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The Diversity Problem at American Museums Gets a Report
A new report released by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation takes a broader look at staff diversity in American art museums.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple Gets Crucial Restoration
The United States is really proud of Frank Lloyd Wright — in February, it nominated 10 of the architect's buildings for inclusion on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Art
Plunging into the Darkness with Tino Sehgal
BERLIN — With a quiet and contemplative beginning, Sehgal sets up museumgoers for an unanticipated fall into the very heart of spectacles of intimacy.
Art
On the Fourth Anniversary of Fukushima, Artists Install an Exhibition Amid the Radiation
It's an art exhibition you can't visit. Not yet, at least, until officials declare the Fukushima exclusion zone habitable again, which for certain areas could take decades.
Announcement
The Paseo Brings Light and Sound Installations to the Streets of Historic Taos
On September 25 and 26, the historic district of Taos, New Mexico, will be transformed with 31 works by over 70 artists.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6ODkxNTYsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyODA0MzQsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjciI6OTkwMDI0LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjEwNDExNTUsImZsIjo3MDM4ODIsImlwIjoiNTQuODIuMjM4LjIzN
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G.U.L.F. Occupies Israeli Pavilion in Venice, Calls for Cultural Boycott [UPDATED]
Yesterday the Gulf Labor Coalition, which is an official participant of the central exhibition of the 2015 Venice Biennale, and the G.U.L.F. (Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction) group staged a variety of protest actions at the international exhibition.
Art
70 Years of Glitchy Computer History Turned Into Music
Late at night in Great Britain's National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park, some of the world's oldest computers awoke from mechanical slumber.
Art
As the Met Abandons Blackface, a Look at the Legacy of African Americans in Opera
Inevitably, the history of Black American opera chronicles not just perseverance and accomplishment, but also racism and exclusion.
Comics
The Last Words of Famous Artists
Quite an exit.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, 35 women tell their Bill Cosby stories, reflecting on memory in the internet age, how are performance artists paid, white privilege in Baltimore's music scene, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Fire
Today is the 91st birthday of James Baldwin (1924-1987), whose enduring works include Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953); Notes of a Native Son (1955); Giovanni's Room (1956); and The Fire Next Time (1963).
Books
Transient Truths in Fragile Focus: Geoffrey O’Brien’s 'In a Mist'
Geoffrey O’Brien — critic, columnist, essayist, editor-in-chief of The Library of America, and poet — is both a preservationist and an elegist, savoring what can be saved, acknowledging what will always be lost.