News
Will TikTok Be Banned in the US?
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo says the proposed ban is an effort to "deny the Chinese communist party access to private information that belongs to Americans."
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Art
Peter Hujar’s Tender, Transgressive Portraits and Why They Require Nuance
Lacking any attempts to deepen or broaden conversations about Hujar’s work, Cruising Utopia at Pace Gallery feels more like a store than an exhibition.
Film
The Ross Brothers Want to Make Messy Films
Directors Bill and Turner Ross talk about their new documentary Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets and how they created a "theater of people."
In Brief
How Risky Is Visiting a Museum? This Graphic About COVID-19 Transmission Provides Some Answers
From going to a library or museum, to visiting a concert, the Texas Medical Association created a graphic to assess the scale of risk, on a scale of one to 10.
Art
Monumental Paintings Are Hung in the Site of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide
Safet Zec is exhibiting his opus Exodus in the former UN Mission headquarters in Potočari, where 8,372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys lived their last moments.
Art
Cinematic Odes to Techno, Detroit, and the Black Producers Who Started a Movement
With Carl Craig Sessions, Dia:Beacon presents an online screening series inspired by the enduring legacy of Black musicians and artists.
News
Brooklyn Museum Lays Off 29 Workers; New Museum Lays Off 18
Both museums received Paycheck Protection Program loans in the millions.
In Brief
Columbus Statue Toppled in Baltimore and Tossed Into Harbor
On July 4, a group of protesters tore down a Christopher Columbus statue in Little Italy.
News
MOCAD Director Placed on Leave After Former Employees Pen Letter Citing “Toxic Work Environment”
Over 70 former employees penned a letter denouncing director Elysia Borowy-Reeder’s leadership. Their claims are bolstered by several letters of resignation and complaint from current and former staff members.
Art
Dominique Fung's Tongue-in-Cheek Rejections of the Orientalist Gaze
In Relics and Remains, Fung’s portraits reframe East Asiatic femininity, prompting the viewer to interrogate the tropes of Orientalism.
News
Samaria Rice, Mother of Tamir Rice, Speaks Out About Art Depicting Her Son After Canceled Exhibition in Cleveland
After a Shaun Leonardo exhibition at moCa Cleveland was canceled, the museum issued an apology for its decision-making process. Activists and art workers in the Cleveland community, including Rice, have come forward as critics.
Art
A Senegalese Dance School Reinterprets Pina Bausch
Days before The Rite of Spring was to premiere, the pandemic hit. The unprecedented all-Black cast rehearsed the dance one last time on the beach, resulting in a moving film that is now streaming online.