Also, an impromptu performance at MoMA PS1 challenged the museum’s representation of Latinx women, and more.
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Week in Review: Uffizi Gallery Sues Pornhub; Cuban Artists Arrested
Also, protesters demanded the resignation of the Museum of Chinese in America’s director, and more.
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Week in Review: Sacklers Temporarily Banned From Naming Institutions; Venice Bans Cruise Ships
Also, activists accuse the Museum of Chinese in America of contributing to gentrification of New York’s Chinatown, and more.
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Cruise Ships Officially Banned From Venice
The boats were temporarily prohibited from the lagoon city during the pandemic.
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Sacklers Temporarily Banned From Slapping Name on Art Institutions
Photographer Nan Goldin, founder of advocacy group PAIN, called the temporary ban “appalling.”
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Week in Review: NYC Halts Essential Workers Monument; Polish Politicians Target LGBTQ Artist-Activists
Also, artist-activists from Extinction Rebellion were arrested at a protest against media corruption, and more.
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Week in Review: UK Activists Occupy Science Museum; Theodore Roosevelt Controversy Resurfaces
Also, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott will distribute $2.7 billion to 286 organizations, and more.
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Week in Review: 10 Weeks of “Strike MoMA” Conclude; Met Repatriates Two Benin Bronzes
Also, artists are raising funds to benefit a Bethlehem arts center raided by Israeli soldiers, and more.
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Week in Review: The NYC Mayoral Candidate’s Cultural Plans; First-ever NFT Sells at Auction
Also, over 16,000 artists voiced solidarity with Palestine in a “Letter Against Apartheid,” and more.
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Week in Review: Whitney Museum Workers Unionize; Leon Black Accused of Abuse
Also, dozens of artists demanded the release of dissident Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, and more.
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Over 1,000 Urge Canadian Art Institutions to End Collaboration With Israel-funded Cultural Activities
In recent weeks, thousands have urged Canadian journalist organizations to reform their coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Week in Review: Artists Denounce MoMA Trustees’ Ties to Israeli Apartheid; Brooklyn Museum Workers Unionize
Also, activists crashed the British Museum’s reopening weekend to protest Big Oil sponsorship, and more.