75+ Artists Take Over Manhattan’s 14th Street

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The Art in Odd Places outdoor festival is back for its 19th iteration this weekend with a focus on empathy and care.

https://hyperallergic.com/959100/75-artists-take-over-manhattans-14th-street-art-in-odd-places/


75+ Artists Take Over Manhattan’s 14th Street

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The Art in Odd Places outdoor festival is back for its 19th iteration this weekend with a focus on empathy and care.

https://hyperallergic.com/959100/75-artists-take-over-manhattans-14th-street/


Israeli Authorities Censor Film About 1948 Depopulation of Palestine

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Lyd (2023), produced by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, explores a future without Israeli occupation through archival footage and sci-fi elements.

https://hyperallergic.com/958721/israeli-authorities-censor-lyd-film-about-1948-depopulation-of-palestine/


Required Reading

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This week: Recreating Rubens’s studio, Brooklyn honors the legacy of rapper Ka, the largest map of the cosmos to date, Ratatouille in real life, and are video games art?

https://hyperallergic.com/959053/required-reading-703/


When Art Imitates Wildlife

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See the images that won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award and the art historical references they remind us of.

https://hyperallergic.com/958685/when-art-imitates-wildlife/


Noon to Midnight: Field Recordings – A Day of New Music

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The LA Phil’s new-music marathon includes 12 hours of live performances and art installations in every corner of Walt Disney Concert Hall.

https://hyperallergic.com/957810/la-phil-noon-to-midnight-field-recordings/


The Holocaust Movie That Never Saw the Light of Day

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Why did Jerry Lewis spend so much energy concealing The Day the Clown Cried, even in death?

https://hyperallergic.com/958939/the-holocaust-movie-that-never-saw-the-light-of-day/


Call for Proposals: Roman Witt Residency at the University of Michigan

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This residency at the UM Stamps School partnered with Museum of Art offers a $20,000 honorarium, housing, studio space, and up to $5,000 in funding support for project materials.

https://hyperallergic.com/957742/call-for-proposals-roman-witt-residency-university-of-michigan/


Six New York City Art Shows to See Right Now

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As mid-October rolls around we’re enjoying some serious and not-so-serious art by Carrie Mae Weems, Mala Iqbal, Lady Shalamar Montague, and others.

https://hyperallergic.com/955543/six-new-york-city-art-shows-to-octobe/


Centering Indigenous Storytelling Through the Culinary Arts

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A meal hosted by Forge Project and I-Collective to mark the fall harvest focused on Indigenous foodways and community-stewarded knowledge.

https://hyperallergic.com/958556/centering-indigenous-storytelling-through-the-culinary-arts-forge-project/


Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker Named President of National Gallery of Art

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Walker has been credited with developing a major art acquisition fund for the DC museum, where he has been a trustee since 2019.

https://hyperallergic.com/958378/darren-walker-elected-president-of-national-gallery-of-art/


Nan Goldin Among 200 Jewish Activists Arrested at NYC Protest for Palestine

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Artist Molly Crabapple and filmmaker Laura Poitras were also arrested at a massive sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange.

https://hyperallergic.com/958394/nan-goldin-among-200-jewish-activists-arrested-at-nyc-protest-for-palestine/


The Force of Community Bends Space in Aliza Nisenbaum’s Portraits

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The artist depicts Los Angeles dancers as they dance, dress, and rest.

https://hyperallergic.com/958041/the-force-of-community-bends-space-in-aliza-nisenbaum-portraits/


IDSVA Students Travel the World With Residencies in Rome, Tuscany, and Berlin

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The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts is accepting applications for the May 2025 cohort of its low-residency PhD program.

https://hyperallergic.com/957316/idsva-students-travel-the-world-residencies-rome-tuscany-berlin/


Nadine Faraj’s Crucible of Humanity

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The artist explores and envisions fire as both violence and resurrection, from the ecstasy of heat-sparked bodies to the agony of a world ablaze in the throes of empire.

https://hyperallergic.com/957989/nadine-faraj-crucible-of-humanity/


The Next Best Thing: Photos From Hyperallergic’s 15th Anniversary Party

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On Wednesday, October 9, Hyperallergic celebrated its birthday with food, music, dancing, and performances that no one there will ever forget.

https://hyperallergic.com/958091/photos-from-hyperallergic-15th-anniversary-party/


