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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

✨museums will never love you back✨

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

I have lived in England for nineteen and a half years and I really think the defining attitude of this country is that they've internalised the idea that "it could be worse" so deeply that they've completely lost the ability to imagine that it could also be better

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Alice A. Procter

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6 years

Look. Whatever they tell you, all museum people got into this field cos they want to touch the art. It's not about "preserving" or "inspiring people". We'd lick it if we could.

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Sorry the wildest part of this is that if the guy who stole from the BM is 56, as reported, then he’s been there since he was 26?! for THIRTY YEARS and this is his only job? Rip to the last true Lifetime Museum Career I guess

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GOOD MORNING University of Aberdeen to return pillaged Benin bronze to Nigeria | Colonialism | The Guardian

University of Aberdeen to return pillaged Benin bronze to Nigeria

Sculpture depicting king of African nation was looted from Benin city in 1897 in ‘extremely immoral’ manner

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

@ppyajunebug George Orwell, that famous American

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Alice A. Procter

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3 years

this is 1. not a very original thought and 2. was meant to be a reply to my thoughts on shitty arts jobs but it stands alone too

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

Do I want to do a phd or do I miss having library access

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Alice A. Procter

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6 years

my friend just told me a story about a broken museum freezer and I cannot share it but it involved '50 gallons of liquid ex-bear' so this is a reminder to all natural history museums to check on their stores #IsYourRefrigeratorRunning

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4 years

@theneliad Have also never received a single treat!

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4 years

What the fuck. What the fuck!!!!!!!

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3 years

Do we reckon this is the polling station

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3 years

@ everyone listing other countries did you miss the part where I said I live here also I'm talking about working to improve people's lives and material conditions, fuck optimism, I want public luxury

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Alice A. Procter

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4 years

The groupchat is enjoying The Untamed

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1 year

I am a wife

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Alice A. Procter

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5 years

excuse me, I just got a message telling me that the schoolkids I did a tour for were so excited and righteously angry afterwards, on their next trip they did a furious little takeover and put notes up critiquing the exhibition&text and now I will be crying for the rest of my life

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Alice A. Procter

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4 years

Many museum workers cannot afford to go to exhibitions without reciprocal agreements and professional body discounts (ICOM, MA, etc). There are two main ways of explaining this: wages are too low, or ticket prices are too high. Both are true, neither should be acceptable.

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Alice A. Procter

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4 years

Cutting educators is the fastest way for historic sites and museums to save money and lose relevance.

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Alice A. Procter

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3 years

The British Museum can afford to end its relationship with BP and the fact that it still hasn't is one of the very many things its trustees have to be ashamed of

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Alice A. Procter

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4 years

look, yes, there are so many things to talk about, but I'm going to spend my day being uncontrollably mad about this Mary Wollstonecraft statue

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

1 year

the REAL crime is short term contracts barring young museum workers from this kind of opportunity!!!!!!!!!!!

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

Taking part in #TheSchoolThatTriedtoEndRacism was a dream. These kids were maybe the most engaged school group I've ever worked with. We spent all morning talking and filming, and what you've seen is a tiny snippet of how hard they worked to understand and unpick this history.

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Alice A. Procter

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3 years

what colour lanyard for "do not perceive me: let your eyes slide over the space I occupy, unable to pin down my eldritch form, only a vague shimmer in your peripheral vision"

Matt Jones

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3 years

Now everyone’s coming back in to the office, we’ve upgraded our lanyards so we all know where we’re comfortable. 🙌

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5 years

The Whole Picture is out 5.3.20.

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

MY PAPERBACKS ARRIVED and wow look! at that cover quote!!! Out on Thursday with a spicy new coda

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

sorry but who the fuck can do a phd with a £6k/year stipend

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

been asked for a comment on why I think museums aren't sharing their reopening plans and my main response is honestly, if you think your desire to go look at some art outweighs other people's right to be safe and not die then you can go fuck yourself.

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

most galleries do this - it's straightforward exploitation, and it just reinforces the idea that these narratives aren't worth the cost of expertise

Catherine Fletcher

@cath_fletcher

3 years

Very disappointed to see the @tate relying on unpaid labour to deliver its queer history programme. This is not a serious approach to diversity.

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Alice A. Procter

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4 years

way too early for the inevitable 'does it belong in a museum or not' crisis but I know I'm going to be asked this so many times today so: museums must not be sites of stasis, static preservation shouldn't be the goal, there's no moral imperative to conserve everything

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Alice A. Procter

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3 years

I’m afraid it’s even worse in real life

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

Tfw you can keep track of like eight characters all called Thomas but you can’t handle a neutral pronoun

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

6 years

Museums falling over each other asking how to acquire that baby balloon but not working on the racist, imperialist violence perpetrated in their collections is so typical of this industry #MuseumsAreNotNeutral

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

museum twitter bingo for today

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

You do know how it got here in the first place though?

