What Can Museums and Art Orgs Do to Counter Anti-Asian Hate?

Good morning. 🌤 Today, some US museums respond to the growing wave of anti-Asian hate, Allison Meier

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Good morning. 🌤 Today, some US museums respond to the growing wave of anti-Asian hate, Allison Meier has published a map that documents the great trees of NYC, and an oblivious and creepy art project by an artist who asked Indigenous people to donate blood sparks protest.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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Gereza (Kilwa's Fort) in Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, showing sea erosion and collapsed north wall (photo courtesy of World Monuments Fund)

Stop DiscriminAsian, an advocacy group made up of arts workers, told Hyperallergic what museums and art organizations can do to counter anti-Asian hate beyond basic solidarity statements. After Spanish artist Santiago Sierra called for contributions of “First Nations blood” for his artwork at Australian music and arts festival Dark Mofo, backlash flooded social media, and the festival canceled the project. You have until May 1 to nominate an at-risk site to the World Monuments Fund’s 2022 Watch List.

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New Map Unearths New York’s Oldest and Rarest Trees Part botanical history, part social history, Allison C. Meier’s map provides a welcome alternative route through New York’s urban jungle. Lauren Moya Ford

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