Stegan Sagmeister’s Open Secrets to Designing an Optimistic Life

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One of the leading graphic designers of his generation, Stefan Sagmeister has been influencing the field since the early 1990s. Now he’s having a retrospective at the School of Visual Arts, a leading school for generations of graphic designers and artists who continue to push the boundaries of art and design in media, and culture […]

https://hyperallergic.com/957655/stegan-sagmeister-open-secrets-to-designing-an-optimistic-life/


Guerrilla Girls Endorse Kamala Harris With Cheeky New Poster

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The illustration urges voters to support the Democratic party to “restore & defend our freedoms.”

https://hyperallergic.com/957578/guerrilla-girls-endorse-kamala-harris-with-cheeky-new-poster/


Michelle V. Agins: Storyteller Is on View at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum

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Michelle V. Agins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist whose images tell unforgettable stories about life in the United States.

https://hyperallergic.com/957413/michelle-v-agins-storyteller-rutgers-zimmerli-art-museum/


8 Art Books to Cozy Up With This October

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Keep spooky season at bay with books on a philosophy of birth in art, Debi Cornwall's photography, Paul Kane’s myth-making paintings, light and paper, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/957188/8-art-books-to-cozy-up-with-october-2024/


Kerri Dick, Chilkat Weaver of Wonders, Dies at 41

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Her artistry fused traditional carving, weaving, and beading techniques that she learned from family members and ancestors.

https://hyperallergic.com/957329/kerri-dick-chilkat-weaver-of-wonders-dies-at-41/


Refining the Approach for an MFA in Studio Arts at MassArt

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The Boston school’s new MFA creates more cross-pollination across studio art disciplines while maintaining depth of expertise in chosen media concentrations.

https://hyperallergic.com/956613/refining-the-approach-mfa-in-studio-arts-massart-apply-2025/


Gaza Photo Pasted on Picasso Painting at UK’s National Gallery

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Activists stuck the image of a Palestinian mother and child to the protective glass over "Motherhood" (1901) and called for an arms embargo on Israel.

https://hyperallergic.com/957295/gaza-photo-pasted-on-picasso-painting-at-uk-national-gallery/


Beloved Sculpture Garden in Manhattan Faces Eviction

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The city wants to build affordable housing on the Elizabeth Street Garden plot, but park advocates say one shouldn’t come at the expense of the other.

https://hyperallergic.com/957245/beloved-elizabeth-street-garden-in-manhattan-faces-eviction/


Petah Coyne’s Maximalist Art Lays Bare Women’s Oppression

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Coyne’s work sits between abundance and suffocation, uses seductive materials to serve uncomfortable truths about the barriers that face women.

https://hyperallergic.com/956699/petah-coyne-maximalist-art-lays-bare-womens-oppression/


LA Artists Drape Keffiyeh on Noguchi Sculptures in Protest

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David Horvitz and Ali Eyal’s subversive action was a response to the Noguchi Museum’s new policy banning staff from wearing the Arab headscarves.

https://hyperallergic.com/956923/la-artists-drape-keffiyeh-on-noguchi-sculptures-in-protest/


Red Hook’s Arts Scene Is Worth the Trek

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Live glass-blowing, artist-made doll houses, robots in love, and a show of "rejects" were among the highlights of the neighborhood's open studios event this year.

https://hyperallergic.com/956736/red-hooks-arts-scene-is-worth-the-trek/


The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: October 2024

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Celebrate our 15th anniversary with clues about criticism, baby hippo memes, art activism, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/956772/the-hyperallergic-art-crossword-october-2024/


Japan Society Presents Bunraku Backstage and Acky Bright: Studio Infinity

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Offering a rare glimpse behind the scenes of bunraku theater and showcasing work by manga artist Acky Bright, these exhibitions are on view in New York City.

https://hyperallergic.com/954703/japan-society-presents-bunraku-backstage-acky-bright-studio-infinity/


The University of Michigan’s Gender Euphoria

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A semester-long symposium offers a Gender Discard Party, a “lesbian feminist haunted house,” and other events to celebrate and cultivate queer community.

https://hyperallergic.com/956224/university-of-michigan-gender-euphoria-symposium/


Required Reading

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This week: Renée Cox’s trailblazing photography, more Eric Adams shenanigans, the loneliness epidemic, and why do we binge-watch TV shows about work?

https://hyperallergic.com/955815/required-reading-701/


Pesto the Penguin Waddles Into the Art History Canon

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The bumbling penguin has captured the hearts of millions on the internet and spawned a wealth of fan art and illustrations.

https://hyperallergic.com/955806/pesto-the-penguin-waddles-into-the-art-history-canon/


