When Shakespeare Lured Soldiers to Battle

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Beloved by kings and generals, Shakespeare’s lines have always found their way into powerful hands — and employed to violent ends.

https://hyperallergic.com/877651/when-shakespeare-lured-soldiers-to-battle/


How Giuseppe Arcimboldo Made the Familiar Bizarre

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The artist’s perplexing paintings should be viewed not as mere visual puzzles, but instantiations of an occult philosophy.

https://hyperallergic.com/877559/how-giuseppe-arcimboldo-made-the-familiar-bizarre/


Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists

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Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school’s graduating students. MFA and BFA work on view this spring in Brooklyn, New York.

https://hyperallergic.com/808320/mondays-at-pratt-institute-weekly-openings-mfa-bfa-artists/


The Dark Clouds Closing In on Mark Rothko

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A retrospective exhibition in Paris holds so much beauty that visitors may miss how the artist, exhausted, painted himself into a corner.

https://hyperallergic.com/877124/the-dark-clouds-closing-in-on-mark-rothko-fondation-louis-vuitton/


Was John Singer Sargent an Insufferable Snob?

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Sargent’s sitters were all rich enough to employ him — the nouveau riches or (less often) the aristocratic, though it hardly matters.

https://hyperallergic.com/877074/was-john-singer-sargent-an-insufferable-snob-tate-britain/


Ann Arbor Film Festival Returns With 110 Films From 31 Countries

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North America’s oldest avant-garde and experimental film festival presents screenings online and in-person from March 26 through April 7.

https://hyperallergic.com/876691/ann-arbor-film-festival-returns-with-110-films-from-31-countries/


UrbanGlass Staff Leave Exhibition After Board Excludes Palestinian Artist’s Work

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The board said the neon artwork, which features the phrase “from the river to the sea,” could be interpreted as a “call for violence.”

https://hyperallergic.com/876888/urbanglass-staff-leave-exhibition-after-board-excludes-palestinian-artists-work/


LA Protesters Block Traffic, Chanting “No Oscars During Genocide”

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More than 1,000 organizers, artists, and film workers gathered to protest what they see as Hollywood's silence and complicity with the Israeli government.

https://hyperallergic.com/876950/la-protesters-block-traffic-chanting-no-oscars-during-genocide/


The Synergetic Spirit of Buffalo’s Black Arts Community

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The continuum of Black artists in the city has fostered decades of spaces and practices centering accessibility and the link between art and life.

https://hyperallergic.com/876439/the-synergetic-spirit-of-buffalo-black-arts-community/


Yerba Buena Center for the Arts CEO Resigns Over Pro-Palestine Action

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Sara Fenske Bahat cited the “Love Letter for Gaza” intervention on February 15 “and its unending repercussions.”

https://hyperallergic.com/876692/yerba-buena-center-for-the-arts-ceo-resigns-over-pro-palestine-action/


None Whatsoever: Zen Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection

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Japan Society explores the origins of Zen Buddhism over four centuries of work from painter-monks, including celebrated Buddhist master Hakuin Ekaku.

https://hyperallergic.com/876018/none-whatsoever-zen-paintings-from-the-gitter-yelen-collection-japan-society/


Pro-Palestine Activists Slash Painting of Former British Prime Minister

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The 1914 portrait depicts Arthur Balfour, author of the 1917 declaration that established Britain's aim to create a Jewish state in Palestine.

https://hyperallergic.com/876693/pro-palestine-activists-slash-painting-of-former-british-prime-minister-arthur-balfour/


Activists Disrupt Israeli Artist Michal Rovner’s Opening at Pace Gallery

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Demonstrators led a silent performance and dispersed fabric poppy petals inscribed with the names of Palestinians killed by Israel.

https://hyperallergic.com/876669/activists-disrupt-israeli-artist-michal-rovner-opening-at-pace-gallery/


Required Reading

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This week, aging and women’s self-portraiture, the fictional language of Dune, an Air Canada AI nightmare, Terracotta army dancers, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/876406/required-reading-671/


MASS MoCA Workers Picket Museum on Second Day of Strike

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The union is seeking a higher minimum wage and salary hikes across the board.

https://hyperallergic.com/876435/mass-moca-workers-picket-museum-on-second-day-of-strike/


Shan Shui Reboot: Re-Envisioning Landscape for a Changing World

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Contemporary artists reinterpret traditional Chinese landscape painting in the context of the climate crisis in this show at China Institute Gallery in NYC.

https://hyperallergic.com/875867/shan-shui-reboot-re-envisioning-landscape-for-a-changing-world-china-institute-gallery/


Reimagine Peace, No Matter How Long the Path

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As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Machiko Harada examines how Japanese and Japanese-American artists address the painful legacy of US concentration camps during World War II.

https://hyperallergic.com/876231/re-imagine-peace-no-matter-how-long-the-path/


Sarah Grilo’s Prescient Abstraction

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By laying numbers, words, and phrases onto otherwise abstract imagery, the late Argentinian artist prophesized the dread-inducing news alerts of our time.

https://hyperallergic.com/875892/sarah-grilo-prescient-abstraction/


Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice Presents Amir Hariri: The Future Was Now

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Amir Hariri delves into a post-futurist realm to explore contemporary crises, collective traumas, and historical injustices. On view in NYC.

https://hyperallergic.com/875609/atamian-hovsepian-curatorial-practice-amir-hariri-the-future-was-now/


Lenders Withdraw Works From Barbican Show, Alleging “Censorship”

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The London arts center decided not to host a talk that explored connections between the Holocaust and Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

https://hyperallergic.com/875873/lenders-withdraw-works-from-barbican-show-alleging-censorship/


Envisioning Kashmir’s Future Through Paint and Verse

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Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock responded to Kashmiri artist Masood Hussain’s watercolors of his homeland, crafting an intimate portrait of the occupied region’s past and future.

https://hyperallergic.com/875314/envisioning-kashmir-future-through-paint-verse-masood-hussain-gabriel-rosenstock/


Rare Family-Inclusive Artist Residency Debuts in Colorado

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Unlike most such programs, Anderson Ranch Arts Center has piloted a new initiative that supports artist-parents.

https://hyperallergic.com/874828/anderson-ranch-family-inclusive-artist-residency-debuts-in-colorado/


Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School

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With landscapes by contemporary Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick in conversation with Hudson River School paintings, this show is in its final weeks at New-York Historical Society.

https://hyperallergic.com/875183/kay-walkingstick-hudson-river-school-new-york-historical-society/


The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: March 2024

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Infamous affairs in art history, Harlem Renaissance icons, New York’s beloved escapee owl, and more art clues to puzzle over this month.

https://hyperallergic.com/875667/the-hyperallergic-art-crossword-march-2024/


Nonprofit Led by Steve Jobs’s Widow Acquires SF Art Institute for $30M

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Laurene Powell Jobs’s organization purchased the campus and its iconic Diego Rivera mural.

https://hyperallergic.com/875608/nonprofit-led-by-steve-jobs-widow-acquires-san-francisco-art-institute-for-30m/


8 Art Books to Read This March

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Meret Oppenheim’s poetry, Pao Houa Her’s first monograph, the journals of Charles Burchfield, subway art around New York City, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/874994/8-art-books-to-read-march-2024/


Protesters Call Out Art World’s Silence on Gaza at Frieze LA Fair

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Organizers pointed to Frieze partner Deutsche Bank's financial ties to Israel and urged fairgoers to speak up.

https://hyperallergic.com/875514/protesters-call-out-art-worlds-silence-on-gaza-at-frieze-la-fair/


8 Art Shows to See in New York This March

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This month: Huma Bhabha, Paul Cadmus, Kay WalkingStick, Beatrix Potter, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/875409/8-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-this-march/


Glass House Is a Dance of Drama and Domesticity

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Performers carried one another the way we shoulder our friends, lovers, and family: sometimes dragging them, sometimes exalting them.

