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Indigenous Womxn’s Collective Stages Protest Inside 2019 Whitney Biennial
"Indigenous people and other people of color are violently under attack by Warren Kanders’ manufactured weapons of terrorism,” the protesters said in a statement.
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The Lithuanian pavilion was also awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, Meleko Mokgosi will take on a role as a professor at the Yale School of Art, and more.
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The Metropolitan Museum Will Suspend Accepting Gifts from Sackler Family
The American Museum of Natural History also confirmed that it has stopped taking donations from the Sacklers associated with Purdue Pharma.
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Arts Entrepreneur Is Evicting Longtime Residents to Create Artist Housing in San Francisco
Carlie Wilmans, founder of the arts nonprofit 500 Capp Street Foundation, has come under fire after starting proceedings to evict a family from a duplex she owns in the Mission District.
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Forensic Architecture's Project at Whitney Biennial Reveals Museum Vice Chair’s Company May Be Complicit in War Crimes
The research group looks into the potential use of Sierra Bullets-manufactured bullets in Gaza, which prompted a response from the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.
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Activist Arrested During Protest on Subway Ride to the Whitney Museum for Protest Against Warren Kanders [UPDATED]
The protesters occupied the C subway line from East New York to Chelsea, and were confronted with large police forces at the final stop. One protester was arrested.
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A Heritage Center for Black History in Brooklyn Struggles to Remain Open
The museum, which preserves the history of one of the first free Black communities in New York, says that if a new crowdfunding campaign does not yield $200,000 before July, it will be forced to shut its doors for lack of resources.
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Week in Review: Reuters Journalists Freed in Myanmar, Facebook Groups Exposed for Selling Looted Objects
Also, the Hermitage Museum will loan Leonardo da Vinci works to Italian galleries in lieu of the Louvre, Tennessee gets a triennial, and more.
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Nelson Mandela Sketch Sells at Auction, and Frieze Brings Major Sales
Plus, the Getty acquires ancient engraved gems, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation acquires a rare map.
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Frieze announced its 2019 awards, Mia Locks was appointed senior curator at MOCA Los Angeles, and more.
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Activists Return to the British Museum to Lead Another "Stolen Goods" Tour
During the event, speakers called for the repatriation of objects acquired through colonialism and an end to sponsorship from the oil company BP.
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Student Organizations Occupy the Whitney's Lobby to Demand the Ousting of Warren Kanders
The students drew parallels and connections between the museum's board of trustee's vice chair and other board members at their universities