For three and a half years, I ran Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn while dealing with issues of precarity.
Category: Opinion
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The Asian American Community at UC Berkeley Takes a Stand
There is a century-long history of political mobilization by students of color on campus.
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The Lax Compliance of Museums with AAM Guidelines for Ancient Art
The most astounding result of our research was discovering how few museums had complied with the American Alliance of Museums’ simplest requirement: having a public collections policy.
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Cuban Cultural Policy May Be Comprehensive But Lacks Quality
How erroneous assumptions about Cuba can skew our understanding of the country’s cultural centers.
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The Pandemic as Inadvertent Artist Residency, a Silver Lining in a Year of Isolation
There are many benefits of artist residencies, but for me, the best conditions for making art involve being paid to work where I already have the infrastructure.
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Black Art in Utah Highlights Systemic Racism in the Beehive State
“Black Refractions,” a touring exhibition now at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, throws into vivid relief the state’s shameful record on race.
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Unfazed by the Pandemic, Frieze Aims to Carry On
In the middle of a pandemic that hit New York hard, Frieze returns to the city with an in-person art fair, aggressively pursuing making money.
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Why We Think About Art in a Time of Adversity
In launching Art at a Time Like This we felt an enormous responsibility in starting an art platform that responds to crises in the US and abroad.
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Why Did a Scramble to Expand Black Representation Have to be Preceded by Tragedy?
In times of racial upheaval, we tend to ask Black artists to contribute to the discussion. But when the news cycle shifts, the demand seems to wane.
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The NFT Market Feeds Our Obsession With Ownership
Much is lost when cultural forms are understood primarily through the lens of property ownership — whether they are expressed as physical objects or digital code.
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Stumbling Towards Repatriation
We need to make it clear to our museums that we do not want to walk around in galleries of stolen artworks.
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UK’s Threat to Punish Museums for Removing Colonial Statues Is Colonialism 101
The British government’s new “free speech champion,” Oliver Dowden, has threatened museums with funding cuts if they remove controversial statues.