Selina Jones

Art-loving Londoner + Partner at Cultural Comms Agency Scott & Co. More active on instagram

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200 uk artists are donating works to raise money for ⁦@MSF_uk⁩ via ⁦@guardianculture⁩ https://t.co/2h6blUh4eA

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London exhibition supporting Wikileaks whistleblower Julian Assange draws contributions from Ai Weiwei and Vivienne Westwood's foundation: https://t.co/N7fA3DOQve

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How the Young, Bold Guts Gallery Is Reshaping the Art Trade to Make it More Equitable for the Next Generation of Artists (and Collectors) | Artnet News https://t.co/cJniFnzHnT

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Against the odds: the quiet triumph of Lagos’s art scene #lagos https://t.co/Y6HvgEfs6G

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Ukrainian art convoy defies Russian bombs to go on display in Madrid - proud of our client @Francesca_TBA21 for this incredible feat! (via @harrietsherwood @guardianculture ) #museumsforukraine https://t.co/opiJmdAwfL

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@quredhealth Had the most appalling experience of this service. I’m flying tomorrow and they have made mistake after mistake putting my important business trip at risk. Message me if you want advice

[Robin Pogrebin @rpogrebin]

via @NYTimes https://t.co/4sL8PqwRpl

[Outland @outland_art]

“Technology changes culture, but it’s also a product of culture. I’m interested in exploring that feedback loop.” – #DevinKenny, in conversation with #ColemanCollins

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Community centre architecture redefined: Holborn House by 6a and Caragh Thuring opens https://t.co/Z24nhpTvCK via @wallpapermag

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Hurvin Anderson: ‘People came here for a better life, but I’m not sure they found it’ https://t.co/1DzwUsnhJI

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Is the art world ready for radical action to fight climate change? https://t.co/v9l6bDuTdP

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@SarahR_Brizzle @CloreLeadership @I_W_M Close to where I live. WhatsApp me - we should meet up. X

[Darren Walker @darrenwalker]

I’m proud of my friend, Denise Gardner, for making history as the country’s first Black woman to lead a major museum board at @artinstitutechi. Excited to see all the great work you’ll do while you, as you so aptly said, “exceed expectations.”

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[Museum Detox @museum_detox]

But guess what?

Black lives still matter.

If this was something you felt in your being, you couldn’t be silent when someone goes “boo”.

It’s why you cannot museum-ise activism. It is what you do now.

[Museum Detox @museum_detox]

- Social media policies have been weaponised as pseudo-NDAs against staff.

- Projects around anti-racism have been either censored, suspended, or revoked in light of Dowden’s announcements.

- There is no safe, accessible mechanism for whistle blowing.

[Museum Detox @museum_detox]

Last week, we tweeted our concerns about censorship following the DCMS call to 25 heritage organisations.

We did not hear from all of them.

What we heard back was concerns from Detoxers about their wellbeing and livelihood being impacted by SMTs who have retracted:

[Selina Jones @selinajones]

A Painter Explores His Royal Roots via @fnayeri #restitution #africanart https://t.co/1upgqHmWDk

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‘I’ve had to fight’: Kehinde Andrews on life as the first UK professor of Black studies https://t.co/L2arLYUdkS

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Matthew Slotover's view: The Art World Is Finally Talking About Offsetting Its Carbon Footprint. This Simple Approach Might Be the Most Effective Way to Do That https://t.co/jDkXlP8gNV

[Charlotte Higgins @chiggi]

Michael Landy, 20 years on from destroying all 2,772 of his worldly goods. The more I think about it, the more I think there was a spiritual, even expiatory undertow (thanks @moirajeffrey!) to this striking & slightly terrifying work. https://t.co/MNaeH97Vo9