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Kahlil Joseph Imagines a News Channel Foregrounded in Black Excellence
With BLKNWS, Joseph combats the racist and one-dimensional gaze of the news media.
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Week in Review: Museum of Chinese in America Begins to Salvage Archives After Fire; Triennial Postponed Over Coronavirus Concerns
Also, the official Obama portraits will tour the United States, new murals commemorate Kobe and Gianna Bryant, and more.
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Sotheby's Old Masters Painting Sale Garners $61M; Christie's Cancels Annual Spring Auction in Dubai
Also, the Denver Art Museum received 44 works on paper, a stolen Marc Chagall painting sold for its low estimate of $130,000 in Tel Aviv, and more.
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After Fire, Museum of Chinese in America Optimistic as Some Archives Are Recovered for Restoration
Some 200 boxes have already been recovered and are "very much salvageable," says museum president Nancy Yao Maasbach.
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Over 1,600 Materials From the Black Mountain College Archives Will Be Digitized
Thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Asheville Art Museum will digitize its largely hidden Black Mountain College Collection.
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Recovery Efforts Begin After Fire Ravages Museum of Chinese in America Archives
Tens of thousands of unique cultural items were severely damaged. The museum launched a fundraising campaign, and Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to secure temporary locations for tenants displaced by the fire.
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Palestinian Photojournalist Loses His Eye After Being Hit in the Face by Israeli Tear Gas Canister
Attiya Darwish was hit while covering protests at the Gaza Strip in 2018. He is the second Palestinian photojournalist to lose an eye from an Israeli military attack in the last three months.
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Museum of Chinese in America’s Archives in Danger Due to Ongoing Blaze
A fire that broke out last night injured eight people and destroyed the top floors of a building housing the museum's archives. The museum is still assessing the damage to its vast collection of Chinese-American cultural items.
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Week In Review: The Shed's Front of House Staff Unionized; Activists Hack Hans Haacke Poll
Also, actor Ellen Barkin revealed she was assaulted by Carl Andre, and more.
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Museu de Arte São Paulo Acquires 296 Artworks by Women; Howard University Receives Donation Worth $2.5M
Also, the Getty Museum purchased a Joseph Wright of Derby painting after the UK failed to find a buyer, the Aaron Siskind Foundation donated over 8,000 photographs to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and more.
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The Shed's Front of House Staff Has Unionized
The Shed announced its decision to voluntarily waive the need for an election and recognize the union following independent verification by the American Arbitration Association.
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Oprah Withdraws From Film on Russell Simmons Right Before Its Sundance Premiere
The documentary On the Record details allegations of sexual assault against Simmons. Though Simmons personally pressured Winfrey to leave the project, she claims this move is due to creative differences with the filmmakers.