Mar 2, 2021

New Research Shows Museums are Safer than Restaurants

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Good Morning. ☀️ Today, new research is showing that museums and theaters are safer than supermarkets, restaurants, offices, or public transportation when it comes to COVID transmission, a music video in support of Cuban artists is going viral, and Vincent van LEGOgh.

– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Cuban Musicians and Artists Collaborate on Viral, Political Music Video

The “Patria y Vida” video is spreading like wildfire in Cuba and Miami, a sign of widespread discontent on the island as well as unity among Cubans.

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NFT Art Goes Viral and Heads to Auction — But What Is It?

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What's Happening

Researchers at the Berlin Institute of Technology say the risk of COVID-19 transmission is far lower in museums and theaters than in supermarkets, restaurants, offices, or public transportation.
Meme artist Tommy Marcus raised over $1 million for Planned Parenthood, donated ironically in Rush Limbaugh’s memory.
MoMA received a donation of 100 photos by women artists, including early modernists like Claude Cahun and Gertrud Arndt, as well as contemporary artists such as Catherine Opie and Carrie Mae Weems.
New findings reveal that a curious inscription on Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” — saying the work “could only have been painted by a madman” — is by the artist’s hand.
The Baltimore Museum of Art has received gifts totaling over $1 million in support of its long-term financial plan to increase access and equity within the museum.

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