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Hundreds of Museum and Library Grants Terminated Overnight
IMLS’s Trump-appointed director Keith Sonderling cut an estimated over 1,000 grants as the administration continues to decimate arts and culture funding.
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Art
The No-BS Protest Art of the Anti-Trump Marches
In nationwide demonstrations this weekend, protesters left “Dump Trump” in 2016 and opted for cheekier and artistically inclined messaging.
Books
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News
Organizations Lose Pivotal Grants as DOGE Takes Axe to Humanities Agency
Museums, libraries, and archives are receiving grant termination notices immediately halting funding for myriad arts and culture projects.
Satire
Netflix Releases New Reality TV Spinoff Art Is Blind
The show invites participants to fall in love with a work of art without ever seeing it.
Satire
Trump Withdraws US From Venice Biennale, “Too Diverse”
The president called for “a return to showcasing the great art of this country in a context-free void” and “definitely not in a liberal European swamp.”
News
Christophe Cherix Named MoMA’s New Director
The museum’s longtime prints and drawings curator will take over from Glenn Lowry, whose tenure was marked by controversy.
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Trump Whitewashes History in New Smithsonian Executive Order
Among other disturbing and demonstrably false distortions, the mandate suggests that race is a “biological reality” — a tenet of racist pseudoscientific beliefs.
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Brooklyn Museum Pauses Layoffs, But Workers Not Out of the Woods
A city funding increase and voluntary buyouts for nearly 30 staffers mean the institution will hold off on further cuts, for now.
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Amid Layoffs Controversy, Brooklyn Museum Will Offer Buyouts to Workers
Unionized workers will have the option of voluntary separation packages, but there is no guarantee that layoffs will be avoided.
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Brooklyn Museum Extends Timeline for Widely Criticized Layoffs
Workers now have until March 16 to make their voices heard as the museum awaits news of possible increased funding from the city.
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Workers Rally Outside Brooklyn Museum as Layoffs Deadline Looms
With staff cuts set to go into effect in just three days, workers and unions hope there’s still a chance the museum might reverse course.