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Museums Should Consider Why They’ve Become Targets of Attack and Protest
A terror plot targeting the British Museum was recently thwarted, but the reasons why it became a target in the first place go far beyond the current political climate.
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The Supreme Court's Take on Cakes Is Nothing But Empty Calories for Creative Industries
How the court managed to craft an opinion for a divided country.
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An Open Letter to the Pit Gallery About Its “Glendale Biennial” and the Communities It Erases
More than 50 members of the Glendale art community and their supporters are calling for a boycott of the Pit.
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Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum Sales Bring Over $40M, and Trustees Want More
Sales of the most prized works from the museum's collection netted over $40 million, but more will hit the auction block if the institution pursues its goal of making $55 million.
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Belgium's Biggest Art Prize Faces Important and Difficult Questions
The BelgianArtPrize became the focal point of a major controversy last month after announcing a shortlist of all white men for its 2019 prize.
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The Decline of American Empire in One Photograph
Can a single photograph symbolize a momentous geopolitical power shift? Perhaps.
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A Brief Lesson on Media Bias and Palestine
The ways in which media has abstracted the violence in Gaza brought back to mind an experience I had with an editor in 2014, when I tried writing about the Oakland-Palestine Solidarity Mural.
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Early Christians Would Have Found the Met Gala Gaudy
A historian of early Christianity with a specialty in religious dress considers how the Metropolitan Museum's recent gala and new Costume Institute exhibition might align with or offend early Christian sensibilities.
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Melania Trump Designed the Logo for Her "Be Best" Initiative
As if things weren't bad enough, the new logo for Melania Trump's initiative was reportedly designed by the FLOTUS herself.
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Why I Am Resigning from X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly and the Problem with 356 Mission’s Politics
The publication’s board is scheduling an event at an establishment boycotted by a long list of grass-roots organizations in Boyle Heights.
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Stop Treating the Berkshire Museum as a Sacred Space for Masterpieces
Locals like me don't visit the Berkshire Museum to look at famous paintings. Why did 40 artworks become the center of a national controversy?
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What Black Panther Gets Right About the Politics of Museums
In one scene, the blockbuster superhero movie touches on issues of provenance, repatriation, diversity, representation, and other debates currently shaping institutional practices.