Dec 9, 2020 • View in browser

Good morning. ☁️ Today, a beloved 19th-century Manhattan church that contained the “New York Liberty Bell” and numerous Tiffany windows burned down, Clyfford Still’s questionable attempts at preserving indigenous culture, and Dan Schindel opines on the absurdity that NY Governor Cuomo got an Emmy for doing his job, and not even very well.

– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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As Deaths Mount, Cuomo Gets an Award

Each year, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognizes creatives’ TV work with their Founders Award. One of this year’s grantees is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

“Let’s get one thing out plainly first,” writes editor Dan Schindel. “In absolutely no way, shape, or form has New York handled the COVID-19 pandemic competently under Andrew Cuomo.” Read the full essay here.

In Other News

A total of 42 artists received Creative Capital Awards. (image courtesy of Creative Capital)

The 2021 Creative Capital Awards have granted $50,000 in funding each to a total of 35 multidisciplinary projects, which span from documentary film and sculpture to musical theater and social practice.
Prosecutors in the US Virgin Islands have ordered the auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s to disclose all documents about their dealings with sex offender Jeffery Epstein.
A devastating six-alarm fire last week destroyed the Middle Collegiate Church, a 128-year-old Gothic Revival church in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood.
We finally have some answers about who’s responsible for all these monoliths.

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