Lola Flash Has Got Some Stories to Tell

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“For years, I didn’t want acceptance from the art world. I wanted the opposite, to be honest,” the photographer told Hyperallergic in an interview.

https://hyperallergic.com/927522/lola-flash-has-got-some-stories-to-tell/


Alex Katz’s Love Affair With Maine

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The artist has donated over 150 works from his foundation’s collection to the Portland Museum of Art, among other institutions in the state.

https://hyperallergic.com/921127/alex-katz-love-affair-with-maine-portland-museum-art/


A View From the Easel

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“When I am deep into the work, I no longer hear music, as it is pure muscle memory.”

https://hyperallergic.com/926976/a-view-from-the-easel-239/


Stamps Gallery Presents Elizabeth Youngblood: Syntax

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The gallery’s summer season also includes Asmaa Walton: Black Art Library and Michelle Hinojosa: Logcabins. On view in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

https://hyperallergic.com/926646/stamps-gallery-presents-elizabeth-youngblood-summer-2024/


A Summer Solstice Tarotscope for the Art World

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For each solstice and equinox, Hyperallergic will present a tarotscope with a special focus on the arts and creative practice, to mark the turning of the seasons.

https://hyperallergic.com/926741/a-summer-solstice-tarotscope-for-the-art-world/


Climate Protesters Douse Stonehenge in Orange Powder

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Two Just Stop Oil activists were arrested after spraying the structure with what they say is washable orange cornflour ahead of the summer solstice.

https://hyperallergic.com/927318/climate-protesters-douse-stonehenge-in-orange-powder/


An Artist Contends With Brooklyn’s History of Enslavement

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Adama Delphine Fawundu’s installation at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park honors the 25 individuals who were once enslaved there.

https://hyperallergic.com/927017/artist-adama-delphine-fawundu-contends-with-brooklyn-history-of-enslavement/


Social Tensions From Antiquity to the End of the World

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The trials of a post-apocalyptic New York and hedonistic Rome become one another’s mirrors and choirs in The Industry’s double opera Comet/Poppea.

https://hyperallergic.com/927093/social-tensions-from-antiquity-to-the-end-of-the-world-comet-poppea-opera/


Krannert Art Museum Hosts First Solo Exhibition of Artist Jen Everett

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Could you dim the lights? showcases how Everett remixes images of herself with found photographs to discuss Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. On view in Champaign, Illinois.

https://hyperallergic.com/926894/krannert-art-museum-first-solo-exhibition-jen-everett/


With a New Home and a New Name, LAXART Returns as “The Brick”

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The LA arts nonprofit is marking a new chapter in its 20-year history.

https://hyperallergic.com/925273/with-a-new-home-and-a-new-name-laxart-returns-as-the-brick/


Art Dealer Barbara Gladstone Dies at 89

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Gladstone, whose namesake gallery represents over 70 artists and estates, opened her first location in Manhattan in 1980 in a space “the size of a shoebox.”

https://hyperallergic.com/926661/art-dealer-barbara-gladstone-dies-at-89/


Five New York Shows to See Before June Ends

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From Niki de Saint Phalle to the subway, time is running out to see some of our favorite art in the city.

https://hyperallergic.com/925932/five-new-york-shows-to-see-before-june-2024-ends/


Artists Rally at Hammer Museum After Arrests at UCLA

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Police thwarted efforts to build a new Gaza Solidarity Encampment on the campus earlier in the week.

https://hyperallergic.com/926339/artists-rally-at-hammer-museum-after-arrests-at-ucla/


A Project Honoring Victims of Police Violence Is Going Cross-Country

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The new phase of the 1-800 Happy Birthday art initiative aims to raise national awareness about the "epidemic of state violence."

https://hyperallergic.com/877656/worthlessstudios-project-honoring-victims-of-police-violence-is-going-cross-country/


Kehinde Wiley Exhibitions Halted After Sexual Assault Allegations

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The Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Joslyn Art Museum are not moving forward with shows of the artist’s work.

https://hyperallergic.com/925795/kehinde-wiley-exhibitions-halted-after-sexual-assault-allegations/


Animal Rights Activists Target New King Charles Portrait

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The action was in protest of allegations against the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, where King Charles III is a patron.

https://hyperallergic.com/925018/animal-rights-activists-target-new-king-charles-portrait/


Phoebe Helander Paints Objects in Time

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Helander removes her art from the frozen time in which still life paintings exist and reminds us that the moment recreated has already come and gone.

https://hyperallergic.com/924648/phoebe-helander-paints-objects-in-time/


Mineo Mizuno Explores Earth’s Fragile Ecosystem in New Sculpture at The Huntington

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Crafted from fallen timber the artist gathered in the Sierra Nevada forests, this site-specific work is set in the botanical gardens at the Los Angeles institution.

https://hyperallergic.com/923008/mineo-mizuno-explores-earth-ecosystem-sculpture-the-huntington/


Paul Wong Is Queering Chinatown

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The artist, curator, and organizer opens up and blurs the boundaries between categories, experimenting with new spaces and methods of moving through the world.

https://hyperallergic.com/923838/paul-wong-is-queering-chinatown/


10 Exhibitions to Visit in Washington, DC, This Summer

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Lose yourself and find hope in women and queer-led shows in the capital this season.

https://hyperallergic.com/922677/10-exhibitions-to-visit-in-washington-dc-summer-2024/


Announcing the 2024 McKnight Visual Artist Fellows

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Designed to support mid-career Minnesota artists, fellows each recieve a $25,000 stipend, professional development, a residency, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/922773/announcing-2024-mcknight-visual-artist-fellows/


Harmony Hammond’s Ongoing Revolution

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The mainstream art world might finally be catching up with Hammond, who has been breaking barriers for more than six decades.

https://hyperallergic.com/924019/harmony-hammond-ongoing-revolution/


The Unlikely Story of Brooklyn’s Bishop Gallery

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Brooklyn residents and best friends Stevenson Dunn Jr. and Erwin John founded the beloved gallery without any background in the arts.

https://hyperallergic.com/923818/the-unlikely-story-of-brooklyn-bishop-gallery/


The Unspoken Truths in Jenny Holzer’s Truisms

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Gaza is everywhere across the artist’s Guggenheim show, but you wouldn’t know it.

https://hyperallergic.com/916808/unspoken-truths-jenny-holzer-truisms-light-line-guggenheim-museum/


Artist Breaks Her Sculpture in Protest at San Francisco Jewish Museum

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Anti-Zionist Jewish artists withdrew their work from the institution earlier this month, demanding divestment from entities affiliated with Israel.

https://hyperallergic.com/923778/artist-breaks-her-sculpture-in-protest-at-san-francisco-contemporary-jewish-museum/


UArts Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Labor Violations

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Staff are seeking two months of pay, healthcare coverage, and damages after the Philadelphia arts school abruptly announced its closure.

https://hyperallergic.com/923446/uarts-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-alleged-labor-violations/


Required Reading

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This week, minstrelsy and AI, groundbreaking lesbian athlete Helen Stephens, British pubs are struggling to stay afloat, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/921439/required-reading-684/


LaToya Ruby Frazier’s Monument to Empathy

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Though Frazier's photography is often described as “documentary,” it betrays a thorough investment in and interchange with those she photographs.

https://hyperallergic.com/923068/latoya-ruby-frazier-monument-to-empathy-moma/


Catherine Opie’s Unrelenting Fight for Visibility

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From street snapshots to resplendent studio photographs, the artist draws us powerfully into her life-long project of bearing witness to her community.

https://hyperallergic.com/922789/catherine-opie-unrelenting-fight-for-visibility/


Activists Decry “Show of Force and Violence” at Brooklyn Museum Protest

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The museum acknowledged that “the police brutality that took place was devastating” but said it did not call the NYPD.

https://hyperallergic.com/922652/activists-decry-show-of-force-and-violence-at-brooklyn-museum-protest/


Katherine Bradford Is Just Getting Started

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“I don't think anybody believed I could be an artist,” the 82-year-old artist told Hyperallergic in an interview.

