Key Events Written by Annabelle Johnston The large boxlike frame of Sam Durant’s “Scaffold” was conceived as a monument to seven different mass executions, five of them by the United […]
Case Study: Museum of Chinese in America
Key Events Written by Ilana Jacobs On July 15, 2021, protesters gathered to picket the reopening of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), with signs saying things like “Hey […]
Seen at the RISD Museum
“Shadows, RISD Museum’s 14th issue of Manual, is a companion to the exhibition. Copies can be purchased at the museum entrance, with related proceeds being donated to the RI Solidarity […]
Settler Colonialism & Native American and Indigenous Studies at Brown University
I have been thinking a lot about the Decolonization at Brown video and how we can best approach Native American and Indigenous Studies as a field that is relevant to […]
Demographics Related to Art Museums and Arts Organizations
Here are some documents that share demographics related to art museums and arts organizations: A report conducted from 2014 to 2018 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ithaka S+R, the Association of […]
Case Study: Kimono Wednesdays at the Boston MFA
Key Events Written by Yereem Chun On Wednesday evenings from the 24th of June to the 29th of July 2015, the Boston MFA ran “Kimono Wednesdays,” an interactive exhibition centered […]
Case Study: Benin Bronze (Oba) at the RISD Museum
Key Events Written by Audrey Buhain The Head of the King (Oba) is a bronze casting of the head of an Oba or supreme king of the Edo people organized […]
