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# Week in Review: Uffizi Gallery Sues Pornhub; Cuban Artists Arrested
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/week-in-review-uffizi-gallery-sues-pornhub-cuban-artists-arrested/
- Published: 2021-07-22T20:38:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:38:30.000Z
- Description: Also, protesters demanded the resignation of the Museum of Chinese in America's director, 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*.

## Museums

Protesters are [demanding the resignation](https://hyperallergic.com/protesters-demand-museum-of-chinese-in-america-director-resign/) of Museum of Chinese in America director Nancy Yao Maasbach.

The [Uffizi Gallery is suing Pornhub](https://hyperallergic.com/uffizi-sues-pornhub-after-it-turns-masterpieces-into-porn/) after the company’s “Show Me the Nudes” initiative turned classic paintings from international museums into live pornography.

Penn Museum workers are [accusing the institution's leadership](https://hyperallergic.com/penn-museum-workers-accuse-leadership-of-union-busting-tactics/) of "obstructing the free and fair election process through anti-union activity."

## Memes and Media

[Memes about Jeff Bezos](https://hyperallergic.com/phallic-rocket-ship-launched-bezos-memes/) flooded the internet after the billionaire launched into space in a phallic rocket ship.

In unusual design news: this viral [NSFW lamp](https://hyperallergic.com/monsby-nsfw-lamp-brings-new-meaning-to-being-turned-on/) brings a new meaning to being "turned on."

An Adobe survey looked into [emoji habits from around the world,](https://hyperallergic.com/emoji-trends-from-around-the-world-adobe-2021-report/) and found that 67% of emoji users think people who use the icons are friendlier, funnier, and cooler than those who don’t.

Check out the candidates for the [upcoming emoji release](https://hyperallergic.com/what-emoji-will-2021-bring/).

## In Other News

Dozens of artists have been [detained in Cuba](https://hyperallergic.com/cuban-artists-detained-anti-government-protests-continue/) amidst anti-government protests.

An eerie, giant balloon face [floated over Tokyo](https://hyperallergic.com/giant-balloon-face-floats-over-tokyo/) ahead of the Olympics.

A $5 million grant will [fund Disability Futures](https://hyperallergic.com/ford-mellon-foundation-grant-extends-disability-futures-initiative-through-2025/) through 2025.

Over 50,000 [documents related to Land artist Nancy Holt](https://hyperallergic.com/land-artist-nancy-holts-papers-acquired-by-smithsonian-archives/) were acquired by the Smithsonian.

## Awards & Accolades

- **Stanley Clarke, Billy Hart, Cassandra Wilson,** and **Donald Harrison, Jr.** were awarded the 2022 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy by the National Endowment for the Arts.

## Transitions

- **Isolde Brielmaier** was named deputy director of the New Museum.
- **Clarisse Fava-Piz** and **Miranda** **Saylor** were appointed curatorial fellows at the Meadows Museum.
- **Pete Galindo** was named director of the Great Wall of Los Angeles Institute by the Social and Public Art Resource Center.
- **Callie Johnson** was named director of communications and community engagement of the Albright-Knox.
- **Olivia Lahs-Gonzales** was named executive director of SF Camerawork.
- **Laura Turcan** was named director of Mariane Ibrahim gallery's Paris outpost.

## In Memoriam

- Inge Baecker (1943–2021), art dealer and champion of Fluxus | [artnet](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/inge-baecker-floods-germany-1990696?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Christian Boltanski (1944–2021), artist | [Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jul/16/christian-boltanski-obituary?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Carol Easton (1933–2021), biographer of artists, musicians, and more | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/books/carol-easton-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Mat George (1995–2021), host of *She Rates Dogs* podcast | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/arts/mat-george-dead-hit-and-run-death.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Rick Laird (1941–2021), bassist | [Jazzwise](https://www.jazzwise.com/news/article/rick-laird-05-02-1941-04-07-2021?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Biz Markie (1964–2021), hip-hop musician | [Slate](https://slate.com/culture/2021/07/biz-markie-death-57-obituary-just-a-friend.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Graham Vick (1953–2021), opera director | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/arts/music/graham-vick-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Gil Wechsler (1942–2021), first resident lighting designer at the Met Opera | [*Antelope Valley Press*](https://www.avpress.com/news/wechsler-lighting-designer-at-the-met-dies/article%5F52b588a8-ea99-11eb-a91a-2758b617347f.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Kurt Westergaard (1935–2021), cartoonist behind controversial cartoon of Muhammad | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/world/europe/kurt-westergaard-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)