https://hyperallergic.com/921559/katherine-bradford-is-just-getting-started/


Hildegard von Bingen’s Eternal Garden

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The 12th-century mystic continues to attract devotees among both Catholic clergy and New Age gurus, Christian traditionalists and radical feminists.

https://hyperallergic.com/920924/hildegard-von-bingen-eternal-garden/


Linda Mussmann Prefers the Hard Work to the Parade

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The artist speaks to Hyperallergic about founding an art space in Upstate New York and being among the first in the state to marry a same-sex partner.

https://hyperallergic.com/922331/linda-mussmamn-prefers-the-hard-work-to-the-parade/


French Authorities Charge Artist Who Tagged “MeToo” on Courbet

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Deborah De Robertis decried the charges of theft and property damage, which she called “disproportionate.”

https://hyperallergic.com/922753/french-authorities-charge-artist-who-tagged-metoo-on-courbet/


UArts President Resigns Amid Anger Over School’s Closure

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Kerry Walk stepped down less than four days after the Philadelphia institution abruptly announced it would shutter within a week.

https://hyperallergic.com/922692/uarts-president-kerry-walk-resigns-amid-anger-over-school-closure/


Seeking Out Diversity at Greenpoint Open Studios

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It was the perfect sunny weekend to bounce around from studio to studio, skirting mimosa-filled patio tables and couples with $5,000 strollers.

https://hyperallergic.com/922469/seeking-out-diversity-at-greenpoint-open-studios-2024/


UArts Students and Staff Rally After Abrupt Closure Announcement

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The Philadelphia art school shocked community members with the news that it plans to cease operations within a week.

https://hyperallergic.com/922406/uarts-students-and-staff-rally-after-abrupt-closure-announcement/


The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: June 2024

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Start off Pride Month with queer French painters, artists’ Zodiac signs, morse code symbols, and more in this June’s puzzle.

https://hyperallergic.com/922272/the-hyperallergic-art-crossword-june-2024/


Opportunities in June 2024

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Residencies, open calls, and grants from the Vilcek Foundation, the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

https://hyperallergic.com/909130/opportunities-june-2024/


The Diasporic Imagination of Nishan Kazazian

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Bridging art and architecture is the Lebanese-Armenian-American artist’s life’s work.

https://hyperallergic.com/921710/the-diasporic-imagination-of-nishan-kazazian/


Hundreds Call on Brooklyn Museum to “Divest From Genocide”

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Police arrested at least 20 protesters in a massive action for Gaza at the museum.

https://hyperallergic.com/921821/hundreds-call-on-brooklyn-museum-to-divest-from-genocide/


Standouts From the 2024 Venice Biennale’s Foreigners Everywhere

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Let’s investigate some of the hundreds of artworks on display as part of the central exhibition at this year’s Biennale.

https://hyperallergic.com/921564/standouts-from-the-2024-venice-biennale-foreigners-everywhere/


Trump Is Guilty and the Memes Are Plenty

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Where there is a glimmer of justice, there is hope.

https://hyperallergic.com/921457/donald-trump-is-guilty-and-the-memes-are-plenty/


Required Reading

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This week, Catherine Opie’s definition of home, honoring photographer Corky Lee, the all-consuming world of chess, eccentric art teacher appreciation, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/920985/required-reading-683/


A Glimpse Into Pompeii’s Terrifying Final Moments

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In the last episode of PBS’s new docuseries, archaeologists discover remarkable graffiti and shrine offerings that bring the ancient city — and its extinction — into view.

https://hyperallergic.com/920657/pbs-new-digs-glimpses-into-pompeiis-terrifying-final-moments/


The Artists Sifting Through Your City’s Garbage

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An exhibition in Manhattan’s Chinatown examines the work of waste facility artists-in-residence from New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Portland.

https://hyperallergic.com/920621/the-artists-sifting-through-your-city-garbage/


Cleveland Museum of Art Returns 2,200-Year-Old Statue to Libya

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Experts say the Ptolemaic figure was taken from a Libyan museum during World War II.

https://hyperallergic.com/920425/cleveland-museum-of-art-returns-2200-year-old-statue-to-libya/


Four Artists’ Pictures of an Unspeakable Past

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The four artists featured in Peeling the Onion confront the long-lasting trauma that people and families carry through the generations.

https://hyperallergic.com/919950/four-artists-pictures-of-an-unspeakable-past-in-peeling-the-onion-elza-kayal-gallery/


Five Video Essays to Close Out May

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Plus, a tool set to make your own video essays.

https://hyperallergic.com/919700/five-video-essays-to-close-out-may-2024/


With the Help of Students, Street Artists Transform an LA High School

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Well-known names and veteran muralists with deep ties to local communities were tapped for the project at César E. Chávez Learning Academies in San Fernando.

https://hyperallergic.com/918910/with-the-help-of-students-street-artists-transform-a-los-angeles-high-school/


The Indigenous Artists Creating Work in Solidarity With Palestine

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These three artists are sharing work online, from digital design to painting, to visualize the intertwined Indigenous struggles between Native peoples and Palestinians.

https://hyperallergic.com/917454/indigenous-artists-victor-pascual-nipinet-landsem-danielle-seewalker-creating-work-in-solidarity-with-palestine/


Indigenous Artists Make Themselves Seen at the Thomas Cole Site

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An exhibition curated by Scott Manning Stevens moves Native peoples to the forefront of historical depictions of the Hudson Valley.

https://hyperallergic.com/916155/indigenous-artists-make-themselves-seen-at-the-thomas-cole-site/


Hyperallergic’s Quick Guide to the 2024 Venice Biennale Pavilions

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In a strong showing of national pavilions at this year’s edition, countries foregrounded diverse voices and showcased national talent.

https://hyperallergic.com/918762/hyperallergic-quick-guide-to-the-2024-venice-biennale-pavilions/


Calls to Boycott Artforum Resurface Amid Rumored Palestine Edition

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The magazine publishers’ response to a letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza last fall raised serious questions about editorial independence.

https://hyperallergic.com/918890/calls-to-boycott-artforum-resurface-amid-rumored-palestine-edition/


Biennial in Southeast Turkey Faces Backlash on Opening Weekend

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Critics accuse the Mardin Biennial of exoticizing the city’s multilayered cultural heritage and ignoring the local context.

https://hyperallergic.com/918702/mardin-biennial-in-southeast-turkey-faces-backlash-on-opening-weekend/


Such Sad! Kabosu, Dog Who Inspired Doge Meme, Dies at 18

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The beloved canine was honored with her very own bronze sculpture in Japan last year.

https://hyperallergic.com/918852/such-sad-kabosu-dog-who-inspired-doge-meme-dies-at-18/


New York’s Fashion Institute Students Tailor Solutions to World’s Problems

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The 2024 FIT graduation show explores themes of environmental collapse and sustainable solutions, oppressive systems, and holistic community care.

https://hyperallergic.com/918435/new-york-fashion-institute-students-tailor-solutions-to-world-problems/


Required Reading

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This week, Scarlett Johansson, college football, Medieval homophobia, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/918514/required-reading-682/


Can Archaeologists Locate Pompeii’s Survivors?

