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CORRECTION 1.7.21: This article has been updated from its original version to reflect that Rochester has an ordinance that established a percent for art program. That program, however, has been dormant since its adoption in 2007. CITY had initially reported that no such ordinance was on the books. Every year for as long as anyone can remember, and for as long as available records show, Monroe County adopts a budget that offers crumbs in the way of funding to arts and cultural organizations. It happened again in December, when legislators approved a $1.2 billion spending plan for 2021 that set aside about one-tenth of a percent roughly $1.4 million for the arts.
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.
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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.
Totem Stack
Artist: Albert Young
Totem Stack, an unusual piece of original sculpture added to the Michigan Art Walk collection, stands alone at the entrance to the Arts & Sciences Commons at Ferris State University. All my work involves raw, twisted forms made of structural steel with some application of cast glass, said Albert Young, creator of
Totem Stack. The natural beauty of the materials I use makes it very easy to integrate the sculptures into any landscape.
As a studio artist and owner/operator of the Michigan Hot Glass Workshop in Pontiac, Michigan, Young has been widely published, with completed public commissions for Wayne
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