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As the US’s racial and ethnic make-up becomes more diverse, a report by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation indicates that museums and arts organizations do not reflect the country’s changing demographic. Mona Chalabi, a data-journalist and artist whose own work examines diversity in the arts, interprets a report from the National Endowment for the Arts, like this: In one year, “white Americans were almost twice as likely as black or Hispanic Americans to have done at least one arts activity…” As such, the current closures mostly affect white museum-goers. Whether encouraging an “ever-deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art” (like the Museum of Modern Art), or committing to show Americans “how their stories, their histories, and their cultures are shaped and informed by global influences” (like the National Museum of African American History and Culture), or connecting people “to creativity, knowledge, and ideas” (like the Met), every arts organization has — or should have — a road-map to success, shaped by their mission statement. With new attention turned to virtual art-offerings, these curated experiences make virtual art-goers more susceptible to one-sided interpretations — which could have a long-lasting negative impact on how we all appreciate art and culture.

Artists Dakota Noot and Christopher Anthony Velasco elaborate on this connection with Scream Queen, the group exhibition they curated featuring artists who employ horror tropes or aesthetics to investigate and celebrate queerness. Participating artists include Paul Pescador, whose DIY films recall personal and historical memories through everyday objects; photographer Amina Cruz, who captures the queer POC community on Los Angeles’s Eastside; and Megan Koth, whose paintings portray the internalized violence of rigid beauty standards. This Sunday afternoon, Noot and Velasco have organized a screening in conjunction with the show, which will feature short films by Ciriza, Maiza Hixson, and Shaun Johnson and Jensen Rule Tierra. When: Sunday, October 20, 1–4pm Where: Little Tokyo Art Complex (262 S. Los Angeles St., Downtown, Los Angeles) As arts communities around the world experience a time of challenge and change, accessible, independent reporting on these developments is more important than ever.

Revolutionary Generation: French Drawings (1770-1815) from the Fabre Museum illustrates how, as the Rococo movement went out of fashion, France’s insurrectionist artists drew on ancient Greek and Roman art for inspiration. French Drawings (1770-1815) from the Fabre Museum illustrates how, as the Rococo movement went out of fashion, France’s insurrectionist artists drew on ancient Greek and Roman art for inspiration. Revolutionary Generation: French Drawings (1770-1815) from the Fabre Museum illustrates how, as the pastel frivolity of the Rococo movement went out of fashion, France’s insurrectionist artists adopted a narrative Neoclassicism as their predominant mode, drawing on ancient Greek and Roman art for inspiration. Later, contradictory, intimately serene scenes, like Fabre’s “Study of Antique Chair Covered with Drapery” (1796), inspired by the art of classical antiquity, communicate more settled hopes for the new French Republic that grew out of giddy political-social upheaval.

The Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York will soon allow the public a peek inside of Isamu Noguchi’s studio for the first time. Steyerl said she received advice from photographer and founder of PAIN Sackler Nan Goldin, who requested the artist address two of the drug advocacy group’s demands of all Sackler-associated institutions: that the institution remove the Sackler’s name from its buildings and publicly announce its refusal to accept future funding from the Sacklers. [TAN] TIME’s annual list of 100 Most Influential People bore the names of a few artists this year: 98-year-old Venezuelan artist Luchita Hurtado; founder of Studio Gang architecture firm, Jeanne Gang; and painter David Hockney. [artnet] The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London will name one of its galleries after British pop legend Elton John and his husband David Furnish after the couple made a significant donation to the V&A’s new photography center.