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The Pandemic’s Impact on Museum Workers’ Mental Health
Half of surveyed museum staff reported a heavier workload since the start of the pandemic.
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After Protests, Penn Museum Vows to Repatriate Stolen Remains of Enslaved People
Students and activists have urged the museum at UPenn to abolish the Morton Collection and end use of data sourced from it.
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Ancient Cave Painters May Have Limited Their Oxygen for Creative Inspiration
Cavernous conditions and fire may have contributed to an “altered states of consciousness."
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Google Doodle Celebrates the Metropolitan Museum’s 151st Anniversary
The GIF features rotating samples from the Met’s permanent collection, including the Unicorn Tapestries and a 19th-century guitar.
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First Online Slavery Database Gets a $1.4M Injection From Mellon Foundation
Enslaved.org houses millions of records related to more than 600,000 enslaved people and their descendants, emancipation activists, and enslavers.
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A Grant For New York Photographers Who Don’t Live in NYC
The Joy of Giving Something is offering a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant for photo artists.
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After Backlash, VICE Removed Altered Photos of Cambodian Genocide Victims
VICE removed the photographs from its site after receiving a complaint from the Cambodian government.
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Mississippi Returns Stolen Remains of Chickasaw People in States Largest Repatriation
It is the largest return of stolen Native American antiquities in the state’s history.
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First-ever Exhibition of Israeli Artists in the UAE Faces Calls for Boycott
“Opening the first exhibition of Israeli artists in the region is yet another attempt to popularize normalization.”
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Activists Convene Near Museum of Modern Art to Envision a “Post-MoMA Future”
Today’s protest kicked off “10 Weeks of Art, Action, and Conversation."
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Dots for Days: Kusama Blooms at the New York Botanical Garden
Cosmic Nature invites viewers to celebrate the artist’s joyful, creative energy after a year of loss and grieving.
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Anti-Racist Activists Say They Used a Stolen Confederate Monument as a Toilet
White supremacy is shitty.