Five Poems for Vincent

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What started as a catalog essay about van Gogh’s little-known passion for poetry became a suite of poems for the Dutch painter.

https://hyperallergic.com/955878/five-poems-for-vincent-van-gogh-michael-glover/


American Indian Boarding Schools: The Michigan Anishinaabe Experience

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Stamps Gallery’s panel discussion with Benedict Hinmon and Rochelle Ettawageshik supports its major exhibition of renowned black ash basket weavers.

https://hyperallergic.com/955468/stamps-gallery-explores-the-legacy-of-american-indian-boarding-schools/


15 NYC Art Shows to See in October

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Start off the month with thoughtful shows by a range of artists, from established names like Nan Goldin to newcomers like Rachel Martin and trailblazers like Elizabeth Catlett.

https://hyperallergic.com/954814/15-nyc-art-shows-to-see-in-october/


The Acerbic Wit of Trinidad’s Carnival Costumes

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Braxton Garneau was inspired by Trinidad’s long tradition of carnival costumes that exude acerbic sartorial wit as social critique.

https://hyperallergic.com/954531/the-acerbic-wit-of-trinidad-carnival-costumes-braxton-garneau/


Glenn Ligon, Gustav Metzger, and Jason Rhoades in Their Own Words in New Books From Hauser & Wirth

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Explore an anthology of writings by Glenn Ligon, a collection of interviews with Gustav Metzger and Hans Ulrich Obrist, and a facsimile sketchbook by Jason Rhoades.

https://hyperallergic.com/954852/new-books-hauser-and-wirth-glenn-ligon-gustav-metzger-jason-rhoades/


The Problem With b. Robert Moore’s All-Encompassing Afro-Pessimism

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The experience of being Black in America transcends the addiction, police brutality, lynchings, loss of family, and misogynoir that the artist depicts.

https://hyperallergic.com/951306/the-problem-with-b-robert-moore-all-encompassing-afro-pessimism/


No Other Land Magnifies the Horrors of Occupation

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Made by a team of Palestinian and Israeli activists, this film implores us to feel the effects of the war.

https://hyperallergic.com/955261/no-other-land-magnifies-the-horrors-of-occupation-palestine-basel-adra-masafer-yatta/


UCR ARTS Presents Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World

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Exploring the history and creative uses of digital imaging from the 1960s to the present, this groundbreaking exhibition is on view in Riverside, California.

https://hyperallergic.com/953349/ucr-arts-digital-capture-southern-california-and-the-pixel-based-image-world/


Richard Mayhew, Painter of “Mindscapes,” Dies at 100

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Mayhew examined place, identity, emotion, and connections to the natural world in his vibrant, abstract artworks.

https://hyperallergic.com/954730/richard-mayhew-painter-of-mindscapes-dies-at-100/


10 Shows to Visit in Upstate New York This October

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Kristen Wells’s absurdist cardboard worlds, Susan Wides’s ecological abstractions, Alannah Farrell’s loaded tableaux, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/954808/10-shows-to-visit-in-upstate-new-york-october-2024/


Ahead of Anniversary, Artists Urge Brooklyn Museum to Stand With Palestine

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Cultural workers say the museum must “end its silence” on Israel’s violence in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank in a new open letter.

https://hyperallergic.com/954794/ahead-of-anniversary-artists-urge-brooklyn-museum-to-stand-with-palestine/


Krannert Art Museum Presents Millie Wilson: The Museum of Lesbian Dreams

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This is the first retrospective of contemporary artist Millie Wilson, whose work examines stereotypes and media representations regarding sexuality and gender identity. On view in Champaign, Illinois.

https://hyperallergic.com/954096/krannert-art-museum-presents-millie-wilson-the-museum-of-lesbian-dreams/


How a Gauguin Painting Went From Real, to Lost, to Fake

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A new book is an art detective mystery, a behind-the-scenes look at provenance research, a psychological analysis, and a critical commentary on the art market.

https://hyperallergic.com/954234/how-a-gauguin-painting-went-from-real-to-lost-to-fake-stephanie-a-brown/


The Affordable Art Fair Is Hotter Than Ever

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The NYC show for all types of collectors, open through Sunday, has been attracting more visitors thanks to what organizers say is a “sweet spot” in prices.

https://hyperallergic.com/954232/affordable-art-fair-2024-is-hotter-than-ever/


Tristan Duke’s “Gaze of the Glacier” Captures Our Planet on the Brink

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Duke’s photo, video, and experimental media inventions in SITE Santa Fe’s new Glacial Optics exhibition engage glacier ice as medium and collaborator.