https://hyperallergic.com/875330/glass-house-is-a-dance-of-drama-and-domesticity/


Wonkiest Memes of the “Willy Chocolate Experience” Fiasco

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The harrowing AI-marketed Glasgow event made children cry and sent parents into a fury, but the internet is delighted.

https://hyperallergic.com/875144/wonkiest-memes-of-the-willy-chocolate-experience-fiasco/


Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come

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A new video installation by artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Bircher fills an amphitheater at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas.

https://hyperallergic.com/873992/past-deposits-from-a-future-yet-to-come-waterloo-greenway/


Getting Cozy at Felix, LA’s Art Fair Underdog

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The dizzying hallways and poolside cabanas of Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel come alive with art that leans into the lowbrow.

https://hyperallergic.com/875049/getting-cozy-at-felix-2024-los-angeles-art-fair-underdog/


Nathan Vincent Crochets Away Toxic Masculinity

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Drawing on his knitting and crochet skills, Vincent softens hard surfaces, such as steel lockers and locks, porcelain urinals, guns, grenades, and bombs.

https://hyperallergic.com/874927/nathan-vincent-crochets-away-toxic-masculinity/


Palestinian Artist Fathi Ghaben Dies After Israel Blocks Travel for Treatment

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Fathi Ghaben, a self-taught painter, was 77 years old and suffered from respiratory issues.

https://hyperallergic.com/874737/palestinian-artist-fathi-ghaben-dies-after-israel-blocks-travel-for-treatment/


Children “In Tears” at Disastrous Wonka Factory “Experience”

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AI images were used to sell tickets to a Chocolate Factory event that should have remained in pure imagination.

https://hyperallergic.com/874652/children-in-tears-at-disastrous-willy-wonka-factory-experience/


Curator’s Termination Sparks Outrage at Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Robert Cozzolino’s departure has become a flashpoint for former staff who allege a toxic workplace under Director Katherine Luber.

https://hyperallergic.com/874418/curators-termination-sparks-outrage-at-minneapolis-institute-of-art/


Tyler School of Art and Architecture Opens 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibitions

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Twenty-nine students explore empowerment through the lens of visual and material culture at Temple Contemporary in Philadelphia.

https://hyperallergic.com/873620/tyler-school-of-art-and-architecture-2024-mfa-thesis-exhibitions/


How Artists Reimagine Our Relationship With Death

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As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Brianna L. Hernández examines how seven artists reclaim end-of-life traditions in their practice.

https://hyperallergic.com/874287/how-artists-reimagine-our-relationship-with-death/


10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This March

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SWANA women artists, Dorothy Hood’s unsung surrealism, Jennifer West’s cosmological spider webs, queer Chicanx borderlands, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/873827/10-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-march-2024/


Three Modernist Women Who Reclaimed the Nude

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Painting Her Pleasure delves into the work of three women artists whose own engagement with the nude was prescient and groundbreaking

https://hyperallergic.com/873582/three-modernist-women-who-reclaimed-the-nude-painting-her-pleasure-lauren-jimerson/


Pink Dolphins Bear Witness to the Amazon’s Destruction

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Three shows in Manhattan wield film, sculpture, and archival ephemera to illuminate the historical threads of ecological devastation in the vast region.

https://hyperallergic.com/873716/pink-dolphins-bear-witness-to-the-amazons-destruction-richard-mosse-emiliha-skarnulyte/


Emily Eveleth’s Doughnuts Bleed for Our Sins

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In Eveleth's work, debauchery and decadence meet in the lowly doughnut, which we are invited to read as a limbless torso with a dripping orifice.

https://hyperallergic.com/873863/emily-eveleth-doughnuts-bleed-for-our-sins/


MoMA PS1 Workers Urge Director Connie Butler to “Settle a Fair Contract”

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In an action outside the museum, staff rallied for better wages and health benefits.

https://hyperallergic.com/873871/moma-ps1-workers-urge-director-connie-butler-to-settle-a-fair-contract/


4,000 Art Workers Call for Israel’s Exclusion From the Venice Biennale

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Nan Goldin, Michael Rakowitz, and others say that “platforming art representing a state engaged in ongoing atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza is unacceptable.”

https://hyperallergic.com/873858/4000-art-workers-call-for-israel-exclusion-from-the-venice-biennale/


Albrecht Dürer, a Humanist Messiah

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He believed, and demonstrated, that individuals could ascend to divine realms of knowledge.

https://hyperallergic.com/873317/albrecht-durer-a-humanist-messiah/


Documenting Ridgewood’s Abandoned Tree Beds

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Alexa Hoyer captures the remnants of tree trunks in the Queens neighborhood in accidentally artistic tableaux.

https://hyperallergic.com/873592/alexa-hoyer-documenting-ridgewood-new-york-abandoned-tree-beds/


Jewish Voice for Peace Channels Young Lords in “Dump AIPAC” March

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Echoing the Puerto Rican youth group’s 1969 "Garbage Offensive," JVP urged NYC officials to cut ties with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

https://hyperallergic.com/873552/jewish-voice-for-peace-channels-young-lords-in-dump-aipac-march/


Required Reading

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This week, tooth fairy troubles, viral “funny” trauma stories, Byzantine art, Frida Kahlo and indigeneity, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/873337/required-reading-669/


LA City Council Approves Over $1M to Clean Graffiti From Towers

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Additional funds were set aside to install fencing, remove scaffolding, and hire security services for the luxury development that was tagged in early February.

https://hyperallergic.com/873358/los-angeles-city-council-approves-over-1m-to-clean-graffiti-from-oceanwide-plaza-towers/


Hartford Art School Celebrates Resident Artist Jonathan Herrera Soto in Solo Exhibition

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Twice the Legal Minute explores the visual language of accumulation, debris, and neglect. On view at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.

https://hyperallergic.com/871284/hartford-art-school-celebrates-jonathan-herrera-soto-solo-exhibition/


Artepaño Dispatches From the US Carceral System

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As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Álvaro Ibarra imagines correspondences by Chicano artists who endured incarceration in America.

https://hyperallergic.com/873069/artepano-dispatches-from-the-us-carceral-system/


British Museum Hosts Runway Show With Parthenon Marbles as “Backdrop”

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Greece Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said the institution’s decision to allow Erdem’s show demonstrated “zero respect” for the sculptures.

https://hyperallergic.com/873164/british-museum-hosts-runway-show-with-parthenon-marbles-as-backdrop/


Prince William and Ayo Edebiri Photo Becomes Meme About Royal Discomfort

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Sometimes, taking a moment out of context reveals a deeper truth.

https://hyperallergic.com/872982/prince-william-and-ayo-edebiri-photo-becomes-meme-about-royal-discomfort/


10 Offbeat Art Events During LA’s Art Fair Week

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Performances, listening parties, exhibitions, and art bars provide a much-needed break from the market-driven frenzy.

https://hyperallergic.com/872757/10-offbeat-art-events-during-los-angeles-art-fair-week-2024/


Brooklyn Cannabis Dispensary Restores Biggie Mural After Backlash

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Emerald Dispensary in Bushwick had painted over the image of the rap legend, fearing that it would violate the state’s advertising regulations.

https://hyperallergic.com/872407/brooklyn-cannabis-dispensary-restores-biggie-mural-after-backlash/


When Museums Become Instagram Bait

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Many of the works in When Forms Come Alive are irredeemably superficial, as colorfully lightweight as they come.

https://hyperallergic.com/872524/when-museums-become-instagram-bait-hayward-gallery-london/


At the IFPDA Print Fair, the Magic’s in the Details

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The show returns to the cavernous Park Avenue Armory with painstakingly intricate works that convey a commitment to an often underappreciated craft.

https://hyperallergic.com/872334/at-the-ifpda-print-fair-2024-the-magics-in-the-details/


Massage Workers’ Collective Challenges Racism With Art

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Red Canary Song's Flower Spa: Solidarity Outside In pays tribute to past victims of anti-Asian hate and fights against future racism.

https://hyperallergic.com/872403/massage-workers-collective-challenges-racism-with-art-red-canary-song-flower-spa/


Pandora’s Box Unleashes a Universe of Male Oppression

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Newly restored, G.W. Pabst’s 1929 film provides a bleak, unsettling account of a showgirl’s ruin at the greedy hands of competing male suitors.

https://hyperallergic.com/872336/pandoras-box-unleashes-a-universe-of-male-oppression-film-forum/


Required Reading

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This week, the problem with Goodreads, crackdowns on pro-Palestine activism, reflections from a MoMA stabbing victim, Just Dance makeup, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/871029/required-reading-668/


Museum Selfie-Takers Are Causing Damage by Backing Into Artworks

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Insurers warn of a "growing trend" as some visitors are more focused on stunting for the ’gram than having an ecstatic art experience.

https://hyperallergic.com/872150/museum-selfie-takers-are-causing-damage-by-backing-into-artworks/


Could This Be Humanity’s Earliest Recorded Kiss?