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The second episode of Pompeii: The New Dig follows the search for those who escaped Mount Vesuvius’s lethal eruption.

https://hyperallergic.com/917685/can-archaeologists-locate-pompeii-survivors/


Rhode Island School of Design Opens RISD Grad Show 2024

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The annual creative showcase highlights MFA student work representing 19 disciplines in an exhibition and digital publication.

https://hyperallergic.com/917089/rhode-island-school-of-design-opens-risd-grad-show-2024/


Peeling Back the Layers of Religious Devotion

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The artists in Devoted: Religion in Asian American Art offer complex perspectives on religion grounded in their lived experiences.

https://hyperallergic.com/917673/peeling-back-the-layers-of-religious-devotion/


In Defense of Jonathan Yeo’s King Charles Portrait

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Just like Velázquez’s last portrait of King Philip IV of Spain, Yeo’s blood-red painting signifies the imminent downfall of a monarch.

https://hyperallergic.com/916983/in-defense-of-jonathan-yeo-king-charles-portrait/


In a T293 Exhibition, Yongqi Tang Copes With Eros/Thanatos in a Baroque Neapolitan Church

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Nestled in the niches of a centuries-old church in Naples, Italy, three artworks by Yongqi Tang explore the instincts to create and destroy.

https://hyperallergic.com/916309/yongqi-tang-copes-with-eros-thanatos-baroque-neapolitan-church-t293/


Renaissance Painting of Virgin and Child Kissing Heads to Auction

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The restoration of Quinten Massys’s “Madonna of the Cherries” reveals exquisite details of an endearing (and maaaybe a little creepy) family moment.

https://hyperallergic.com/917469/renaissance-painting-of-virgin-and-child-kissing-heads-to-auction/


Remembering the Rebellious Spirit of Joe Zucker

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More than any other artist of his generation, Zucker rejected the conventions associated with Abstract Expressionism, particularly its subjectivity.

https://hyperallergic.com/917109/remembering-the-rebellious-spirit-of-joe-zucker/


A Cold, Hard Tour of Brutalist New York City

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With stops at the Salt Shed and the Tribeca Synagogue, the tour was among the highlights of Jane’s Walks, an ongoing series of curated strolls across the city.

https://hyperallergic.com/915404/a-cold-hard-tour-of-brutalist-new-york-city/


Maine College of Art & Design Announces 2024 MFA Visiting Artist Summer Lecture Series

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Students work with a roster of renowned Visiting Artists during an eight-week summer intensive for MECA&D’s MFA in Studio Art.

https://hyperallergic.com/915631/maine-college-of-art-design-presents-2024-visiting-artist-summer-lecture-series/


Elias Rischmawi Preserves Memory Against Erasure

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What happens when home traverses miles — when it’s caught in the sway between one’s homeland and the land one makes a home of?

https://hyperallergic.com/916913/elias-rischmawi-preserves-memory-against-erasure/


The Disrupted Realism of the New King Charles Portrait

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The viral painting mirrors a contemporary movement that allows for improvisation and often fuses representation and abstraction in unexpected ways.

https://hyperallergic.com/916286/the-disrupted-realism-of-the-new-king-charles-portrait/


Open Call: The 6th VH AWARD for Emerging Asian Media Artists

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Five emerging media artists will each receive a $25,000 production grant and participate in an online residency program with Eyebeam. The Grand Prix recipient will be awarded an additional $25,000.

https://hyperallergic.com/915129/open-call-6th-vh-award-emerging-asian-media-artists/


Artist Kehinde Wiley Accused of Sexual Assault

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Joseph Awuah-Darko claims the portrait painter assaulted him on two occasions at a dinner in Ghana in 2021, allegations Wiley denies.

https://hyperallergic.com/916735/artist-kehinde-wiley-accused-of-sexual-assault/


New Docuseries Digs Up Pompeii’s Lost Histories

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Pompeii: The New Dig on PBS follows a group of archaeologists involved in the largest excavation at the ancient site in a generation.

https://hyperallergic.com/916348/new-bbc-docuseries-digs-up-pompeii-lost-histories/


Hundreds Attend Historic “Counter-Commencement” for Columbia Students at NYC Cathedral

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The ceremony was organized by members of the university faculty in a repudiation of leadership’s decision to send police to arrest pro-Palestine demonstrators.

https://hyperallergic.com/915966/hundreds-attend-historic-counter-commencement-for-columbia-students-in-nyc/


Striking Parsons Students Withdraw Artwork From Thesis Exhibition

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A dozen students are staging an alternative BFA show in Brooklyn amid Students for Justice in Palestine’s ongoing strike against the New School.

https://hyperallergic.com/916337/striking-parsons-students-withdraw-artwork-from-thesis-exhibition/


School of Visual Arts Students Hold Moment of Silence for Gaza Children

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At an exhibition opening in the school’s Flatiron gallery, students read the names of young Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks.

https://hyperallergic.com/916244/school-of-visual-arts-students-hold-moment-of-silence-for-gaza-children/


Top Art Patrons Discussed Deploying NYPD Against Columbia Students

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Private chats obtained by the Washington Post show how art-world stakeholders sought to influence Mayor Eric Adams and Columbia leadership.

https://hyperallergic.com/915897/top-art-patrons-discussed-deploying-nypd-against-columbia-students/


Enhance Your Practice With SVA Continuing Education Courses, Workshops, Residencies

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

https://hyperallergic.com/914809/sva-continuing-education-courses-workshops-residencies-summer-2024/


Spray-Painting “Me Too” on a Courbet Is Not the Feminism We Need

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Deborah De Robertis’s protest performance signifies precisely what is wrong with current feminist discourse.

https://hyperallergic.com/915905/deborah-de-robertis-spray-painting-metoo-on-a-courbet-is-not-the-feminism-we-need/


Man Ray’s Beguiling and Bemusing Filmscapes

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Man Ray’s Return to Reason film series anticipated the extent to which the motion picture would inform how we curate and call up memory.

https://hyperallergic.com/915718/man-ray-beguiling-and-bemusing-filmscapes-return-to-reason/


Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Sells for $28.5M, Shattering Records

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The Surrealist work, acquired by Argentinian museum founder Eduardo F. Costantini, makes Carrington the most valuable UK-born woman artist on the public market.

https://hyperallergic.com/915725/leonora-carrington-masterpiece-sells-for-28-5-million-shattering-records/


After Shift to Indigenous Governance, Forge Project Names New Fellows

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The six artists, musicians, and advocates will each receive a $25,000 grant and a three-week residency this summer in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) Valley.

https://hyperallergic.com/915393/after-shift-to-indigenous-governance-forge-project-names-new-fellows/


In Weaving Abstraction Textiles Travel Through Space and Time

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The Met show pays tribute to the designs and technical innovations of long-ago weavers and the 20th-century artists who took inspiration from them.

https://hyperallergic.com/915096/in-weaving-abstraction-textiles-travel-through-space-and-time-met-museum/


New Portrait of King Charles Gives New Meaning to “Bloody Hell”

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The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo was met with a torrent of memes, online reactions, and expressions of puzzlement.

https://hyperallergic.com/915342/new-portrait-of-king-charles-gives-new-meaning-to-bloody-hell/


Preserving the Art of Palestinian Taṭrīz 76 Years After the Nakba

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An online archive of digitized patterns features more than 1,000 motifs pertaining to the traditional embroidery art form.

https://hyperallergic.com/915145/preserving-the-art-of-palestinian-tatriz-76-years-after-the-nakba/


How the Met Gala Catalyzed a “Celebrity Block Party”

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Social media is on a blocking spree after witnessing the garish annual display of wealth juxtaposed with images of dead Palestinian children in Rafah.

https://hyperallergic.com/915036/how-the-met-gala-catalyzed-a-celebrity-social-media-block-party/


America’s First Student-Acquired Art Collection Reflects the Times

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Wake Forest University is the only American institution of higher education to establish a collection of student-acquired art.

https://hyperallergic.com/913581/wake-forest-university-student-acquired-art-collection-reflects-the-times/


Vilcek Foundation to Award $300,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Artists and Curators

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Immigrant arts professionals are encouraged to apply for a 2025 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise by June 10.

https://hyperallergic.com/914562/vilcek-foundation-to-award-300000-in-prizes-to-immigrant-artists-and-curators/


Burning Man Removes Pro-Palestine Watermelon Artwork From Website

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The festival took down the artwork submission after a petition said its title, “From the River to the Sea,” was antisemitic.

https://hyperallergic.com/914822/burning-man-removes-pro-palestine-watermelon-artwork-from-website/


Bakpak Durden Traces a Birthmark’s Lineage

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Eager for interpersonal exchange and viewer participation, the Detroit-based artist invites us into their candid visualizations of ancestral and personal history.

https://hyperallergic.com/912618/detroit-artist-bakpak-durden-traces-a-birthmark-lineage/


Is Maurizio Cattelan’s Latest Work a Copy?

