Most of the objectors to Denzel Washington’s accent are men who think too much about the Roman Empire. Here’s how the accent has changed throughout cinema.
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DEI Initiatives Are Dying Down. Now What?
Tips for arts organizations on how to get it right through times of inequity and unrest.
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Lessons on Black Art Writing From Toni Morrison
Morrison reminds us to dwell in Black visions, to give ourselves over to them entirely, and to do so in language that does not plead for understanding.
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The Olympics Drag Scene Got Christian Art History Right
Critics of the opening ceremony betrayed their ignorance of Christianity’s pagan roots — and the real reason behind their ire toward the show.
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Why Native Artists Are Reclaiming the Whirling Log
The Diné symbol was suppressed for decades by a settler-dominated art market that conflated it with the Nazi insignia.
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Who’s Left Out of the Frame in the Viral Trump Shooting Photo?
In the compulsive analysis of the former president’s image, we risk overlooking the mundanity of gun violence and its less mediagenic casualties.
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How Modern-Day Christian Iconoclasts Lost Their Heads
The vandal who beheaded Esther Strauss’s sculpture of the Virgin Mary in labor disregarded centuries-old depictions of the mother of God as just a mother.
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How Can a Small Bohemian Town Help Artists Stay Afloat?
Historic arts enclaves like Provincetown, Key West, and Taos, and American culture at large, lose when they fail to invest in artists and writers.
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Brooklyn Museum Is Complicit in Violence Against Protesters
No other museum in living memory has permitted the mass arrest of members of the arts community engaged in a non-violent assembly.
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Did Auguste Rodin Steal From Camille Claudel?
What went so wrong that the brilliant sculptor’s work became so little known? Simply put, she entered Rodin’s studio.
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In Defense of Jonathan Yeo’s King Charles Portrait
Just like Velázquez’s last portrait of King Philip IV of Spain, Yeo’s blood-red painting signifies the imminent downfall of a monarch.
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How Can Grantmakers Support Artists of Color?
Those of us in arts philanthropy need to redouble our efforts to fund artists and organizations of color and sharpen our grantmaking practices to advance racial justice.