https://hyperallergic.com/953333/tristan-duke-gaze-glacier-planet-brink-site-santa-fe/


Required Reading

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This week: a 200-year-old message in a bottle, the poetry of Marcellus Williams, Ta-Nehisi Coates changes his mind, a new Mozart banger, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/953678/required-reading-700/


Christmas Comes Early With Bounty of Eric Adams Indictment Memes

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The humans (and rats) of New York are rejoicing.

https://hyperallergic.com/953797/christmas-comes-early-with-bounty-of-eric-adams-indictment-memes/


Author Jhumpa Lahiri Turns Down Noguchi Award Over Keffiyeh Ban

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The artist’s namesake museum in Queens terminated three workers who refused to comply with a dress code policy prohibiting the headscarves.

https://hyperallergic.com/953658/author-jhumpa-lahiri-turns-down-noguchi-award-over-keffiyeh-ban/


Study the Intersection of Art and Africana Studies With the Crossroads Cohort at Tulane University

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Applications are now open for the inaugural cohort of this new interdisciplinary graduate program based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

https://hyperallergic.com/952865/study-intersection-art-africana-studies-crossroads-cohort-tulane-university/


Did Art History Predict the Rise of Moo Deng?

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Just as memes of the viral hippo range from sweet to spooky, art history is rich with terrifying, adorable, and bizarre depictions of the amphibious creatures.

https://hyperallergic.com/953114/did-art-history-predict-the-rise-of-moo-deng/


Join SVA MA Curatorial Practice for Conversations With Curators and Artists

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In these free online events, leading curators and artists from around the world will discuss exhibitions that have transformed their careers.

https://hyperallergic.com/952455/sva-ma-curatorial-practice-conversations-with-curators-artists-2024/


Tiny Crocheted Hats for Cats Could Maybe Cure Chronic Pain

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Researchers found that electrode-stuffed caps were “well-tolerated” by 10 of the 11 feline test subjects, opening up new avenues of pain search.

https://hyperallergic.com/953215/tiny-crocheted-hats-for-cats-could-maybe-cure-chronic-pain/


Cornell’s Department of Art Announces BFA and MFA Information Sessions

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At Cornell University, the study of art is an education in creating objects, spaces, and experiences that engage and influence contemporary life.

https://hyperallergic.com/952093/cornell-department-of-art-2024-bfa-mfa-information-sessions/


What I Learned From Moo Deng’s Spiral From Adorable to Terrifying

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How did our collective obsession with the moisturized and unbothered hippo spiral into cuteness aggression?

https://hyperallergic.com/953029/what-i-learned-from-moo-deng-spiral-from-adorable-to-terrifying/


Racist Cartoon of Rashida Tlaib Draws Condemnation

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Henry Payne’s comic for the National Review portrays the Palestinian-American congresswoman as the owner of a detonated pager.

https://hyperallergic.com/952576/racist-cartoon-of-rashida-tlaib-draws-condemnation/


David Hockney Celebrates His Renaissance Inspirations

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The core message of visual analysis and close looking in Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look is an apt mantra for the National Gallery's history.

https://hyperallergic.com/944827/david-hockney-celebrates-his-renaissance-inspirations-national-gallery-london/


Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Seeing Sound, Curated by Barbara London

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This expansive exhibition of sonic installations explores the recent trajectory of sound as a dynamic branch of contemporary art practice.

https://hyperallergic.com/951946/pratt-manhattan-gallery-seeing-sound-barbara-london/


Simone Leigh’s Monuments to the Black Femme

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Leigh’s survey split between two Los Angeles venues demonstrates the futility in prescribing a definitive role to the Black feminine in a postcolonial world.

https://hyperallergic.com/951761/simone-leigh-monuments-to-the-black-femme/


Hyperallergic’s Art Tarotscope for the Fall Equinox

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Big and transformative energies are in the collective air as we enter into the coming months — be prepared.

https://hyperallergic.com/951818/hyperallergic-art-tarotscope-for-the-fall-equinox/


A Monument to Trans and Nonbinary Life Graces Trafalgar Square

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The prismatic artwork by Teresa Margolles includes plaster cast faces of 726 people from Mexico City, Ciudad Juárez, and London.

https://hyperallergic.com/952224/teresa-margolles-monument-to-trans-and-nonbinary-life-graces-trafalgar-square/


New Conduct Guidelines at Barnard Met With Faculty Backlash

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The list of prohibited activities effectively bans protest signage on the New York college campus, coming in the wake of last spring’s student-led Gaza solidarity demonstrations.