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Cattelan's new installation of gold panels punctured by bullets resembles works that artist Anthony James has been making since 2011.

https://hyperallergic.com/914782/is-maurizio-cattelan-latest-work-a-copy-anthony-james/


The Saltiest Memes About Northern Lights FOMO

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For every jaw-dropping image taken by an amateur iPhone photographer who witnessed the aurora borealis, there's a meme by someone who hasn’t.

https://hyperallergic.com/914559/the-saltiest-memes-about-northern-lights-2024-fomo/


Industry City Design Festival Returns to Brooklyn

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Celebrate the art and design community at Industry City on May 18 and 19 with open studios, artist talks, gallery shows, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/912306/industry-city-design-festival-brooklyn-spring-2024/


Meet the Women Preserving the Legacies of Their Artist-Relatives

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We owe the stories of Louise Nevelson, Tamara de Lempicka, and Anna Walinska to those behind the scenes working to preserve them.

https://hyperallergic.com/913629/preserving-legacies-of-artist-relatives-louise-nevelson-tamara-de-lempicka-anna-walinska/


When Will the Independent Art Fair Grow Up?

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At Tribeca’s trendy Spring Studios, I found an art fair in denial.

https://hyperallergic.com/913525/when-will-independent-art-fair-grow-up/


Something for Every Palate at the European Fine Art Fair

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The fair may be geared toward the collector rather than the casual fairgoer, but its wild mix of genres makes it unique.

https://hyperallergic.com/913704/something-for-every-palate-the-european-fine-art-fair/


Remembering Indie Rock Icon Steve Albini

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Albini may be best known for his work on Nirvana’s In Utero, but it was his own bands, Big Black and Shellac, that made him a badass.

https://hyperallergic.com/913795/remembering-indie-rock-icon-steve-albini/


Art Students and Faculty Rally for Palestine at Cooper Union

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The action drew connections between the student mobilization for Gaza and the Free Cooper Union movement in 2011.

https://hyperallergic.com/913436/cooper-union-art-students-faculty-palestine-rally/


RISD Gaza Solidarity Encampment Dissolves After Expulsion Threats

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Students renamed the art school’s Washington Place building after the late Palestinian artist Fathi Ghaben, who died in Gaza in February.

https://hyperallergic.com/913134/risd-gaza-solidarity-encampment-dissolves-after-expulsion-threats/


Fiber Art Is the Binding Thread at This Manhattan Show

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A group exhibition by BravinLee Programs pushes the boundaries of the already open-ended medium through more than 100 works.

https://hyperallergic.com/912688/fiber-art-binding-thread-at-manhattan-show/


Providence College Cancels Exhibition Over “Anti-Catholic” Artwork

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Artist Shey "Ri Acu" Rivera Ríos has received an outpouring of support from faculty and students after their work was deemed “sacrilegious.”

https://hyperallergic.com/912796/providence-college-cancels-exhibition-over-anti-catholic-artwork/


Tracing the 500-Year History of the English Dictionary

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An exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York shows that lexicographers are just like us: petty, creative, and political.

https://hyperallergic.com/912138/tracing-the-500-year-history-of-the-english-dictionary/


Lauren Lee McCarthy Swaps Stories of Saliva and Surveillance

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Bodily Autonomy takes advantage of humor and hyperbole to demonstrate a very real world in which biosurveillance is prevalent overtly and covertly.

https://hyperallergic.com/912575/lauren-lee-mccarthy-swaps-stories-of-saliva-and-surveillance/


Lehman College Art Gallery Presents 2024 Thesis Exhibition

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This year’s show features art by MFA, MA, and BFA students working across a variety of disciplines. On view May 15–29 in the Bronx.

https://hyperallergic.com/910749/lehman-college-art-gallery-presents-2024-thesis-exhibition/


Ecological Crisis Echoes Through the Church of San Lorenzo

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Restor(y)ing Oceania provides a powerful sense of the devastation faced by Pacific Islanders — and the ecosystems that may soon be lost.

https://hyperallergic.com/911744/latai-taumoepeau-ecological-crisis-echoes-through-the-church-of-san-lorenzo/


Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested Outside the Met Gala

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“No Met Gala while bombs drop in Gaza,” hundreds chanted during a march near the museum.

https://hyperallergic.com/911778/pro-palestine-protesters-arrested-outside-the-met-gala/


The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: May 2024

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Political cartoons abound, long-lost sculptures resurface, and strange monarchical monuments crop up in this month's puzzle.

https://hyperallergic.com/911692/the-hyperallergic-art-crossword-may-2024/


Abstract Trailblazer Frank Stella Dies at 87

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The painter and sculptor reoriented the North American arts landscape, defying any strict characterizations of his work as it evolved across concepts and media.

https://hyperallergic.com/911457/abstract-trailblazer-frank-stella-dies-at-87/


NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Presents Entrusted Ground

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A 40-minute dance performance, themed around the four elements of fire, air, earth, and water, takes center stage at NYUAD Art Gallery for a limited series of shows.

https://hyperallergic.com/909663/nyuad-art-gallery-presents-entrusted-ground/


Half a Century of American Culture Through the Lens of One Photographer

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James Hamilton’s career conveniently mirrors the changing fortunes of journalism as an industry.

https://hyperallergic.com/910684/half-a-century-of-american-culture-through-the-lens-of-photographer-james-hamilton/


14 Art Books to Read This Summer

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From an occult Renaissance manuscript and the history of eyeliner to Salman Rushdie’s new book, our staff and contributors have got you covered.

https://hyperallergic.com/910183/14-art-books-to-read-summer-2024/


In Surprise Action, Activists Decry Whitney Museum’s Ties to Israeli Military

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Approximately 100 activists overtook the museum on Friday night with video and sound interventions emphasizing the suffering of families in Gaza.

https://hyperallergic.com/911012/in-surprise-action-activists-decry-whitney-museums-ties-to-israeli-military/


Hundreds Protest After Police Arrest Students at NYU and New School

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NYPD officers swept the Gaza solidarity encampments at both schools in what many say is a disturbing show of force on campus.

https://hyperallergic.com/910756/hundreds-protest-after-police-arrest-students-at-nyu-and-new-school/


How Lee Quiñones Took His Graffiti From the Subway to the Museum

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A pioneer of the 1970s New York City graffiti movement, the artist reflects on five decades of experimentation with spray cans and paint brushes.

https://hyperallergic.com/910190/how-lee-quinones-took-his-graffiti-from-the-subway-to-the-museum/


Wrightwood 659 Hosts Chryssa & New York

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Chryssa’s long unseen neon sculptures shine again in a new groundbreaking exhibition. On view now through July 27 in Chicago.

https://hyperallergic.com/909332/wrightwood-659-presents-chryssa-and-new-york-2024/


Giving Space to Black Women at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

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The special attention to women artists highlights the importance of intersectional representation in the fight for inclusion.

https://hyperallergic.com/910392/giving-space-to-black-women-at-1-54-contemporary-african-art-fair-2024/


8 Art Shows to See in New York City This May

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Vibrant colors and fantastical creatures are in abundance in shows by Sanam Khatibi, Julia Bland, Claude Lawrence, Annette Wehrhahn, and others.

https://hyperallergic.com/909604/8-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-city-may-2024/


A March Across Manhattan’s Student Encampments

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“I think the power of the artist — the student artist — is to envision a new world and actually embody it," said a Parsons sophomore.

https://hyperallergic.com/909655/a-march-across-manhattan-student-encampments/


SMFA at Tufts University Presents Pulling Teeth and Jumping Rope

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Work by graduate artists of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is on view May 6–19 in Massachusetts.

https://hyperallergic.com/906609/pulling-teeth-and-jumping-rope-sfma-tufts-university-2024/


Students Rename Columbia Building in Honor of 6-Year-Old Killed in Gaza

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University officials locked down the Morningside campus after Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied Hamilton Hall, now baptized “Hind’s Hall.”

