Jun 22, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌧️

Today, 50 museums around the world are looking up, the NYC Public Design Commission approved a proposal to finally move a racist Roosevelt statue, and a stain-fighting bacteria is working miracles at Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel.

Also, yesterday I accidentally mentioned collages by Langston Hughes, when I meant to say collages inspired by Hughes, and created by Ashley Bryan.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

The Sky’s the Limit as 50 Museums Join to Stream Yoko Ono-inspired Cloud Gazing

TV to See the Sky, streaming for 24 hours, marks this year’s summer solstice.

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What's Happening

The NYC Public Design Commission unanimously approved a proposal to finally move a racist Theodore Roosevelt statue from the American Museum of Natural History to an institution dedicated to his life and memory.
Climate activists occupied London’s Science Museum for two days to protest against the museum’s sponsorship from fossil fuel giant Shell.

At Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel, Stain-fighting Bacteria Work Miracles

Recently, a team of scientists, conservators, and historians used grime-eating bacteria to tackle the famous sculpture’s century-old stains.

Sarah Rose Sharp

"Don't Fuck With the Jews" and Other Moments of Muscular Judaism on Film

Cinema’s thorny depictions of Israeli military action reflects the swift shift in Jewish identity around questions of oppression.

Dan Schindel

Catch This Eclectic Anthology of Shorts By Emerging BIPOC Filmmakers

“Distribution is community-building. Without a community, your film has no life.”

Ian Wang

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