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Week in Review: Columbia Students File Class-action Lawsuit; LA Museums Can Now Reopen
Also, over 600 part-time faculty at the New School in New York City have signed a petition denouncing “skyrocketing healthcare costs," and more.
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Nominate an At-Risk Site to the World Monuments Fund's 2022 Watch List
The nonprofit is encouraging nominations that intersect with three major risk factors: climate change, underrepresented heritage, and imbalanced tourism.
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What Can Museums and Art Orgs Do to Counter Anti-Asian Hate?
“We are tired of the awkward silences and toothless affirmations,” shared the advocacy group Stop DiscriminAsian.
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Australian Festival Cancels Artist Project That Would've Doused British Flag in Indigenous Blood
After Santiago Sierra called for contributions of “First Nations blood” for his artwork “Union Flag,” backlash flooded social media.
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Columbia Graduate Arts Students File Lawsuit, Seeking Reimbursement Amid Pandemic
On November 4, School of Art students filed a class-action lawsuit against the university to recover damages, including tuition for the spring 2020 semester.
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“Slumlord of the Board”: Tenants Protest ICA Boston Donor Gerald Fineberg
The Fineberg Tenant Union gathered at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston with a pop-up exhibit documenting squalid conditions and evictions at Fineberg properties.
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Artist Coalition Announces 10-week “Strike” Against MoMA
The campaign is a collaboration by members of 12 activist-artist organizations, including Decolonize This Place, Forensic Architecture, and MoMA Divest.
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Faculty at the New School Denounce “Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs” Amid Pandemic
Changes in the university’s healthcare plan have largely affected workers at Parsons School of Design, where part-time faculty make up at least 85% of the teaching staff.
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Museums Respond to and Reflect on Atlanta Hate Crime
“This is a frightening escalation of the racial violence targeting Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) across the country since the pandemic began,” says a statement by the Museum of Chinese in America, one of many institutions to respond to the murders.
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The Lowdown on How LA Museums Plan to Reopen
Museums across Los Angeles share with Hyperallergic their opening dates, revised hours, and safety protocols.
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Listen to the Sounds of an 18,000-year-old Conch
The noises of a massive conch shell from the Upper Paleolithic Marsoulas cave society were reproduced and published online.
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Magnum Photographer Resigns Amid Allegations of Harassment and Child Exploitation
After an independent investigation found David Alan Harvey’s actions “a breach of Magnum’s Code of Conduct,” the photographer resigned from the agency.