The BIPOC nonfiction filmmaker collective Beyond Inclusion has drafted an open letter that raises concerns about PBS’s overreliance on Ken Burns to direct its high-profile documentary content and condemns the broadcaster’slack of diversity.
Last August, the North Bronx Collective started cleaning up a community park in the Bronx until the NYC Parks Department locked them out without warning.
“Lucretia” (ca. 1627), an oil on canvas by Artemisia Gentileschi, was recently acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles after going unrecognized for decades.
Germane Barnes, Luis Berríos-Negrón, Iulia Statica, and Catty Dan Zhang were named the four finalists for the 2021 Wheelwright Prize by the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Roberto Torres Mata was named the winner of the Chazen Museum of Art’s 2021 Panczenko MFA Prize.
Recipients of the 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship have been announced, including A.K. Burns, Crystal Z Campbell, Eve Fowler, Jesse Krimes, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed for Fine Arts. | Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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Farah Al Qasimi, William Floyd, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Allison Russo, Karen Seymour, and Michael Sternberg joined Public Art Fund’s board of directors.
Newark Arts announced five new members of the board of directors: Manny Antunes,Ryan Arnez Monroe, Kitab Rollins, Natasha Dyer, and Nicole Whalen.
Eunice Bélidor was appointed the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art (1945 to Today) at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Raymond Codrington was appointed CEO of the Weeksville Heritage Center.
Rhea L. Combs was named director of curatorial affairs at the National Portrait Gallery.
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced a major expansion designed by Safdie Architects.
Adrienne Edwards was promoted to director of curatorial affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
In Memoriam
Malcolm Cecil (1937–2021), music producer and pioneer of the synthesizer | New York Times
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