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Facing $10M Budget Deficit, Brooklyn Museum Will Lay Off Dozens of Workers
The staff cuts will affect both full- and part-time workers across union and non-union roles.
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Union Decries Expected Layoffs at Brooklyn Museum
The museum plans to cut staff to address a growing deficit, according to Local 1502, which represents workers including art handlers and curatorial assistants.
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NEA Throws Out Grant Program for Underserved Communities
The NEA announced that it is scrapping its Challenge America grants and focusing on projects related to the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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Carmen Herrera Becomes First Latine Artist to Enter White House Collection
Acquired under former First Lady Jill Biden, the painting “Dia Feriado (Holiday)” (2011) is now hanging in the East Wing.
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Laid Off? Art Collector Bernard Arnault Prefers “Promoted Outwards”
The billionaire luxury conglomerate CEO defended Mark Zuckerberg's move to lay off Meta employees.
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Documenta Adopts Widely Criticized Definition of Antisemitism
The embattled organization’s new code of conduct effectively stifles scrutiny of the Israeli state.
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The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Is Turning 100
The Harlem institution is marking the occasion with a yearlong series of events including a special exhibition and a block party.
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Why Is There an Ancient Rome Researcher on Musk’s DOGE Staff?
Luke Farritor, who used AI to decode a Greco-Roman scroll from Pompeii, is reportedly part of the team leading Musk’s chaotic takeover of government systems.
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Garage Sale Portrait Is Not a Van Gogh Original, Museum Says
But an art authentication group insists that the painting is an original by the Dutch master, stating that “even the museum is fallible.”
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AI Art With Human “Expressive Elements” Can Be Copyrighted
The US Copyright Office issued its latest findings on the controversial question of who owns artworks created using generative tools.
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Trump Disbands President's Committee on Arts and Humanities
The committee worked on projects including mobilizing artists to counter all forms of hate and the developing role of AI in arts and humanities.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum Board Member Calls Gazans “Fundamentally Evil”
In an editorial, Martin Oliner encouraged other countries to support Trump in “making Gaza great again.”