https://hyperallergic.com/909362/students-rename-columbia-building-in-honor-of-6-year-old-killed-in-gaza/


The Strange Intimacy of Unregulated Sperm Donations

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With Spermworld Lance Oppenheim deconstructs the subculture of unregulated sperm donations to reveal how they reflect universal experiences.

https://hyperallergic.com/909271/the-strange-intimacy-of-unregulated-sperm-donations-lance-oppenheim-spermworld/


Israel Strike on Gaza Church Was a War Crime, Says Human Rights Group

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A new filing asks the International Criminal Court to investigate the destruction of the Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church last fall.

https://hyperallergic.com/908425/israel-strike-on-gaza-church-was-a-war-crime-says-human-rights-group/


Inside the Vatican’s Uncanny Venice Biennale Pavilion

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Con i miei occhi (With my eyes), staged in a women’s prison, preaches visibility but operates on secrecy.

https://hyperallergic.com/907669/inside-the-vatican-uncanny-2024-venice-biennale-pavilion/


Faith Ringgold Paved the Way

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The late artist fiercely reckoned with the status quo, leaving the art world better than she found it through a rich legacy of Black feminist activism and artmaking.

https://hyperallergic.com/907730/faith-ringgold-paved-the-way/


Hundreds Take to City College in Art-Filled Gaza Solidarity Encampment

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Multicolored tents, protest art, and an enormous display of hand-painted canvas banners express CUNY student and faculty support for Palestine.

https://hyperallergic.com/907774/hundreds-take-to-city-college-in-art-filled-gaza-solidarity-encampment/


NYC’s Longest-Running Photo Fair Is Back, and Packs a Punch

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Even the world's most proliferated images appear novel when they're blown up on glossy paper at the Photography Show presented by AIPAD.

https://hyperallergic.com/907681/nycs-longest-running-photo-fair-is-back-and-packs-a-punch/


At Age 78, Actor John Lithgow Goes Back to Art School

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Art Happens Here With John Lithgow, a one-hour PBS special premiering tonight, follows the thespian as he explores various creative forms at four LA art centers.

https://hyperallergic.com/907590/at-age-78-actor-john-lithgow-goes-back-to-art-school-pbs/


Required Reading

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This week, a new film on Amílcar Cabral, protecting Odesa’s historical buildings, rumors of the first US bullet train, pranking Google Maps, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/907363/required-reading-678/


When Keith Haring Painted a Mural for an Iowa Elementary School

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Kids and parents were "captivated" by the artist's visit. Now, his mural for the public school's library will go on display for the first time.

https://hyperallergic.com/907233/when-keith-haring-painted-a-mural-for-an-iowa-elementary-school/


Nadya Tolonnikova Headlines American Folk Art Museum Benefit Event

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Recent artworks by the co-founder of Pussy Riot will be featured in a pop-up exhibition, along with an artist Q&A and performance, on May 16 in NYC.

https://hyperallergic.com/906118/nadya-tolonnikova-headlines-american-folk-art-museum-benefit-event-2024/


Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine

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Visual arts faculty, alumni, and staff are standing in solidarity with students as “art corners” and other creative initiatives dominate the encampments.

https://hyperallergic.com/906834/art-takes-center-stage-at-growing-student-protests-for-palestine/


Nigeria’s Youth Fight for a Better Future

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Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation is a testament to how young people find themselves through each other no matter the place, times, or means.

https://hyperallergic.com/906640/nigeria-youth-fight-for-a-better-future-coconut-head-generation/


RISD’s Advanced Program Online Now Enrolling for Summer 2024

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Explore Rhode Island School of Design’s online intensives for high school students interested in pursuing art and design in college.

https://hyperallergic.com/905051/risd-advanced-program-online-enrolling-summer-2024/


Arshile Gorky’s Gaze

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Across the street from the painter's former studio in Manhattan's Union Square, 20 trees had been planted to honor the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.

https://hyperallergic.com/905766/arshile-gorky-gaze/


Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Could Fetch Over $12M at Auction

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The dreamlike work blends references to Hieronymus Bosch, Irish mythology, the kabbalah, and Mexican Indigenous cosmologies.

https://hyperallergic.com/906126/leonora-carrington-masterpiece-could-fetch-over-12-million-at-auction/


MassArt’s 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in Boston’s SoWa Arts District

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Graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcase their thesis work on campus and at the MassArt x SoWa Gallery, with public artist talks and screening on May 10.

https://hyperallergic.com/905668/massarts-2024-mfa-thesis-exhibition-opens-in-bostons-sowa-arts-district/


Caravaggio Made Darkness Visible

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In his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality.

https://hyperallergic.com/905573/caravaggio-made-darkness-visible/


Willem de Kooning’s Italy

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Paintings from the late 1950s and on prove that de Kooning had sat at the feet of, and learnt much from, such old Italian masters as Titian and Tintoretto.

https://hyperallergic.com/905023/willem-de-kooning-italy/


Scratching Beneath the Surface of Identity-Based Group Shows

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While Asian-American Art may be "plagued by generational amnesia," as Sharon Mizota wrote for Hyperallergic, the artists and curators of  Scratching at the Moon are definitely not.

https://hyperallergic.com/904894/scratching-beneath-the-surface-of-identity-based-group-shows/


A Black Bean Grows Quietly in Washington Square Park

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In a 10-day meditation, Jemila MacEwan silently nurtures a seed in the palm of their hand amidst the hustle and bustle of the iconic public park.

https://hyperallergic.com/903794/jenna-macewan-black-bean-grows-quietly-in-washington-square-park/


Guggenheim Museum Workers Rally for Fair Contract in Lunch Break Action

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Art handlers and facility workers have been negotiating for a second contract since November.

https://hyperallergic.com/904954/guggenheim-museum-workers-rally-for-fair-contract-in-lunch-break-action/


Glimpse Into Jeffrey Gibson’s Historic US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

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The exhibition brings resounding echoes of resistance amid an enduring struggle for Indigenous autonomy across the American continents.

https://hyperallergic.com/904155/sneak-peek-of-jeffrey-gibson-us-pavilion-at-the-venice-biennale/


Columbia University Presents the 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition

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Work by 31 emerging visual and sound artists on view April 20–May 19 in NYC.

https://hyperallergic.com/903820/columbia-university-presents-2024-mfa-thesis-exhibition/


Required Reading

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This week, the return of the “dumbphone,” the future of music criticism, and a primer on how to title an academic paper.

https://hyperallergic.com/904144/required-reading-677/


Israeli Chutzpah at the Venice Biennale

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Perfectly timed for maximum press attention, the performative closure of the country’s pavilion is opportunistic and cynical.

https://hyperallergic.com/904280/israeli-chutzpah-at-the-venice-biennale/


This Is the Painting a German Museum Worker Snuck Into a Show

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The Guardian published a photo of the now-terminated technician’s artwork, along with details about his motive for secretly installing it in the museum.

https://hyperallergic.com/904142/this-is-the-painting-a-german-museum-worker-snuck-into-a-show-pinakothek-der-moderne/


A devoured hedge burrows deep II Opens a Portal Into the Future of Urban Life

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By interacting with Eloïse Bonneviot and Anne de Boer’s spatial installation in Prague, viewers create speculative scenarios for an ecologically aware city.

https://hyperallergic.com/903223/a-devoured-hedge-burrows-deep-ii-opens-a-portal-into-the-future-of-urban-life/


Taylor Swift “Pop-Up Library” Has Fans Divided Online

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An LA installation ahead of Swift's new album release features academia props including manuscripts, typewriters, and shelves lined with books.

https://hyperallergic.com/903885/taylor-swift-pop-up-library-has-fans-divided-online/


They Said I Could Ask Dalí Anything, So I Did

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I tried out "Ask Dalí," a new experience that lets you communicate with an AI model of the Surrealist artist through a lobster telephone.

https://hyperallergic.com/903663/they-said-i-could-ask-dali-anything-so-i-did/


Activists Say “No to the Genocide Pavilion” in Biennale Protest Against Israel

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Over 100 artists and art workers called attention to participating nations' complicity in the attacks on Gaza.

