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Banksy Sold T-shirts to Fundraise for Activists Accused of Toppling Edward Colston Statue

by Jasmine Liu December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

The shirts, which feature an empty plinth and rope, have already sold out.

Posted inNews

George Floyd Statue in NYC’s Union Square Defaced 48 Hours After It Was Unveiled

by Valentina Di Liscia October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

Surveillance footage shows a skateboarder splashing gray paint on the newly-installed bust of Floyd.

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How Ashley O’Shay Uplifts Black Female Activists Without Deifying Them

by Kyndall Cunningham August 19, 2021August 19, 2021

The filmmaker tells Hyperallergic how she spent over four years within Chicago’s movement for Black lives making the documentary Unapologetic.

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The History of Anti-racist Protests in Brooklyn, From Abolition to Black Lives Matter

by Valentina Di Liscia June 17, 2021June 22, 2021

Launching on Juneteenth, the Brooklyn Public Library’s newest initiative examines six decades of Black-led activism in the borough.

Posted inOpinion

UK’s Threat to Punish Museums for Removing Colonial Statues Is Colonialism 101

by Aditya Iyer March 10, 2021March 10, 2021

The British government’s new “free speech champion,” Oliver Dowden, has threatened museums with funding cuts if they remove controversial statues.

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Need to Vent About 2020? Tell the Smithsonian Your Stories

by Hakim Bishara January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

The National Museum of American History is seeking first-person accounts for Stories of 2020, a time capsule about the whirlwind year.

Posted inArt

Watching Whiteness Shift to Blue Via Nationalist Aesthetics

by Nick Mirzoeff November 30, 2020December 14, 2020

Since the 1950s policing has presented itself as a “thin blue line” against disorder — a dog-whistle connecting the Civil Rights Movement to the mobility of Black people and white fears about the loss of a permanent, racialized social hierarchy.

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Protest Signs by Artists and Celebrities Sold to Benefit Families of Black Women Killed by Police

by Cassie Packard November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

Over 140 artists and celebrities contributed to Show Me the Signs, a live auction and exhibition at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles that benefits the #SayHerName Mothers Network.

Posted inOpinion

The Failure of Arts Organizations to Move Toward Racial Equity

by Quanice Floyd November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

As a field, we’ve waited far too long for these institutions to get on board. So now the call is for us: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color artists, leaders, and the organizations that serve us.

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Forensic Architecture and Bellingcat Map Police Brutality at Black Lives Matter Protests

by Valentina Di Liscia October 30, 2020November 5, 2020

The organizations verified over 1,000 pieces of video evidence showing hundreds of attacks on civilians and journalists during this year’s demonstrations.

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Trump Supporters Rallied on Steps of National Museum of the American Indian

by Hakim Bishara October 22, 2020November 5, 2020

A group of approximately 70 Trump supporters marched from City Hall to the Museum of the American Indian in Lower Manhattan, where they unfurled banners and chanted “Back the Blue.”

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Ava DuVernay Partners With Gallery for Exhibition Benefitting Law Enforcement Accountability Organization

by Valentina Di Liscia September 7, 2020November 5, 2020

The partnership with Signature African Art will present a two-part exhibition of work by artists reflecting on the African diaspora.

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