Greatness, in this new golden age of wealth and vanity collecting, is inextricably linked to money, selling prices, and auction results.
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Just like Museums, Libraries Aren’t Neutral
There are many structural inequalities baked into the Library of Congress classification system, contributing to the further marginalization of already marginalized groups.
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How Africa’s Cultural Institutions are Leading the Way in Audience Development and Research
Rather than engaging with Africa’s cultural sector through a singular lens, what if the world looked to it as a source of innovation and instruction?
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When “Art” Dies, the Community Will Thrive
Perhaps museums can’t be museums until we in the community tell them they are that.
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An Archconservative Magazine Discovers Afrofuturism at the Met and Is Not Pleased
Conservative critic Gilbert T. Sewall wants to make the Met great again.
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The Parthenon Sculptures Should be Repatriated Immediately
The principle that one misdeed deserves to be redressed before another, because it stems from a situation of greater violence, is wrong.
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What Do We Do with the Work of Immoral Artists?
Where should we “draw the line” between sacrificing great art and supporting artists who are predators and bigots?
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An Exhibition That Lets You Smell and Taste the Beauty in the Paintings
Bagh-e Hind began with the question: Is it possible to recontextualize historical South Asian paintings and objects through lyrical, olfactory interpretations?
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Why the Art Institute of Chicago’s New Docent Program Faces Whitelash
In September when the Art Institute of Chicago announced that the current docent program would be dissolved, the backlash was swift.
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Facebook’s Hypocritical Guidelines Prevent Us Advertising our Suzanne Valadon Show
If artwork exists in some protected category, as Michelangelo’s “David” seems to, why then is a painting showing a female nude deemed “unacceptable”?
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What Are We Missing in the Debate Around NYC City Hall’s Jefferson Statue?
The sculpture was commissioned by the first Jewish commodore in the US Navy, Uriah Phillips Levy, who faced anti-Semitism throughout his naval career.
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How CODA and Sound of Metal Misrepresent Deaf Culture
Two recent films about Deaf culture have been lauded by hearing audiences, but set deafness and music at odds in superficial ways.