https://hyperallergic.com/903608/activists-say-no-to-the-genocide-pavilion-in-biennale-protest-against-israel/


Five NYC Shows to Round Out Your April

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Politics and painting are at the center of shows by Beau Dick, Sam Jablon, Mira Schor, Rose B. Simpson, and Gary Stephan.

https://hyperallergic.com/902939/five-nyc-shows-to-round-out-april-2024/


The Sartorial Rivals of Waterloo

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The 1st Duke of Wellington was always very particular about the way he turned himself out — as was his nemesis Napoleon, of course.

https://hyperallergic.com/902690/the-sartorial-rivals-of-waterloo-soldierly-splendour-duke-of-wellington/


Israeli Artist Pausing Venice Biennale Show Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Critics Say

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The partial closure of the pavilion until a ceasefire is reached is an “empty and opportunistic” gesture, said a group who called for Israel to be excluded from the event.

https://hyperallergic.com/903096/israeli-artist-pausing-venice-biennale-show-doesnt-go-far-enough-critics-say/


Expand Your Practice and Build Your Portfolio With Cornell’s Art Summer Programs

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Register for credit-bearing summer art studios (online and in-person) for high school and college students to explore new ideas and artistic media at Cornell AAP.

https://hyperallergic.com/901046/expand-your-practice-earn-college-credit-cornell-art-summer-programs/


The Contrived Rivalry Between Two Pioneering French Women Artists

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Whenever French 18th-century artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard is mentioned, it’s almost always as a counterpoint to her better-known “rival,” Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun.

https://hyperallergic.com/900981/the-contrived-rivalry-between-two-pioneering-french-women-artists/


Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: April 2024

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Carbs, comedy, and colorful frescoes abound in today's mini puzzle!

https://hyperallergic.com/902853/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-april-2024/


Lebanese-American Artist Etel Adnan Honored With Google Doodle

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The poet, writer, and abstract painter who inspired a generation died in 2021 at the age of 96.

https://hyperallergic.com/902836/lebanese-american-artist-etel-adnan-honored-with-google-doodle/


Oh No, the Hudson Yards “Vessel” Is Reopening

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Thomas Heatherwick’s highly criticized honeycomb-shaped structure will debut new safety measures following a series of deaths by suicide.

https://hyperallergic.com/902655/oh-no-the-hudson-yards-vessel-is-reopening/


The Bennett Prize’s Call for Entries Is Now Open

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Women figurative realist painters can propel their careers by entering to win $50,000 and a traveling solo exhibition of their work. Applications are open through October 4.

https://hyperallergic.com/879239/the-bennett-prize-2025-call-for-entries/


Faith Ringgold, Larger-Than-Life Artist and Storyteller, Dies at 93

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She leaves behind a massive corpus of visually stunning works tackling race, gender, and social justice in the United States.

https://hyperallergic.com/902392/faith-ringgold-larger-than-life-artist-and-storyteller-dies-at-93/


Before Lockets, There Were Hidden Renaissance Portraits

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Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance explores the paintings concealed behind mirrors, in folded diptychs, and on the backs of other works.

https://hyperallergic.com/898360/before-lockets-there-were-hidden-renaissance-portraits/


Stop Calling the Whitney Biennial “Safe”

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Art-world people love lobbing this low-hanging critical fruit at the exhibition. This year especially, the moniker is ill-fitting and glib.

https://hyperallergic.com/901709/stop-calling-the-2024-whitney-biennial-safe/


Required Reading

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This week, Eid in Gaza, Arizona’s draconian anti-abortion law, a TikTok critic’s honest review of the eclipse, trolling Eric Adams, postmodern Bob Ross, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/901031/required-reading-676/


Lex Brown’s Mythical Characters Confront Earthly Problems

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The artist’s science fiction musical Carnelian debuted at Oklohoma’s Sovereign Futures symposium.

https://hyperallergic.com/899484/lex-browns-mythical-characters-confront-earthly-problems/


Lorraine O’Grady and Nicholas Galanin Named Guggenheim Fellows

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The two are among 68 visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, and art scholars receiving the prestigious prize.

https://hyperallergic.com/900966/lorraine-ogrady-and-nicholas-galanin-named-2024-guggenheim-fellows/


Derrick Adams, Peter Burr, and More Artists Project Works Onto Historic Hangars in Brooklyn

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Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy brings together dozens of artists for the inaugural Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival on April 19–21.

https://hyperallergic.com/899750/derrick-adams-peter-burr-artists-project-onto-historic-hangars-brooklyn/


NYC’s Largest Trivia Event Returns to the Queens Museum

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After a four-year hiatus, the Panorama Challenge is back for its 13th edition at the museum’s massive model of the city that was created for the 1964 World’s Fair.

https://hyperallergic.com/899629/nyc-largest-trivia-event-returns-to-the-queens-museum/


The Uneasy Heartbreak of End of Evangelion

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More than a quarter century after its original release, US audiences can finally watch Hideaki Anno’s mecha anime masterpiece in theaters.

https://hyperallergic.com/900185/the-uneasy-heartbreak-of-hideaki-anno-end-of-evangelion/


ArtFields Festival Spotlights Over 450 Southeastern US Artists

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The 2024 art competition and festival awards over $100,000 in cash prizes to artists across the Southeast. On view April 26–May 4 in Lake City, South Carolina.

https://hyperallergic.com/898520/artfields-festival-spotlights-over-450-southeastern-us-artists/


Stan VanDerBeek’s Virtual Windows on the World

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A cacophony of life, death, and perfume ads, transmitted across the same frequency, VanDerBeek’s fax collages captures an “international picture language.”

https://hyperallergic.com/898270/stan-vanderbeeks-virtual-windows-on-the-world/


Re-Discovering Native America: Stories in Motion with The Red Road Project

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Bedford Gallery’s exhibition presents a photo-docuseries with nearly 100 photographs documenting Indigenous stories alongside sculptural works. On view in California’s Bay Area.

https://hyperallergic.com/892181/re-discovering-native-america-stories-in-motion-with-the-red-road-project-bedford-gallery/


Will Richard Serra’s Forgotten Paris Sculpture Finally See the Light of Day?

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When I broke the story about the whereabouts of “Clara-Clara,” I hoped that it would spur action by the City of Paris, which owns the work. It appears that it has.

https://hyperallergic.com/899378/will-richard-serra-forgotten-paris-sculpture-finally-see-the-light-of-day/


The Most Breathtaking Photographs of the 2024 Solar Eclipse

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You didn’t need to be in the path of totality to be awed.

https://hyperallergic.com/898495/the-most-breathtaking-photographs-of-the-2024-solar-eclipse/


How Hindu Iconography Became an Extension of Right-Wing Nationalism

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Ubiquitous imagery of aggressive, hypermasculine deities across India has become a chilling extension and tool of the Hindu right’s anti-Muslim rhetoric.

https://hyperallergic.com/892110/how-hindu-iconography-became-an-extension-of-right-wing-nationalism/


The Internationalism of the Harlem Renaissance

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The Harlem Renaissance was a globally networked movement of sprawling self-determination energized by the new modalities of Black subjectivity.

https://hyperallergic.com/897200/the-internationalism-of-the-harlem-renaissance-metropolitan-museum/


The New York Antiquarian Book Fair Returns With Its Eclectic Clamor

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Blue jeans patents, suffragette cookbooks, noise-making 19th-century children’s books, and so much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/897088/the-new-york-antiquarian-book-fair-returns-with-its-eclectic-clamor/


Artist Seeks Restraining Order to Prevent Land Artwork’s Demolition

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The Des Moines Art Center cited the “ephemeral” nature of artist Mary Miss’s original materials in its decision to destroy the work.

https://hyperallergic.com/897157/artist-mary-miss-seeks-restraining-order-to-prevent-land-artworks-demolition/


Should I Trust My Art Dealer?

