Kirsten Swenson

It’s kind of amusing when they acknowledge the nepo crackpot as one of their own (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘76)

Any explanation for the minimal waves?

The alt text says it all: “a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants.” People working hard jobs that bring food to our tables are being kidnapped and terrorized on the job. It’s racism with the intent to destroy California’s economy.

Barbara Kruger mural on MOCA's Temporary Contemporary (1990–92) Barbara Kruger "Untitled (Questions)", 1989-90. On view from June 29, 1990 – July 1992 on the south wall of the Temporary Contemporary, MOCA, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy Rizzoli, New York.

Barbara Kruger asks the right questions

“.. reminiscent of portraits of leaders hanging from public buildings, often seen in dictatorships, monarchies, and in descriptions in George Orwell’s 1984 of ‘Big Brother.’”

@the-independent.com
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Alas, it seems so quaint…

US Government Calls for Venice Biennale Proposals Focused on “American Values” The newly opened grant portal for the United States pavilion features updated Trumpian language and a shortened timeline for applications.

Over the past decade Mark Bradford, Simone Leigh, Jeffrey Gibson, and Martin Puryear occupied that Jeffersonian space—the “mini Monticello” that is the American pavilion—with complex, beautiful institutional critiques of America. Now we can look forward to authoritarian aesthetics in their place.

Has Donald Trump ever visited a National Park? Silly question

NEH Announces Grant Opportunity to Create Statues of Iconic Americans for the National Garden of American Heroes

Missing grant money? Found it! It looks like the remaining grant funds for FY2025 have been reallocated here.

We have nothing good to say about this.

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I’m so sorry that the NEH has become the propaganda wing for this absurd administration

Canceled Humanities Grants to Help Pay for Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’ (Gift Article) The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums and historical sites, will redirect funds to the president’s planned patriotic sculpture garden.

A Stalinist throwback memorial would be appropriate for this administration—but it’s definitely not a “humanity.” The “garden of heroes” isn’t educational or historical, it’s a jingoistic vanity project with a stupid name. It would be better to abolish the NEH and NEA than fund this.

There are 10s of 1000s in Boston today—a sea of folks further than the eye can see! This is what democracy looks like!

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

The unhoused, museums, and libraries are now entities “the President has determined are unnecessary”

There’s nothing to defund in humanities departments—that’s our superpower

Chicago keeps its New Year's resolution: All city buildings now use 100% clean power To achieve its climate goals, the city helped finance the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi River.

Have you heard this good news?
As of January 1, every single one Chicago's 400+ municipal buildings — including 98 fire stations, two international airports, and two of the largest water treatment plants on the planet — is running on 100% renewable energy
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If there's one thing the NYPD is good at, it's...art history?

Not comparing Luigi Mangione to Jesus Christ, but I am comparing composition to composition.

Cambridge unveils bilingual street signs in Massachusett language The translations read “nekône taꝏmâôk,” for First Street, with the following ordinal numbers as “neese,” “neeshwe,” “yâwe,” and more.

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