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Week in Review: Petitions Urge Museums to Retain Staff; Longtime NYC Gallery Shutters
Also, the independent entertainment company A24 is auctioning iconic props from its productions like Midsommar and Uncut Gems.
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From Shoebox to White Cube: A Roundup of Homemade Pet Museums
With institutions shuttered around the world during the pandemic, a new cultural phenomenon has emerged: pet museums.
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Wolfgang Tillmans Gets Artists to Sell $50 Posters for Global Fundraiser
The 2020Solidarity fundraiser features posters by Tillmans and other acclaimed artists like Nicole Eisenman, Betty Tompkins, and David Wojnarowicz.
Art
The 'Dancing Pallbearers' Meme Is a Danse Macabre for the Time of COVID
How a Ghanaian funerary service’s routine reinvented a trope as old as the Middle Ages
Art
Live Blogging a Convening on Equity, Collaboration, and Sustainability in the Arts
The Common Field Convening, originally slated to take place in Houston, has moved its workshops, conversations, and panels online. Stay tuned for Hyperallergic's live coverage.
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Metropolitan Museum Lays Off 81 Employees; Now Estimates $150M in Losses
The laid-off workers belong to the visitor services and retail departments. The Met’s director and president will take 20% pay cuts.
Opinion
Case Dismissed: On Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s Arrest and Release
The artist has been detained over 20 times in two years. But this time, his colleagues on the island mobilized in his defense — and that made all the difference.
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Museums Worldwide Post the Creepiest Objects in Their Collections
A social media challenge by the Yorkshire Museum prompted institutions to share chilling photos of objects, including a preserved a taxidermic “mermaid” and a pincushion made to look like childrens’ heads.
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Explore Latin American and Latinx Art History Through This Bilingual Digital Archive
A trove of over 8,000 key documents, from critical texts to manifestos, is accessible on MFA Houston's newly redesigned digital archive.
Film
Over Skype, Filmmakers Ponder Whether Cinema Is Dying
The latest iteration of the documentary series Room H.264, presented by the Museum of the Moving Image, considers the future of film and was made entirely in quarantine.
Art
A Fashion Historian on the Relationship Between Clothing and Disease
Alison Matthews David considers the past as we decide what to wear and how to protect ourselves during the pandemic.
Art
Stained Glass That Demands Slow Looking
Featuring jarring geometrics, menageries of odd little creatures, and maximalist aesthetics, Judith Schaechter’s light boxes are nearly impossible to look away from.