KCET: "USC Pacific Art Museum Decolonizes Its Collections" - Aug 11, 2020
The museum’s approach to reevaluating its collection centers around two questions: “Who did this hurt?” and “Who does this hurt now?” Some items are sculptural heads that were severed from their bodies when they were “collected.” Others are made of ivory, now prohibited due to inhumane and unsustainable hunting practices. Still others represent a colonial perspective that reinforces harmful stereotypes.
Artnet: "Media scion James Murdoch now owns a controlling stake in MCH Group, Art Basel’s struggling parent company" - Aug 3, 2020
Shareholders of Art Basel’s parent company, MCH Group, have agreed to a package of stabilizing measures put forward by its board of directors earlier this month. All of its proposals, including a much-discussed cash infusion from media scion James Murdoch, passed in an Extraordinary General Meeting on August 3, and MCH can now begin to implement them.
Philadelphia Inquirer: "Philadelphia Museum of Art workers have voted decisively to unionize" - Aug 3, 2020
In a landslide decision, workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) have voted to join the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees District Council 47 union (AFSCME DC 47).