The Blinding Whiteness of American Art Museums
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In the late eighties, the Guerilla Girls, an anonymous group of female artists founded to expose discrimination in the art world, published a poster that reads, “Only 4 commercial art galleries in N.Y. show black women. Only 1 shows more than 1.” As recent host to some of the most prolific players of the Black Arts Movement of the sixties and seventies, the New York art scene’s culpability in this kind of racist trend was uniquely iniquitous. But perhaps it’s surprising, too, for a second reason.
Art museums, then and now, have a habit of touting
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The Right Chemistry: Why books smell the way they do Anyone who has meandered through a used bookstore, or has opened a freshly printed book, will attest to books having a characteristic smell.
Author of the article: Joe Schwarcz • Special to the Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Feb 19, 2021 • February 20, 2021 • 4 minute read • With time, on exposure to air, particularly if the air contains traces of acids, cellulose can undergo a number of chemical reactions that lead to the release of a variety of fatty acids, alcohols and aldehydes, all with distinct odours. These smells, along with those released by moulds, such as the musty fragrance of trichloroanisole, contribute to that old book smell , Joe Schwarcz writes. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette
February 18, 2021
Carl BildtCo-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations
I wouldn’t call it a headache, but it is an area where all sides have to be increasingly careful in the years to come. The Arctic is still a low-tension region in which the Arctic Council provides a framework for cooperation, including with Russia. It is important to stress the value of keeping that framework, since it is firmly based on respect for international law.
The security concerns that are sometimes raised are often overblown. The new military positions Russia has opened up on some islands north of Siberia are more of a possible threat to polar bears than to anything else. The long-term political future of Greenland, however, is an issue to be watched, although I don’t see any change coming soon.