June 4, 2020
Walker Art Center Cuts Ties With Minneapolis Police Department
The museum announced it would stop working with the MPD until it “implements meaningful change,” including “demilitarizing training programs, holding officers accountable for the use of excessive force, and treating communities of color with dignity and respect.”
Valentina Di Liscia
Online Tools and Teach-ins: Resources for Understanding Calls to #DefundtheNYPD
If you’ve been on social media this week, you’ve likely seen growing calls to defund the police. Here are a few resources for understanding the very urgent need to reexamine and shift the role police play in our society.
Dessane Lopez Cassell
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The Bennett Prize’s Call for Entries Is Now Open
Women figurative realist painters have until October 16 to enter to win $50,000 and a traveling solo exhibition of their work.
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Critics of Color Can Apply for a New $500 COVID-19 Grant
The unrestricted funds will be released by granting initiative Critical Minded and sponsored by Allied Media Projects.
Uffizi Gallery Director Asks That Religious Art Be Returned to Churches
Eike Schmidt, who has led the museum since 2015, said that “devotional art was not born as a work of art but for a religious purpose.”
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OVID Streams Unique Stories Told Through a Different Lens
The platform is a home for independent feature films, global cinema, animation, social issue, and documentary films from around the world.
Queer Art Workers Reflect: Jess Saldaña Wants to Decenter the “Genius Artist” Narrative
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
Dessane Lopez Cassell
A Festival Brings Incisive, Experimental Documentaries Online
From the 2019 Chicago election to the everyday life of the mayor of Ramallah, Hot Docs offers a robust online program this year.
Dan Schindel
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