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San Francisco’s Program to Pay Artists $1K Per Month Has Been Extended and Expanded
Launched in March, the Guaranteed Income Pilot was set to provide recurring payments over six months to 130 San Franciscan artists.
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Help Rebuild Notre Dame by Sponsoring a Statue
A stone sculpture of a pelican named Corson is among the dozens of Notre Dame artifacts that you can support.
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300+ Activists Blockade Entrance of MoMA, Condemning Ties to Violence Against Palestinians
Earlier today, the coalition of activists published an open letter highlighting the various connections of several MoMA trustees to Israeli violence against Palestinians.
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Angela Davis, Fred Moten, and 250+ Artists Sign Letter Condemning MoMA’s Ties to Violence Against Palestinians
The letter charges MoMA trustees including Steven Tananbaum, Leon Black, and Paula Crown with being “directly involved with support for Israel’s apartheid rule.”
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Week in Review: Bethlehem Arts Center Raided by Israeli Army; Whitney Museum Employees Unionize
Also, researchers say that ancient cave paintings are deteriorating due to climate change, and more.
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Dozens of LA Arts Nonprofits Receive Over $36M In Post-Pandemic Relief
Nearly three quarters of grantees are founded by, led by, or have a board majority of Black, Latinx, Asian, or Indigenous leaders.
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To Preserve Ancient Mosaics, Experts Are Burying Them Underground
The Getty Conservation Institute has undertaken numerous mosaic reburials in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Cyprus over the years.
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People Are Using an Ancient Method of Writing Arabic to Combat AI Censors
After Palestinian content was restricted or removed from Instagram and Facebook, social media users developed a crafty method of altering Arabic script.
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Work by Carrie Mae Weems Acquired by National Gallery, Displayed With Memorial to Black Union Soldiers
Two panels of Weems’s work feature a photograph of a 19th-century memorial to the soldiers in the 54th Regiment, now on display beside the original sculpture.
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Artist Emily Jacir’s Bethlehem Arts Center Ransacked By Israeli Army
Israeli army forces raided the Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research, also confiscating phones, computers, hard drives, cameras, and books.
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Restitution of Franz Marc Painting Sets New Precedent for Art Sold Under Nazi Duress
Germany’s advisory commission recommended the work be returned even though it was sold “outside of the National Socialist sphere of influence.”
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Citing Job Insecurity, Whitney Museum Workers Are Unionizing
Since the start of the pandemic, the Whitney has laid off approximately 20% of its staff.