As Museums Desperately Try to Diversify Their Collections, They Now Face Another Problem: How to Make Their Efforts Sustainable
As Museums Desperately Try to Diversify Their Collections, They Now Face Another Problem: How to Pay for It in a Financial Crisis Some initiatives implemented prior to the pandemic have proved surprisingly resilient, while others are under major stress. February 11, 2021 A work by Shinique Smith at the Baltimore Museum of Art on January 15, 2020. Photo by Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images. In recent years, the public has increasingly scrutinized museum collections that disproportionately represent dead white male artists—a process that was accelerated radically in 2020 after a groundswell o...
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