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An Orwell-inspired Billboard Project Considers the State of US Politics
“Ministry of Truth: 1984/2020” will present 20 artists, including Deborah Kass and Mel Chin, on 20 billboards around New York City.
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Archaeologists in Turkey Uncover 2,400-year-old Dionysus Mask
Dionysus, the god of fertility and wine in Greek mythology, was also known as the “masked” god of theater and a patron of arts.
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Week in Review: Artist Commemorates Ruth Bader Ginsburg; NY Gets a Climate Clock
Also, an anonymous collector donated Maurizio Cattelan’s viral banana sculpture to the Guggenheim Museum, and more.
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BAM Administrative Workers Ratify Union Contract, a Hard-Won Victory
Union organizers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music said the coronavirus caused them to shift their bargaining priorities to job security.
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Keith Haring’s Personal Collection Will Be Sold to Benefit New York’s LGBT Center
Over 140 objects from Haring’s personal collection, including works by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, will be sold by Sotheby’s to benefit the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York.
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In New York City, a Clock Counts Down to Climate Doomsday
Created by artists Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd, the Climate Clock counts down how long it will take, at current rates of emissions, to deplete the earth’s “carbon budget.”
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Artist Relief Organization Extends COVID-19 Grants to End of 2020
With $20 million raised since April, Artist Relief announced today that it will extend its initial September deadline for applications to December 10, 2020.
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Gallery Partners With Florida Rights Restoration Coalition to Help People Vote
700,000 citizens who completed prison time and parole in Florida may be ineligible to vote. With only a week until Florida’s bail payment deadline, the New York-based gallery Canada wants to help.
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Ousted Director of Montreal Museum Sues Its Board for Defamation
Nathalie Bondil, who was dismissed from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in July, is claiming $1.5 million in punitive and moral damages.
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Head in the Clouds and Hearts on Fire: The New Emoji Coming to iOS in 2021
The drop failed to include a “flaming dumpster” emoji to convey our current reality.
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Artists Celebrate Their “Anarchist Jurisdiction” by Parodying Nostalgic Postcards
Artists and activists on social media responded to the Department of Justice’s announcement by ridiculing, and sometimes proudly embracing, the new label.
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An Urgent Book Club Dedicated to the Climate Emergency
The Brooklyn Public Library and advocacy group Writers Rebel NYC have launched Climate Reads, a yearlong, online book club and discussion series open to readers anywhere in the world.