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A Danish scientist-couple has pushed back the date of the earliest smooch by more than a millennium.

https://hyperallergic.com/871953/could-this-be-humanitys-earliest-recorded-kiss/


Center for Book Arts Backs Out of Performance, Drawing Criticism

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The New York nonprofit said Marin Day and Kathryn Hamilton's artwork was “too closely aligned with the current conflict in Gaza.”

https://hyperallergic.com/871819/center-for-book-arts-backs-out-of-kathryn-hamilton-marin-day-performance-drawing-criticism/


15 Art History-Inspired Valentine’s Day Cards

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From polycules and break-ups to situationships and forbidden love, Hyperallergic has you covered this February 14.

https://hyperallergic.com/870984/15-art-history-inspired-valentines-day-cards/


The Glittery History of Drag in New York City

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Glitter and Concrete demands we take drag seriously as a cultural art form that responds to, critiques, and is a crucial part of American history.

https://hyperallergic.com/871259/glitter-concrete-history-of-drag-in-new-york-city-elyssa-maxx-goodman/


MoMA Workers Urge Museum to Address Israel’s Attacks on Palestine

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“We respectfully urge our institution to consider the impact of its silence,” reads the workers’ open letter.

https://hyperallergic.com/871709/moma-workers-open-letter-urges-museum-to-address-israels-attacks-on-palestine/


Anti-Zionist Protesters Crash Event at NYC’s Jewish Museum

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The group of mostly Jewish activists called Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky’s paintings related to the Hamas attack "imperial propaganda" that serves to "manufacture consent for genocide."

https://hyperallergic.com/871691/anti-zionist-protesters-crash-zoya-cherkassky-event-at-nyc-jewish-museum/


Inside the World’s Largest Comics and Cartoons Collection

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The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University is an ultra-accessible shrine to the genre.

https://hyperallergic.com/871001/inside-billy-ireland-cartoon-library-museum-ohio-state-university/


Ben Shahn’s Ever-Relevant Political Art

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The American artist-activist’s work resonates with a special sharpness these days, more than half a century after his death.

https://hyperallergic.com/868920/ben-shahn-ever-relevant-political-art/


French Protesters Throw Soup at Monet Painting in Lyon

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“This spring will be the only one we have left if we don’t react,” said activists who targeted the protective glass on Monet’s “Le Printemps.”

https://hyperallergic.com/871433/french-protesters-throw-soup-at-monet-painting-in-lyon/


René Treviño’s First Museum Survey Is at the Wellin Museum of Art

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The artist explores astronomy, Maya and Aztec history, Catholic symbolism, and queer theory in nearly 200 works in this exhibition at Hamilton College.

https://hyperallergic.com/870519/rene-trevino-first-solo-museum-show-wellin-museum-of-art/


10 Arrested in Protest Outside Brooklyn Museum

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Around 300 people gathered at the museum to decry Israel's bombardment of Gaza and the suppression of pro-Palestine voices.

https://hyperallergic.com/871328/10-arrested-in-protest-outside-brooklyn-museum/


The Importance of Art in a “Good Death”

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The resurgence of deathcare workers across industries presents an opportunity to creatively reimagine what a good death can look like.

https://hyperallergic.com/870789/the-importance-of-art-in-a-good-death/


MoMA Shutters as 500+ Protesters Infiltrate Atrium in Support of Palestine

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Organizers unveiled a banner that read “MoMA Trustees Fund Genocide, Apartheid, and Settler Colonialism.”

https://hyperallergic.com/871345/moma-shutters-as-500-protesters-infiltrate-atrium-in-support-of-palestine/


The Private Life of Paño Arte

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When I first encountered paño arte in an art institution I was torn in my assessment of whether or not it belonged in a museum.

https://hyperallergic.com/869813/the-private-life-of-pano-arte/


The Living Legacy of Funerary Arts

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Funerary arts play a vital role in preserving key cultural values and knowledge keeping while reminding us of our humanity by so devotedly caring for the dead.

https://hyperallergic.com/870617/the-living-legacy-of-funerary-arts/


The Writer Who Made Films to “Get Out of the House”

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A new book traces the development of Marguerite Duras, one of the 20th century’s greatest cinematic minds.

https://hyperallergic.com/870959/writer-who-made-films-to-get-out-of-the-house-marguerite-duras-my-cinema/


National Academy of Design Presents Sites of Impermanence

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Featuring National Academicians Alice Adams, Sanford Biggers, Wille Cole, Torkwase Dyson, Richard Gluckman, Carlos Jiménez, Mel Kendrick, and Sarah Oppenheimer.

https://hyperallergic.com/870080/national-academy-of-design-presents-sites-of-impermanence/


Kick Off the Year of the Dragon With 10 NYC Events

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From dragon dances to pop-up teahouses, here’s what not to miss this Lunar New Year.

https://hyperallergic.com/870401/kick-off-the-year-of-the-dragon-with-10-nyc-events/


Video of Israel Soldiers Handling Gaza Antiquities Raises Outrage

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The video was posted online by Israel’s Antiquities Authority director-general.

https://hyperallergic.com/868269/video-of-israel-soldiers-handling-gaza-antiquities-raises-outrage/


Spike Lee on His Collection of WWII Propaganda Posters

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The film director and New York icon discusses the trials and triumphs behind the posters featured in his Brooklyn Museum exhibition.

https://hyperallergic.com/870314/spike-lee-on-his-collection-of-wwii-propaganda-posters-brooklyn-museum/


Women Are the Post-Apocalyptic Future

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Emma Talbot and Dana Schutz address societal, ecological meltdown, drawing attention to humanity’s absurdities while offering paths to eco-centric renewal.

https://hyperallergic.com/870404/women-are-the-post-apocalyptic-future/


Organizers Handing Out Flyers Thrown Out of Brooklyn Museum

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The flyers explored links between the Black and Palestinian liberation movements and called out the museum’s sources of funding.

https://hyperallergic.com/870459/organizers-handing-out-flyers-thrown-out-of-brooklyn-museum/


2,000+ Sign Letter of Support for Palestinian Professor Amin Husain

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Walid Raad, Chloë Bass, and Ariella Azoulay are among those calling on NYU to reinstate Husain, who was allegedly suspended over his pro-Palestine speech.

https://hyperallergic.com/870452/2000-sign-letter-of-support-for-palestinian-nyu-professor-amin-husain/


Pauline Curnier Jardin and the Feel Good Cooperative Collaborate on Roman Parties

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Videos and prints by Curnier Jardin and the collective of sex workers, artists, and architects are on view in this exhibition at Prague City Gallery.

https://hyperallergic.com/869516/pauline-curnier-jardin-feel-good-cooperative-roman-parties-prague-city-gallery/


Art Collector Resigns From Boards After Claims of Inciting Violence at Palestine Protest

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Scott Lorinsky stepped down as trustee of CCS Bard and Visual AIDS in the wake of allegations that he instructed drivers to ram into pro-Palestine demonstrators.

