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posted by CAA — June 10, 2020
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — June 03, 2020

A makeshift memorial and mural by local artists to honor George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: Kerem Yucel/AFP, via CNN
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — May 27, 2020

David Litvin checks the tomatoes growing outside the Guggenheim Museum, where he is one of the few people who show up each day for work. Credit: Jeenah Moon for The New York Times
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — May 20, 2020

The managing horticulturist at the Met Cloisters, Marc Montefusco. Photo courtesy of Marc Montefusco, via artnet News
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — May 13, 2020

Ross Sinclair’s The Real Life Declaration of Arbroath 1320–2720, 2020, one of the works in the Royal Scottish Academy’s annual exhibition, which went entirely online because of the pandemic. Image: Royal Scottish Academy, via New York Times
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — May 06, 2020

Steven Zucker and Beth Harris, the two art historians behind Smarthistory, look at a bronze scuplture by Auguste Rodin at the Brookyln Museum in 2014. Photo: Lisa Fisher, via Washington Post
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — March 25, 2020
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — March 18, 2020
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — March 11, 2020

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UC Graduate Students Threaten More Strikes as Movement Grows
Students and faculty members across University of California campuses took action last week in support of UC Santa Cruz graduate students demanding cost-of-living adjustments. (Los Angeles Times)
Online Resource: Women in World History
In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, explore an online resource of educational materials for teaching the history of women in the world. (NEH)
Griselda Pollock Becomes First Art Historian to Win Esteemed $646,000 Holberg Prize
The feminist art historian has won one of the world’s biggest awards for contributions to the humanities. (ARTnews)
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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted by CAA — March 04, 2020
The Smithsonian Puts 2.8 Million Images in the Public Domain
The Smithsonian opted for a Creative Commons Zero license, which places work “as completely as possible in the public domain.” (Wired)
Louvre Closes to Public as Staff Meets to Discuss Spread of Coronavirus in France
The institution temporarily closed this week to discuss the spread of the virus. (ARTnews)
Refugee Docents Help Bring A Museum’s Global Collection To Life
Attendance at the Penn Museum has shot up since the Global Guides’ first tours in 2018. (NPR)
Meet the Iowa Architect Documenting Every Slave House Still Standing
Since 2012, Jobie Hill has surveyed hundreds of structures that she believes once served as homes to enslaved African Americans. (Atlas Obscura)
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