As the world moves rapidly toward irreversible and necessary change, art museum directors are talking about adapting their institutions to the times. But what if adaptation is not enough?
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The Question of Art’s Relation to Racial Equity in Mississippi
A new initiative undertaken at the Mississippi Museum of Art wants to have “more conversations about race.” I didn’t fully understand the need for such a program until I visited the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
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The Mississippi Museum of Art Confronts the State’s Painful History
The institution recently opened Picturing Mississippi, which presents a journey through the state’s charged history sprinkled with salient contemporary art.
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In Response to Mississippi’s Anti-LGBTQ Bill, Neuberger Museum Director Will Not Attend Opening
Today, the Neuberger Museum of Art announced that because of the passage of a new anti-LGBTQ bill in Mississippi, its director, Dr. Tracy Fitzpatrick, and the president of Purchase College, SUNY, Thomas J. Schwarz, will not attend the opening of When Modern Was Contemporary: Selections from the Roy R. Neuberger Collection at the Mississippi Museum of Art.