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# Week in Review: UK Activists Occupy Science Museum; Theodore Roosevelt Controversy Resurfaces
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/week-in-review-uk-activists-occupy-science-museum-theodore-roosevelt-controversy-resurfaces/
- Published: 2021-06-24T19:14:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:38:32.000Z
- Description: Also, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott will distribute $2.7 billion to 286 organizations, 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)

W*eek 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*.

## New York City

Why is a highly contested statue of Theodore Roosevelt [still standing at the American Museum of Natural History](https://hyperallergic.com/why-is-a-racist-statue-of-theodore-roosevelt-still-standing-in-new-york-city/)?

Shtetl Gallery, Williamsburg's [first Hasidic art gallery](https://hyperallergic.com/williamsburg-gets-first-hasidic-art-gallery/), opened last week, signaling shifting perceptions around art in the local community.

Launched on Juneteenth, the Brooklyn Public Library’s [newest initiative](https://hyperallergic.com/brooklyn-public-library-launches-juneteenth-initiative-on-history-of-brooklyn-anti-racist-protests/) examines six decades of Black-led activism in the borough, from abolition to Black Lives Matter.

## Art and Science

Climate scientists and students [occupied the London Science Museum](https://hyperallergic.com/climate-activists-occupy-london-science-museum/) to protest Shell's sponsorship of a climate exhibition, accusing the oil giant of green-washing.

A team of scientists, conservators, and historians used [grime-eating bacteria](https://hyperallergic.com/michelangelo-medici-chapel-stain-fighting-bacteria/) to tackle century-old stains at Michelangelo's Medici chapel.

Long believed to be discovered by lab researchers in 1908, researchers found evidence of the pigment "[titanium white](https://hyperallergic.com/titanium-white-indigenous-history/)" in centuries-old Inca ceremonial objects.

## Unique Collections

Collages by children's [author and illustrator Ashley Bryant](https://hyperallergic.com/morgan-library-aquires-langston-hughes-inspired-collages-by-ashley-bryan/), inspired by Langston Hughes's poems, were acquired by the Morgan Library.

The Strong National Museum of Play will [launch the world's first game show archive](https://hyperallergic.com/strong-national-museum-of-play-worlds-first-game-show-archive/).

A *Star Wars* jet will [go on display at the Smithsonian](https://hyperallergic.com/x-wing-starfighter-star-wars-jet-goes-to-smithsonian/), traveling from a galaxy far, far away.

## In Other News

Amazon stakeholder MacKenzie Scott [distributed $2.7 billion to 286 organizations](https://hyperallergic.com/amazon-stakeholder-mackenzie-scott-distributes-billions-to-arts-organizations/), including El Museo del Barrio in Manhattan, Laundromat Project in Brooklyn, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

For just $1, you can [stay overnight](https://hyperallergic.com/for-just-1-you-can-live-in-a-gaudi-masterpiece-for-a-night/) in an Art Nouveau masterpiece designed by Antoni Gaudí.

A tunnel planned to run underneath Stonehenge is [threatening the site's UNESCO World Heritage Status](https://hyperallergic.com/stonehenge-unesco-world-heritage-status-at-risk/).

## Awards & Accolades

- **Brittain Ashford, Emma Dickson, Flo Art Collective, Manon Gage, Megan Mosholder, Emerie Snyder,** and **David Williams** were selected for Satellite Collective’s 2021 Fellows Cohort.

## Transitions

- **Valeria Cordero Reyes** and **Carlota Perez-Appelbaum** have been named interim co-executive directors of the Cruz-Diez Foundation.
- **Kara Hearn** was named chair of the Pratt Institute Film/Video Department.
- **Adam Lerner** was appointed executive director of the Palm Springs Art Museum.
- **Christopher Myers** is now represented by James Cohan Gallery.

## In Memoriam

- Diego Cortez (1946–2021), Downtown New York City curator | [*ARTnews*](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/diego-cortez-dead-mudd-club-jean-michel-basquiat-1234596368/?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Ellen McIlwaine (1945–2021), blues singer and slide guitarist | [*Georgia Straight*](https://www.straight.com/music/ellen-mcilwaine-blues-singer-and-slide-guitarist-dies-at-75?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Allen Midgette (1939–2021), actor who impersonated Andy Warhol | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/arts/allen-midgette-an-ersatz-andy-warhol-dies-at-82.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Gianna Rolandi (1952–2021), soprano opera star | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/arts/music/gianna-rolandi-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Frances Stein (1937–2021), fashion designer and editor | [*WWD*](https://wwd.com/eye/people/former-chanel-accessories-designer-frances-patiky-stein-dies-1234838619/?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Richard Stolley (1928–2021), founding editor of People magazine | [*AV Press*](https://www.avpress.com/news/richard-stolley-founding-editor-of-people-magazine-dies/article%5F53262b88-d48e-11eb-96ef-5377614ab95f.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Karl Wirsum (1939–2021), artist and member of the Hairy Who | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/arts/karl-wirsum-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)