Museums are experiencing a cultural reckoning over race, identity and historical legacy. Black arts workers have been central in calling on museums to be more inclusive of the communities they serve. Erin Christovale, associate curator at the Hammer Museum, focuses on experimental moving images and visual art. She has helped give emerging Black artists the…
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The activist group and Instagram account @changethemuseum has issued a public call to forgo visiting all US museums for the month of October, as many reopen after months of coronavirus-related closures. Yet some museum workers have expressed concerns that the initiative may actually harm workers, and fear that a boycott may not yield real institutional…
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Indianapolis will soon feel what it’s like to walk inside — and even listen to and smell — paintings in a new experience that takes up a space almost equal to half a football field. The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields announced Wednesday that it will open The Lume Indianapolis, a cinema-like installation that will comprise…
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Covid-19 has supercharged all things virtual, propelling industries like retail well into the future. According to IBM’s 2020 U.S. Retail Index report, the pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital shopping by roughly five years. Augmented Reality (AR) applications have been on the rise with virtual “try-before-you-buy” experiences ranging from previewing furniture and products in your…
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As the CEO of Silicon Valley’s leading art studio Drue Kataoka Studios, artist-technologist-activist Drue Kataoka is leading the way into the future. Her commissioned artwork, which spans genres from steel sculpture and painting to virtual reality and EEG brainwaves, is at the forefront of democratizing art and, in the process, creating massive social impact. For Kataoka, creating…
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Hundreds of people gather at the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Va., in July. The Mellon Foundation says it will spend $250 million over five years to re-imagine commemorative spaces in the U.S. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation says the nation’s current monuments offer an “incomplete and even inaccurate” picture of the nation’s diversity…
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A Dutch panel set up by the culture ministry has recommended the return of artefacts removed from former colonies in a report calling for “the recognition that an injustice was done to the local populations of former colonial territories when cultural objects were taken against their will”. The committee, which included museum staff members, recommends…
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For eight artists who contributed to Palo Alto’s Black Lives Matter mural this summer, the project was one example of the power public art has in bringing communities together, fostering conversations and amplifying racial equity initiatives. The creatives from all over the Bay Area came together for a virtual panel discussion hosted by Palo Alto’s…
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Gordon Cheung advises younger artists to ensure that they establish contracts with galleries A persistent problem for artists is getting paid, and with the global pandemic this is only likely to get worse, as galleries plead poverty or even go out of business. A case in point is a ten-year dispute between a British-Chinese artist,…
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Radical empathy is the artist’s new job. Radical empathy is how the healing will begin, and it will begin with us, now.
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