https://hyperallergic.com/870412/art-collector-scott-lorinsky-resigns-from-boards-after-claims-of-inciting-violence-at-palestine-protest/


8 Art Books to Read This February

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Samia Halaby, the collaborative history of photography, ancient cave paintings, shapeshifting flocks of birds, and more to your art reading list.

https://hyperallergic.com/870132/8-art-books-to-read-february-2024/


Hyperallergic Art Crossword: Spring Guide Special

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Try your hand at this crossword with a special focus on must-see shows in New York City this spring, from zines to public art.

https://hyperallergic.com/869500/hyperallergic-art-crossword-spring-guide-special/


7 Art Shows to See in New York This February

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This month, Aki Sasamoto, Shary Boyle, Apollinaria Broche, Godzilla, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/869142/7-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-february-2024/


John Steuart Curry: Weathering the Storm

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You’ve seen his tornado, but do you know his name? An exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art explores how a farm boy from Kansas became one of the most influential painters in the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/869046/john-steuart-curry-weathering-the-storm-muskegon-museum-of-art/


In TM Davy’s Art, Faeries Have Their Day

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The artist’s recent exhibition, Fae, is like a fantasy film that asks you to stay open to the idea of magic

https://hyperallergic.com/869734/in-tm-davy-art-faeries-have-their-day/


Hyperallergic Spring 2024 New York Art Guide

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A guide to this season’s museum exhibitions and art events in and around New York City, including the Whitney Biennial.

https://hyperallergic.com/869750/hyperallergic-spring-2024-new-york-art-guide/


Man Dies After Falling From Tate Modern Museum in London

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The museum said it was closed for the rest of the day on Friday and would reopen Saturday, February 3.

https://hyperallergic.com/869826/man-dies-after-falling-from-tate-modern-museum-in-london/


Onassis AiR Invites Applications for Residencies and Fellowships in Athens

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Participants receive a monthly artist’s fee of €1,300, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, and other resources to support their work.

https://hyperallergic.com/868950/onassis-air-applications-residencies-fellowships-in-athens-2024-2025/


Required Reading

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This week, soup and art museums, one owl’s escape from Central Park Zoo, the false promise of AI, when film critics hang out, and what is “faerie smut”?

https://hyperallergic.com/869390/required-reading-666/


The Artist Making Masterpieces Out of Bubble Wrap

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Bradley Hart injects the packaging material with acrylics to recreate classic art historical paintings, portraits, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/869554/bradley-hart-artist-making-masterpieces-out-of-bubble-wrap/


A View From the Easel

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This week, artist studios in Miami, Vermont, Connecticut, and Los Angeles.

https://hyperallergic.com/869395/a-view-from-the-easel-221/


George Segal: Themes and Variations

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The show moves through four decades of Segal’s work, from abstract expressionist paintings to plaster cast figures. On view at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum.

https://hyperallergic.com/868587/george-segal-themes-and-variations-zimmerli-art-museum-rutgers/


Opportunities in February 2024

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Residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs from the Brooklyn Museum, Harvard University, Tulsa Artist Fellowship and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

https://hyperallergic.com/868189/opportunities-february-2024/


These Are the Artists in the 2024 Venice Biennale

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The 333 participants include Samia Halaby, Lauren Halsey, and Kay WalkingStick.

https://hyperallergic.com/869279/these-are-the-artists-in-the-2024-venice-biennale/


The Temptations of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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His 1599 masterpiece “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent” is an argument in paint for moral and spiritual ambivalence.

https://hyperallergic.com/869261/the-temptations-of-pieter-bruegel-the-elder/


Study With the Pioneer of Art Business Education at Sotheby’s Institute of Art

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Discover transformative possibilities for your art career at Sotheby’s Open Days in New York and London.

https://hyperallergic.com/868286/study-art-business-education-sothebys-institute-of-art/


Are We Really Still Doing White Feminist Shows in 2024?

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Though it’s teeming with big-name artists like Artemisia Gentileschi and Berthe Morisot, Frida Kahlo is the only woman of color in this Madrid exhibition.

https://hyperallergic.com/868448/are-we-really-still-doing-white-feminist-shows-in-2024-museo-nacional-thyssen-bornemisza-madrid/


Police Reportedly Fire Tear Gas at Machu Picchu Protesters

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Tourism workers are challenging a new ticket policy that could affect the livelihoods of travel guides and other industry workers.

https://hyperallergic.com/868517/police-reportedly-fire-tear-gas-at-machu-picchu-protesters/


Hungry Is My Favourite Word

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A new exhibition aims to create an emotional landscape where there is no one truth, no one answer, and no last word. On view at the Július Koller Society in Bratislava, Slovakia.

https://hyperallergic.com/867958/hungry-is-my-favourite-word-julius-koller-society/


Richard Prince Settles Long-Running Copyright Lawsuit

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The artist will pay at least $650,000 to two photographers whose work he appropriated.

https://hyperallergic.com/868304/richard-prince-settles-long-running-copyright-lawsuit/


In Four Daughters, Women’s Narratives Prevail

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Kaouther Ben Hania’s feature film blurs the distance between the personal and cultural, individual and systemic.

https://hyperallergic.com/868484/in-kaouther-ben-hania-four-daughters-womens-narratives-prevail/


IFPDA Print Fair Takes Over the Park Avenue Armory

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The largest art fair for prints and editions will premiere an editioned Jeffrey Gibson blanket and showcase work by an extraordinary roster of artists. On view in NYC February 15–18.

https://hyperallergic.com/867730/ifpda-print-fair-2024-park-avenue-armory/


Caroline Monnet’s Indigenous Worldbuilding

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From feature films to installations, the multidisciplinary artist explores the hybridity of identity and the unremitting impacts of colonization in North America.

https://hyperallergic.com/868063/caroline-monnet-indigenous-worldbuilding/


Climate Protesters Soup the Mona Lisa in Paris

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"What is more important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food?" the activists yelled.

https://hyperallergic.com/868455/climate-protesters-soup-the-mona-lisa-in-paris/


Another Indigenous Curator Leaves Art Gallery of Ontario

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Inuk-Scottish curator Taqralik Partridge’s exit follows the resignation of Wanda Nanibush, the Toronto museum’s inaugural curator of Canadian and Indigenous art.

https://hyperallergic.com/868285/indigenous-curator-taqralik-partridge-leaves-art-gallery-of-ontario/


American Museum of Natural History Closes Native Exhibition Halls

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The New York institution will shutter two galleries in response to new federal regulations about the display of Native artifacts.

https://hyperallergic.com/868254/american-museum-of-natural-history-closes-native-exhibition-halls-nagpra-regulations/


Artists “Stunned” After Museum Nixes Reimagined Michael Fried Show

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art canceled Three American Painters: Then and Now months before the opening and terminated its chief curator.

https://hyperallergic.com/868234/artists-stunned-after-santa-barbara-museum-nixes-reimagined-michael-fried-show/


When an Artist-Couple Conceives a Joint Exhibition

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Longtime Brooklyn artists Julie Torres and Ellen Letcher, who decamped upstate in 2016 to co-direct LABspace, are reunited with New York City in their first joint exhibition.

https://hyperallergic.com/868215/when-an-artist-couple-conceives-a-joint-exhibition-ellen-letcher-julie-torres/


This Photo Contest Puts Gen Z Behind the Camera

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The World Photography Organization has just announced the 20 finalists for its youth and student competitions.

https://hyperallergic.com/867946/youth-student-world-photography-organization-contest-puts-gen-z-behind-the-camera/


These Are the Artists in the 2024 Whitney Biennial

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The 81st edition of the historically controversial show will open on March 20.

https://hyperallergic.com/867918/these-are-the-artists-in-the-2024-whitney-biennial/


