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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.
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Teaching Art Online Under COVID-19
As we individually scramble to stock our pantries and secure our loved ones, we are also figuring out how on earth to switch our hands-on teaching of studio-based art to virtual platforms.
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Bloomberg's Flailing Campaign Designs "Not a Socialist" Hats for Cap-italist Voters
Priced at $17.76, the pre-sale has already sold out.
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Who’s Responsible for Bad Reporting on Mummies?
From questionable race science to an inaccurate synthesis of a mummy's voice, scholars regularly contribute to providing poor understandings of the past.
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A French Collective Looks to Create Solidarity Among Art Workers
ART ON STRIKE was created in early December as trade unions called for protests against the government’s new pension scheme and has since been consistent in organizing protests and demonstrations.
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Penguin Random House and Barnes & Noble's Latest Diversity Initiative Failed Miserably
After backlash, the advertising ploy, which reimagined literary figures from Peter Pan to Frankenstein's monster as people of color, was canceled less than 24 hours after it was announced.
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The Art of Escalation: Becoming Ungovernable on a Day of City-Wide Transit Action
The action, dubbed J31, takes place today. The political group behind it outlines its goals of "free transit, all cops off the subways, an end to the harassment of vendors, performers, and unhoused people, and full accessibility of those with varying abilities."
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The New York Times's Embarrassing Presidential Endorsement Reality Show
The paper's supposed act of transparency around its endorsement of Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren was in fact a cynical attempt to drum up interest amid low enthusiasm.
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Judy Chicago’s Collaboration With Dior Is Beautiful, but Its Feminist Ambitions Are Questionable
Judy Chicago’s collaboration with the fashion house, a runway-installation called The Female Divine, includes a woven catwalk carpet and 21 banners embroidered with questions including “What if Women Ruled the World?”