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Artists and Art Nonprofits Band Together to Raise Beirut From the Rubble

Initiatives have sprung up in the aftermath of the explosion, with the goal of raising funds for relief efforts in the city and reconstructing its devastated cultural sector.
Cold War Architecture in the Heart of Idyllic Southern California

This Saturday, Stuart W. Leslie will speak about “The Architecture of the Apocalypse.”
Guggenheim’s Panza Collection Team Responds to “Why Did the Guggenheim Decommission a Donald Judd?”

They write, "We welcome Peter Karol's extended reflection on topics at stake in the Panza Collection Initiative, which contains many important points, but also contains several errors and misstatements, which we are writing to correct."
Milwaukee Art Museum Workers Seek to Unionize

More than 150 employees are organizing to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents the museum's security guards.
“Emotion and Light Put Together”: An LA Photographer Captures Protests and Peace

“I needed to see Black people just being gentle and loving each other in front of me. Instead of another video of somebody being murdered,” says Alexis Hunley.
Is There a New Yiddish Contemporary Visual Art?

Since about the 1970s, a new and largely post-vernacular Yiddish culture has started to develop in many, often unexpected, locales around the world. A related visual aesthetic now seems to be emerging.
Enjoy Every Single Agnès Varda Movie, Courtesy of a New Box Set

The Criterion Collection's Complete Films of Agnès Varda is a tribute to the multifaceted career of the revered French director.
A Wiki Edit-a-Thon Dedicated to Women Artists of Color

Here's a complete lists of the Wikipedia articles updated during this year's Edit-a-Thon, Black Artists Matter, focused on artists of the African diaspora in the National Museum of Women in the Arts’s collection.
Online Conversations About Contemporary Portraiture Continue at the National Portrait Gallery

The Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture Conversation Series continues with two panels of curators and artists exploring issues of portraiture through performance art.
Public Art Projects That Bring Poetry and Participatory Installations to Lower Manhattan

Founded as a way of highlighting the resiliency of local artists, LMCC’s annual River to River Festival returns with new and recent works by Asiya Wadud, Mona Chalabi, Jean Shin, and Muna Malik.
A Jewish Museum Is Selling Out of Its “YO SEMITE” Shirts Since Trump’s Blunder

The National Museum of American Jewish History’s Yosemite-inspired shirt has garnered over $30,000 in sales since the president mispronounced the national park’s name.
New Museum Faces Charges of Unfair Labor Practices in a Union Complaint

The complaint, filed by Local 2110 UAW, accuses the museum of laying off bargaining unit members in a discriminatory and retaliatory act and refusing to provide necessary information.
How the Pandemic Has Highlighted a Crisis in Contemporary Museums

In researching three Indiana institutions, it is clear that the lockdown has exacerbated trends in the museum field such as a lack of relevance to the general public and increasing reliance on private philanthropy.
Extending the Underground Railroad into the Present

With his recent works on linen, Joe Lewis plies the idea of moving human bodies regarded as contraband via the surveillance network of the state.
What Would It Look Like to Decolonize Cartography? A Volunteer Group Has Ideas

Founded by Jordan Engel in 2014, Decolonial Atlas is working to undo settler colonialism, one map at a time.
Meet the NYC Art Community: Amid Crisis, Ruba Katrib is Looking to Artists for Guidance

An interview series spotlighting New York’s creative community. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
A Community Organizer in Utah Faces a Prison Life Sentence for Allegedly Buying Red Paint

Charges against Madalena McNeil were raised to the level of a first-degree felony due to the District Attorney’s decision to invoke a "gang enhancement" charge against her and seven other protesters who were accused of splashing paint and breaking windows.
Tania Bruguera Asks the Internet to Acknowledge Cuba’s Political Prisoners With Virtual “Chorus”

Following the death of Yosvany Arostegui in police custody, the Cuban artist asked people to record themselves reading the names of 102 current political prisoners out loud.
Venture Out to See Seven Queer Public Artworks Across NYC

Looking for safe ways to see art? We compiled a list of beloved public artworks that celebrate LGBTQ makers and lives.
Beyoncé’s Black is King, a Black American Vision of the African Continent

Though produced in collaboration with creatives from around the globe, there’s an unmistakable feeling that the film is meant more for Black Americans than the wider African diaspora.