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An Instagram Account Is Amplifying Anonymous Testimonies of Racism in Museums

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

@ChangeTheMuseum is posting “stories of unchecked racism” that speak to the discriminatory practices plaguing cultural institutions. 

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Tania Bruguera Among Artists Detained in Cuba Before Protest Against Police Brutality

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

Bruguera was arrested in her home under pretenses of “pandemic contagion,” preventing her from attending a demonstration against the killing of Hansel Ernesto Hernández Galiano.

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After White House Fence Comes Down, Its Activist Art and Posters Move Nearby

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç June 29, 2020November 5, 2020

After the White House installed a controversial metal fence around its perimeter, Black Lives Matter protestors transformed the fence into a messaging board and a spontaneous art show.

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Pennsylvania Art School Asks Faculty to Keep Professional Affiliation Separate From Activism

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 25, 2020November 5, 2020

Alumni, students, and members of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts community, including Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Didier William, have signed letters of concern condemning the college’s non-affiliation policies.

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A Block in Brooklyn Gets a Black Lives Matter Mural

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 25, 2020November 5, 2020

A new mural stretching 565 feet in Bed-Stuy memorializes over 150 victims of fatal anti-Black violence, including Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

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1,712 Confederate Monuments Remain Standing in United States

by Hakim Bishara June 24, 2020November 5, 2020

For every monument that has been removed, 10 others remain nationally, according to a study conducted by the data analysis company BeenVerified.

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An Open Letter From the Chicago Arts Community on Police-free Schools and Defunding the CPD

by Chicago Arts for Black Lives June 23, 2020November 5, 2020

Over 1,000 Chicago artists, educators, and cultural workers have signed an open letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson, the Chicago Board of Education, CPS principals, and LSC representatives, and the alderpersons of the 50 Chicago wards across the city.

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We Need Documentarians of Color to Tell Their Own Stories

by Miasarah Lai June 23, 2020February 21, 2022

BIPOC filmmakers have been demanding visibility, equity, and access in documentary for years. Amid historic protests for Black lives, this need is even more pressing.

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Man Shot and Wounded During Demonstration Against Colonial Statue

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 17, 2020January 22, 2021

Gunshots were fired outside of the Albuquerque Museum as members of a right-wing militia infiltrated an attempt to remove a statue of New Mexico’s colonial governor, Juan de Oñate.

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Mississippi Leaders Urge Redesign of State Flag to Remove Confederate Battle Flag

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 15, 2020November 5, 2020

“In Mississippi, the state flag is the most visible symbol of white supremacy,” says a group of local leaders calling for its replacement.

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Sale of Artist-Designed Scarves Benefits Black Trans Advocacy Coalition

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 11, 2020November 5, 2020

Gordon Robichaux has partnered with Post Present Medium to publish a series of silkscreened bandanas by Leilah Babirye, Matt Connors, Otis Houston Jr., Elisabeth Kley, Matt Paweski, and Tabboo!

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A Toppled Statue In Bristol Reveals Limited Understandings of What Decolonizing Requires

Avatar photo by Aditya Iyer June 10, 2020January 11, 2021

Protesters’ removal of Edward Colston’s statue didn’t attack history; instead it corrected how we write it.

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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries
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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries

Featuring two decades of interdisciplinary art along with new work created in response to the ongoing Women’s Rights Movement in Iran, the exhibition is on view in Hartford, Connecticut.

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