> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Week in Review: Asian American Arts Workers Denounce White Supremacy; NFT Prices Plummet - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/week-in-review-asian-american-arts-workers-white-supremacy-nfts-plummet/ - Published: 2021-04-08T20:36:58.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:38:35.000Z - Description: Also, Philly activists plan a protest at the Penn Museum to demand the repatriation of the stolen skulls of enslaved people, and more. - Author: Jasmine Weber - Tags: News, Week in Review, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1) *Week in Review is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.* [*Subscribe*](https://newsletters.hyperallergic.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) *to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter*. ## Open Letters Over 800 people [signed a letter denouncing white supremacy](https://hyperallergic.com/asian-american-arts-workers-denounce-white-supremacy-stopdiscriminasian-open-letter/) in the face of escalating violence and prejudice against Asians and Asian-Americans. The BIPOC nonfiction filmmaker collective Beyond Inclusion has drafted an open letter that [raises concerns about PBS’s overreliance on Ken Burns](https://hyperallergic.com/beyond-inclusion-bipoc-pbs-open-letter/) to direct its high-profile documentary content and condemns the broadcaster'slack of diversity. ## Community-based Activism Philadelphia activists have amplified their calls for the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania to [repatriate the skulls of enslaved people from the collection of Samuel George Morton](https://hyperallergic.com/activists-renew-calls-penn-museum-repatriate-skulls-morton-collection/), a white supremacist. Last August, the North Bronx Collective started cleaning up a community park in the Bronx until the NYC Parks Department [locked them out without warning](https://hyperallergic.com/north-bronx-collective-refurbish-tibbetts-tail-nyc-parks-locked-out/). ## NFTs Is carbon offsetting [enough to address the NFT ecological dilemma](https://hyperallergic.com/does-carbon-offsetting-really-address-the-nft-ecological-dilemma/)? Some critics liken the practice to greenwashing. After an astronomic market boom, [NFT prices have plummeted](https://hyperallergic.com/after-astronomic-market-boom-nft-prices-plummet/). ## In Other News... “Lucretia” (ca. 1627), an oil on canvas by Artemisia Gentileschi, was [recently acquired](https://hyperallergic.com/artemisia-gentileschi-masterpiece-lucretia-acquired-by-getty/) by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles after going unrecognized for decades. Researchers have [reconstructed the 2,000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism](https://hyperallergic.com/ancient-antikythera-mechanism-worlds-first-computer-reconstructed/), often called the "world's first computer." An anti-racist group pledged to [turn a stolen monument to Jefferson Davis “into a toilet”](https://hyperallergic.com/jefferson-davis-confederate-monument-toilet/) unless the United Daughters of the Confederacy meets its demands. ## Awards & Accolades **Germane Barnes, Luis Berríos-Negrón, Iulia Statica,** and **Catty Dan Zhang** were named the four finalists for the 2021 Wheelwright Prize by the Harvard Graduate School of Design. **Roberto Torres Mata** was named the winner of the Chazen Museum of Art’s 2021 Panczenko MFA Prize. Recipients of the **2021 Guggenheim Fellowship** have been announced, including A.K. Burns, Crystal Z Campbell, Eve Fowler, Jesse Krimes, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed for Fine Arts. | [Guggenheim Memorial Foundation](https://www.gf.org/announcement-2021/?ref=hyperallergic.com) ## Transitions **Farah Al Qasimi, William Floyd, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Allison Russo, Karen Seymour,** and **Michael Sternberg** joined Public Art Fund's board of directors. Newark Arts announced five new members of the board of directors: **Manny Antunes, Ryan Arnez Monroe, Kitab Rollins, Natasha Dyer,** and **Nicole Whalen**. **Eunice Bélidor** was appointed the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art (1945 to Today) at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. **Raymond Codrington** was appointed CEO of the Weeksville Heritage Center. **Rhea L. Combs** was named director of curatorial affairs at the National Portrait Gallery. The **Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art** announced a major expansion designed by Safdie Architects. **Adrienne Edwards** was promoted to director of curatorial affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art. ## In Memoriam Malcolm Cecil (1937–2021), music producer and pioneer of the synthesizer | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/arts/music/malcolm-cecil-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) Constance Demby (1939–2021), New Age ambient musician | [*San Francisco Chronicle*](https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/constance-demby-new-age-innovator-who-made-it-big-in-ambient-music-dies-at-81?ref=hyperallergic.com) Michael Friedlander (1957–2021), architect who worked with the NYC Department of Sanitation | [*Architect's Newspaper*](https://www.archpaper.com/2021/04/michael-friedlander-longtime-nyc-sanitation-department-architect-dies-63/?ref=hyperallergic.com) Kornelios Grammenos (1959–2021), contemporary artist | [*The Art Newspaper*](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/contemporary-greek-artist-kornelios-grammenos-has-died-aged-62?ref=hyperallergic.com) Cleve Hall (1959–2021), makeup effects artist | [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cleve-hall-acclaimed-makeup-effects-artist-dies-at-61?ref=hyperallergic.com) Gloria Henry (1923–2021), actress known for her role on *Dennis the Menace* | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/arts/television/gloria-henry-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) Arthur Kopit (1937–2021), Tony-nominated playwright | [Playbill](https://www.playbill.com/article/3-time-tony-nominated-playwright-arthur-kopit-dies-at-83?ref=hyperallergic.com)