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Week in Review: Racism at Museums Is Scrutinized; Richmond’s Confederate Monuments to Be Removed
Also, 25 editions of a Simone Leigh sculpture sold out in one day, with 100% of proceeds benefitting Color of Change, and more.
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NYC’s Public Art Education Budget Reduced to 70% of Previous Year
Approved on July 1, the city’s overall arts and culture will be reduced by 11% in fiscal year 2021.
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Bypassing Impending City Council Vote, Richmond Mayor Orders Removal of Confederate Monuments
“Once we remove the remaining monuments, we can officially say that we were the former capital of the confederacy," said Stoney in today's briefing.
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Mississippi Votes to Remove Confederate Banner From Its State Flag
After flying for 126 years, the flag will go on display at the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
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SFMOMA Official Who Defended Censorship of Black Former Employee Steps Down
Nan Keeton, Deputy Director of External Relations, resigned weeks after the museum came under public scrutiny for censoring the comments of Taylor Brandon.
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SFMOMA Official Who Defended Censorship of Black Former Employee Steps Down
Nan Keeton, Deputy Director of External Relations, resigned weeks after the museum came under public scrutiny for censoring the comments of Taylor Brandon.
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Boston Will Remove Statue of Enslaved Man Kneeling at Feet of Abraham Lincoln
The Boston Art Commission voted unanimously to remove the city’s Emancipation Memorial.
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Boston Will Remove Statue of Enslaved Man Kneeling at Feet of Abraham Lincoln
The Boston Art Commission voted unanimously to remove the city’s Emancipation Memorial.
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Artists Parody New Museum, Calling Out Its “Political Inaction”
The group Artists for Workers has created a website replicating that of the museum, but instead provides resources for anti-racist organizing.
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An Instagram Account Is Amplifying Anonymous Testimonies of Racism in Museums
@ChangeTheMuseum is posting "stories of unchecked racism" that speak to the discriminatory practices plaguing cultural institutions.
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Tania Bruguera Among Artists Detained in Cuba Before Protest Against Police Brutality
Bruguera was arrested in her home under pretenses of “pandemic contagion,” preventing her from attending a demonstration against the killing of Hansel Ernesto Hernández Galiano.
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UK Activists Call for Removal of Monument to 19th-Century Imperialist Cecil Rhodes
At Oxford University, the Black Lives Matter movement has renewed protests over sanitized public narratives surrounding the violent legacy of British imperialism.