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Leading Jewish studies scholars came out in defense of Peter Schäfer, himself a prominent Talmud Scholar, and called accusations of anti-Semitism against him "false" and "outrageous."
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Bernard and Lisa Selz have contributed more than $3 million in recent years to the anti-vax movement. They've also given millions to institutions like the Frick Collection, the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Art Museum, and the World Monuments Fund.
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Also, a group of activists occupied El Museo del Barrio during its 50th-anniversary celebration, installations about child immigrant detentions appeared across NYC, and more.
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BAM administrative workers and cinema staff voted in favor of forming BAM’s seventh union by an 82% margin. "It's heartening to see workers coming together and standing up for themselves," one employee tells Hyperallergic.
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Plus, Aretha Franklin portraits find a new home, and the sales of Leonard Cohen's letters to Marianne, famous works by Dorothea Lange and other photographers, and an Andy Warhol riff on Botticelli's "Birth of Venus."
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During a conflict between municipal guards and activists protesting the privatization of Kyiv's cinemas, a group of over 300 protesters was met with violence and homophobic slurs.
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A group of 15 protesters occupied El Museo’s galleries to read out the Mirror Manifesto, an open letter that Latinx activists released in April in an attempt to steer the museum back toward its roots as a community-based institution.
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Around 90 workers are organizing for better wages and benefits. "It's about transparency," one worker said. "We have no autonomy."
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Dozens of protesters blocked entry to the gallery for guests of the ceremony, linking arms and chaining themselves to the gallery gates. Guests were forced to climb over the wall with the assistance of security in order to enter the gallery.
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"There should be no role for an oil company in the artistic decisions of any cultural organization," wrote the competition judge, artist Gary Hume, "and especially not in determining the winner of the world’s leading portrait award."
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Also, New Jersey named eight members of the Sackler family in its lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, a Turkish video activist chained himself to the culture ministry in Ankara, and more.
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Plus, classic cartoons from The Peanuts change hands, and the mysterious case of an $88.8 million Rauschenberg may be solved.