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Week in Review: Biden and Harris’s Stance on the Arts; Met Museum’s First Curator of Native American Art
Also, the Everson Museum of Art will sell its prized Jackson Pollock to buy works by underrepresented artists, and more.
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Film
An Oscar-winning Director Sets Her Sights on the Failed US Hostage Rescue in Iran
Barbara Kopple’s Desert One chronicles the disastrous events of Operation Eagle Claw in 1980.
News
Feminists Take Over Federal Building in Mexico City and Use Painting as a Weapon
In protest of femicide, the artists painted over portraits of all-male historical figures hanging in the National Human Rights Commission.
News
Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Declines to Voluntarily Recognize Faculty Union
“We trust our faculty as thoughtful scholars and creatives, and I support the faculty’s ability to do thorough research and make a quality decision about what they want for their future,” said David Yager, President and CEO of UArts.
News
A Museum Sells a Prized Pollock to Acquire Art by Underrepresented Artists
The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York will sell the 1946 painting through Christie’s; it is estimated to garner between $12 and 18 million.
Art
The Noguchi Museum Can Exist Without Visitors
The films of Distance Noguchi show the empty museum’s famous sculpture garden faintly stirred by the wind, the gentle splash of a fountain, or the chance arrival of a bird.
Opinion
It’s Time to End the 9/11 Tribute in Light
After almost 20 years, what started as a temporary memorial has turned into a symbol of extreme nationalism.
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Second MoMA Trustee, Glenn Dubin, to be Subpoenaed by Virgin Islands for Jeffrey Epstein Ties
The Attorney General of the Virgin Islands intends to serve subpoenas to Dubin and his wife, Eva Andersson-Dubin (who is also Epstein’s ex-girlfriend).
Announcement
Frost Art Museum Presents an Online Panel With the Artists and Curators of Otros Lados
Itzel Basualdo, Hugo Crosthwaite, and Judithe Hernández will join staff to discuss their work, the exhibition, and art by Mexicans and Mexican Americans.
Announcement
University of Houston School of Art Spotlights Bold Voices in Contemporary Art, Design, and Criticism
Aruna D’Souza, De Nichols, Nicholas Galanin, and Derrick Adams are this fall’s visiting speakers. Their lectures are free and open to the public for online viewing.
Film
Our Top Picks for the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival
Highlights to catch at its first virtual edition include Spike Lee’s David Byrne documentary, a strong slate of Indigenous-led films, and a look at the FBI’s efforts to defame Martin Luther King Jr.
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SCROTUS: An Artist Created a Giant Portrait of Trump Using Vintage Dildos
Cleveland-based artist Stephen Manka has launched a Kickstarter campaign in the hopes of taking his portrait of President Trump on a national tour.