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After Securing $4M in Donations, San Francisco Art Institute Will Remain Operational
After SFAI announced its likely closure, the school will retain all tenured faculty and plans to return to online instruction this fall.
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Week in Review: NYC Delays Phase IV Museum Reopening, Tenement Museum Lays Off All Part-time Educators
Also, artists responded to the Goya CEO’s comments about Donald Trump, and more.
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Penn Museum to Remove Skull Collection of Enslaved People
Activists and UPenn students have released a series of additional demands regarding the abolition of the Morton Cranial Collection.
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An Italian Land Artist Carved Joe Biden’s Face Into a Field of Wheat
Dario Gambarin created a portrait of the Democratic presidential candidate in a field near Verona with "Jump & Fly, Biden 2020." But why?
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Tenement Museum Lays Off 76 Workers, Including Entire Staff of Part-time Educators
The group of 71 educators constitutes 92% of the museum’s education staff.
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Marciano Art Foundation Settles Lawsuit Over Visitor Services Layoffs
A mediator's proposal said that MAF will pay $205,481 to the 70 plaintiffs and $70,000 in attorney fees.
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Protesting Chinese Censorship Around COVID-19, Artist Takes Vow of Silence
For his #shutupfor30days project, artist and activist Brother Nut used metal clasps, duct tape, and other props to physically seal his mouth during the entire month of June.
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An Oregon Arts Nonprofit Will Transfer Its Land to a Native-Led Cultural Organization
In an acknowledgment that the Yale Union building in Portland sits on land belonging to several Indigenous nations, the property will be transferred to the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.
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Over 15,000 Workers Have Been Laid Off or Furloughed From 810 NYC Cultural Organizations
A report commissioned by the Department of Cultural Affairs describes a grim landscape for the city’s cultural sector amid COVID-19, with a notable difference in impact between large and small nonprofits.
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NYPD Proposes Stricter Regulations on Press Credentials
The proposal would expand the authority of officers to remove credentials from journalists and bar them from crossing police lines to cover news stories.
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Open Letter Criticizes Getty for Racial Bias and Insensitivity
Current and former staff of the Getty Museum, the Getty Trust, and the Getty Research Institute were among hundreds of signatories accusing the museum of racial insensitivity and bias.
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Plans to Reopen NYC Museums to Be Postponed, Cuomo Says
The governor cited the federal government's inaction, the virus's spread in other states, and the possibility of a second wave as reasons to hold off on opening certain businesses as the city enters Phase IV.