January 19, 2021
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey David Satterfield and Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Ersoy signed the disastrous bilateral agreement on cultural property which grants Turkey legal rights over the vast religious-cultural heritage of the region’s indigenous peoples and other minority populations. Photo Credit: US Embassy in Turkey
ANCA, Hellenic American Leadership Council, In Defense of Christians to Work with Incoming Biden Administration to Safeguard Rights of Indigenous and Minority Populations
WASHINGTON In its final hours, the Trump Administration signed a disastrous bilateral U.S.-Turkey Memorandum of Understanding granting Turkey legal rights over the vast religious-cultural heritage of the region’s indigenous peoples and other minority populations, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.
Consult with health professionals, embrace transparency, and document the whole process, the NEA advises.
January 14, 2021
A person wearing a mask shows his ticket to employees at the newly reopened Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released a 42-page guide detailing best practices for US arts venues reopening their doors during the pandemic.
“The Art of Reopening,” as the document is called, is the result of interviews with nine arts organizations that have successfully resumed business in the past few months albeit in a constricted, adaptive manner.
Carolina A. Miranda with the official beginning-of-the year essential arts news:
Peering into 2021
In recent days, I’ve been entertaining myself by reading the various
predictions for 2020 published at the beginning of last year. Writers, scholars, critics and self-described futurists forecast the rise of “statement doorknobs,”hot pants and “smart” eyewear, as well as the decline of social media (LOL) and a growing political apathy among young people (ROFL). No one foresaw a global pandemic cross-pollinated by intense protests in the name of Black lives. Go figure.
Times opinion columnist
Robin Abcarian, however, did pretty much nail 2020 when it came to electoral politics, rounding out her predictions dispatch with this observation: “Between now and the election, our long national nervous breakdown will continue.” Even post-election, the breakdown continues. In fact, just consider me broken down.
Here Are the 12 Biggest Controversies That Rocked the Art World in 2020 and Why They Won’t Disappear Next Year
From turmoil inside museums to extremely bad public sculptures of women, here are a dozen issues that got the art world talking in 2020.
December 31, 2020
Protesters attempt to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square near the White House on June 22, 2020, in Washington, DC. Police stopped them using pepper spray. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images.
Within the art world and, to a much larger extent, outside of it 2020 was one of the most tumultuous years in history. Museums and galleries faced financial challenges that threatened their very existence, as Black Lives Matter uprisings forced a reckoning with the art world’s structural racism and controversial monuments that celebrate shameful histories around the globe.