Call for Applications: Alex Brown Foundation 2025 Artist-in-Residence Program

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Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this residency for emerging and established artists includes studio and living space, a monthly expense allowance of $1,000, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/867278/call-for-applications-alex-brown-foundation-2025-artist-in-residence-program/


Artist Carl Andre Dies at 88

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The pioneering Minimalist sculptor's legacy was eclipsed by the untimely death of his wife, Cuban artist Ana Mendieta.

https://hyperallergic.com/867902/artist-carl-andre-dies-at-88/


New-York Historical Society Appoints First Native Chief Curator

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Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto is known for spearheading exhibitions that challenge the histories printed in textbooks.

https://hyperallergic.com/867851/new-york-historical-society-appoints-first-native-chief-curator-wendy-nalani-ikemoto/


MoMA Accused of Enabling Sexual Assault During Marina Abramović Show

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An artist who performed nude in the 2010 exhibition claims that the New York museum "failed to take corrective action" against groping by attendees.

https://hyperallergic.com/867568/moma-accused-of-enabling-sexual-assault-during-marina-abramovic-show/


Artists Drop Out of CalArts MFA Show After Venue Bans Pro-Palestine Language

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The UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills allegedly told participants that they could not include the words “Palestine” or “Gaza” in their artist statements.

https://hyperallergic.com/867465/artists-drop-out-of-calarts-mfa-show-after-venue-bans-pro-palestine-language/


Lunder Institute Asks Six Museums: “What Is the State of American Art?”

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The de Young, the Broad, Crystal Bridges, the Addison Gallery of American Art, MFA Boston, and the Whitney will respond to the question through remote programs in 2024.

https://hyperallergic.com/866940/colby-lunder-institute-asks-museums-state-of-american-art/


Tomashi Jackson Layers History to Reveal Contemporary Injustice

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The artist’s first mid-career survey spans photography, video, painting, and sculpture to address issues of systemic oppression.

https://hyperallergic.com/866928/tomashi-jackson-layers-history-to-reveal-contemporary-injustice/


Elias Sime Brings Out the Beauty in E-Waste

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He seeks to make visible the vast scale of the waste produced by digital technologies, which are also reaching obsolescence with increasing rapidity.

https://hyperallergic.com/867094/elias-sime-brings-out-the-beauty-in-e-waste-arnolfini-bristol/


The New Village: Ten Years of New York Fashion

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This new exhibition at Pratt Manhattan Gallery explores New York City’s global influence on the fashion industry and contemporary culture.

https://hyperallergic.com/866625/the-new-village-ten-years-of-new-york-fashion-pratt-manhattan-gallery/


The Slow Joy of James Siena’s Intricate Compositions

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The deepest pleasure of Siena’s drawings was giving up the search for what generated them and getting lost in the intricacies of the composition.

https://hyperallergic.com/866788/slow-joy-james-siena-intricate-compositions/


LA Phil Presents Kurt Cobain-Inspired Opera Last Days

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Based on the HBO film Last Days, written and directed by Gus Van Sant, this new opera plunges into the torment that created a modern myth.

https://hyperallergic.com/866838/la-phil-presents-kurt-cobain-inspired-opera-last-days/


Required Reading

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This week, Rothko and Mozart, Black history archives, the evolution of Monopoly, the world’s greatest stereo, and why are so many NYC restaurants closing?

https://hyperallergic.com/866645/required-reading-664/


Museum Leaders Urge NYC Mayor to Reverse Budget Cuts

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"Simply stated — culture delivers,” reads a missive signed by leadership at The Met, the Studio Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/866639/museum-leaders-urge-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-to-reverse-budget-cuts-dcla/


IDSVA’s PhD in Visual Arts Fuses Online Education With Intensive Global Residencies

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The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts offers a non-studio PhD in philosophy and art theory for artists and creative thinkers.

https://hyperallergic.com/866117/idsva-phd-visual-arts-online-education-global-residencies/


Man Arrested in Connection With Death of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema

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Sikkema's body was discovered earlier this week in his Rio de Janeiro residence.

https://hyperallergic.com/866789/man-arrested-in-connection-with-death-of-art-dealer-brent-sikkema/


Rose Marasco Captures the Poetry of Domestic Objects

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Rose Marasco: At Home surveys the photographer's experimentations with everyday objects like shoes, cutlery, and a vegetable peeler.

https://hyperallergic.com/866656/rose-marasco-captures-the-poetry-of-domestic-objects/


Security Footage Shows Possible Suspect in Brent Sikkema Death

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In videos from the early hours of Sunday morning, a man is seen entering  Sikkema’s building before driving away.

https://hyperallergic.com/866703/security-footage-shows-possible-suspect-in-brent-sikkema-death/


Graham Shay Exhibits Mid-Century Artists at Master Drawings New York 2024

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This two-part exhibition features abstract paintings from 1930 to 1980 by artists like Robert Motherwell and Stuart Davis, complemented by the welded sculpture of Ibram Lassaw.

https://hyperallergic.com/866338/graham-shay-exhibits-mid-century-artists-master-drawings-new-york-2024/


Italian Culture Minister Accused of Owning Stolen Painting

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The 17th-century work was allegedly cut from its frame in an art heist.

https://hyperallergic.com/866515/italian-culture-minister-accused-of-owning-stolen-painting/


Chicago’s Field Museum Covers Up Native Display

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New regulations require museums to obtain informed consent from tribal or lineal descendants before exhibiting Native artifacts or human remains.

https://hyperallergic.com/866542/chicago-field-museum-covers-up-native-display/


School of the Art Institute of Chicago Launches Art and Design Courses for Winter and Spring

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Choose from over 50 Adult Continuing Education courses at one of the top art schools in the US, available online and on-campus.

https://hyperallergic.com/866210/school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago-art-design-courses-winter-spring-2024/


Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Found Dead in Brazil

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According to news reports, his body was found with stab wounds in his residence in Rio de Janeiro.

https://hyperallergic.com/866495/art-dealer-brent-sikkema-found-dead-in-brazil/


Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: January 2024

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A hint for the first mini art crossword of the new year: 2- and 3-Down are both too damn high.

https://hyperallergic.com/866374/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-january-2024/


Two Views of a Family Breakfast

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Twenty years after creating his pastel “Lavergne Family Breakfast,” Jean-Etienne Liotard recreated it in oil, and it is astonishing to see how close the two versions are.

https://hyperallergic.com/866021/two-views-of-a-family-breakfast-jean-etinne-liotard-national-gallery-london/


Good Riddance to NFT Avatars on X

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Let’s face it, if Jimmy Fallon is the poster child for your situation, you’re pretty much doomed.

https://hyperallergic.com/866330/good-riddance-to-nft-avatars-on-x/


Open Call: The Noguchi Museum’s Artist Banners 2024

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NYC-based artists who identify as AAPI are invited to submit outdoor banner designs for the museum. The winner will receive a $3,500 honorarium.

https://hyperallergic.com/866046/open-call-the-noguchi-museum-artist-banners-2024/


Artists Pledge to Boycott German Institutions Over Stifling of Pro-Palestine Speech

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Hundreds of cultural figures have decried the nation’s “McCarthyist policies” equating criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism.

https://hyperallergic.com/866166/artists-pledge-to-boycott-german-institutions-over-stifling-of-pro-palestine-speech/


Stéphane Mandelbaum’s Drawings of Human Depravity

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The artist-poet’s drawings tell the story of someone entangled with his own demons and his work to overcome them.

https://hyperallergic.com/865944/stephane-mandelbaum-drawings-of-human-depravity/


The Neuberger Museum of Art Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

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One of the most respected academic museums in the US kicks off a yearlong celebration to commemorate this milestone and its commitment to visual arts education.

https://hyperallergic.com/865575/neuberger-museum-of-art-celebrates-50th-anniversary/


Indiana University Cancels Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby’s Exhibition

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Supporters are calling on the school to reinstate what would have been 87-year-old artist's first retrospective in the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/865825/indiana-university-cancels-palestinian-artist-samia-halaby-exhibition/