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A look at the failed, racially charged takedown of dealer-activist Amar Singh.

https://hyperallergic.com/892112/should-i-trust-my-art-dealer-renee-cox/


Idris Khan Makes US Museum Debut at the Milwaukee Art Museum

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Artworks spanning Khan’s career trace his exploration of the lyrical, symbolic, and physical meanings of repetition.

https://hyperallergic.com/881548/idris-khan-us-museum-debut-milwaukee-art-museum/


Required Reading

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This week, women of color in architecture, shady government comic books, a beloved cherry blossom tree’s last bloom, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/880975/required-reading-675/


Gaza’s Last Contemporary Art Space Decimated by Israel

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Shababeek for Contemporary Art stood just a few feet away from Al-Shifa Hospital, recently raided by Israeli forces.

https://hyperallergic.com/891253/gazas-last-contemporary-art-space-decimated-by-israel/


A View From the Easel

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“At times I just sit and have a tea and go into my thoughts for a while; I don’t allow myself to do this at home or anywhere else.”

https://hyperallergic.com/882324/a-view-from-the-easel-228/


Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents “The Apex Is Nothing”

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Featuring a diverse lineup of artists including Ellen Lesperance, Xylor Jane, and Melvin Way, this exhibition explores the intersection of abstract art and structural models.

https://hyperallergic.com/881533/pratt-manhattan-gallery-the-apex-is-nothing/


With Less Glitter, Arcmanoro Niles’s Illusory Spaces Gleam

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While his paintings follow the rules of linear perspectives, Niles uses the materiality of the paint itself to pull viewers into the compositions.

https://hyperallergic.com/882026/with-less-glitter-arcmanoro-niless-illusory-spaces-gleam/


Italian Heritage Group Decries “Biennalization” of Venice

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Italia Nostra says a new sculptural display in Venice’s public square distracts from the city’s existing cultural heritage and infrastructure in need of conservation.

https://hyperallergic.com/882347/italian-heritage-group-decries-biennalization-of-venice/


This Phone App Lets You Capture a Solar Eclipse

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Scientists at Western Kentucky University are inviting the public to snap photos of the dazzling phenomenon to gather data about the sun’s shape and internal structure.

https://hyperallergic.com/880672/this-phone-app-lets-you-capture-solar-eclipse-april-2024/


The Richard Serra Sculpture That Was Just Too Much for Paris

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How did the artist's massive “Clara-Clara” (1983) end up in the backyard of a former water treatment facility on the city’s outskirts?

https://hyperallergic.com/881675/the-richard-serra-sculpture-that-was-just-too-much-for-paris/


Nicole Eisenman’s First Major Survey Comes to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

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What Happened showcases Eisenman’s ability to take on contemporary events with a style, vision, and anarchic sense of humor entirely her own.

https://hyperallergic.com/880841/nicole-eisenman-first-major-survey-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago/


Opportunities in April 2024

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Residencies, grants, and open calls from Davidson College, the Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

https://hyperallergic.com/880623/opportunities-april-2024/


12 Graphic Novels to Read This Spring

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Get your comic fix with moving, witty, poignant books by Ai Weiwei, Tessa Hulls, Julia Wertz, Mattie Lubchansky, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/881264/12-graphic-novels-to-read-spring-2024/


A San Francisco Art Pioneer’s Collaged Dream Worlds

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With the layers of his collaged "paste-ups," Jess pulls us into an oneiric world, at once delightful and perplexing, magical and sublime.

https://hyperallergic.com/880772/san-francisco-art-pioneer-jess-collaged-dream-worlds/


Newly Discovered Gecko Species Named After Vincent van Gogh

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Cnemaspis vangoghi, found in the forests of Tamil Nadu, reminded scientists of "The Starry Night" (1889).

https://hyperallergic.com/881656/newly-discovered-gecko-species-named-after-vincent-van-gogh/


Berlin Museum Removes All Artwork Depicting Rivers or Seas

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The German media praised the move, accusing several international bodies of water of antisemitism.

https://hyperallergic.com/881440/berlin-museum-removes-all-artwork-depicting-rivers-or-seas/


After Low Attendance, Whitney Biennial Releases Open Call for “Controversial” Artwork

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Dwindling visitor numbers signaled “an urgent need for measured controversy, neither too inflammatory nor too trite,” the museum said.

https://hyperallergic.com/881123/after-low-attendance-whitney-biennial-releases-open-call-for-controversial-artwork/


Upper East Side Galleries Celebrate Historic Members of the National Association of Women Artists

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Lincoln Glenn Gallery and Graham Shay 1857 team up to honor 20th century female sculptors and painters for the organization’s 135th anniversary.

https://hyperallergic.com/880307/upper-east-side-galleries-celebrate-historic-members-of-the-national-association-of-women-artists/


Matthias Grünewald’s Gruesome Good Friday

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The 16th-century “Isenheim Altarpiece” confronts us with the reality of suffering, violence, and death in a century where violence is both omnipresent and obscured.

https://hyperallergic.com/880308/matthias-grunewalds-gruesome-good-friday/


Required Reading

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This week, a Birkin bag lawsuit, Central Park’s sidewalks, political neutrality in history classrooms, the Broad’s costly expansion, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/879467/required-reading-674/


A View From the Easel

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“My studio space doubles as a place of meditation, allowing me to enter a state of flow where ideas move freely and barriers dissolve.”

https://hyperallergic.com/880897/a-view-from-the-easel-227/


Taiwan’s Public Programs at the Venice Biennale Focus on “Island-Thinking”

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Organized by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, programming linked with Yuan Goang-Ming: Everyday War opens on April 18.

https://hyperallergic.com/879810/taiwan-public-programs-venice-biennale-2024-island-thinking/


Why We Still Need the Godzilla Network

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If there’s a lesson from the Godzilla anthology, it’s that Asian-American art is deeply complex, much like the many manifestations of Godzilla the monster.

https://hyperallergic.com/880557/why-we-still-need-the-godzilla-network/


After 19-Day Strike, MASS MoCA Workers Secure Higher Wage

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Unionized staffers at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art will now earn a minimum hourly wage of $18.

https://hyperallergic.com/880592/after-19-day-strike-mass-moca-workers-secure-higher-wage/


Artist Richard Serra, Who Warped Space With Steel, Dies at 85

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At once aloof and inviting, his gargantuan and often controversial sculptures draw viewers in for an experience of the sublime.

https://hyperallergic.com/880485/artist-richard-serra-who-warped-space-with-steel-dies-at-85/


British Museum Sues Former Curator Over Alleged Thefts

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Peter Higgs worked with the museum’s Greek collections for 30 years before he was dismissed last August.

https://hyperallergic.com/880354/british-museum-sues-former-curator-peter-higgs-over-alleged-thefts/


Canadian Arts Funder Faces Pressure to Divest From Israeli Weapons Supplier

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Scotiabank, which funds the Hot Docs Film Festival and the Toronto Biennial of Art, among others, is the largest individual foreign shareholder of Elbit Systems.

https://hyperallergic.com/880414/canadian-arts-funder-scotiabank-faces-pressure-to-divest-from-israeli-weapons-supplier/


Mar Dixon, Social Media Guru Who Launched #AskACurator, Dies at 53

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Dixon harnessed the accessibility of online platforms to help demystify museums and encourage the public to connect with the arts.

https://hyperallergic.com/880288/mar-dixon-social-media-guru-who-launched-askacurator-dies-at-53/


MoMA Apologizes for Barring Visitors From Entering With Keffiyeh

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Security staffers told Ju-Hyun Park that they could not enter with the white-and-black Palestinian headscarf.

https://hyperallergic.com/880202/moma-apologizes-for-barring-visitors-from-entering-with-keffiyeh/


At Age 81, Carole Harris Is Embracing Imperfection

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Her creations have a beautiful economy, where even rusty old machine parts might become transformed into a gilded patina on one of her sensuous memory maps.

https://hyperallergic.com/878644/at-age-81-carole-harris-is-embracing-imperfection/


The European Graduate School Announces Its 2024 Sessions

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Expand your academic career and join distinguished professors and peers online or in person in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and Valletta, Malta.

https://hyperallergic.com/879603/european-graduate-school-2024-summer-sessions/


Activists Unfurl Massive Quilt for Gaza on Met Museum Steps

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They called for an immediate ceasefire while accusing the museum of complicity in Israel's violence against Palestinians.

https://hyperallergic.com/879985/activists-unfurl-massive-quilt-for-gaza-on-met-museum-steps/


How Beatrix Potter Hopped Into Our Hearts

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An exhibition at the Morgan Library pays tribute to the illustrator’s prowess as a naturalist, storyteller, mycologist, and sheep farmer.

https://hyperallergic.com/879169/how-beatrix-potter-hopped-into-our-hearts/


Can We Find Our Way to Indigenous Joy?

