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PEN America to Facebook: Stop Taking Money for Bogus Political Ads
Mark Zuckerberg, when your platform has the ability to sway entire national elections, it's time to take a stand.
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If Culture Sector Employers Want Equality, Post Salary and Benefits With Job Descriptions
This practice will play a crucial role in breaking the cycle of women and minorities being historically underpaid in comparison to their white male counterparts.
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The Deficiency of Bill de Blasio’s Plan for Cultural Equity
On August 1, 2019, the de Blasio administration launched its “Create NYC Action Plan” to celebrate the progress they have made since launching New York City’s first Cultural Plan in 2017. But how much progress has really been made?
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Cuba’s Campaign Against Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
The treatment of Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara is emblematic of a struggle in Cuba over who defines and controls art and culture.
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Why Dior's Appropriation of Native Identity to Sell Perfume Miserably Backfired
Footage from the perfume's release party also featured white people dressed in sacred war bonnets dancing around tipis and belting out war whoops as spectators sipped champagne.
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Fighting the Art World's Ableism
Whether it's through the Vessel or the accessibility of galleries, by not sufficiently supporting the neurodiverse and disabled communities, the art world is inadvertently reinforcing the ableism that pervades American society.
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After Kanders, Decolonization Is the Way Forward
Activist organization Decolonize This Place believes "the museum can be made responsive to people rather than to the dictates of capital, that it can foster creativity and memory rather than functioning as a tool to launder the reputations of the ultra-wealthy."
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There Is No "Pride" in Appropriation
As I experienced firsthand at WorldPride, the erasure of Indigenous peoples is alive and well in the queer community. But our culture is not a costume.
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This Year's UNESCO Session Was an Insult to World Heritage
Djulfa, a sacred site for Armenian Christians, is disqualified from consideration because the host of this year’s UNESCO World Heritage Committee session, the government of Azerbaijan, has erased its existence and destroyed tens of thousands of Armenian cultural monuments.
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A Controversial WPA Mural Is a Litmus Test for the Longevity of Public Art
Victor Arnautoff's "The Life of George Washington" was painted at George Washington High School in 1934 under the Works Progress Administration. Recently, the school board voted unanimously to paint over it, becoming a contentious topic on public art preservation.
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Rethinking the "Bigger Is Better" Museum Model
Current museum expansions are hung up on the concept of size. Instead, could we rethink the “grow or die” museum mentality of the 1990s and 2000s?
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts's Apology Is Another Reminder of the Museum World’s Lack of Representation
Racist incidents like the one that targeted school children at the Boston MFA are neither the beginning nor the end. They underscore the museum world's frequent failure to serve marginalized communities.