Charles Venable Steps Down as Head of Indianapolis Museum of Art
Charles Venable, president of Newfields, the campus that is home to the Indiana Museum of Art, has resigned after an insensitive job posting by the institution on a recruiting site drew public outrage. Venable earlier this week edited and then apologized for the January advertisement on the website of search firm m/Oppenheim, for a director capable of maintaining the IMA’s “traditional, core, white art audience” while seeking to reach new, diverse audiences.
The posting, which went relatively unnoticed until February 12, sparked a public call for Venable’s resignation, released February 16, signed by eighty-five Newfields employees and members of its board of governors; additionally, more than two thousand artists, arts leaders, and former museum employees, ranging from the chief curator of the Andy Warhol Museum to a woman who described herself as the “mother of biracial, art-loving
By Linus Osborne
January 25, 2021 21:18 GMT
A radical thesis on the parallels between Andy Warhol s Factory and Lewis Carroll s Wonderland that has won the approval of academic experts on both artist and the author is to become the basis of an entirely new genre of art exhibition.
When Alice Meets Warhol
Shai Baitel
Currently in development, the AW project will combine technology and performance in a manner designed to immerse attention-poor digital natives in the work of the 20th century American Pop artist. It will achieve this by sending them down a sensory Rabbit Hole inspired by the work of the 19th Century English author. Advanced negotiations are underway to tour AW in New York, London and Shanghai within the next 18 months.
5 romantic getaways you can rent on Airbnb for Valentine’s Day 2021
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Here’s a way you can treat yourself for Valentine s Day 2021: home rentals. (Photos courtesy of Airbnb)Airbnb
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We get it, as Valentine’s Day approaches, you’re desperate to get away for a bit. A short but safe vacation might be the perfect way to celebrate the day of love with your significant other.
Here’s a way you can treat yourself: home rentals. What’s better than having the whole place to yourself without the worry other people nearby, like at a hotel or resort.