Art
Phillip Allen’s Astonishing Achievement
I have come to think of Phillip Allen as one of the most wonderfully challenging painters around.
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Opinion
Amid Historic Black Lives Matter Protests, One Museum’s Call for a “Nonpartisan Approach” Disappoints
“Let me reemphasize this point: the Toledo Museum of Art does not have a political stance,” director Adam Levine wrote, prompting criticism. But oppression is not a question of political ideology, it is factual.
In Brief
Artist Titus Kaphar Honors Victims of Racist Killings
Slated for the upcoming cover of TIME, the border surrounding the painting will include the names of 35 American Black men and women who have lost their lives due to police brutality and racist vigilantism.
News
Hundreds of Cultural Workers Urge NYC to Defund Police and Invest in BIPOC Communities
An open letter by curators Natalia Viera and Patrick Jaojoco outlines a series of demands that would steer the city’s expense budget “away from the NYPD, and towards social and civic services and education programs.”
Art
“Looting”: The Revolt of the Oppressed
The genesis of the term “loot” in colonial India has racist origins. Now, after the US president called for the killing of those “looting,” its origins become increasingly significant.
News
Cultural Institutions Heed Calls to #OpenYourLobby to Black Lives Matter Protesters
This week, theaters across the nation began repurposing their spaces in support of protesters fighting anti-Black police violence. A few museums are joining. Will the rest of the art world step up?
News
A New iOS Shortcut Blurs Faces and Wipes Metadata for Protest Images
The solution, innovated by software developer Noah Conk and a cohort of anonymous programmers, allows iPhone photographs to be published without revealing information about when and where they were taken.
Art
Queer Art Workers Reflect: KT Pe Benito Wants More Space to Dream
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.
Community
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Canada, Arizona, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Italy.
News
Week in Review: A Mural for George Floyd; Walker Art Center to Stop Working With Police Department
Also, a new grant for cultural critics of color, SFMOMA is accused of censoring a former Black employee, and more.
Opinion
The Bulldozing Effect of the Black Square
In the present, the black square says nothing about what is still needed to push things forward, and in the future, the black square will tell historians nothing about what we did.
Opportunities
Opportunities for Artists in June 2020
From residencies to COVID-19 relief grants, a list of opportunities that artists and creatives can apply for this month.