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Uffizi Gallery Director Asks That Religious Art Be Returned to Churches
Eike Schmidt, who has led the museum since 2015, said that "devotional art was not born as a work of art but for a religious purpose."
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Online Tools and Teach-ins: Resources for Understanding Calls to #DefundtheNYPD
If you’ve been on social media this week, you’ve likely seen growing calls to defund the police. Here are a few resources for understanding the very urgent need to reexamine and shift the role police play in our society.
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Critics of Color Can Apply for a New $500 COVID-19 Grant
The unrestricted funds will be released by granting initiative Critical Minded and sponsored by Allied Media Projects.
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Walker Art Center Cuts Ties With Minneapolis Police Department
The museum announced it would stop working with the MPD until it “implements meaningful change,” including “demilitarizing training programs, holding officers accountable for the use of excessive force, and treating communities of color with dignity and respect.”
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How Do We “Rehearse Care”? Artists, Activists, and Writers Model New Approaches
The first session of Gas Gallery’s Care Practice: Recipes for Resilience will take inspiration from Audre Lorde to consider “how we can each better use our influence and voice.”
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A Festival Brings Incisive, Experimental Documentaries Online
From the 2019 Chicago election to the everyday life of the mayor of Ramallah, Hot Docs offers a robust online program this year.
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Queer Art Workers Reflect: Jess Saldaña Wants to Decenter the “Genius Artist” Narrative
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
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Paul Mpagi Sepuya Offers Photographs to Advocacy Organization Donors
Sepuya is directing people to organizations like National Bail Out and #BlackLivesMatter-Los Angeles. Anyone who provides receipt for a donation of $250 and upwards will receive a print by the photographer.
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SFMOMA Accused of Censoring Black Voices After Removing Comment by Former Employee
Taylor Brandon commented under the museum’s Instagram post in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and said, “Having black people on your homepage/feed is not enough.” Artists and SFMOMA employees have spoken out in agreement.
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As ACLU SoCal’s First Artist in Residence, Audrey Chan Emphasizes Immigration Rights
Chan has worked on the ICE Not Welcome campaign and a series of interviews with recently released persons during the pandemic.
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An Invitation to Get Caught in the Spider's Web
Tomás Saraceno's retrospective exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi gives a closer look at the lives and creations of spiders to reveal how completely ecologies are entangled and spaces are shared with our nonhuman companions.
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The Baroque Artist Who Captured the World in Her Still Lifes
Giovanna Garzoni’s tablescape was a map of the world, and she wanted to chart every detail.