Cindy Persinger
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Pitt’s History of Art and Architecture Department receives $500K grant to center social justice
The University of Pittsburgh will receive a $500,000 Mellon Grant to help the school’s history of art and architecture department shape a more socially just curriculum.
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Fantastic! Pitt History of Art and Architecture
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Here is some beautiful art that also packs a political punch. Meet Edel Rodriguez.
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Edel Rodriguez’s Artistic Journey From Exile to Expression | In the Making | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
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August 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Here is some beautiful art that also packs a political punch. Meet Edel Rodriguez.
youtu.be/0gxsB5uFEsU?...
youtu.be/0gxsB5uFEsU?...
Trump’s Attempt to Make Museums Submit Feels Familiar www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attempt to Make Museums Submit Feels Familiar
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August 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Trump’s Attempt to Make Museums Submit Feels Familiar www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
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NEW: The Trump administration has suspended millions in USDA grants to tribal colleges and universities. It might force some students to drop out.
My story for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trib...
My story for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trib...
She’s on a Scholarship at a Tribal College in Wisconsin. The Trump Administration Suspended the USDA Grant That Funded It.
Tribal colleges and universities, which ProPublica last year found are perpetually underfunded by Congress, say it’s illegal to withhold financial support from them. Their funding is protected by trea...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has suspended millions in USDA grants to tribal colleges and universities. It might force some students to drop out.
My story for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trib...
My story for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trib...
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The exhibition in Istanbul "brings together 28 works by 22 artists, presenting a selection that questions the social, cultural, and political impact of photography in the digital age."
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Power of Photography in the Footsteps of Susan Sontag
The independent digital art platform ArtRedCo is holding its first exhibition at Ark Kültür, curated by Beral Madra. Opening on March 6, the exhibition titled “Today, everything exists to end in a pho...
artdogistanbul.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The exhibition in Istanbul "brings together 28 works by 22 artists, presenting a selection that questions the social, cultural, and political impact of photography in the digital age."
artdogistanbul.com/en/power-of-...
artdogistanbul.com/en/power-of-...
Fantastic! Pitt History of Art and Architecture
Pitt’s History of Art and Architecture Department receives $500K grant to center social justice
The University of Pittsburgh will receive a $500,000 Mellon Grant to help the school’s history of art and architecture department shape a more socially just curriculum.
www.wesa.fm
February 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Fantastic! Pitt History of Art and Architecture
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Diego Rivera in Detroit, for no particular reason. 💉
February 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Diego Rivera in Detroit, for no particular reason. 💉
Morning run a few days ago… I run to stay sane
February 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Morning run a few days ago… I run to stay sane
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Please join us at the 2025 College Art Association Annual Conference in NYC at the Hilton Midtown!
Full schedule: thefeministartproject.org/college-art-...
@nationalwca.org #TFAPatCAA #CAA2025 #TFAPWCACaucus #womenscaucusforart #TFAPNJ #TFAPNYC #feministart #feministarthistory #feminism
Full schedule: thefeministartproject.org/college-art-...
@nationalwca.org #TFAPatCAA #CAA2025 #TFAPWCACaucus #womenscaucusforart #TFAPNJ #TFAPNYC #feministart #feministarthistory #feminism
January 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Please join us at the 2025 College Art Association Annual Conference in NYC at the Hilton Midtown!
Full schedule: thefeministartproject.org/college-art-...
@nationalwca.org #TFAPatCAA #CAA2025 #TFAPWCACaucus #womenscaucusforart #TFAPNJ #TFAPNYC #feministart #feministarthistory #feminism
Full schedule: thefeministartproject.org/college-art-...
@nationalwca.org #TFAPatCAA #CAA2025 #TFAPWCACaucus #womenscaucusforart #TFAPNJ #TFAPNYC #feministart #feministarthistory #feminism
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When I taught Art Humanities at Columbia, this was in the slide kit (yes, back in the dark ages with actual slides).
You could always pull it out when a student asked, "But why didn't Picasso paint things the way they really look?"
He *could* do it, but chose not to. Welcome to art history.
You could always pull it out when a student asked, "But why didn't Picasso paint things the way they really look?"
He *could* do it, but chose not to. Welcome to art history.
I wouldn’t have picked it as a Picasso, nor as by a 15-year-old, which just goes to show how little I know ~ ‘Science and Charity’ (1897) Picasso Museum, Barcelona
January 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
When I taught Art Humanities at Columbia, this was in the slide kit (yes, back in the dark ages with actual slides).
You could always pull it out when a student asked, "But why didn't Picasso paint things the way they really look?"
He *could* do it, but chose not to. Welcome to art history.
You could always pull it out when a student asked, "But why didn't Picasso paint things the way they really look?"
He *could* do it, but chose not to. Welcome to art history.
