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July 1, 2020

Why It’s Right That the Theodore Roosevelt Statue Comes Down

Maybe we can finally really look at Theodore Roosevelt statue: a monument that is all about hierarchy, created to express what American Museum of Natural History exhibits at the time called the “distinct races of mankind.”

Nick Mirzoeff

Artists Parody New Museum, Calling Out Its “Political Inaction”

The group Artists for Workers has created a website replicating that of the museum, but instead provides resources for anti-racist organizing.

Hakim Bishara

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An Instagram Account Is Amplifying Anonymous Accounts of Racism in Museums

@ChangeTheMuseum is posting “stories of unchecked racism” that speak to the discriminatory practices plaguing cultural institutions.

UK Activists Call for Removal of Monument to 19th-Century Imperialist Cecil Rhodes

At Oxford University, the Black Lives Matter movement has renewed protests over sanitized public narratives surrounding the violent legacy of British imperialism.

Tania Bruguera Among Artists Detained in Cuba Before Protest Against Police Brutality

Bruguera was arrested in her home under pretenses of “pandemic contagion,” preventing her from attending a demonstration against the killing of Hansel Ernesto Hernández Galiano.

As Debates Over Monuments Continue, Artists Erect Their Own at a Sculpture Park in Queens

Starting in July, Socrates Sculpture Park will unveil works by Nona Faustine, Jeffrey Gibson, and more, injecting fresh energy into current debates surrounding public monuments in the US.

Dessane Lopez Cassell

A Botched Restoration of a Baroque Painting Should Inspire Collectors Not to Cut Corners

The unfortunate restoration of a Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painting has prompted the conservation community to call for stricter regulation.

Sarah Rose Sharp

Queer Art Workers Reflect: Martine Granby Sees Healing as a Form of Resistance

Martine Granby is a recovering journalist, non-fiction filmmaker, and the Producer of Workshops and Labs at UnionDocs.

Dessane Lopez Cassell

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"Virtues Theologales" Tea Towel

Roughly translated, the words on this 100% linen tea towel featuring Louise Bourgeois's "Virtues théologales (Flower)" read: " Loves me, loves me not (passionately, crazily, not at all, with love, a little, a lot)…”
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