https://hyperallergic.com/952292/new-conduct-guidelines-at-barnard-met-with-faculty-backlash/


Toronto Biennial of Art Promises Joy Amid Precarity

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The third edition of the free citywide event features artists including Cecilia Vicuña and Pamila Matharu.

https://hyperallergic.com/952106/toronto-biennial-of-art-promises-joy-amid-precarity/


The Slipperiness of COVID-Era Cultural Memory

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Director Lou Ye follows a film crew in Wuhan who decides to revive a project abandoned 10 years prior, only to be placed under lockdown during shooting.

https://hyperallergic.com/952163/an-unfinished-film-the-slipperiness-of-covid-era-cultural-memory/


Refract: Seattle’s Glass Art Festival Returns for Its 6th Year

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With over 90 events and more than 70 artists, come discover why the Pacific Northwest is the leading regional hub for glass art in the United States.

https://hyperallergic.com/950465/refract-seattles-glass-art-festival-returns-for-its-6th-year/


Second Man Buried Under Notre Dame Identified as French Poet

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Two years after his sarcophagus was discovered, archaeologists identified the remains of a 16th-century aristocratic poet credited with popularizing French-language sonnets.

https://hyperallergic.com/951908/archaeologists-identify-second-man-buried-under-notre-dame-french-poet-joachim-du-bellay/


The Unsung Labor of New York’s Henna Artists

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“I don’t think many people see henna as an actual art or service that is in demand or valued,” said 29-year-old henna artist Sabeen Marghoob.

https://hyperallergic.com/950743/the-unsung-labor-of-new-york-henna-artists/


Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2027

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This fully-funded three-year graduate program in Southern New England supports a broad range of art making, exemplified by the work of its newest students.

https://hyperallergic.com/950307/meet-uconn-mfa-studio-art-class-2027/


Michigan Art Dealer Sentenced for Defrauding Elderly Collectors

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A judge also ordered Wendy Halsted Beard to pay over $2 million in restitution after she consigned fine art photographs without giving the original owners their cut of the profit.

https://hyperallergic.com/951591/michigan-art-dealer-wendy-halsted-beard-sentenced-for-defrauding-elderly-collectors/


Filipino Coffee Shop Redefines “Hole-in-the-Wall”

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No doors, no windows, no seating — just drinks being passed through a gaping opening in a concrete wall.

https://hyperallergic.com/951523/filipino-coffee-shop-redefines-hole-in-the-wall/


ArtFields Offers Over $100,000 in Prizes to Southeastern US Artists

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Apply for this annual competition and festival that transforms Lake City, South Carolina, into a living art gallery.

https://hyperallergic.com/950034/artfields-2025-offers-prizes-southeastern-us-artists/


Without Content Doesn’t Mean Empty

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Lacey Black and Aubrey Levinthal share a talent in their paintings for bringing inward and outward states together until they are one.

https://hyperallergic.com/951118/without-content-doesnt-mean-empty-lacey-black-aubrey-levinthal/


Smoke & Mirrors Is on View at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum

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This major special exhibition focuses on accessibility issues and features the work of artists with disabilities. On view in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

https://hyperallergic.com/949967/smoke-and-mirrors-zimmerli-art-museum-rutgers-university/


How Ukraine Refashioned Modernist Art

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In the Eye of the Storm conveys how Ukraine came to be a thriving center of avant-garde art in the early decades of the 20th century.

https://hyperallergic.com/948128/how-ukraine-refashioned-modernist-art-royal-academy-london/


NYC AIDS Memorial Celebrates David Wojnarowicz’s 70th Birthday

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A remembrance event on Saturday night, September 14, will include readings and a candlelit procession to the LGBTQ Memorial at Hudson River Park.

https://hyperallergic.com/950673/nyc-aids-memorial-celebrates-david-wojnarowicz-70th-birthday/


Borusan Contemporary Presents Doug Aitken’s First Solo Exhibition in Türkiye

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Curated by Jérôme Sans, Naked City brings together artworks that create a journey through the architecture of Istanbul’s Haunted Mansion.

https://hyperallergic.com/949699/borusan-contemporary-presents-doug-aitken-first-solo-exhibition-turkiye/


Man Dies After Fall From Glasgow Museum Balcony

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The Gallery of Modern Art was shuttered for the remainder of the day.

https://hyperallergic.com/950586/man-dies-after-fall-from-glasgow-gallery-of-modern-art-balcony/


