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News
Artists across the country are making art responding to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. [The Guardian]
Artists, curators, and dealers have also announced initiatives that will financially support Black Lives Matter. [ARTnews]
Filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen dedicated his two movies that are part of the Cannes Film Festival lineup to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. [Deadline]
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis said it would stop contracting the Minneapolis Police Department for security in response to George Floyd’s death and the ongoing protests around the country. [ARTnews]
A new monograph of Gordon Parks’s photography, titled The Atmosphere of Crime, 1957, presents the artist’s images of police brutality against Black people in the 1950s. [The Art Newspaper]
Coronavirus
Many arts organizations from orchestras to ballets to art museums have begun to draw more money from their endowments than they typically would because of the financial impact of the pandemic. [The New York Times]
Carolina A. Miranda talks with artist Paul McCarthy about what he’s drawn during the pandemic and what he’s learned from Instagram. [Los Angeles Times]
Looking at Art
As museums across Italy begin to reopen, locals are rediscovering their country’s treasures, which are typically filled with tourists. [The New York Times]
Riga’s Riboca biennial, which was to open in May, will instead become an experimental feature film with its programming online. [The Art Newspaper]