Surrounded by Trump territory, Somali artists put immigrant art on the map in swing state of Minnesota
Rochester Art Center engages with minority artists at a time of rising anti-immigrant rhetoric
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Social Issues
Salt Lake City’s Leonardo Museum Turns Sprinklers On A Homeless Encampment
When the mayor saw the sprinklers turned on in a place where people had been camping all winter, the city got involved. “After people from the mayor’s office tried to contact officials at The Leonardo, a city crew was sent over to shut off the water.
Museum devoted to Palestinian art to celebrate international women’s day with exhibition
The show features more than 200 works by women artists such as Samia Halaby and Laila Shawa
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Philadelphia Museum Of Art Retail Exec Abused And Hit Staffers For Two Years Before He Was Fired
“After [James A.] Cincotta was hired as the museum’s retail director in 2015, staffers who worked for him began reporting what they said was routinely abusive behavior. Cincotta slapped, punched, pinched, shoved, grabbed, and verbally berated workers, according to interviews with 14 current and former museum employees.”
Trump Administration Is Moving National Archives Out Of Seattle. Native Americans Are Furious
“The U.S. government made us paper Indians — our ancestors are here,” Jack proclaimed last week at Sand Point. To close and remove the archives is to physically remove the ancestors (word is the contents of these warehouses would probably be transferred to facilities thousands of miles away in Missouri and in Southern California). – […]
Sotheby’s relocates April Hong Kong auctions to New York due to coronavirus
The firm is also rolling its London June sales into one week for the first time in more than a decade
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Trump Administration Abruptly Closes National Archives In Seattle, Infuriating Researchers, Tribal Leaders
For the 272 federally recognized tribes in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the facility contains important treaty and historical documents.
Climate activists take over British Museum in all-night protest against BP sponsorship
Organisers of the three-day action, the group BP or not BP?, called it the “largest protest in the history of the museum”
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As debate rages around controversial US monuments, New York park invites ‘overlooked’ artists to make their own
The year-long programme Monuments Now at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens aims to evaluate ideas around public art
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