Art Books to Read This Fall

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Poems inspired by Hilma af Klint, a fictional account of Peggy Guggenheim’s life, and the first biography of Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine are among the titles we’re most excited about.

https://hyperallergic.com/949602/art-books-to-read-fall-2024/


A View From the Easel

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“As a photographer, a studio can be where I am: walking, traveling, struck by light, demanding that I take a snapshot.”

https://hyperallergic.com/949981/a-view-from-the-easel-251/


Hartford Art School Celebrates Faculty Artists in Pathways Exhibition

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Painting a rich portrait of the creative realms explored by HAS faculty members, the show is on view at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.

https://hyperallergic.com/949299/hartford-art-school-faculty-artists-exhibition-pathways/


Jimmy Gordon’s Homegrown Surrealism

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The artist, a pioneering member of Lexington’s LGBTQ+ art world, used circus and sideshow imagery to create poignant meditations on isolation.

https://hyperallergic.com/949769/jimmy-gordon-homegrown-surrealism/


Fall for Art This September at Affordable Art Fair NYC

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There’s an artwork for everyone at Affordable Art Fair, where you might just find your next favorite piece.

https://hyperallergic.com/948803/affordable-art-fair-nyc-fall-2024/


MoMA Director Glenn Lowry Steps Down After 30 Years

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His time at the helm of the New York museum is marked by protests against board members’ ties to fossil fuels, military violence, and mass incarceration.

https://hyperallergic.com/949551/moma-director-glenn-lowry-steps-down-after-30-years/


Art and Science Collide in Dozens of Exhibitions Across LA This Fall

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The latest edition of PST Art tackles aesthetics and technology with a wide focus, from the historical to the contemporary and the astronomical to the fantastical.

https://hyperallergic.com/949285/art-and-science-collide-in-dozens-of-exhibitions-across-los-angeles-pst-fall-2024/


Qualeasha Wood Weaves the Online Into the IRL

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code_anima brings together jacquard-woven, tufted, and resin diamond-studded works in the artist’s most intimate performance of self to date.

https://hyperallergic.com/936272/qualeasha-wood-weaves-the-online-into-the-irl/


Transform Your Practice With Washington University’s MFA in Visual Art

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Join a small cohort of renegade makers and thinkers in this two-year, fully residential program in St. Louis, Missouri.

https://hyperallergic.com/948539/transform-your-practice-washington-university-mfa-visual-art/


Noguchi Museum Terminates Three Workers for Wearing Keffiyehs

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The gallery attendants refused to comply with the museum’s new policy, which they told Hyperallergic goes against their own values and those of the institution.

https://hyperallergic.com/946061/noguchi-museum-terminates-three-workers-for-wearing-keffiyehs/


Eric Avery’s Healing Art

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In a career that stretches across a catastrophic half-century of health crises and wars, Avery applies his activist and empathetic social conscience to all he does.

https://hyperallergic.com/942570/eric-avery-healing-art/


Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute Receives $10,000 NEA Grant for New Sculpture

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The New Bedford art institute wins the city’s first NEA Challenge America Award, paving the way for a new commission by artist and architect Mona Ghandi (Morphogenesis Lab).

https://hyperallergic.com/948240/massachusetts-design-art-technology-institute-receives-nea-grant-for-new-sculpture/


10 Art Shows to Visit in Los Angeles This September

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Unsung lesbian photographer Tee A. Corinne, Rachael Bos’s Olympic oil paintings, Samantha Yun Wall redeems mythical antagonists, Tom Van Sant’s portrait of the earth, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/947693/10-art-shows-to-visit-in-los-angeles-september-2024/


Market Uncertainty Didn’t Dampen Sales at This Year’s Armory Show

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Contemporary artists with large followings beyond the traditional scope of the art world had little trouble unloading their latest works.

https://hyperallergic.com/948835/market-uncertainty-didnt-dampen-sales-at-2024-armory-show/


What Happened to the Armory Show?