Street Artists Launch Poster Campaign for Gaza

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Unmute Gaza features downloadable prints based on the work of Gaza-based photojournalists.

https://hyperallergic.com/865761/street-artists-launch-poster-campaign-for-gaza/


The Ephemeral Geography of the Eternal City

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How Romans altered the very geography of their city throughout the centuries.

https://hyperallergic.com/865506/the-ephemeral-geography-of-the-eternal-city/


Lost Early Footage of the Amazon Rediscovered in Czech Archive

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Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo (1918) highlights the 20th-century rubber boom and enslavement of Indigenous people through a propagandic lens.

https://hyperallergic.com/865466/lost-early-footage-of-the-amazon-rediscovered-in-czech-archive/


New York City Ballet Art Series Presents David Michalek

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Michalek’s installation for the company’s 75th Anniversary Season, “SlowDancing/NYCB,” will be on view at three special performances in February.

https://hyperallergic.com/864951/new-york-city-ballet-art-series-presents-david-michalek/


10 Art Shows to See in New York This January

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This month: Kelly Sinnaph Mary, Cynthia Lahti, the Met Museum’s rehung galleries, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/865061/10-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-january-2024/


Musée de la Villa les Camélias Presents Four Decades of Painting by Mitchell Johnson

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La révélation de Meyreuil explores the relationship between the artist’s early work from Europe with recent paintings made in the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/864886/musee-de-la-villa-les-camelias-presents-paintings-mitchell-johnson/


7 Art Books to Start the New Year

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From an artist’s moving children’s book to an index of Indigenous North American type, add these art titles to your 2024 reading list.

https://hyperallergic.com/864641/7-art-books-to-start-the-new-year-january-2024/


Required Reading

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This week, a futuristic bookstore, social media and art amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, ancient Greek napkins made of dough, Claudine Gay’s resignation, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/864907/required-reading-662/


Art Collectors and Patrons Named in Unsealed Epstein Documents

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Among those mentioned are Thomas Pritzker, former chairman of the Art Institute of Chicago, and MoMA trustee Glenn Dubin.

https://hyperallergic.com/865062/art-collectors-patrons-named-in-unsealed-epstein-documents/


Mickey Mouse Is Copyright-Free and the Internet Is Making the Most of It

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People are wasting no time reimagining Steamboat Willie (1928) with often terrifying results.

https://hyperallergic.com/864923/mickey-mouse-is-copyright-free-and-the-internet-is-making-the-most-of-it/


BRIC’s B-Side: (Broken) Memory and Remix Transforms Fragmented Memories into Art

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Escape from the cold with two free exhibitions at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn, on view until January 21.

https://hyperallergic.com/864594/bric-b-side-broken-memory-and-remix/


10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles in January

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Catherine Opie’s candid views of queer intimacy, artist-designed writing systems, Native artists reframe a colonial route into a path of resistance, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/863276/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-in-january-2024/


With the Help of LA, a Las Vegas Art Museum Forges Ahead

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Of the 30 largest US cities, Las Vegas is the only one without a standalone art museum.

https://hyperallergic.com/863674/lacma-las-vegas-art-museum-forges-ahead/


Met Museum to Sell George Washington Portrait for Up to $2.5M

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The portrait has spent about 80 years in the museum’s collection.

https://hyperallergic.com/864707/met-museum-to-sell-george-washington-portrait/


Apply to the 2024-25 Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Visual artists and critical writers interested in developing their practices are encouraged to apply though April 1.

https://hyperallergic.com/864069/apply-2024-25-core-residency-program-museum-of-fine-arts-houston/


Opportunities in January 2024

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Residencies, fellowships, grants, open calls, and jobs from apexart, NXTHVN, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

https://hyperallergic.com/864041/opportunities-in-january-2024/


Happy Public Domain Day From André Breton and Millions of Cats!

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Every January 1, a slew of artistic and literary content becomes free for the public to access, use, remix, and enjoy.

https://hyperallergic.com/863663/public-domain-day-2024-andre-breton-and-millions-of-cats/


The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World: 2023 Edition

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Our annual list highlights the people who exist outside of an art world that favors the wealthy and privileged — or are just shit out of luck.

https://hyperallergic.com/864342/the-20-most-powerless-people-in-the-art-world-2023-edition/


The Top 50 Exhibitions of 2023

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We asked our staff and contributors to look back on a year in art around the world, from major museum shows to unexpected gems in alternative spaces.

https://hyperallergic.com/864046/hyperallergic-top-50-exhibitions-of-2023/


Transform Your Tomorrow With Pratt’s Summer Credit Intensives

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Revolutionize your career trajectory online or in-person at Pratt Institute in NYC. Register early for 35% off up to five classes.

https://hyperallergic.com/863081/transform-your-tomorrow-pratt-summer-credit-intensives/


Pope.L, Artist and Performer Who Crawled Across NYC, Dies at 68

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His endurance-based works drew attention to overlooked nuances, from systemic inequities imposed on Black Americans to absurd social rituals.

https://hyperallergic.com/863992/pope-l-artist-who-crawled-across-nyc-dies-at-68/


The Dazzling Magic of Filipino Lanterns

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Parols, traditionally symbolizing the star of Bethlehem, illuminate homes in the Philippines and the diaspora during the Christmas season.

https://hyperallergic.com/863780/the-dazzling-magic-of-filipino-lanterns/


Hyperallergic’s 20 Most Read Stories of 2023

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Well, 2023 was quite a year.

https://hyperallergic.com/863787/20-most-read-hyperallergic-stories-of-2023/


The Politics of the Lowrider

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Sitting on Chrome at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reminds us that to be unhurried and unbothered can be an act of resistance.

https://hyperallergic.com/861939/politics-of-the-lowrider-sitting-on-chrome-sfmoma/


Elevate Your Artistry With SVA Continuing Education

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The School of Visual Arts in NYC offers a diverse range of over 200 in-person and online courses, and more than 10 artist residency programs.

https://hyperallergic.com/863003/elevate-your-artistry-sva-continuing-education/


Yoshie Sakai Goes Clubbin’ With Grandma

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Her spotlight on elderly women’s sexuality and energy challenges the images society often projects onto grandmothers as feeble and non-sexual.

https://hyperallergic.com/863633/yoshie-sakai-goes-clubbin-with-grandma/


The Creative Power of Mischief

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“As a collection that’s interested in accessibility and letters, we look at one of the most democratic versions of letters that exists,” said Letterform’s Kate Long Stellar.

https://hyperallergic.com/863381/the-creative-power-of-mischief-letterform-archive/


The Unending Evolution of Nativity Scenes

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From 3rd-century depictions to a Star Trek nativity, the art form never ceases to evolve.

https://hyperallergic.com/863658/the-unending-evolution-of-nativity-scenes/


Battery Park City Authority Presents Pioneers of Public Art, New York in the 1980s and 1990s

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This free event includes a panel with artists Mary Miss, Ned Smyth, and R.M. Fischer following the premiere of documentary shorts on their work. January 10, 2024, at 6:30pm.

https://hyperallergic.com/861732/battery-park-city-authority-pioneers-of-public-art-new-york-in-the-1980s-and-1990s-battery-park-city-authority/


New Banksy Anti-War Piece Stolen in Broad Daylight

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A video online shows two men removing the work less than an hour after the artist posted about it on Instagram.

https://hyperallergic.com/863657/new-banksy-anti-war-piece-stolen/


Zany Takes on Holiday Wreaths Now on View in Central Park

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Using everything from artificial hot dogs and candy wrappers to Metrocards, NYC Parks employees and commissioned artists reimagine a Christmas classic.

https://hyperallergic.com/863309/zany-takes-on-holiday-wreaths-now-on-view-in-central-park/


Required Reading

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This week, a virtual tour of the Vermeer retrospective, an AI-written novel wins a prize, filling your fish tank with local water, a tribute to poet Refaat Alareer, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/862442/required-reading-660/


