Apr 15, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌧 Today, we have a leaked copy of the email MoMA Director Glenn Lowry sent to staff about the recent protests, a Bronze Age map of France’s Brittany region is discovered, and we have exclusive access to Kevin B. Lee’s new video essay on Minari.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

What's Happening

A leaked email MoMA Director Glenn Lowry sent to staff suggests he is attempting to control the narrative around Strike MoMA’s current protests.
A survey by the American Alliance of Museums found that the sector’s workers, especially BIPOC, have suffered “a grave toll on their mental health and wellbeing” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kevin B. Lee's New Video Essay Explores Mourning with "Minari"

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Experience a Scottish Concert as It Would Have Sounded in 1512

Researchers reproduced the acoustics of a defunct chapel at Linlithgow Palace during an Easter Mass performance.

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Maya Lin Erects a Ghostly Grove of Dead Trees in Manhattan

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Jordan Eagles Critiques Medical Prejudice Against Queer Men Using Blood and Nostalgia

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See a 4,000-Year-Old 3D Map of France

Researchers believe the Bronze Age stone bears a crude map of an area in France’s Brittany region.

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