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Is this year’s fair a reflection of a tired, oversaturated, and complacent art market, or am I looking for excitement and discovery where they can no longer be found?

https://hyperallergic.com/948571/what-happened-to-the-armory-show-2024/


Albuquerque Museum Presents Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue

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A groundbreaking, podcast-inspired exhibition in New Mexico celebrates the artwork and ideas of 23 revolutionary artists of our time.

https://hyperallergic.com/948083/broken-boxes-a-decade-of-art-action-and-dialogue-albuquerque-museum/


Required Reading

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This week: Audre Lorde beyond the famous quotes, women activists in Haiti, the Black Polar explorer you’ve never heard of, a walrus takes a sabbatical, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/948636/required-reading-697/


Presenting Hyperallergic’s 2024 Armory Show Booth Awards

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“Best Booth”? No, thank you. This year, we honor the real standouts at the fair, from the shiniest artworks to the most Duchampian.

https://hyperallergic.com/948469/presenting-hyperallergic-2024-armory-show-booth-awards/


Visual Treats Abound at Independent 20th Century

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Highlights include Lenore Tawney’s fiber work, Selby Warren’s mixed-media paintings, and Julia Isídrez’s ceramics.

https://hyperallergic.com/948459/visual-treats-abound-at-independent-20th-century-2024/


Pioneer Works Opens Applications for 2025 Visual Arts and Music Residents

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The Brooklyn nonprofit cultural center welcomes residents working outside the norm who will benefit from its unique facilities and collaborative environment.

https://hyperallergic.com/947218/pioneer-works-applications-2025-visual-arts-music-residents/


Announcing the 2024 Rabkin Prize Winners

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The Rabkin Prize celebrates the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s arts writers and comes with a $50,000 unrestricted award.

https://hyperallergic.com/947302/2024-rabkin-prize-winners/


The High-Drama Kabuki Portraits of an Enigmatic Artist

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An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago features over 30 of Tōshūsai Sharaku's rarely shown ukiyo-e prints exemplifying the classic Japanese theater genre.

https://hyperallergic.com/948254/the-high-drama-kabuki-portraits-of-enigmatic-artist-toshusai-sharaku/


Tanya Lukin Linklater Opens Up a Space of Contemplation

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The Alutiiq/Sugpiaq multidisciplinary artist and choreographer communicates Indigenous movement systems and forms of knowledge through dance.

https://hyperallergic.com/936816/tanya-lukin-linklater-opens-up-a-space-of-contemplation/


The Crocker Art Museum Presents Raúl Gonzo: Color Madness

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The first museum exhibition for the Sacramento-based photographer showcases his bold, campy, colorful photographs.

https://hyperallergic.com/946788/crocker-art-museum-presents-raul-gonzo-color-madness/


Rembrandt Painting Found in Attic Sells for Over $1M

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It may be the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in Maine.

https://hyperallergic.com/947781/rembrandt-painting-found-in-attic-sells-for-over-1m/


Dissident Artist Gao Zhen Arrested in China

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The artist is charged with “defamation” of the country’s former Great Leader, Chairman Mao Zedong.

https://hyperallergic.com/947921/dissident-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-in-china/


Apply for a 2025–2026 Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Fellowships at SAAM and its Renwick Gallery provide funding, collections access, and professional advancement to scholars researching US art, craft, and visual culture.

https://hyperallergic.com/945257/apply-2025-2026-fellowship-smithsonian-american-art-museum/


VCUarts Qatar Presents Fractal Elegies at Ars Electronica 2024

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The exhibition uses design and technology to highlight the different cultural perspectives of the SWANA and Far East regions.

https://hyperallergic.com/946667/vcuarts-qatar-presents-fractal-elegies-ars-electronica-2024/


15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall

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The city’s arts scene is in full swing again, with Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, queer science fiction, light in Medieval Europe, Christina Ramberg’s fragmented figuration, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/945838/15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-fall-2024/


Agnès Varda, Pragmatic Dreamer

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The first major biography of the film director, screenwriter, artist, and photographer is scrupulous and affectionate.

https://hyperallergic.com/941890/agnes-varda-pragmatic-dreamer-a-complicated-passion-biography-carrie-rickey/


Celebrating Labor History Through the Art of Union Banners

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Displayed at marches and strikes, these creative emblems of collective struggle convey specific values centered around fair wages, protest, and rights across industries.

https://hyperallergic.com/947254/celebrating-labor-history-through-the-art-of-union-banners/


Wall-to-Wall Walz at the Minnesota State Fair Seed Art Show

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Local artists get political in painstakingly crafted mosaics at the only state fair crop art display in the United States.

https://hyperallergic.com/947166/wall-to-wall-walz-at-the-minnesota-state-fair-seed-art-show/


Required Reading

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This week: diving into the Black Atlantic, Percival Everett’s James, “demure” by and for trans people, debunking the “marshmallow test,” and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/946338/required-reading-696/


A View From the Easel

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“I consider the studio to be a co-creator of my work, and the container for my actions.”

https://hyperallergic.com/946913/a-view-from-the-easel-249/


New Three-Year Arts Series Will Center NYC’s Latine Community

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Historias aims to provide a more comprehensive and intersectional view of a steadily growing and diversifying population.

