Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News v. 10 n. 12, December 2024

Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News support the committee's mission to monitor governmental activities and social justice issues affecting the professional interests of ARLIS/NA and to keep the ARLIS/NA membership informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new developments. The articles compiled in the News Alerts bring to the forefront recent news from a range of perspectives designed to elicit discussion; they are not compiled to represent the views of ARLIS as an organization or the members of the Advocacy and Public Policy Committee.

Previous issues can be found here: https://www.arlisna.org/news/appc-news-alert.

Art & Activism

• Boucher, Brian. “Artwork Barred From View in Venice Goes to New York’s Jewish Museum.” Artnet News, December 2, 2024. 

• Broome, Henry. “Protesters Denounce Tate’s Ties to Israel During Turner Prize Ceremony.” Hyperallergic, December 4, 2024. 

• Hyperallergic and Jewish Currents. “Things Not Seen.” Hyperallergic, December 10, 2024. 

• Nayyar, Rhea. “Guerrilla Wall Labels Protest Keffiyeh Ban at Noguchi Museum.” Hyperallergic, December 10, 2024.

• Nayyar, Rhea. “Protesters Stage Guerilla Action on Subway In Honor of Jordan Neely.” Hyperallergic, December 6, 2024.

• Roa, Juanita Solano, and Blanca Serrano Ortiz de Solórzano. “Banana Company Artwashes Its Bloody Legacy at Art Basel Miami Beach.” Hyperallergic, December 6, 2024. 

• Villa, Angelica. “Activists Stage Protest Calling on Attendees to Boycott Art Basel Until Miami Divests from Israel.” ARTnews, December 7, 2024. 

Copyright & Licensing; Open Access

• Brittain, Blake. “Tech companies face tough AI copyright questions in 2025.” Reuters, December 27, 2024.

• Garcia, Sandra E. “A ‘Clean Girl’ Influencer’s Lawsuit Asks: Can You Copyright a Vibe?” The New York Times, December 5, 2024. 

• Knibbs, Kate. “Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized.” Wired, December 19, 2024.

• Milmo, Dan and Robert Booth. “UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI.” The Guardian, December 17, 2024.

• Price, Gary. "PLOS Receives $3.3M Grant to Support Open Access Publishing & Business Model Transformation." Library Journal, December 10, 2024.

• Solomon, Tessa. “UK Considers Granting Artists ‘Right to Personality’ Amid Rise of Generative AI.” ARTnews, December 17, 2024.

Funding

• Ho, Karen K. "Anonymous Donor Gifts $3.54 M. to Milwaukee Art Museum to Make Admission Free for Kids." ARTnews, December 4, 2024.

• Press Release, "National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities Now Available." National Endowment for the Arts, December 12, 2024.

• Thornton, Henrietta. "South Dakota Governor Threatens To Slash State Library Funding in FY26." Library Journal, December 23, 2024.

• Villa, Angelica. "Berlin Moves Forward With €130 M. Cuts to Arts and Culture." ARTnews, December 23, 2024.

• Villa, Angelica. "West Palm Beach Black History Museum Project Receives $500,000 Grant." ARTnews, December 6, 2024.

• Vrbin, Tess. "Challenges to public library funding throughout Arkansas meet frustration, some resistance." Arkansas Advocate, December 27, 2024.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

• Bell, Carole V. “A New National Museum of the American Latino Moves Forward as It Fights to Find Its Footing.” ARTnews, December 17, 2024. 

• Bradley, Declan. “We’ve Been Tracking Colleges’ Dismantling of DEI for 8 Months. Here’s What We’ve Found.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 13, 2024.

• Hatfield, Kimberly. “In Alabama, Plans to Preserve the Last Transatlantic Slave Ship Are Taking Shape.” The Art Newspaper, December 16, 2024. 

• Ho, Karen K. “Biden Establishes Monument Acknowledging History of Indigenous Children in Residential Schools.” ARTnews, December 12, 2024. 

• Kelderman, Eric. “Major Accreditor Proposes Cutting DEI Language From Its Standards.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 7, 2024. 

• Pogrebin, Robin. “Arts Patron Aims to Help Underrepresented Museum Professionals.” The New York Times, December 9, 2024.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

• Farfan, Isa. “Museum Limits Entry to Exhibition Criticized by Republicans.” Hyperallergic, December 3, 2024.

• Hauenstein, Hanno. “Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Censorship of Berlin Show.” Hyperallergic, December 11, 2024.

• Hines, Shawnda. “Arkansas Book-Banning Law Declared Unconstitutional." ALA News, December 23, 2024.

• Press Release. “New Research Examines Self-Censorship in School Library Collection Development." ALA News, December 3, 2024.
  
  

Technology and Digital Privacy

• Belanger, Ashley. “Supreme Court to Decide If TikTok Should Be Banned or Sold.” Ars Technica, December 18, 2024.

• Kilkenny, Katie. "Writers Guild Calls on Studios to Take 'Immediate Legal Action' Against AI Companies." Hollywood Reporter, December 12, 2024.

• Nelson, George. "A New Magazine Dedicated to AI-Generated Art Has Launched." ARTnews, December 26, 2024.

• Quintin, Cooper and Eva Galerpin. "Top Ten EFF Digital Security Resources for People Concerned About the Incoming Trump Administration." Electronic Frontier Foundation, December 3, 2024.

Workplace

• Farfan, Isa. “CalArts Staff and Faculty Move to Unionize.” Hyperallergic, December 6, 2024

• Farfan, Isa. “Noguchi Museum Workers Move to Unionize.” Hyperallergic, December 16, 2024.

• Kazakina, Katya. “Sotheby’s Makes ‘Big’ Cuts Globally, as Auction Sales Slump.” Artnet News, December 11, 2024.

• Lu, Adrienne. “Can a Library Function Without Librarians? Can a College?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 10, 2024.

• Moody, Josh. “The Year in Closures and Mergers.” Inside Higher Ed, December 13, 2024. 

• Solomon, Tessa. “Seattle Art Museum Workers Allege Union Busting Amid Ongoing Strike.” ARTnews, December 6, 2024.

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Michele Jennings, Stephanie Kays, Torie Quiñonez, Michelle Riggs Waller, and Annie Sollinger.