Tag: Wall
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Volunteer Group Documents Smithsonian Wall Text as Trump Administration Presses Cultural Review
A group of historians and volunteers has been documenting wall labels across the Smithsonian Institution as the Trump administration pushes for changes to how American history is presented in federal museums, according to The Washington Post. The effort, organized under the name Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian, began after administration officials called for reviews of read more
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British Museum Contests Report on Removal of ‘Palestinian’ from Some Wall Texts
The British Museum contested a Telegraph report from this weekend, saying that it had not entirely stripped the word “Palestinian” from its wall texts in response to pressure from a pro-Israel group. The Telegraph report stated that UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) had written to British Museum director Nicholas Cullinan, claiming that using the word read more
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Why Wall Labels Matter
Daily Newsletter Plus, Sarah E. Bond on polychromy in ancient art, a Miami artist’s ode to queerness through water, and a sculptor’s shapeshifting art. Wall labels are not always the first thing that grabs my attention when I’m in a museum: there’s the art surrounding me, the commotion and conversation in the galleries. But I read more
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The Sticky Politics of Wall Texts
In 2024, I made a vow to never base my art criticism on wall labels. My decision came after reading reactions to that year’s Whitney Biennial. “If every label in ‘Even Better Than the Real Thing,’ the 81st installment of the Whitney Biennial, were peeled off the walls and tossed into the Hudson, what would read more
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Block upgraded, Dell downgraded: Wall Streets top analyst calls
The most talked about and market moving research calls around Wall Street are now in one place. Here are today’s research calls that investors need to know, as compiled by The Fly. Top 5 Upgrades: Truist upgraded Block (XYZ) to Hold from Sell with a price target of $68, up from $67, ahead of the read more
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