| A new report published by the Center for an Urban Future reveals that New York City’s immigrant artists and immigrant-serving arts organizations were hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.A group of artists and cultural workers staged a protest coinciding with the Humboldt Forum’s reopening. They rallied to redirect government funding of the Humboldt Forum towards cultural decolonization initiatives.The Vatican has unveiled an unconventional Nativity scene this year, featuring an astronaut and a Darth Vader-like figure that have prompted both criticism and fascination.Ukraine wants to designate Chernobyl a UNESCO World Heritage site.Holocaust survivors, Jewish studies scholars, and directors of Jewish and Holocaust museums worldwide signed a petition condemning the proposed appointment of Effi Eitam, a far-right Israeli former politician, to chair Israel’s Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem.An Yves Tanguy painting, worth approximately $340,000, was left behind by a traveler at Düsseldorf Airport and ended up in the garbage.See the Hanukkah treasures in the public collections of New York City museums.Awards & AccoladesThe New York City Department of Cultural Affairs will distribute $47.1 million in grants to more than 1,000 cultural nonprofits. | Hyperallergic Small US museums, including the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York, the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, and the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, were awarded relief grants by the Mellon Foundation. | Hyperallergic The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture awarded $12 million in relief grants to local cultural organizations. | Hyperallergic The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $32.8 million in grants to support 213 humanities projects in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. | NEH Transitions Alyssa Nitchun was appointed director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum. | New York Times Howard Smith is now represented by Jane Lombard Gallery. Guillaume Kientz has been named director of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library. | New York Times In MemoriamDorothy Gill Barnes (1927-2020), sculptor | New York Times Harold Budd (1936-2020), composer and pianist | New York Times Michael Cridland (1932–2020), artist and Syracuse University professor | Syracuse Tatsuo Ikeda (1928–2020), avante-garde artist | ARTnews Kim Ki-duk (1960-2020), filmmaker | New York Times Amy Lipton (1956–2020), curator, gallerist, and environmental activist | Artforum Charley Pride (1934–2020), country musician | Tennessean Sven Sachsalber (1987-2020), conceptual artist | ARTnews |
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