Eight Digital Exhibition Spaces for the Second-wave Lockdown

Happy Monday. ☀️ Today's edition features the Trump Presidential Lie-brary, how Google Arts & Cul

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Happy Monday. ☀️ Today’s edition features the Trump Presidential Lie-brary, how Google Arts & Culture is helping one government ethnically cleanse historical sites, and a report on two museum trustees that donated close to $900K to Trump’s reelection campaign.– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Eight Art Spaces for the Second Lockdown

A collage of screen shot documentation of Instagram users participating in the CRISIS VISION Instagram filter project via their Stories (courtesy Andrea Cooper/CRISIS VISION)

The pandemic has made it a weird time to be an independent curator. COVID-19 preventative measures have made biennales, fairs, and other large-scale participatory experiences prohibitive. And, let’s be real: Curated online spaces aren’t necessarily for everyone.With the pandemic’s second wave now upon us, it’s worth considering what on- and off-line exhibition-making strategies are still possible. Here’s a survey of current curatorial projects demonstrating the possibilities of second-wave-proof platforms.

SPONSORED Contested Monuments | Video Premiere Thursday, November 19, 6:30 pmThe Unite the Right Rally (2017) in Charlottesvile, Virginia galvanized a national conversation about removing Confederate monuments. Join Jewish Museum Chief Curator Darsie Alexander in discussion with architect Mabel O. Wilson and artists Nicholas Galanin and Kris Graves presented in conjunction with We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz. Free; RSVP for YouTube link.

In Other NewsAccording to a new study, most Americans have a positive attitude towards arts and humanities. But their relationship to art and art history varies significantly according to their political leanings, socioeconomic status, and gender Trustees at the Museum of Modern Art and the Frick Collection donated a combined total of $900,000 to Trump’s reelection campaign. Critics have expressed concerns about the approval of a new, £1.7 billion tunnel near Stonehenge, which they say could compromise the surrounding archaeology.

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