"Move over, Smithsonian. The wall labels everyone's talking about in DC this week are at the White House, where Trump installed derisive plaques about his Democratic predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama. They're as grotesque as you might expect, riddled with all-caps smears and untruths. Oh man, someone should really write a book about the Hilarity of Evil™. But who's fighting against this degradation of culture? Who's out there putting themselves and careers on the line? Not many, I'm afraid."
"A whopping 96% of staff at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art voted in favor of a union, calling for higher pay and "increased transparency." A survey among more than 1,000 artists, commissioned by our very own Paddy Johnson, found that 56% of participants are mired in debt. What's worse, this number climbs to 59% for those with gallery representation and museum shows under their belt."
Derisive wall labels installed at the White House target Democratic predecessors with all-caps smears and untruths, signaling politicized interventions into cultural spaces. Very few individuals are taking visible risks to resist cultural degradation. Major exhibitions and retrospectives, including Nan Goldin's Berlin show, remappings of interwar Paris in Singapore, Noah Davis's work on Black life, and a monuments meditation in Los Angeles, stand out among notable cultural moments. LACMA staff voted 96% in favor of unionization seeking higher pay and transparency. A survey of over 1,000 artists found 56% in debt, rising to 59% for represented artists with museum shows. Public art changes include a 27-foot Buddha replacing an oversized pigeon on the High Line.
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