MoMA Did What?

March 30, 2023

Good morning. 🌤️ In today's news, the Museum of Modern Art apologizes for kicking a Black patron out of an installation meant to encourage Black people to rest. Yes, you read that right.

In another absurdity, Russia places Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova on a most wanted list. What a way to boost her profile.

There's a lot more, including an eye-opening opinion piece by Stephanie Johnson Cunningham, executive director of New York's Museum Hue. She outlines the economic hardships facing the majority of BIPOC-led arts organizations across the state and suggests a bold solution to the problem.

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

What's Iconoclastic About a Blackface Madonna?

Artist Tony Rave’s work comes to remind us that piety is not strictly White. | Tamar Boyadjian

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A January 2019 performance of Black Power Naps at Performance Space New York (photo by Avi Avion, courtesy Black Power Naps)

MoMA apologizes for kicking out a Black artist from the Black Power Naps installation after a White visitor called her "aggressive."

NYGovernor Kathy Hochul's proposed budget slashes pandemic-era arts funding by more than half.

Celebrated for a studio practice steeped in activism and political consciousness, Indian contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram dies at 79.

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The Rubin Museum Presents Death Is Not the End

Tibetan Buddhist and Christian works of art made across 12 centuries explore death, the afterlife, and the desire to continue to exist. On view in NYC. Learn more.

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New York's BIPOC-Led Arts Orgs Are Grossly Underfunded

Proposed cuts to arts funding across the state would hit entities of color the hardest. | Stephanie Johnson Cunningham

The Most Stirring Press Photographs of 2022

Photographs captured war-torn Ukraine, the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, and an Iranian woman defying the mandatory hijab law. | Taylor Michael

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Nevada Museum of Art Presents Adaline Kent: The Click of Authenticity

For the first time in nearly 60 years, the innovative yet under-recognized artist is the subject of a retrospective exhibition. On view in Reno, Nevada. Learn more.

New Directors/New Films Festival Takes an Experimental Turn

A host of documentaries exemplify ND/NF's unconventional programming philosophy. | Dan Schindel

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IN MEMORIAM

Emily Fisher Landau (1920–2023)
Art collector and patron | New York Times

Vivan Sundaram (1943–2023)
Indian contemporary artist | Hyperallergic

Ann Wilson (1931–2023)
New York painter | New York Times

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