Artist
“Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is being detained solely for peacefully expressing his ideas through his art and for his nonviolent defense of human rights,” the open letter reads.
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Protesters Convene at MoMA to Denounce Police Violence in Colombia
MoMA trustee Paula Crown’s husband James Crown, a speaker said, is a director at a weapons conglomerate with ties to violence in Israel, Colombia, and elsewhere.
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Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Is Lifting Its Mask Requirement
Beginning May 29, neither visitors nor staff will be required to wear a face covering at the Boston museum, in alignment with a statewide mask ordinance.
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Week in Review: Artists Denounce MoMA Trustees' Ties to Israeli Apartheid; Brooklyn Museum Workers Unionize
Also, activists crashed the British Museum’s reopening weekend to protest Big Oil sponsorship, and more.
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Julie Mehretu Painting Could Raise $4M for Mass Incarceration Reform
“It is way past time for a collective reimagining of crime and punishment as we know it,” the artist said.
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Sign Your Name to Ensure New Latino Culture Museum Is Built on the National Mall
The public can now add their name to a letter addressed to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch urging him to enact a plan that ensures the new building gets a proper place on the Mall.
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Brooklyn Museum Workers Move to Unionize
While the museum is often billed as a progressive institution, some workers have spoken out against a starkly different reality behind closed doors.