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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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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Two years ago, Angelique Power assembled a roomful of colleagues to figure out how to get more people of color into arts posts around the city. The catalyst was a 2013 Americans for the Arts survey that showed that 86 percent of all executives at local arts agencies were white. “We immediately went to tactical…
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