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Breonna Taylor show points art museums to a faster track

Breonna Taylor show points art museums to a faster track Amy Sherald (b. 1973), Breonna Taylor, 2020. Oil on linen 137.2 x 109.2 cm / 54 x 43 inches. © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joseph Hyde. by Holland Cotter (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- People talk a lot about getting back to pre-COVID normal. But our traditional art museums can forget about that. After a year of intense racial-justice reckoning, a paralyzing pandemic and crippling economic shortfalls, aging hidebound institutions are scrambling just to stay afloat. And the only way for them to do so is to change. Strategies for forward motion are needed. One is in play here at the Speed Art Museum, in the form of a quietly passionate show called “Promise, Witness, Remembrance,” which might, with profit, be studied by other institutions in survivalist mode.

Private collection of celebrity piano-tuner sells for more than double its auction estimate

A private collection of autographs, personal notes and photographs featuring celebrities past and present, smashed its pre-sale estimate today, sellin

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800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices

800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices Jar in Medieval Oxford Ware, probably used as a cooking-pot and dated to the late 11th or 12th century and b. near-complete miniature jar in Early Brill Coarseware from structure 3.1. Image courtesy: University of Bristol. BRISTOL .- A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology, have found the first evidence of a religious diet locked inside pottery fragments excavated from the early medieval Jewish community of Oxford. Keeping kosher is one of the oldest known diets across the world and, for an observant Jew, maintaining these dietary laws (known as Kashruth) is a fundamental part of everyday life. It is a key part of what identifies them as Jews, both amongst their own communities and to the outside world.

Eunice Bélidor named Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art at the MMFA

Eunice Bélidor named Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art at the MMFA Eunice Bélidor, Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art (1945 to Today), MMFA. Photo © Charlène Daguin. MONTREAL .-The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts announced the appointment of Eunice Bélidor as the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art (1945 to Today). Bélidor’s multidisciplinary background in art and research will greatly benefit the Museum, its programming and its collection of Quebec and Canadian contemporary art. “Eunice Bélidor has distinguished herself as a curator and a thought leader in her field, and I could not be happier to welcome her to the curatorial team of the MMFA. Her experience coupled with her interest in stimulating dialogue and in focusing on themes and discourses that are too often marginalized make her a tremendous asset for the MMFA. Her work will enrich our understanding of Quebec a

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