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• 'We should question it': galleries and museums uneasy about old masters

  27-06-2020 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Critics cite ‘uncomfortable combination of hierarchical, racial and sexist connotations’Towering figures of the art world, a Vermeer or a Rembrandt, are ranked above others for the powerful images they painted and their delicate understanding of materials.In recognition of these skills such revered men, many of them Dutch, are known as old masters. But there is growing discomfort in Britain’s leading galleries and museums about the impact of this masculine term. Related: We mus
  
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• Is it time the art world ditched the term 'old master'?

  27-06-2020 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Imperialist and sexist or gender neutral and inspiring? Opinion divided about the classic phrase’s future Towering figures of the art world, a Vermeer or a Rembrandt, are ranked above others for the powerful images they painted and their delicate understanding of materials.In recognition of these skills such revered men, many of them Dutch, are known as old masters. But there is growing discomfort in Britain’s art world about the impact of this masculine term. Related: We must confro
  
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• Galleries and museums uneasy about using term Old Masters

  27-06-2020 23:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Critics cite ‘uncomfortable combination of hierarchical, racial and sexist connotations’Towering figures of the art world, a Vermeer or a Rembrandt, are ranked above others for the powerful images they painted and their delicate understanding of materials.In recognition of these skills such revered men, many of them Dutch, are known as Old Masters. But there is growing discomfort in Britain’s leading galleries and museums about the impact of this masculine term. Related: We mus
  
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• Good enough to eat: Asian American groceries as ceramics – in pictures

  27-06-2020 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Artist Stephanie H Shih, who lives and works in Brooklyn, makes ceramic sculptures of Asian American pantry items from the 1980s and 90s. “Groceries are surprisingly intimate,” she says. “We bring them into our homes, we live with them, we feed our loved ones with them – and the project is about the shared nostalgia of a generation raised by east Asian immigrants.” Continue reading...
  
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• Art Institute of Chicago Workers Demand Transparency, Racial Equity Amid Layoffs

  27-06-2020 17:24 via artnews.com
  
  Art Institute of Chicago staff are demanding increased transparency, accountability, and racial equity from museum leadership, citing concerning decision-making in regard to a new round of institution-wide layoffs and preparations to reopen in late July. An open letter signed by 186 employees—nearly 30 percent of the museum’s staff—urges that decisions during “this chaotic moment” not be made as they currently are, by a “very small group of the most highly pai
  
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• Milton Glaser, groundbreaking I ❤️ NY designer, dies aged 91

  27-06-2020 15:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Glaser’s bold logo, created for free in 1977, helped boost New York’s image and he was also part of the team that founded New York magazineMilton Glaser, the groundbreaking graphic designer who adorned Bob Dylan’s silhouette with psychedelic hair and summed up the feelings for his native New York with “I (HEART) NY,” died Friday, on his 91st birthday.The cause was a stroke and Glaser had also had renal failure, his wife, Shirley Glaser, told The New York Times. Cont
  
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• Jeremy Deller: ‘Who'd play me in a film? Worzel Gummidge’

  27-06-2020 10:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The artist on a touching moment with an elephant, treasuring his hair and his love of bats Born in London, Jeremy Deller, 54, gained an art history degree at the Courtauld Institute in 1988. He went on to become a conceptual, video and installation artist. In 2004, he won the Turner prize for his mixed media installation Memory Bucket, which documents his travels through Texas. In 2010 he was awarded the RSA’s Albert Medal and in 2013 he represented the UK at the Venice Biennale. From 2007
  
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• Consequential Writing About Race

  27-06-2020 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Appreciating social movements in hindsight is a complicated endeavor. Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman are often whitewashed to appease modern sensibilities. Some, like Bayard Rustin, are almost forgotten entirely. – The New York Times
  
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