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What Winning a Grant for my Art Writing Meant to Me
The money gave me the chance to prioritize my writing — something that I wish didn’t feel like a privilege but does — and it gave me the encouragement I needed to keep going.
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Art and Freedom of Expression in Cuba, Throughout the 21st Century
As Cuban authorities continue to target artist Tania Bruguera, Pablo Helguera publishes, for the first time, his 2015 essay on Bruguera’s attempt to stage a public performance on free speech.
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Effacing Indigenous History One Obelisk at a Time
The gawking fascination with the Utah obelisk taps into larger, fundamental behavioral problems that are holdovers from colonizing the frontier.
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One Nation Under a Groove: Why We Danced in the Streets
Public protests once filled the same streets now transformed into block parties. Photojournalists captured the impromptu gatherings and spontaneous joy that emerged in the distinct style of each city.
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Seeing the Bigger Picture on Public Memorials to Women
Recent works, including monuments to Mary Wollstonecraft and Medusa, demonstrate that it’s not that women have a problem with public monuments; it’s that public monuments have a problem with us.
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The Baltimore Museum Wants to Diversify Its Collection; It Should Be Allowed to
The best way to diversify a museum’s collection is by any means necessary. But an easy way is to sell overvalued art and buy undervalued art. Or at least it would be easy, if the art world establishment permitted it. The art world euphemism for museums selling art is
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Mourning This Year’s Canceled ArtPrize Event
This year, the excitement of having a shared and immersive three-week-long, city-wide artistic experience with people in a swing city in a swing county in a swing state was missing.
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A Designer Teaches People How to See Others Who Are Not Like Them
The crucial question is how to ensure diversity is always top of mind, regardless of who the designers or students are.
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Using Black Anarchitecture to Construct a New South
This undertaking is playing out today in New Orleans, amid calls to remove the city’s 17 confederate monuments.
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We Need More Creatives in Politics
Creative types are an untapped group of exciting potential political candidates who are equipped with the lived and professional experience that would benefit public service and policy.
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The Failure of Arts Organizations to Move Toward Racial Equity
As a field, we’ve waited far too long for these institutions to get on board. So now the call is for us: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color artists, leaders, and the organizations that serve us.
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What Is Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Record on Arts Funding?
Coney Barrett’s goal to build a “Kingdom of God” as a Supreme Court justice has threatened many livelihoods. How will her policies fare the arts?