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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.
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A New Grant Will Digitize Thousands of Indigenous Oral Histories
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has given seven institutions a collective $1.6 million to digitize Indigenous oral histories and make them widely available, especially to Native communities.
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Week in Review: US Urges Release of Jailed Turkish Philanthropist; Sculptor Paves Way in Prosthetics for Darker Skin
Also, a bipartisan group of US Senators introduced a resolution in solidarity with Cuban artists, and more.
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An AR App Wants to Correct the Scarcity of Monuments to Historical Leaders of Color
Movers and Shakers' new app allows you to insert monumental figures of under-recognized icons like Shirley Chisholm and Toussaint Louverture into public spaces.
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Pérez Art Museum Announces Acquisitions by Newly Renamed Fund for Black Art
Iconic images by Gordon Parks and Kwame Brathwaite, and a vibrant painting by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, have entered the PAMM collection.
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US Urges Immediate Release of Art Philanthropist Osman Kavala in Turkey
The State Department released a statement denouncing the "specious charges against Kavala, his ongoing detention, and the continuing delays in the conclusion of his trial."
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Artists Contribute to a Coloring Book Benefiting the Black Painters Academy
More than 50 artists have submitted drawings for a coloring book that will help fund a permanent home for the new art school.
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Classical Snow Sculptures Storm Astoria Park
Unsatisfied with Netflix like most of us, artists Melissa Vadakara and Marios Tzavellas decided the neighborhood needed a “symbolic protector.”
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US Senators Introduce Resolution in Solidarity With Cuban Artists
The bipartisan group of politicians urges the release of Denis Solís, a rapper arbitrarily detained last year, and expresses solidarity with the San Isidro Movement artist-activist collective.
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A Sculptor and Former Special Effects Artist Is Paving the Way in Prosthetics for Darker Skin Tones
John Amanam began crafting impressive replicas of human body parts after his brother lost part of his hand, and has served nearly 200 customers in two years.
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Beads Found in Alaska Are Some of the Earliest European Objects Discovered in North America
The beads, located in three Indigenous sites in Alaska, date to the mid-to-late 15th century, prior to Columbus's landfall.
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SFMOMA Director to Step Down After a Tumultuous Year at Museum
The museum has been criticized for its sweeping layoffs and furloughs during the coronavirus pandemic and accused of fostering a culture of racism and structural inequities.