Episode 42: Art Shenanigans I - COVID-19 Updates

Wow! December? Already? We've done COVID Updates several times this year (in April & August), and in the spirit of every 4 months, we'd like to give 2020 one last update to see where things are going. Thankfully, the news is a touch more promising on the virus-side of things with the roll-out of vaccines! However, there is always the darker side of these festivities and frolicking. Please stay safe.

Find out how some museums are trying to use their collections to bankroll employees; contemplate briefly on how street art impacts the value of real estate; reflect of fabulous re-discoveries that make Art Historians wet; bemoan government neglect and abuse in so many of its forms; and not mention the monoliths popping over the world because it's just exhausting and we're tired and It's Just Art. 

Things have changed, but we're changing with it.

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Our music was written and recorded by Elene Kadagidze.

Our cover art was designed by Lindsey Anton-Wood.

List of Public Sources:

• https://hyperallergic.com/607503/la-county-department-of-arts-and-culture-relief-grant/

• https://hyperallergic.com/607292/arts-leaders-call-for-senior-executives-to-resign-at-americans-for-the-arts/

• https://www.artforum.com/news/french-museums-to-remain-closed-through-january-7-84628

• https://hyperallergic.com/607179/republican-senator-blocks-votes-to-establish-smithsonian-museums-for-latino-culture-and-women/

• https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/street-art/banksy-ends-2020-with-a-covid-message-in-bristol-england/

• https://www.artillerymag.com/art-brief-25/

• https://www.artforum.com/news/cuban-artists-continue-to-face-government-harassment-despite-historic-agreement-84594

• https://www.artforum.com/news/tate-to-cut-120-gallery-jobs-in-attempt-to-survive-pandemic-84593

• https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tania-bruguera-detained-27n-protests-cuba-1234578297/

• https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/chicagos-union-league-monet-sale-1234578383/

• https://nothingchangeduntilfaced.com

• https://hyperallergic.com/608631/32-museum-directors-lead-calls-for-german-parliament-to-reverse-bds-ruling/

• https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-israel-palestine-culture-bds-antisemitism

• https://hyperallergic.com/606766/mexico-is-under-international-pressure-to-reform-its-cultural-institutions/

• https://www.frieze.com/article/how-dancers-across-africa-are-responding-covid-19

• https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-mosaic-found-in-britain-1234579240/