ON WOMEN
Art Agency, Partners and Artnet News have partnered on a significant piece of research and publishing on women's place in the (American) art world. As the headline article states: Museums Claim They’re Paying More Attention to Female Artists. That’s an Illusion. Depressing and important reading.
In a similar vein - Emily Hartley-Skudder's pretty wrenching piece for The Pantograph Punch, The Power of the Pussy Bow: Fighting Back Against Rape-Art, recounting her experience on a recent residency in China, where another (older, male, European) artist made performance art about his attraction to Chinese women.
Fighting the good fight: Judy Chicago on Rescuing Women From Art History’s Sidelines.
ON PHILANTHROPY
This article makes me realise I'm definitely an incrementalist - and that I need to be mixed in with people who are not, in order to create change ‘We Don’t Need to Demonize Wealthy People’: Ford Foundation President Darren Walker on the Unnerving Aftermath of the Warren Kanders Protests
Philanthropy, but at what price? US museums wake up to public's ethical concerns - with comments from Daniel Weiss, Adam Weinberg et al
Second verse, same as the first How Rich Donors Like Epstein (and Others) Undermine Science (Wired)
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
Curated resources on diversity, inclusion, accessibility and equity for libraries
On curating difficult ideas A Nazi Design Show Draws Criticism. Its Curator’s Comments Didn’t Help.
A call for cultural courage - a slightly odd direct email from Anne Pasternak, director of the Brooklyn Museum (maybe just odd because emails like this don't get sent out often by directors)
How Lonnie Burch built a museum dream team (a sampler from his new book on opening the NMAAHC)
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Sunday, 22 September 2019
Sunday, 19 May 2019
Reading list, 19 May 2019
"on occasion, we feel it’s necessary to step away from gifts that are not in the public interest, or in our institution’s interest" - the Met turns down Sackler money; Anand Giridharadas opinion piece.
There's something nice about seeing a director interviewed four years in about their philosophy & changes they've made, rather than at the time of their appointment: ‘There Were Women Working Then, Too’: How Dia Director Jessica Morgan Is Breaking Open the (Male) Canon of Postwar Art
Interesting for museum interpretation: the Guardian is changing the language it uses when reporting on the environment to be more emphatic. “We want to ensure that we are being scientifically precise, while also communicating clearly with readers on this very important issue. ... The phrase ‘climate change’, for example, sounds rather passive and gentle when what scientists are talking about is a catastrophe for humanity.”
In a similar vein - Erin Banks' guide to trans-inclusive design, which has a lot to share about communicating with people across all media.
Julia Halperin for Artnet: Borrow, Barter, Crowdsource: How Small Countries Bootstrap Their Way to the Venice Biennale
Still open in my tabs: a reflection, 30 years on, on the importance of the 1989 exhibition Magiciens de la Terre
There's something nice about seeing a director interviewed four years in about their philosophy & changes they've made, rather than at the time of their appointment: ‘There Were Women Working Then, Too’: How Dia Director Jessica Morgan Is Breaking Open the (Male) Canon of Postwar Art
Interesting for museum interpretation: the Guardian is changing the language it uses when reporting on the environment to be more emphatic. “We want to ensure that we are being scientifically precise, while also communicating clearly with readers on this very important issue. ... The phrase ‘climate change’, for example, sounds rather passive and gentle when what scientists are talking about is a catastrophe for humanity.”
In a similar vein - Erin Banks' guide to trans-inclusive design, which has a lot to share about communicating with people across all media.
Julia Halperin for Artnet: Borrow, Barter, Crowdsource: How Small Countries Bootstrap Their Way to the Venice Biennale
Still open in my tabs: a reflection, 30 years on, on the importance of the 1989 exhibition Magiciens de la Terre
Saturday, 4 May 2019
Reading list, 4 May 2019
Still chewing this over with a lot of discomfort: Is this ‘Common’ Language? A College’s Misguided Guide by Rand Richards Cooper on Commonweal and a copy of the Amherst common language guide referred to in the opinion piece, since redacted by the university.
Recent writing by Nathan “Mudyi” Sentance: Queering [the museum] needs to be anti-colonial
Three pieces of catch-up reading from the Pantograph Punch:
I'm sure I've linked to this before, but an extract & link to the full statement: Germany reveals Framework Principles for Dealing with Collections from Colonial Contexts
Recently from Nina Simon: evaluating and ranking potential risks of failure, to get organised & reduce stress
NPR's guide to saying "foreign" names on air
Thousands of articles of everyday women’s clothing are being preserved in lockers in a college basement. But where, exactly, does their value lie?
Recent writing by Nathan “Mudyi” Sentance: Queering [the museum] needs to be anti-colonial
Three pieces of catch-up reading from the Pantograph Punch:
- Hanahiva Rose on Matthew McIntyre's The New Net, shown at The Dowse as part of SOLO 2018
- Jane Groufsky on Areez Katki's embroidered works at Malcolm Smith Gallery
- Elle Loui August on Peter Hawkesby's return to ceramics
I'm sure I've linked to this before, but an extract & link to the full statement: Germany reveals Framework Principles for Dealing with Collections from Colonial Contexts
Recently from Nina Simon: evaluating and ranking potential risks of failure, to get organised & reduce stress
NPR's guide to saying "foreign" names on air
Thousands of articles of everyday women’s clothing are being preserved in lockers in a college basement. But where, exactly, does their value lie?
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