Rebecca Shields
@rebeccashields.bsky.social
Architectural historian. Storyteller. Possibly in my Cruella era.
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The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has apparently been trying to work with the (son of the Lehman Brothers CEO) donor of the Benin Bronzes collection to transfer ownership back to Nigeria, but instead he's taking all the statues back and they're closing the gallery entirely.
In an extraordinary move, MFA to return prized African art to wealthy donor and close gallery - The Boston Globe
The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to Kingdom of Benin. The donor asked they be returned to him instead
www.bostonglobe.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has apparently been trying to work with the (son of the Lehman Brothers CEO) donor of the Benin Bronzes collection to transfer ownership back to Nigeria, but instead he's taking all the statues back and they're closing the gallery entirely.
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black student enrollment at the university of virginia barely cracks 7 percent and that is too much for glenn youngkin and his toadies www.baconsrebellion.com/uva-board-di...
UVA Board Dissolves DEI Office | Bacon's Rebellion -
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors passed a resolution today dissolving the university's Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Community Partnerships and ordering a review of university programs ...
www.baconsrebellion.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
black student enrollment at the university of virginia barely cracks 7 percent and that is too much for glenn youngkin and his toadies www.baconsrebellion.com/uva-board-di...
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They didn't mind the Black enslaved labor that built UVA. Isn't that something? UVA couldn't have existed without Black labor and the profits of our enslavement and these clowns are saying we don't deserve to be at these institutions. We're the rightful owners, morally.
March 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
They didn't mind the Black enslaved labor that built UVA. Isn't that something? UVA couldn't have existed without Black labor and the profits of our enslavement and these clowns are saying we don't deserve to be at these institutions. We're the rightful owners, morally.
My latest Substack post on the Kennedy Center takeover and tyrants with bad taste positioning themselves as gatekeepers of the arts.
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccas...
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccas...
Gatekeeping 101
An art historian's take on the DOGE-ificiation of America
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March 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My latest Substack post on the Kennedy Center takeover and tyrants with bad taste positioning themselves as gatekeepers of the arts.
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccas...
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccas...