Baltimore Museum of Art workers are unionizing for livable wages, staff advancement, health and safety. In 1930, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin became the Baltimore Museum of Art’s first appointed curator of prints—and the first paid staff curator in the fine arts. A recent BMA exhibition, Adelyn Breeskin: Curating a Legacy, commended her work at the museum, which included helping to secure the Cone Collection and establish the print department. According to curator Laura Albans, Breeskin was born into a wealthy Baltimore family, moved away for school, and later returned as a divorcee with three kids who needed a job. In 1942, when all the men […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/09/1080713399_0:0:3001:1688_1200x675_80_0_0_1cdb9c9b99a753f2f4ffe7aa79341f9d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010091080713438-pences-fly-immortalized-in-national-bobblehead-museum/ The notorious housefly that hung out on Mike Pence’s head for some two minutes during the live-streaming vice-presidential debate has been making headlines and word trends, hours after the event – also making money for the Biden campaign after staffers were quick to turn the visiting bug into branded merchandise. If you think that there has been enough of the Pence fly, you are clearly wrong, as things appear to only be getting started with the vice president and the insect that hung out on his hair for about two minutes during the vice […]
The UK’s Natural History Museum is reviewing options for its Charles Darwin exhibits, including possible removal, after an internal review ordered amid Black Lives Matter protests found that they could be deemed “offensive.” The museum’s directors are scrutinizing collections that may be considered “problematic,” which could lead to removal or lesser remedies, such as renaming, The Telegraph reported citing internal documents. Artifacts from the father of evolutionary theory are among the suspects because Darwin’s voyage to Galapagos Island on the HMS Beagle was one of the UK’s “colonialist scientific expeditions.” “In light of Black Lives Matter and the recent anti-racist demonstrations around […]
President Barack Obama broke precedent and slammed his successor President Donald Trump on Wednesday night during his DNC speech at the Museum of American Revolution. Obama, who led the greatest political scandal in US history and spied on the Trump campaign and Trump Transition Team, gave one of the most divisive speeches in US history. . @BarackObama’s Administration led a surveillance program against @realDonaldTrump’s campaign that was filled with Russian propaganda – and they knew it. — Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 20, 2020 TRENDING: Goodyear Bans Employees From Wearing ‘All Lives Matter,’ ‘Blue Lives Matter’ or MAGA Slogans, But Says Black […]
Summer travel in the United States has slowed but not stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic. Among those destinations that have recently reopened is, as of June 8, the Creation Museum, a museum dedicated to promoting the Biblical story of Genesis as historic and scientific fact. More than this, the Creation Museum offers a window into the ideas and workings of the American religious right. Evangelical Christians make up approximately 25 percent of the U.S. population. A majority of them think the Bible should be read literally and that evolution is false. The Creation Museum, about which we wrote a book […]
In Pursuit of the Perfect Photo, Tourist Accidentally Breaks Sculpture’s Toes by Nora McGreevy/Smithsonianmag.com Last week, a tourist visiting the Museo Antonio Canova in northern Italy staged a photoshoot with unexpected consequences. Posing next to a 216-year-old plaster sculpture of a reclining woman, he sat down near the statue’s feet and leaned in, inadvertently snapping off several of its toes, according to a statement. Italian officials say that the tourist left the museum in a hurry without notifying the guards. But in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum has started requiring international visitors to sign in as a safety measure. That […]
Can You Help Identify This Museum’s Mystery Artifacts? by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com In 1884, American-born expatriate Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome patented a compact “tabloid” pill designed to deliver standardized doses of medicine. The product, produced by the young entrepreneur’s pharmaceutical company, Burroughs Wellcome & Co., was an instant sensation, making Wellcome a wealthy man. Before his death in 1936, the pharmacist used this fortune to build a vast collection of artifacts and books detailing the history of medicine. Today, thousands of objects from Wellcome’s trove are housed in the collections of Great Britain’s Science Museum Group (SMG). Many are highly unusual, leaving staff uncertain of their original […]
