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Black Squares Don't Save Black Lives
If you consider yourself an ally to Black people, it shouldn’t just be about you or how you feel; it should be about how you can help.
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As Black Lives Matter Protests Continue, Some NYC Art Galleries Board Up Storefronts
Now, some galleries are taking measures to conceal their windows or board up, but others have long used telling architectural markers of exclusion to discourage diverse audiences.
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The CDC’s Misappropriation of a Chinese Textile, and Why It Matters
The cover of the May 2020 issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal stokes xenophobia against Asian-Americans by identifying COVID-19 as a Chinese disease.
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Barbie’s Back, as Basquiat?
The latest from Mattel suggests another 20th-century artist has become just a recognizable style easily packaged for kids.
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Case Dismissed: On Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s Arrest and Release
The artist has been detained over 20 times in two years. But this time, his colleagues on the island mobilized in his defense — and that made all the difference.
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In Memoriam of the Art World’s Romance With Diversity
A post-coronavirus art world that downsizes and shrinks can not be at the cost of artists and creatives of color.
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Why the 2020 US Census Matters for the Arts
Deborah Cullinan, CEO of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, discusses the importance of the 2020 census in the creative field and the center’s efforts to promote it through the arts.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Sheds New Light on Access to the Arts
We’ve seen an increase in online programming as museums close to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. One arts administrator ponders how we can maintain this accessibility, and how it is colored by race and class.
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The True Cost of Museum Fakes
The Museum of the Bible recently admitted all of its Dead Sea Scroll fragments are forgeries. But when fake antiquities are donated to museums, taxpayers lose.
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Teaching Art From a Distance Could Have Benefits
Faced with adversity, I have learned to keep moving forward. As an Iranian-American, having interruptions to my education has been more the norm than the exception.
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Dire Forecast From Metropolitan Museum Suggests Closure Until July
The president of the American Alliance of Museums tells the New York Times, “This situation is by far more dire than anything I have experienced in my 25 years of being an arts finance professional.”
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An Urgent List of Demands for Arts and Culture in the Face of NYC State of Emergency
The People’s Cultural Plan shares a list of demands in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including housing as a human right and free public education.