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

Kisses to everyone celebrating the holiday today! (the holiday is Captain Cook dying)

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Alice A. Procter

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4 years

A short story

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

trying to set up for an important call later but

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

5 years

Idk, maybe that it’s incredibly exploitative, devalues people’s work and creates an industry in which only people that are hugely privileged can survive?

MuseumHour

@museumhour

5 years

Q1: Let us start off simple - what are the pros and cons of being fully volunteer run? What about mostly staff run? #MuseumHour

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

I don’t want to hear a word from museum directors right now unless they’re announcing their pay cut to take care of staff

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Alice A. Procter

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8 months

I’m leaving @theRSAorg 🍉🌹 @RsaUnion

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

how are you looking at these neonazis and fascists and still thinking it's just about statues?

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

6 years

I had some thoughts, I wrote them out

Museums are hiding their imperial pasts – which is why my tours are needed | Alice Procter

The Daily Mail doesn’t like my Uncomfortable Art Tours and their focus on slavery and colonialism, writes art historian Alice Procter

www.theguardian.com

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

5 years

My mum’s in Manchester and just sent me this from @mcrartgallery - hi, Millie, I love you and this label is excellent

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

Look I am just a humble art historian but I feel like if school kids are a big scary threat to your capitalism you’re probably fucked anyway

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

I have a new child!! Historical Friction is a podcast about how we represent the past. It’s about the accuracy or anachronism of a book or a tv show, but it’ll also be a conversation about the ways we imagine and engage with other lifetimes, and how we access history.

Historical Friction

@HistoryFriction

4 years

hello this exists now, oh my god

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

be a real shame if we had some kind of map or database of statues of racists hey

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

the whole process of choosing someone for a position like this is judging them in advance!! stop it!!

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Alice A. Procter

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2 years

FOH staff at museums go through SO FUCKING MUCH - at the hands of institutions and visitors - and don’t get anywhere near enough credit or care

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

Spare a thought for the writers of the year 2434, under lockdown for some 25th century plague, being told that if Taylor Swift could write two albums then they have no excuse

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Alice A. Procter

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1 year

My DMs are open for gossip

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

1 year

British Museum dismisses member of staff and police are investigating after treasures reported "missing, stolen or damaged"

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Alice A. Procter

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6 years

Hi my name is Allie and I’m gradually transforming my wardrobe to exclusively salty art-related shirts

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

the nazi lesbian example is exactly the reason I am not interested in those daily queer/womens history accounts and formats! they inevitably flatten and oversimplify! I am always more interested in people's actions than the specific identities they hold!

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

I currently don’t have a desk but I do still have a terrible office mate

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

I find it interesting that whenever I tweet about shit working conditions in museums/academia/arts, there are always people who feel the need to remind me that they/others have had it worse. That’s terrible! You deserved better too!!

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Alice A. Procter

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4 years

not sure how I did a masters, worked full time on the tours, and wrote a book simultaneously when right now I can do about four and a half emails per week

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Alice A. Procter

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3 years

Grateful to my assistant for always staying on top of my diary

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

Anyway my main thought for museums is that these fucking bastards have already trashed your funding and attempted to kill your sector by attrition so the LEAST you can do is go hard on your way out. Don’t become tory nostalgia machines without a fight!! Have some spine!! Please!!

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

6 years

Sorry mum

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Alice A. Procter

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2 years

Happy second birthday to The Whole Picture!! It came out at such a chaotic time so I have still never done an in-person book event, which is very weird, but I'm proud of myself and this work, and grateful that it's out in the world

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

NOT VERY PUNK ROCK AND ALSO CRINGE

Performative Twint

@dannybirchall

4 years

Wikipedia entry updated: ✔

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3 years

Should I steal this

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

#AskACurator how are you, individually and as a museum worker, supporting the FoH, education and precarious staff who are most vulnerable to layoffs, predatory hiring practices, and mistreatment at the hands of the institution?

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2 years

World’s Smallest Girl is Deprived of Olives: Outrage

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2 years

We are fostering this good boy and he’s been here less than an hour

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5 years

@martha_again buckle up, garbage bags, we've discovered lyrics

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Alice A. Procter

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6 years

I'm being that person again but If you're asking people to represent and perform their marginalised identities in your institution, but you're not paying them for their work, you are *not as inclusive as you think you are* and it's pretty fucking clear how little you value them

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Alice A. Procter

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6 years

hi, me again

UK museums should be honest about being stuffed with stolen goods | Alice Procter

Institutions need to confront the issue of repatriation, says art historian Alice Procter

www.theguardian.com

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

FYI if we’re ever on a zoom call this is happening directly behind me

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@aaprocter

6 years

GOOD MORNING LOOK WHAT IS HERE are you ready to #FixYourLabels ?

