In an open letter, the Society for American Archaeology accused journalist Graham Hancock’s docuseries of disparaging experts while promoting “racist, white supremacist ideologies.”
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Why You Should Fill Out ArtTable’s Survey on Working in the Arts
To close the gender pay gap in the field, we must first gain a better understanding of how systems of inequality shape the compensation and career experiences of art professionals.
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How a Landmark Feminist Show Got Erased From Collective Memory
Art critic Lucy Lippard’s first outing as a feminist curator in 1971 has, until recently, been almost entirely absent from history.
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Enough With the Selfies; Look at the Art
Museum guard Dereck Stafford Mangus urges museumgoers to put their phones down, just for a minute.
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The Death of an Artist Podcast Failed Ana Mendieta
Helen Molesworth’s true-crime sensation marginalizes the artist’s life and legacy.
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Elon Musk’s Strange Twitter Still Life
What does it mean when the world’s richest person trolls us?
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You Cannot Give Thanks for What Is Stolen
American artists were instrumental in propagating the false narrative of Thanksgiving, a deliberate erasure of violence against Indigenous peoples.
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Museum Directors, Do You Need a Hug?
Prominent museum directors declaring that they are “deeply shaken” by climate activists is a resounding failure of leadership.
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Sorry, But This Is Not “Repatriation”
The Met’s deal with the Greek government to “repatriate” billionaire Leonard Stern’s Cycladic art collection is not what it seems.
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Finding Strength as an Artist With Chronic Illness
When the profits from every sale are dumped right back into medical costs, what does the balance of surviving and creating even look like?
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I Am Not a “Gypsy”
Often, there is a disconnect between the museum world and Roma representation. One exhibition at the National Gallery of Art proves that it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Ye’s Critics Got It All Wrong
Treating Kanye West’s latest statements as exceptional, rather than a routine expression of the everyday reality of white supremacy, is only making the problem worse.