Major U.S. cities have become sites of protest following the killing of George Floyd by policemen in Minneapolis. As of Tuesday, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets and hundreds have been arrested. As social media flooded with images of civil arrest and police brutality, many museums stayed silent over the weekend, drawing criticism from high-profile activists, curators, and artists. Faced with increasing pressure from critics and mounting civil unrest, some museums began issuing statements early in the week, and a few became the subject of controversy. The Getty in Los Angeles was among the first to be blasted for its social media posts over the weekend, which did not mention Floyd or Black Lives Matter. “We heard you,” Getty president Jim Cuno wrote in an apology posted to Instagram on Monday, adding, “We learned that we can do much better expressing our Getty values than we did yesterday, and we apologize.” . . #Black #blacklivesmatter #Museums #ArtGalleries #InstaBlack #InstaNews #Instagram #InstaDaily (at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDKu54JyhS/?igshid=1k32yvxl5rjuz