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Week in Review: Australian Arts Orgs Impacted by Facebook Ban; NYC Loses 66% of Creative Jobs in 2020
Also, German researchers say the risk of COVID-19 transmission is far lower in museums and theaters than any other indoor activity, and more.
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After Canceling Controversial Deaccessioning, Baltimore Museum Receives Over $1M for Equity Initiatives
The museum previously planned to fund the programs using proceeds from deaccessioned artworks, a proposal that drew sharp criticism from many in the arts community.
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MoMA Receives Donation of 100 Photos by Women Artists Spanning a Century
The collection includes early modernists like Claude Cahun and Gertrud Arndt, as well as contemporary artists such as Catherine Opie and Carrie Mae Weems.
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Facebook Lifts Australia Ban, but Arts Organizations Will Face Long-term Repercussions
What did the overreaching ban on “news pages” mean for affected small arts organizations and publishers who relied on the platform to build audiences?
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Two-thirds of New York City’s Arts and Recreation Jobs Have Been Lost to the Pandemic
Museums, parks, and theaters as well as sports and recreational businesses have been more impacted than any other economic sector in the city.
Film
A Documentary Lays Out the Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Scandal
Church and the Fourth Estate investigates one of the tens of thousands of cases of alleged sexual abuse within the BSA, as well as Scouting's links to the LDS Church.
Art
Was the GameStop Frenzy an Artwork?
In spite of silly pronouncements on the internet that the GameStop frenzy would or could lead to the dethroning of Wall Street, it did, for a moment, reveal a kind of collective power hidden in plain sight.
Film
Fake It ’Til You Make It: A Documentary Peels Back the Veneer of Online Influencers
The crew of Fake Famous generated followers for aspiring Instagram celebs, demonstrating the artifice of internet success.
Books
From Rum Punch to Curries, This Artists’ Cookbook Is Deliciously Inclusive
The 1Shanthiroad Cookbook does more than stoke nostalgia, hinting at the politics that touch the growing, trading, cooking, and eating of food in India and beyond.
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Last Statue of Spanish Dictator Franco Comes Down
While protests over free speech in Spain rock the country, the removal of the dictator’s statue is a symbol of reckoning with a bloody past.
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Museums Are Safer Than Any Other Indoor Activity, COVID-19 Study Says
Researchers at the Berlin Institute of Technology say the risk of COVID-19 transmission is far lower in museums and theaters than in supermarkets, restaurants, offices, or public transportation.
Art
NFT Art Goes Viral and Heads to Auction — But What Is It?
Christie’s first-ever sale of a purely digital artwork has decidedly catapulted non-fungible token (NFT) art into the mainstream.