This n' That: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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American Alliance of Museums Condemns Trump’s Delay of Pandemic Relief Negotiations
2020 has been nothing short of horrendous for many industries, large and small, none more so than the art industry which is still grappling with the impacts of the pandemic.
The nation’s museums, which support 726,000 jobs annually, continue to deplete their dwindling financial resources and cut staff due to low attendances and limited avenues of providing revenue. Earlier this week, President Trump announced that stimulus relief talks would be suspended until after the election, leaving museums — and millions of struggling nonprofits, commercial businesses, and individuals in the US — in the lurch.
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Veteran Guggenheim Curator Nancy Spector Has Been Cleared of Racial Bias Allegations—But She's Leaving the Museum Anyway
The Guggenheim Museum announced on Thursday that its longtime chief curator, Nancy Spector, is departing the museum after 34 years, and that an independent investigation has found that she did not mistreat a guest curator, Chaedria LaBouvier, based on her race
The announcement did not give much detail into the months-long dispute, which began in June, when LaBouvier filed complaints detailing what she said was racist behavior by Spector and others at the museum.
LaBouvier, who became the first Black curator to organize a show at the museum with “Basquiat’s Defacement: The Untold Story,” also argued that she should have been invited to participate in a panel about it, which Spector hosted.
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Google's New App Allows Users to Put Themselves Inside the World's Most Famous Artworks With Just One Tap
As the pandemic raged on and people were stuck in the confines of their homes, they began to recreate famous art works as a means of entertainment and a way to kill time. It went viral and quickly became a social media sensation that even spawned a book.
Now, thanks to Google’s new AR Art Filter, you can put yourself inside a famous painting with just one tap.
Thanks to Google’s collaborations with museums around the world, you can put masterworks into the palm of your hand. Try on an Ancient Egyptian necklace or Wear a Samurai helmet!
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The Buzz Around the VP Debates
Many viewers tuned into the VP debates on Wednesday hoping to get answers to burning questions and a chance to see one candidate outshine the other. What they didn't expect was to have a fly be the star of the debate.
How do flies and art intertwine, you ask?
Flies have a long history in western art. Dating back to Medieval times, the bug’s appearance in an artwork was used to symbolize death or rot of the flesh and soul.
At the time, it was believed that flies could appear spontaneously out of mud, and had a strong affiliation with the Devil, or Beelzebub, who is described in the New Testament as the “lord of the flies.”
Pictured buzzing about a woman, flies indicate lustful wantonness and impropriety. And near a nobleman or clergy, the bug is thought to have implied corruption and deceitfulness.
