Marabou Selects

A selection of Marabou’s thoughts organized by topic:

Marabou 101
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The British Museum
Exhibitions & Spaces
Challenge & Reimagine the Museum
Inspirational Folks
Reading List

Marabou 101:

Funerary Mask Peru Lambayeque Sican

Object Labels at the Museum

bench Met Museum Roman statuary

Space and Seating at the Museum

met museum_categorizing_curatorial choices

Categorizing at the Museum

Met Museum Greek Roman Arched Ceiling

Museum Architecture

funding, fundraising, development, museums

Money Makes the Museum Doors Open: Museum Funding 101

The Power of Objects

AAM, diversity, Marabou

46% of American museum boards have no trustees of color. How can boards become more diverse?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

met museum, american art, american wing

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Narrative

American Woman

new york, american history, american art, five points

Class, or Lack Thereof, in the American Galleries

american art, landscape, frederic edwin church, hudson river school

Native Americans and Manifest Destiny at The Met

Abraham Lincoln, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Thomas Anshutz

The Met’s Take on Slavery and the Civil War

American History, Americant Art, Benjamin Franklin

Closing Reflections on The Met’s American Wing

Kara Walker, american art, american history

Kara Walker on The Met’s American Wing

native perspective

Native Perspectives Added to The Met’s American Wing

The British Museum

British Museum, Marabou

The British Museum Part I: Positives

The British Museum Part II: Negatives

benin bronze

The British Museum Part III: The Colonial Language Around African Art

Banksy, British Museum

Banksy’s “Peckham Rock” at the British Museum

Exhibitions & Spaces

NMAAHC, African American History

Curating the Discussion of Slavery at the NMAAHC

native americans, indians, NMAI

“Americans” Exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian

A Tale of Two Architectures: NMAI NY & Washington, DC

Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean at NMAI NY

“Art of Native America: The Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker” at The Met

“The Story Box: Franz Boas, George Hunt and the Making of Anthropology” at BGC

Challenge & Reimagine the Museum

reparations, repatriation, gentrification

Decolonization Action at the American Museum of National History

Sackler, Nan Goldin

The Sackler Family: Big Museum Donors, Big Pharma, and OxyContin

Is it subversive for museum staff to unionize?

Artists, Activists, and Scholars Ask El Museo del Barrio to Keep True to Its Mission

Letter from Theorists, Critics, and Scholars to Remove Kanders from The Whitney

Art & Museum Workers Openly Share Their Salaries in Act of Solidarity

out in oxford, oxford university, queer history

Out in Oxford

Marabou stands in front of three questions

On Museum Responsibility: A Generative Thought Exercise

Marabou reads Strike MoMA Website

Strike MoMA: Analysis and Invitation

Marabou holds a sign for worker solidarity

In the Meantime: Worker Solidarity & Advocacy

A quote from former Weeksville Heritage Center workers

Former Weeksville Workers Speak Out

Inspirational Folks

chimamanda adichie, ted talk, stereotype

Food for Thought: Chimamanda Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story”

Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson’s “Guarded View” and “My Life as a Dog”

James Luna, “Artifact Piece”

Inspiring Person: LaTanya Autry, Co-Producer of “Museums Are Not Neutral”

An “Uncomfortable Art Tour” at Tate Britain with Alice Procter

“Look at art. Get paid.” Program

Clara Lemlich, union

Happy Labor Day! Love, Clara Lemlich & Marabou!

eddie izzard, comedy, history, british

Food for Thought: Eddie Izzard & History Through a Comedic Lens

Reading List

new yorker, marabou

Marabou Reads: “Whiteness in Classical Art” in The New Yorker

 Words Matter

“Decolonization is Not a Metaphor” by Tuck and Yang

On the Reading List: Patrick Wolfe and J. Kēhaulani Kauanui

CM Campbell’s Comics Address Problems in Museums and the Art World