Gaza Art Gallery Reportedly Destroyed by Israeli Airstrike

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Eltiqa Gallery once operated on the bustling Omar Al-Mukhtar Street in downtown Gaza City and participated in Documenta 15 last year.

https://hyperallergic.com/863490/gaza-art-gallery-reportedly-destroyed-by-israeli-airstrike/


Van Gogh’s First Painting of the Outdoors Heads to The Met

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It’s part of a trove of 200 artworks gifted to the museum by Law & Order producer Dick Wolf.

https://hyperallergic.com/863299/van-gogh-first-painting-of-the-outdoors-heads-to-the-met/


Five Offbeat Holiday Films to Keep It Weird This Christmas

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Stop-motion animation, the poetic story of a snowman, and other picks highlight the artistic potential of the classic genre.

https://hyperallergic.com/863053/five-offbeat-holiday-films-to-keep-it-weird-this-christmas/


Institute of American Indian Arts Offers a Unique Low-Residency MFA in Studio Arts

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MFASA students enjoy mentorships with prominent Indigenous artists, flexible schedules, and access to Santa Fe, New Mexico, a cultural capital of the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/862649/institute-of-american-indian-arts-unique-low-residency-mfa-studio-arts/


Femicide Artwork “Censored” From Greek Consulate in New York

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Artist Georgia Lale’s flag artwork was removed from an exhibition following backlash from far-right Greek politician Dimitris Natsiou.

https://hyperallergic.com/863046/femicide-artwork-censored-from-greek-consulate-in-new-york/


Artists to Shop for Last-Minute Holiday Gifts

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From quirky ceramics and pet portraits to prints and tufted rugs, peruse our list of presents for this season and beyond.

https://hyperallergic.com/863033/artists-to-shop-for-last-minute-holiday-gifts/


British Museum Announces $63M Partnership With Oil Giant

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The museum said it will use the BP funds to pursue environmental goals, prompting climate activists to call out the institution's hypocrisy.

https://hyperallergic.com/862948/british-museum-announces-63m-partnership-with-oil-giant-bp/


Wormfarm Institute Releases Call for Artists for 2024 Farm/Art DTour

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The organization will commission up to 10 artists to create large-scale temporary installations in farm fields in rural Wisconsin. Apply by February 12, 2024.

https://hyperallergic.com/861730/wormfarm-institute-call-for-artists-2024-farm-art-dtour/


A Poignant Meditation on the Dance Marathon

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Grace and elegance abound in Kambui Olujimi’s paintings on the phenomenon of the dance marathon, but so too do rugged drama and discomfort.

https://hyperallergic.com/862733/a-poignant-meditation-on-the-dance-marathon/


A Museum Uses Art to Prepare Future Doctors for End-of-Life Care

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At the University of Virginia’s Fralin Museum of Art, curators and students engage in conversations about end-of-life care through the lens of art history.

https://hyperallergic.com/862213/fralin-museum-of-art-uses-art-to-prepare-future-doctors-for-end-of-life-care/


New Bedford Whaling Museum Restores Rare Panorama Painting

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After a complex yearlong conservation effort, one 350-pound painting from Charles Sidney Raleigh’s 275-foot-long panorama has a new lease on life.

https://hyperallergic.com/862234/new-bedford-whaling-museum-restores-rare-panorama-painting/


The Wildest Art Stories of 2023

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Extraordinary discoveries, rogue tourists, and moments of institutional failure and abuse of power defined a topsy-turvy year in visual culture.

https://hyperallergic.com/862358/wildest-art-stories-2023/


Artists Display 20,000 Poppies Outside NY Stock Exchange

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Each paper flower represented a Palestinian life lost since October 7.

https://hyperallergic.com/862497/artists-display-poppies-outside-new-york-stock-exchange/


A Cleveland Museum’s Bad Bet on a Looted Roman Statue

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The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.

https://hyperallergic.com/862516/cleveland-museum-bad-bet-looted-roman-statue/


Yuan Goang-Ming to Represent Taiwan at the 60th Venice Biennale With Everyday War

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Video art musing on the state of existence encompasses the exhibition curated by Abby Chen and presented by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.

https://hyperallergic.com/860894/yuan-goang-ming-taiwan-2024-venice-biennale-everyday-war/


Required Reading

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This week, homeschooling’s seedy underbelly, penguins taking “microsleeps,” the history of hats, and why are TikTokers quitting vaping?

https://hyperallergic.com/861541/required-reading-659/


YOU Get a Portrait, Oprah!

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A new painting of the media mogul by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren is joining the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

https://hyperallergic.com/861962/you-get-a-portrait-oprah/


The Memes That Carried Us Through 2023

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From orcas to Barbie to Girl Dinner, here’s to the viral moments that brought a smile to our faces — or a flash of karmic justice.

https://hyperallergic.com/861914/the-memes-that-carried-us-through-2023/


Stamps School of Art & Design Seeks Proposals for Witt Residency

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This residency at the University of Michigan offers a $20,000 honorarium, housing, studio space, and up to $5,000 in funding support for project materials.

https://hyperallergic.com/861348/stamps-school-of-art-design-witt-residency-2024-25/


The Pantone Color of the Year “Conspiracy,” Explained

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TikTok users are calling BS on the company in videos alleging that the chosen hues align with the interests of tech giants.

https://hyperallergic.com/861738/the-pantone-color-of-the-year-conspiracy-explained/


Cloth as Land at JMKAC Presents Textiles as a Wellspring of Hmong Indigeneity

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The exhibition explores kinship found through traditional and contemporary textile practices. On view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

https://hyperallergic.com/861245/cloth-as-land-jmkac-textiles-as-wellspring-hmong-indigeneity/


Art Student Fights for Free Speech After School Asks to Remove Pro-Palestine Signs

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MFA student Morgan Patten and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression claim Brooklyn College’s actions violate her First Amendment rights.

https://hyperallergic.com/861178/brooklyn-college-art-student-fights-for-free-speech-after-school-asks-to-remove-pro-palestine-signs/


The Ruins Should Be Inhabited as Part of a Process of Repair

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The decolonization of Palestine is not only a Palestinian project, but also a Jewish one.

https://hyperallergic.com/861590/the-ruins-should-be-inhabited-as-part-of-a-process-of-repair/


NXTHVN Opens Applications for Studio and Curatorial Fellowships

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Up to seven artists and two curators will participate in a paid, 10-month intensive residency in New Haven, Connecticut.

https://hyperallergic.com/861093/nxthvn-studio-curatorial-fellowships-2024-2025/


Announcing the Recipients of the 2023–24 Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators

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Tiffany D. Gaines, Machiko Harada, Brianna L. Hernández, Álvaro Ibarra, and Brian Johnson are the recipients of this year’s fellowship.

https://hyperallergic.com/861233/recipients-2023-2024-emily-hall-tremaine-journalism-fellowship-for-curators/


Protesters Demand Brooklyn Museum “Take a Stand Against Genocide”

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Following yesterday's guerrilla action within the institution, hundreds of protesters congregated outside of the Brooklyn Museum demanding a ceasefire in a planned march throughout the borough.

https://hyperallergic.com/861459/protesters-demand-brooklyn-museum-take-a-stand-against-genocide/


Pro-Palestine Activists Rally at Brooklyn Museum

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Protesters demanded that the New York City institution sever ties with donors financially connected to Israel.

https://hyperallergic.com/861375/pro-palestine-activists-rally-at-brooklyn-museum/


Protesters Call for Gaza Ceasefire at Art Basel Miami

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Artists and activists from various groups chanted, “Netanyahu, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?”

https://hyperallergic.com/861320/protesters-call-for-gaza-ceasefire-at-art-basel-miami/


Duygu Demir Appointed Curator at the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery

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A founding member of Turkish contemporary art space SALT, Demir brings to NYUAD her training in non-Western modernism and commitment to global contemporary art and cultural production.