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

Look there’s really no way to know if your stolen artefact is the reason for this plague curse so it’s definitely a good idea to return it just in case

Chasing Aphrodite

@ChasingAphrodit

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Bring out your loot! Pending 'Coronavirus Apocalypse' Impels Man to Return Ballista Stolen From Jerusalem

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3 years

Are we really doing this shit again

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3 years

Me for Tribune! You can’t separate the cuts and restructures at museums like the V&A from the govt’s threats and power plays Fight at the Museum

Fight at the Museum

The culture war over history isn't the only battle in Britain's museums, there's a fight over job security too – and at the V&A, the latest institution to plan layoffs, the two issues are joined at...

tribunemag.co.uk

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

4 years

I made a museum twitter alignment chart inspired by last night's The Thing chat

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@aaprocter

4 years

Seems like a good time to remind everyone that I’m pretty good at researching and interpreting colonial history in collections, I’m freelance, and I’m available

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

currently trying to register with a different GP and what is going on here - you can only pick one option

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

full of Thoughts about the particular narratives of white feminine exceptionalism that are emerging but when you're focused on the difference between 'vigil' and 'protest' you are quite significantly missing the point

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

5 years

Hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa fuck yeah

Elginism

@elginism

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The European Union has opened up the prospect that Greece’s claim on the Elgin Marbles could become a bargaining chip in negotiations over its future relationship with Britain.

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3 years

Guess it’s time for your periodic reminder that Naomi Wolf apparently doesn’t know how to read and is a weird conspiracy theorist who doesn’t know what she’s talking about

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2 years

I am 27 today and I am so happy

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3 years

I love to suffer so I’m going to watch this History Matters conference today

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3 years

These are ~inspired by~ not actually of that era and fine, cute, but that isn’t art history

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3 years

It’s almost like the museums aren’t interested in getting better? What’s that about

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

When you make your own clothes you learn so much about yourself! For example, I learned that I hate sewing and also that I can’t follow instructions

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

3 years

Precarity is such a broad category in the arts and academia, insecure employment and financial difficulty are not always the same thing and it’s interesting/difficult that we use this single term for them. I think the missing conversation is, unsurprisingly, about class.

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Alice A. Procter

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3 years

deeply sorry for every time I've been dismissive of the national trust, they seem to be the only ones paying attention

National Trust to give staff siestas in summer

Staff and volunteers in south of England will get more Mediterranean hours because of climate change

www.theguardian.com

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5 years

Scratch the surface of these museums and you’ll find a graveyard. ‘They’re not property’: the people who want their ancestors back from British museums

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2 years

if the British Museum renew their relationship with BP I really think it will do catastrophic harm to their reputation, especially with younger generations

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

6 years

New thing, which my brother and I threw together this morning. Downloads available at , physical postcards coming soon #FixYourLabels

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3 years

Pearl emerging from her baby jail to complain about fireworks

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4 years

'Probing, jargon-free and written with the pace of a detective story' !! The Whole Picture gets a fantastic review in the FT (this article is paywalled, sorry)

Alice Procter on her Uncomfortable Art Tours and the case for restitution

The art historian is ruffling feathers by uncovering the stories behind works that museums aren’t telling

www.ft.com

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@aaprocter

3 years

It’s Alan!!

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Alice A. Procter

@aaprocter

6 years

I can’t believe I have to say this but I DO NOT ACTUALLY ADVOCATE LICKING but museum/gallery staff are nerds that want to be close to things and that is wonderful, and it is A Tragedy that conservation means most people never get to do that

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5 years

I won't share the photos of the notes but rest assured, there are some fighty 17yos in Australia writing acidic 'tributes' to old white man collectors and copying passages from the gallery text to annotate with their corrections

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@aaprocter

3 years

that's it everyone, time to go home

Nicholas Guyatt

@NicholasGuyatt

3 years

Lads, we're going to have to decolonise without the help of Times columnists 😞

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3 years

This is a job, not a volunteer role

Senate House Library

@SenateHouseLib

3 years

New #Volunteer role with @SenateHouseLib Special Collections team: The role involves working w/ archival materials & would be ideal for an early career archivist or person considering a career in #Archives Closing date: 18 Oct 11.59PM #archivejobs

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3 years

this is a new one, and also blatantly untrue - the V&A disposes of objects every year

Tom Hopkins

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3 years

I know headlines can be misleading etc., but I can’t think of a single instance in which this statement could be anything but utterly absurd

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4 years

Me and my baby @gowerst_books

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3 years

The paperback of The Whole Picture is about to get a reprint! This is the loveliest news. And the hardback, which is almost sold out, won’t be getting another edition so if you’re fussy about things like this you should get one while you can

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I promise I do not actually have vendettas against any museums or their directors, it's just that some of them are apparently devoted to being shit

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When you make a big show of welcoming a group of nazis into your museum to ‘talk it out’ you’re also automatically closing the door on groups who are not nazis. Your call.

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