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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.
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Artists and Scholars Sound Alarm on Far-Right Israeli Extremists in Lydda
Over a thousand, including scholars Judith Butler and Angela Davis, have signed a statement in solidarity with the Palestinian city of Lydda in the wake of mounting racist violence.
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Toga-clad Activists Crashed British Museum’s Reopening to Protest Oil Sponsorship
BP or Not BP? activists staged a protest against Big Oil sponsorship at the British Museum and Science Museum this weekend.
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Help Rebuild Notre Dame by Sponsoring a Statue
A stone sculpture of a pelican named Corson is among the dozens of Notre Dame artifacts that you can support.
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Do-It-Yourself Sculptures That Probe the White Savior Narrative
Roberto Visani’s cardboard flat pack statues appropriate and reinterpret famous abolitionist symbols.
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Dozens of LA Arts Nonprofits Receive Over $36M In Post-Pandemic Relief
Nearly three quarters of grantees are founded by, led by, or have a board majority of Black, Latinx, Asian, or Indigenous leaders.
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To Preserve Ancient Mosaics, Experts Are Burying Them Underground
The Getty Conservation Institute has undertaken numerous mosaic reburials in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Cyprus over the years.
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Citing Job Insecurity, Whitney Museum Workers Are Unionizing
Since the start of the pandemic, the Whitney has laid off approximately 20% of its staff.
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600+ Artists and Organizations Urge Boycott of Zabludowicz Art Trust Over Israel Ties
Hundreds have signed a letter denouncing Poju Zabludowicz’s ties to a pro-Israel lobby and the Israeli Air Force.
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Biden Scraps Trump’s Bizarre Plan For a “National Garden of American Heroes”
The president also revoked his predecessor’s authorization of harsh prison sentences for those who vandalize monuments.
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Ancient Cave Paintings Are Deteriorating Due to Climate Change
Extreme patterns of increased seasonal moisture from monsoonal rains and worsening droughts are accelerating rock art deterioration, researchers say.
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Major Delhi Art Institutions to Be Razed as Part of Controversial Redevelopment Plan
Scholars and artists including Anish Kapoor and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak are calling for an “immediate halt” of the $2 billion project as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across India.