https://hyperallergic.com/859050/duygu-demir-appointed-curator-nyuad-art-gallery/


Required Reading

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This week, a giant sand maze in Miami, how to free yourself from big tech, Eric Adams’s bad luck streak, the fringe benefits of near-sightedness, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/860970/required-reading-658/


An Exemplary Tiffany Stained-Glass Window Is Coming to The Met

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Comprising thousands of pieces of Favrile glass, the 20-foot installation shares a common language with the era's Impressionist paintings.

https://hyperallergic.com/861013/an-exemplary-tiffany-stained-glass-window-is-coming-to-the-met/


Glass Art That Reflects the Human Condition

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Josiah McElheny’s latest sculptures reject traditionally idealized forms in favor of the imperfect.

https://hyperallergic.com/860915/josiah-mcelheny-glass-art-reflects-the-human-condition/


Apply for 2024 Visual Arts Residencies at Banff Centre

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Explore new directions in your work with artists from around the world while being inspired by studio spaces and facilities in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

https://hyperallergic.com/860109/apply-2024-visual-arts-residencies-banff-centre/


Ken Gun Min’s Vision of Gay Utopia

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He introduces an exotic fantasy world that reflects his personal experiences and longings as a gay Asian man living in the diverse melting pot of Los Angeles.

https://hyperallergic.com/860444/ken-gun-mins-vision-of-gay-utopia/


Sergio Zevallos’s Rituals of Disobedience

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A member of the queer collective Grupo Chaclacayo, his transformational performances were a cry for gender equality and political freedom in Peru.

https://hyperallergic.com/860301/sergio-zevalloss-rituals-of-disobedience/


“Miami English” Phrases to Know During Art Week

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The Spanish-influenced dialect is a product of the city’s cultural wealth and diversity, bro.

https://hyperallergic.com/860609/miami-english-phrases-to-know-during-art-week/


Artist Jesse Darling Wins Tate Britain’s Turner Prize

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Darling's multidisciplinary practice reflects on class divisions and challenges conventional notions of British identity.

https://hyperallergic.com/860535/artist-jesse-darling-wins-tate-britains-turner-prize/


10 Art Books to Add to Your Shelf This December

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Sonya Clark’s latest catalogue, the case for decolonizing drag, Coco Fusco speaks truth to power, a memoir of Brooklyn’s underground performance scene, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/860116/10-art-books-to-add-to-your-shelf-this-december/


Earn a Graduate Art Degree in Atlanta at the Welch School of Art & Design

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Part of Georgia State University, the school offers tuition waivers, studio space, graduate assistantships, and teaching experience.

https://hyperallergic.com/859779/graduate-art-degree-in-atlanta-welch-school-of-art-design-2024/


Queer Cinema for Palestine Pushes Back Against Israel’s “Pinkwashing”

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The event, running now through December 10, first launched in 2021 as an alternative to the government-sponsored Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival.

https://hyperallergic.com/860143/queer-cinema-for-palestine-2023-pushes-back-against-israel-pinkwashing/


Hyperallergic Art Crossword: December 2023

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Marta Minujín, a Mona Lisa look-alike, comic art traditions, and more in this month's art puzzle.

https://hyperallergic.com/860063/hyperallergic-art-crossword-december-2023/


10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles in December

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Dyani White Hawk’s beaded paintings, Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio's rubber casts, Tidawhitney Lek’s portraits of life in Long Beach's Cambodia Town, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/858605/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-december-2023/


Forge a Lifelong Arts Practice With New York Studio School’s MFA and Certificate

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Develop your work and personal aesthetic philosophy in these unique programs. Now accepting applications for full-time study in Fall 2024.

https://hyperallergic.com/859868/forge-lifelong-arts-practice-new-york-studio-school-mfa-certificate/


In His Final Works, Brice Marden Found Freedom

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The artist, who passed away this year, finally let go of his desire for control and perfection without surrendering his self-imposed restraints.

https://hyperallergic.com/859624/in-his-final-works-brice-marden-found-freedom/


Hundreds Call Out Museums’ Role in Colonialism in March for Palestine

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The American Museum of Natural History in New York closed early as protesters rallied outside the entrance, which was barricaded by police.

https://hyperallergic.com/859892/hundreds-call-out-museums-role-in-colonialism-in-march-for-palestine/


While Others Remain Silent, These Art Spaces Are Vocally Pro-Palestine

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Outside of the blue-chip art world, some galleries and nonprofits are speaking out freely and publicly against Israel’s attacks.

https://hyperallergic.com/859418/while-others-remain-silent-these-art-spaces-are-vocally-pro-palestine/


Opportunities in December 2023

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Residencies, fellowships, grants, open calls, and jobs from Banff Centre, Tusen Takk, UC Davis, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

https://hyperallergic.com/859562/opportunities-december-2023/


Three-Story-Tall Banksy Mural Destroyed as UK Building Demolished

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The anonymous street artist made the work in 2017, a year after Brexit, to criticize Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.

https://hyperallergic.com/859647/three-story-tall-banksy-mural-destroyed-as-uk-building-demolished/


Climate Activists Disrupt Met Opera’s Opening Night

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“No opera on a dead planet,” shouted the protesters during the second act of Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

https://hyperallergic.com/859591/climate-activists-disrupt-met-operas-opening-night/


12 Art Shows to See in New York This December

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This month: The irreverent feminist art of Marta Minujín, Molly Crabapple channels Toulouse-Lautrec, Sonya Kelliber-Combs’s cryptic visual lexicon, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/859348/12-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-december-2023/


The Eternal Life of Stone in Art

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It’s easy to think of stone as static, immutable, but as Eternal Medium shows, stone is a slice of the earth itself, as alive as the artists who mold and shape it.

https://hyperallergic.com/859342/the-eternal-medium-life-of-stone-in-art-lacma/


University at Albany Offers Tuition Waivers and Funding for MFA Students

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This affordable interdisciplinary program with well-equipped facilities and private studios is accepting applications for Fall 2024.

https://hyperallergic.com/855126/university-at-albany-tuition-waivers-funding-mfa-2024/


Thousands Urge Toronto Museum to Address Indigenous Curator’s Exit

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Two public letters express solidarity with Wanda Nanibush, who departed the Art Gallery of Ontario after a pro-Israel group’s complaints of her social media posts.

https://hyperallergic.com/859272/thousands-urge-toronto-museum-to-address-indigenous-curators-exit/


Alan Michelson’s Place-Keeping Art

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For almost three decades, Alan Michelson has attended to place, histories, and futures, and the lived realities of Indigenous peoples in North America.

https://hyperallergic.com/858808/alan-michelsons-place-keeping-art/


Ten North Group Presents Art of Transformation | AFRICA GLOBAL

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Exhibitions, discussions, and performances during Miami Art Week celebrate the diversity of the African Diaspora.

https://hyperallergic.com/858746/ten-north-group-art-of-transformation-africal-global-miami-art-week-2023/


Remembering the Artists We Lost in 2023

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Through the end of the year, Hyperallergic will feature readers’ tributes to artists in their communities.

https://hyperallergic.com/858637/remembering-the-artists-we-lost-in-2023/


Photographer Terry Richardson Sued for Sexual Assault, Again

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He is accused of assaulting two women and displaying images of the alleged attacks in a New York exhibition.

https://hyperallergic.com/858855/photographer-terry-richardson-sued-for-sexual-assault-again/


Open Source Gallery’s Art Auction Is Open for Bidding

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The return of Open Source Gallery’s Gala and Annual Art Auction is met with a groundswell of support from artists and collectors.

https://hyperallergic.com/858606/open-source-gallery-gala-art-auction-2023/


Thousands March to American Museum of Natural History in Pro-Gaza Protest

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Activists called out the museum’s holdings of Native remains while denouncing “the genocide of Indigenous Palestinians.”

https://hyperallergic.com/858645/thousands-march-to-american-museum-of-natural-history-in-pro-gaza-protest/