Dereck Stafford Mangus – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/dereck-stafford-mangus/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:54:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Dereck Stafford Mangus – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/dereck-stafford-mangus/ 32 32 118955609 Enough With the Selfies; Look at the Art https://hyperallergic.com/786982/enough-with-the-selfies-look-at-the-art/ https://hyperallergic.com/786982/enough-with-the-selfies-look-at-the-art/#respond Sun, 11 Dec 2022 21:07:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=786982 Museum guard Dereck Stafford Mangus urges museumgoers to put their phones down, just for a minute.]]>

Museum guard Dereck Stafford Mangus urges museumgoers to put their phones down, just for a minute.

]]> https://hyperallergic.com/786982/enough-with-the-selfies-look-at-the-art/feed/ 0 786982 Kei Ito Traces Tragedy and Mourning https://hyperallergic.com/776762/kei-ito-traces-tragedy-and-mourning/ Sun, 06 Nov 2022 21:41:41 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=776762 Ito's rubbings and multimedia works are traces of a global tragedy still imprinted in the memories of Americans more than two decades later.]]>

Ito's rubbings and multimedia works are traces of a global tragedy still imprinted in the memories of Americans more than two decades later.

]]> 776762 Museum Rentals Are a Recipe for Disaster https://hyperallergic.com/763490/museum-rentals-are-a-recipe-for-disaster/ https://hyperallergic.com/763490/museum-rentals-are-a-recipe-for-disaster/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:30:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=763490 This is what happens when boozed-up patrons party next to priceless mosaics, statues, and vases.]]>

This is what happens when boozed-up patrons party next to priceless mosaics, statues, and vases.

]]> https://hyperallergic.com/763490/museum-rentals-are-a-recipe-for-disaster/feed/ 1 763490 That Moment When You Win Your Museum’s Union Election https://hyperallergic.com/758098/that-moment-when-you-win-your-museums-union-election/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 20:01:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=758098 "A fine mist filled my eyes and I caught myself holding back the tears," writes Dereck Stafford Mangus, an artist and a security guard at the Baltimore Museum of Art.]]>

"A fine mist filled my eyes and I caught myself holding back the tears," writes Dereck Stafford Mangus, an artist and a security guard at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

]]> 758098 Why We Need Unions at Art Museums https://hyperallergic.com/714328/why-we-need-unions-at-art-museums/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:05:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=714328 A colleague once told me “You live better when you work in a union, especially in an art museum because you work for elitists.”]]>

A colleague once told me “You live better when you work in a union, especially in an art museum because you work for elitists.”

]]> 714328 Can an Exhibition Selected by Museum Guards Address Inequality at Museums? https://hyperallergic.com/707847/can-an-exhibition-selected-by-museum-guards-address-inequality-at-museums/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 22:04:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=707847 Guarding the Art has the chance to become the model for how museums honor and respect the dignity of their guards moving forward.]]>

Guarding the Art has the chance to become the model for how museums honor and respect the dignity of their guards moving forward.

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