Leaked Email by MoMA Director Mischaracterizes Recent Protests

Good morning. 🌧 Today, we have a leaked copy of the email MoMA Director Glenn Lowry sent to staff abo

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Good morning. 🌧 Today, we have a leaked copy of the email MoMA Director Glenn Lowry sent to staff about the recent protests, a Bronze Age map of France’s Brittany region is discovered, and we have exclusive access to Kevin B. Lee’s new video essay on Minari.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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A leaked email MoMA Director Glenn Lowry sent to staff suggests he is attempting to control the narrative around Strike MoMA’s current protests. A survey by the American Alliance of Museums found that the sector’s workers, especially BIPOC, have suffered “a grave toll on their mental health and wellbeing” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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See a 4,000-Year-Old 3D Map of France Researchers believe the Bronze Age stone bears a crude map of an area in France’s Brittany region. Sarah Rose Sharp

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