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June 30, 2020

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As Debates Over Monuments Continue, Artists Erect Their Own at a Sculpture Park in Queens

by Dessane Lopez Cassell June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

Starting in July, Socrates Sculpture Park will unveil works by Nona Faustine, Jeffrey Gibson, and more, injecting fresh energy into current debates surrounding public monuments in the US.

Posted inOpinion

A Botched Restoration of a Baroque Painting Should Inspire Collectors Not to Cut Corners

by Sarah Rose Sharp June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

The unfortunate restoration of a Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painting has prompted the conservation community to call for stricter regulation.

Posted inNews

Artists Parody New Museum, Calling Out Its “Political Inaction”

by Hakim Bishara June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

The group Artists for Workers has created a website replicating that of the museum, but instead provides resources for anti-racist organizing.

Posted inNews

An Instagram Account Is Amplifying Anonymous Testimonies of Racism in Museums

by Valentina Di Liscia June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

@ChangeTheMuseum is posting “stories of unchecked racism” that speak to the discriminatory practices plaguing cultural institutions. 

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Tania Bruguera Among Artists Detained in Cuba Before Protest Against Police Brutality

by Valentina Di Liscia June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

Bruguera was arrested in her home under pretenses of “pandemic contagion,” preventing her from attending a demonstration against the killing of Hansel Ernesto Hernández Galiano.

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UK Activists Call for Removal of Monument to 19th-Century Imperialist Cecil Rhodes

by Aditya Iyer June 30, 2020January 11, 2021

At Oxford University, the Black Lives Matter movement has renewed protests over sanitized public narratives surrounding the violent legacy of British imperialism.

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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Martine Granby Sees Healing as a Form of Resistance

by Dessane Lopez Cassell June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.

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Why It’s Right That the Theodore Roosevelt Statue Comes Down

by Nick Mirzoeff June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

Maybe we can finally really look at Theodore Roosevelt statue: a monument that is all about hierarchy, created to express what American Museum of Natural History exhibits at the time called the “distinct races of mankind.”

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