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More Than 100 Seattle Art Museum Workers Plan to Unionize
More than 100 Seattle Art Museum employees announced plans this week to unionize, joining the nationwide labor movement that’s swept through art institutions in the last six years. The union, calledthe Seattle Art Museum Workers United, will represent workers in over 20 front- and back-end departments. The union told SAM director and CEO Scott Stulen read more
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In Protest of Israeli Pavilion, Activists and Unions Plan Strike on Venice Biennale’s Opening Day
The Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) has escalated its ongoing opposition to the Israel Pavilion, announcing a 24-hour strike and rally on May 8, the day before the much-hyped and highly contentious 2026 Venice Biennale opens to the public on Saturday. ANGA was formed in objection to Israel’s inclusion in the 2024 Biennale, and began read more
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UK to develop AI hardware plan
The UK government will develop an AI hardware plan, the Technology Secretary announced today, just days after US AI giant OpenAI paused a major UK data centre project. The announcement of the plan emerged today as Liz Kendall said that AI sovereignty was not about “isolation” and trying to “pull up the drawbridge and go read more
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Plan to Close DePaul Art Museum Faces Community Backlash
DePaul University in Chicago will close its campus art museum on June 30 after projecting a major budget deficit in 2026. The private university’s president, Robert L. Manuel, first announced the looming shutdown of the DePaul Art Museum (DPAM) in a letter to students and staff last week, citing ongoing reviews of the school’s “long-term read more
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Israel's Plan to Artwash Genocide at the Venice Biennale
Since the beginning of the full-scale genocide in Gaza, which has galvanized resistance worldwide, the Israeli pavilion of the Venice Biennale has been mobilizing to art-wash the nation’s brand. Two months before the opening of the 2024 Venice Biennale, a petition written by the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) and signed by thousands of artists read more
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Palestinians Decry Israel’s Plan to Seize West Bank Archaeological Site: ‘A Violation of Our History’
Israeli authorities have announced plans to seize a sprawling archaeological site overlooking the Palestinian town of Sebastia in the West Bank, sparking outrage among the roughly 3,500 Palestinians who depend on tourism to the site and nearby olive groves for their livelihoods. Residents of Sebastia have denounced the planned seizure as a pretext for expanding read more
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