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Second Lady Karen Pence to Return to Teaching Art at Homophobic Christian School
If you really want to get in there and build future generations of toxicity, fear, and violence, you have to start while they’re young!
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A Sanrio Crocodile Called "Big Challenges" Is the 2020 Mascot We All Need
We have big challenges and we need Big Challenges!
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Has the Salvator Mundi Really Gone Missing? Unpacking the Latest Conspiracy Theory
Keeping track of the world's most expensive painting has become more difficult since it transferred into Saudi hands. One conspiracist claims the painting is involved in a money laundering plot tie Trump-Russia scandal.
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Most Shared Tweet of All Time Costs Billionaire Art Collector Almost $1M
Yusaku Maezawa posted a tweet offering 100 random people 1 million yen (~$9,200) and it garnered almost 5.5 million retweets.
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A Catastrophe: Feline Slashes 17th-Century Work of Art
Antique painting specialist Dr. Bendor Grosvenor was repairing a painting by John Michael Wright, when his cat attacked, leaving him with additional repairs costing as much as the painting itself.
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When a Lynching Memorial Becomes a Photo Opportunity
A reflection on the commodification of Jim Crow's violence through public memorials.
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Committing to Anti-Racism in Galleries of European Art
Amidst a surge in white supremacist violence across the country, the time has come to reconsider how American museums are presenting European art.
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The Whitney's Dilemma
The Whitney has not had the moral courage to reject support from a benefactor who generated his wealth in socially irresponsible ways.
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Nobel Prize Nixes Famous Medal in a Bland-New Logo Design
When will organizations stop spending millions on rebranding campaigns that swap images for bland, all-text fonts?
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A Response to “How Saudi Arabia and US Arts Institutions Partnered on a Cultural Diplomacy Offensive”
I am writing to contest Rijin Sahakian’s characterization of the artist-led organizations I helped to build from the ground up.
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Do Women Rock? The Met Overlooks Women’s Contributions to Rock and Roll
The museum's upcoming exhibition, Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll, has been criticized for its exclusion of women in the industry.
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Discerning Photography's White Gaze
The three top winners of the prestigious Taylor Wessing Prize depict people of color, photographed by white photographers.