7 Things You Can Do to Improve the Sad, Pathetic State of Board Diversity
Vu Le revisits the problem of the lack of diversity on nonprofit boards with some suggestions about how to think about and address the problem. He also provides a few vivid metaphors for the non-diverse board that might help motivate you to move things along, if necessary, on your own board. Think of your board as a 200-lb. seitan pig.
Amateur Archaeologists Find Ancient Roman Mosaic
The exquisitely detailed strip was found during a dig in a field near the village of Boxford in Berkshire. Experts have already described it as the most exciting mosaic discovery in Britain for the last 50-years.
Whitney Museum Has Plans For A Major Hudson River Project
David Hammons’s Gansevoort installation is expected to feature a ghostlike image of the original Pier 52 building on that site, according to those who have been briefed on the project — an open minimalist framework of what had originally been there, like a pencil line drawing in space.
Philanthropy at Its Finest: Converting Assets to Action on Mass Incarceration
The Ford Foundation is hosting an extraordinary new fund to address mass incarceration—a fund begun with the sale of one Lichtenstein.
Crystal Bridges Founder Launches Clearinghouse For Museums To Share Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art founder Alice Walton has established a nonprofit foundation to focus on sharing American art across the country through collaborations with museums and institutions. Art Bridges, which was announced Wednesday, will develop and fund exhibitions to expand access to American art. Walton’s new venture is separate from the Crystal Bridges […]
Photographer Stripped Of Award Because She Submitted Somebody Else’s Work
Madeleine Josephine Fierz of Switzerland won a gold medal at the Moscow International Foto Awards for a series of images of young Thais which she titled “I look at the world with the eyes of a child.” Turns out they were the work of a Thai photographer…
European Summit to Discuss the Return of Looted West African Art
Operative word is “discuss”