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As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Brian Johnson explores the decolonial practices of Indigenous and Native American poster designers.

https://hyperallergic.com/879670/can-we-find-our-way-to-indigenous-joy/


Raising Funds to Help a Family of 10 Exit Gaza

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After several forced evacuations and the loss of her brother and father, graphic designer Samah Ramadan is seeking support amid Israel’s ongoing attacks.

https://hyperallergic.com/879012/raising-funds-to-help-samah-ramadan-family-of-10-exit-gaza/


New Yorkers Aren’t Thrilled About the New Museum’s Expansion

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Renderings of the new expansion shared on Instagram elicited mixed views, with some viewing the project as “soulless.”

https://hyperallergic.com/879696/new-yorkers-arent-thrilled-about-the-new-museum-expansion/


Legislators Push Bill for American Jewish History Museum

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The proposal would help transfer the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia to the Smithsonian Institution.

https://hyperallergic.com/879569/legislators-push-bill-for-american-jewish-history-museum/


A View From the Easel

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This week, studios in Chicago, California, DC, and New Hampshire.

https://hyperallergic.com/879325/a-view-from-the-easel-226/


Artist Crushes Tesla with Colossal Olmec Head Sculpture

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Chavis Mármol told Hyperallergic that he wanted to “crush an object that represents a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

https://hyperallergic.com/878913/artist-chavis-marmol-crushes-tesla-with-colossal-olmec-head-sculpture/


Lesia Khomenko Distills the Resolve of Ukrainians

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Khomenko forcefully responds to her war-torn Ukrainian homeland with complex compositions, lavish and varied brushwork, and avidity for color.

https://hyperallergic.com/879136/lesia-khomenko-distills-the-resolve-of-ukrainians/


How Can a Poster Sing?

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Learning the notes, melodies, and messages of posters by Indigenous designers will only strengthen our communities and add such needed songs back into humanity.

https://hyperallergic.com/878899/how-can-a-poster-sing/


Pratt’s 2024 Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition Is on View in Brooklyn

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The two-part exhibition features the work of graduating artists across disciplines, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, and integrated practices.

https://hyperallergic.com/878228/pratt-insitute-2024-fine-arts-mfa-thesis-exhibition-brooklyn/


Asian-American Art Is Plagued by Generational Amnesia

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Many members of the current generation do not recognize or even know about past efforts to create visibility for Asian-American artists.

https://hyperallergic.com/878698/asian-american-art-is-plagued-by-generational-amnesia/


Viral Wonka Experience Backdrop Sold to Benefit Palestine Aid

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The disastrous Glasgow event that took the internet by storm in February just keeps on giving, this time for a good cause.

https://hyperallergic.com/878704/viral-wonka-experience-backdrop-sold-to-benefit-palestine-aid/


Rubin Museum Presents the Last Exhibition in Its New York Building

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Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now highlights 32 contemporary artists who explore how cultural heritage shapes identity.

https://hyperallergic.com/878095/rubin-museum-last-exhibition-new-york-building/


Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: March 2024

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Look out for pink dolphins and Louis XIV in this maximalist mini crossword.

https://hyperallergic.com/878426/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-march-2024/


Designing a History of Indigenous Graphic Artists

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I hear students and friends alike ask where are our books and documentation? Where can I see our Native American design history?

https://hyperallergic.com/878361/designing-a-history-of-indigenous-graphic-artists/


The Lingering Shadow of Portuguese Colonization

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Suneil Sanzgiri’s exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum joins lines of companionship across histories of colonial dispossession.

https://hyperallergic.com/877324/the-lingering-shadow-of-portuguese-colonization-suneil-sanzgiri-brooklyn-museum/


Styling Identities: Hair’s Tangled Histories

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Organized by a team of curators passionate about hair, this show at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Connecticut recognizes that everyone has a hair story to tell.

https://hyperallergic.com/877493/styling-identities-hairs-tangled-histories-wadsworth-atheneum-museum-of-art/


Bright-Green Banksy Mural Pops Up On Saint Patrick’s Day

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Locals believe the work, which aligns with the trimmed limbs of a hedged tree, underscores the current climate crisis.

https://hyperallergic.com/878309/bright-green-banksy-mural-pops-up-on-saint-patricks-day/


The Multigenerational Legacy of Black Arts in Buffalo

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As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Tiffany D. Gaines examines the city’s often under-recognized artists, change-makers, and arts advocates.

https://hyperallergic.com/878025/the-multigenerational-legacy-of-black-arts-in-buffalo/


Fiction and Fact Intermingle at the First Look Film Festival

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The Museum of the Moving Image’s annual experimental cinema event features several films that remix archival materials.

https://hyperallergic.com/877818/fiction-and-fact-intermingle-at-the-first-look-film-festival-museum-of-the-moving-image/


Patrick Moore to Resign as Warhol Museum Director

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Moore, who joined the museum in 2011, drew criticism for an exhibition in Saudi Arabia that was accused of “artwashing” the nation's human rights record.

https://hyperallergic.com/878088/patrick-moore-to-resign-as-andy-warhol-museum-director/


ArtYard Offers an Immersive Look Inside Charlotte Schulz’s Surreal Landscapes

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Minutely scaled vignettes connect in a network of interlocking scenes in A Constellation of Small Events. On view through June 2 in Frenchtown, New Jersey.

https://hyperallergic.com/877568/artyard-charlotte-schulz-surreal-landscapes/


Artists Respond to TikTok’s Nebulous Future in the US

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A bill that could result in a ban of the platform has moved to the Senate, prompting concerns from content creators who depend on the app.

https://hyperallergic.com/877638/artists-respond-to-tiktoks-nebulous-future-in-the-us/


Sanford Wurmfeld Investigates How We Perceive Color

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Paintings that appear ever-changing make us conscious of how we see.

https://hyperallergic.com/877838/sanford-wurmfeld-investigates-how-we-perceive-color/


The Pristine and Sensuous World of John McCracken

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While most Minimalists sought to eliminate expressive potential, McCracken’s sculptures do quite the opposite.

https://hyperallergic.com/877842/the-pristine-and-sensuous-world-of-john-mccracken/


Hot Flux Fosters Afro-Asian Solidarity

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An exhibition hints at synchronicities between the contemporary concerns of a small island nation and a vast and diverse continent.

https://hyperallergic.com/877115/hot-flux-fosters-afro-asian-solidarity-tainan-art-museum/


Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest

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Unpretentious work by 17 Pacific Northwest artists blurs the line between functionality and aesthetics in this exhibition at San Francisco’s Museum of Craft and Design.

https://hyperallergic.com/877168/indie-folk-new-art-and-sounds-from-the-pacific-northwest-museum-of-craft-and-design/


First Impressions From the 2024 Whitney Biennial

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The exhibition that often acts as a barometer of trends and ideas percolating in global art communities has both hits and misses.

https://hyperallergic.com/877662/first-impressions-from-the-2024-whitney-biennial/


Questions Remain After ICA Miami Removes Portrait of Edward Said

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Charles Gaines’s artwork depicting the Palestinian-American scholar was quietly taken down and re-installed, rousing concerns.

https://hyperallergic.com/876404/questions-remain-after-ica-miami-removes-portrait-of-edward-said/