Gary Garrels, one of the top art curators in the nation, resigned this week after refusing to exclude works of white male artists. Garrels was the chief curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art since 2008. Gary Garrels said not presenting art by white male artists was reverse discrimination.This statement was very offensive to staff and community members who accused him of “white supremacist” language. He was out within a month. TRENDING: NOT MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES: Black Mass Shooter Kills Two Random Men in Indiana Before Being Gunned Down by CCW Holder (VIDEO) The Washington Examiner reported: An art […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007101079848950-turkeys-state-council-annuls-1934-ruling-to-turn-hagia-sophia-in-istanbul-into-museum-reports-say/ Last year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested that the Hagia Sophia, formerly the Church of the Holy Wisdom, which used to be an Orthodox Christian cathedral before becoming a mosque and then a museum, could become a mosque again, with free admission. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107981/26/1079812681_0:0:3086:1736_1200x675_80_0_0_66f6e9164252fcf8c68e5a8e0a26d1e0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007061079812658-russian-patriarch-urges-turkey-to-preserve-hagia-sophias-status-as-museum/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill on Monday called on Ankara to keep the Hagia Sophia as a museum, as the “neutral status” will contribute to the further development of interfaith peace and harmony, amid the Turkish authorities’ plans to turn the complex into a mosque. “I hope for the prudence of Turkey’s state leadership. Preservation of the current neutral status of Hagia Sophia, one of the greatest masterpieces of Christian culture and a church–symbol for millions of Christians all over the world, will facilitate further development of the relations […]
As the trend of statue-toppling gains traction worldwide, RT takes a look at a special German museum where outdated sculptures go to rest in peace – even though many hark back to war. From the 19th-century colonial conquests in Africa to Prussian militarism and Nazism, German history is full of troubles and tragedies. But Germany’s way of handling its uneasy past might provide an example for others to follow, an RT crew discovered in Berlin’s Spandau Citadel. The fortress, where chemical weapons were stockpiled before World War II, now houses a museum where controversial sculptures are stored. On display are statues […]
Celebrate Independence Day at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum COLUMBUS, Ohio – The National Veterans Memorial and Museum will be open July 4 to share the stories of our nation’s Veterans who fought and died for our freedom. While many communities have cancelled fireworks, parades and events for the safety of their residents and visitors, the museum is the perfect place to celebrate Independence Day with family and friends in a safe, controlled environment. Details on purchasing tickets and safety protocols can be found here. “My team and I are proud to welcome guests during the July 4 weekend in […]
They won’t stop til they crush the system. In August 2017 far left protesters demanded the New York Museum of Natural History remove their famous Teddy Roosevelt statue. The protesters carried signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and “Abolish white supremacy.” The scene outside of @AMNH today as #DecolonizeThisPlace‘s anti-#ColumbusDay tour covered the Teddy Roosevelt statue. (pic: @hoods4justice) pic.twitter.com/USiNOV0wie — Ash J (@AshAgony) October 11, 2016 TRENDING: BREAKING: Ten People Shot in Minneapolis, Reports of ‘100 People Fighting With Various Weapons’ On Sunday The New York Times announced liberal leaders agreed to take down the iconic Roosevelt statue outside the Museum of Natural History. […]
There’s no evidence linking the legendary Liverpool street Penny Lane to slave trader James Penny, the city’s slavery museum has said. The street was recently vandalized, amid Black Lives Matter protests. The widespread misconception that the road was named after an 18th-century slave merchant was debunked by the Liverpool-based International Slavery Museum (ISM) on Friday. Penny Lane shot to international fame back in 1967, thanks to the Beatles song named after it, and its original street sign was included in the ISM’s display when the museum first opened in 2007. Now, however, “comprehensive research” has shown it was wrongly linked to […]
Thousands of ‘black trans lives matter’ protesters gathered outside of the Brooklyn museum on Sunday. The protesters were shoulder-to-shoulder and not practicing social distancing. WATCH: Happening now in Brooklyn.. Silent march for Black Trans lives.. shot by my friend who has this amazing view from her living room… pic.twitter.com/Caa8hj62DX — natiba (@natiba) June 14, 2020 TRENDING: UPDATE — FULL BODYCAM VIDEO Reveals Atlanta Police Being Patient, Respectful with Rayshard Brooks (VIDEO) WATCH: The crowd outside Brooklyn Museum. Can I get a haircut now? And can my kids go to the park? @NYCMayor pic.twitter.com/cgsCd9qBsT — Jewish Deplorable 🇺🇸 (@TrumpJew) June 14, 2020 […]
In the video posted to social media, Kansas City Zoo executive director Randy Wisthoff says their Humboldt penguins have missed their regular interactions with zoo visitors. Gabe Hopkins/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. hide caption toggle caption Gabe Hopkins/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. In the video posted to social media, Kansas City Zoo executive director Randy Wisthoff says their Humboldt penguins have missed their regular interactions with zoo visitors. Gabe Hopkins/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. What a time to be a penguin. First, a group of the flightless birds were recently allowed to roam around the halls of Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium — […]