“In an open nominations field, the category could be dominated by one gender at the expense of another.” Mark Shenton points out several examples of awards where the acting categories aren’t separated by gender – and where women have subsequently been outnumbered by men as nominees.
Tag: 06.06.18
Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Winds Itself Down With Big Gifts To Whitney, Smithsonian
“The foundation is announcing this week that it is giving around 400 artworks in all media by the Pop Art master — about half its holdings — to the Whitney Museum of American Art. … The foundation will also give historical material comprising approximately half a million documents to the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.”
Google And World Monuments Fund Project Spotlights Endangered Historic Sites In Iraq
“Launched on the Google Arts & Culture platform today, the project includes drone footage of ancient sites and structures like the ziggurat in Borsippa and the Archway of Ctesiphon, 3D models of now lost architecture, like Babylon’s famous Ishtar Gate, and documentation of sites that have been damaged or destroyed by ISIS, including Nimrud, Hatra and Mosul.”