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Last chance | Calling all MA members in Scotland 📢
We're still looking for nominations for two MA board members based in Scotland 📍
If you're talented, creative and looking to make your mark on our strategic direction and the wider sector, we want to hear from you.
Nominations close *tomorrow* 👇
We're still looking for nominations for two MA board members based in Scotland 📍
If you're talented, creative and looking to make your mark on our strategic direction and the wider sector, we want to hear from you.
Nominations close *tomorrow* 👇
Call for nominations: board elections 2025 - Museums Association
Our board shapes the future of the MA and the sector
www.museumsassociation.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Last chance | Calling all MA members in Scotland 📢
We're still looking for nominations for two MA board members based in Scotland 📍
If you're talented, creative and looking to make your mark on our strategic direction and the wider sector, we want to hear from you.
Nominations close *tomorrow* 👇
We're still looking for nominations for two MA board members based in Scotland 📍
If you're talented, creative and looking to make your mark on our strategic direction and the wider sector, we want to hear from you.
Nominations close *tomorrow* 👇
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Elizabeth Catlett’s bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr., created for a competition in the 1980s, is on public view for the first time at San Francisco’s de Young Museum.
When Elizabeth Catlett Sculpted Martin Luther King Jr.
The bronze bust, newly acquired by the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums, is now on public view for the first time since its creation.
hyperallergic.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Elizabeth Catlett’s bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr., created for a competition in the 1980s, is on public view for the first time at San Francisco’s de Young Museum.
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Looks like a trip to Chicago to see this show - Project a Black Planet - before March 30 www.wbez.org/arts/2025/01...
‘Project a Black Planet’ is a history-making survey of Pan-African art
The massive Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, co-presented with museums in Barcelona and Brussels, will head to Europe after March 30.
www.wbez.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Looks like a trip to Chicago to see this show - Project a Black Planet - before March 30 www.wbez.org/arts/2025/01...
Ai Weiwei in New York design-milk.com/ai-weiweis-n...
Ai Weiwei's New Toy Brick Masterpieces Re-Mix Art History
Ai Weiwei presents shocking recreations of famous paintings and news images made from thousands of LEGO and WOMA bricks in New York City.
design-milk.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ai Weiwei in New York design-milk.com/ai-weiweis-n...
Important work - Black Artists Archive. wordinblack.com/2025/01/blac...
Black Artists Archive Launches to Preserve Black Art Legacy
With $125,000 in funding, the organization aims to safeguard critical pieces of Black artistic and cultural heritage for future generations.
wordinblack.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Important work - Black Artists Archive. wordinblack.com/2025/01/blac...
I am always eager to consider how contemporary images compare with earlier examples, I’m not sure this gets this one exactly right. Anyone have a better example? www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Donald Trump's official portrait: The 17th Century painting that unlocks this mysterious image
Following the release of the US president-elect's official portrait, an expert reveals how scouring the pages of art history can help decode its meaning.
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I am always eager to consider how contemporary images compare with earlier examples, I’m not sure this gets this one exactly right. Anyone have a better example? www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
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A string of exhibitions at the Getty, Bodleian Library and the Warburg Institute shine a light on the thorny practice of divination and show how it has long made its way into visual culture, writes Louisa McKenzie – from the January issue of Apollo, out now
The art of divination | Apollo Magazine
From the ancient world to modern times, humans have looked to the esoteric arts to answer questions about life, the universe and everything
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January 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A string of exhibitions at the Getty, Bodleian Library and the Warburg Institute shine a light on the thorny practice of divination and show how it has long made its way into visual culture, writes Louisa McKenzie – from the January issue of Apollo, out now
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Wemby played chess with folks in Washington Square Park in New York City
December 28, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Wemby played chess with folks in Washington Square Park in New York City
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Chronicling the life of a woman struggling to make time for art amid the constraints of childcare and housework, Tirzah Garwood’s autobiography makes for a colourful companion to Dulwich Picture Gallery’s exhibition
Tirzah Garwood in her own words | Apollo Magazine
As a large exhibition of her work opens in London, this modern British artist’s autobiography makes for a colourful companion piece, writes Nicola Beauman
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December 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Chronicling the life of a woman struggling to make time for art amid the constraints of childcare and housework, Tirzah Garwood’s autobiography makes for a colourful companion to Dulwich Picture Gallery’s exhibition
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“It’s important for me to celebrate the contributions of these women as artists, as everyday archivists and individuals who inspire so many," guest curator Sharbreon Plummer said of the Mississippi Museum of Art's new exhibit showcasing Black quilters from the South.
‘Of Salt and Spirit’: Black Quilters Record Southern History
The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, is displaying the exhibit, “Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South,” through April 15, 2022.
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December 16, 2024 at 6:02 PM
“It’s important for me to celebrate the contributions of these women as artists, as everyday archivists and individuals who inspire so many," guest curator Sharbreon Plummer said of the Mississippi Museum of Art's new exhibit showcasing Black quilters from the South.