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Facebook “Unfriends” Australian Arts Organizations
Over 300 arts organizations discovered their Facebook pages had been removed as a result of the site’s reaction to a recent regulation over media guidelines.
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Miss Your Local Bar? Recreate Its Ambiance at Home
The audio project I Miss My Bar lets you recreate the nightlife experiences you’re missing amid the pandemic.
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Week in Review: Indianapolis Museum Director Resigns Amid Controversy; Guggenheim Signs Union Contract
Also, Turkey filed an unprecedented lawsuit to dissolve an arts organization founded by jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala, and more.
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Theater Ensemble Targeted in Turkey for Kurdish Performances; Accused of “Terrorist Propaganda”
“The government views us as political because we believe that the almost 20 million Kurds living in Turkey have the right to experience theater in their own language,” said actor Cihad Ekinci.
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Alabama Bill Could Prohibit Adding Historical Context to Confederate Monuments
A proposed amendment could make it illegal to put up signs offering historical context on the site of Confederate statues and other monuments.
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Hundreds of Presidential Memorabilia, From Locks of Hair to Vintage Photos, Go on Auction
The sale at Boston’s RR Auction includes ephemera of all sorts linked to presidents from George Washington to Joe Biden.
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Experience Wassily Kandinsky’s Art Through Simulated Synesthesia
A new project from Google Arts + Culture uses machine learning and Kandinsky’s extensive color theories to interpret what the painter might have heard when working on this painting.
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Indianapolis Museum of Art President Resigns After Facing Backlash for Offensive Job Posting
Thousands called for Charles L. Venable’s removal after the museum posted a job listing which mentioned “maintaining the Museum’s traditional, core, white art audience.”
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1,500+ Call for Museum President’s Removal After Job Posting Cites “Core, White Art Audience”
An offensive job description seeking a new director for the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields drew ire from artists, IMA patrons, and former and current museum workers.
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Turkey Targets Osman Kavala’s Arts Organization in Unprecedented Lawsuit
Turkey’s Trade Ministry filed a lawsuit demanding the dissolution of Anadolu Kültür, an institution founded by Kavala in 2002.
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$38.5 Million Has Been Allocated to LA Arts Recovery
The new Getty fund is a massive effort to preserve jobs and retain the cultural capital of LA’s creative workforce.
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Guggenheim Signs Contract With Union After a Year of Tense Negotiations
The three-year collective bargaining agreement represents the museum’s art handlers and facilities staff: 22 full-time employees and 145 on-call staff.