https://hyperallergic.com/946566/new-three-year-arts-series-will-center-nyc-latine-community-clemente/


The Artist Who Cast a Cold Gaze on Flowers

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Van Huysum's are not paintings of flowers in all their transience, but flowers of the curious Now, in all their splendid, bullish brilliance.

https://hyperallergic.com/937751/jan-van-huysum-artist-who-cast-a-cold-gaze-on-flowers/


Mitchell Johnson Exhibits Small, Scenic Landscapes in Where The Colors Are

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Paintings from New England, Europe, New York, Newfoundland, and California are on view September 4–15 at Truro Center for the Arts in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

https://hyperallergic.com/945154/mitchell-johnson-small-scenic-landscapes-truro-center-for-the-arts/


Hyperallergic Is Turning 15

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Revel in 15 years of challenging the art world status quo — complete with glitter, glamor, and a sprinkle of chaotic joy — as we fete ourselves, our contributors, and the art community that makes Hyperallergic possible. Join us for our anniversary party at the Red Pavilion in Brooklyn, New York, on October 9. It […]

https://hyperallergic.com/946573/hyperallergic-is-turning-15-party-october-2024/


The Unapologetic Femininity of Isabella Ducrot’s Textile Art

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Her meticulously assembled, labyrinthine stitches, sketches, and scribbles are like narrative threads weaving their way through a rich life.

https://hyperallergic.com/939279/the-unapologetic-femininity-of-isabella-ducrot-textile-art/


The National Arts Club Presents Jazz Greats

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“Jazz Greats | Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection” is on view at the historic NYC club from September 5 to November 27.

https://hyperallergic.com/944859/national-arts-club-presents-jazz-greats-classic-photographs/


Abstract Expressionism Scholar David Anfam Dies at 69

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The art historian’s legacy includes a large body of writing on Clyfford Still and his celebrated Mark Rothko catalogue raisonné.

https://hyperallergic.com/946072/abstract-expressionism-scholar-david-anfam-dies-at-69/


Can Santa Fe’s Indian Market Free Itself From the Settler Gaze?

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Despite its role as a hub for Native artists, SWAIA hasn’t entirely moved past its origins in White settler obsession with Native authenticity.

https://hyperallergic.com/945281/can-santa-fe-indian-market-free-itself-from-the-settler-gaze/


This Summer, TONO x PAMMTV Selects Dives Into Shapeshifting Video Art

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The streaming exhibition from Pérez Art Museum Miami is co-curated with TONO, a new festival for video, performance art, and music in Mexico City.

https://hyperallergic.com/939435/tono-pammtv-selects-shapeshifting-video-art-summer-2024/


A Sneak Peek at This Year’s Armory Show

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The NYC fair will feature over 200 exhibitors for its 30th anniversary, packing as much art as possible into the second weekend of September.

https://hyperallergic.com/945075/a-sneak-peek-at-the-armory-show-2024/


The Craziest Art in Los Angeles May Be Underground

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An exhibition at Superchief Gallery explores the work of Operation Under, a collective of artists using subterranean tunnels as their canvas.

https://hyperallergic.com/945500/the-craziest-art-in-los-angeles-may-be-underground/


Director of NYC Balloon Exhibition Made Anti-Palestinian Comments

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The face of the show that originated in Tel Aviv, Kobi Kalimian, called for Gaza to be “pounded” and "conquered" in a social media post from May 2023.

https://hyperallergic.com/944798/director-of-nyc-balloon-exhibition-made-anti-palestinian-comments/


Hyperallergic Fall 2024 New York Art Guide

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Your ultimate guide to this season’s major exhibitions and art events around the city.

https://hyperallergic.com/935013/hyperallergic-fall-2024-new-york-art-guide/


The Singular Style of Chicago’s Art

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The more time I spent at Four Chicago Artists, the more I wanted to know about the less familiar paths these artists took in their work.

https://hyperallergic.com/945053/the-singular-style-of-four-chicago-artists-art-institute/


Lavinia Fontana, the Self-Fashioned Painter

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The first woman to make her living from painting captured herself and other women in the ways they wished to be perceived.

https://hyperallergic.com/932245/lavinia-fontana-the-self-fashioned-painter/


Art on Paper Returns to Armory Arts Week This September

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New York’s celebrated, medium-driven fair returns to downtown Manhattan’s Pier 36, featuring 75 galleries with top modern and contemporary paper-based art.

https://hyperallergic.com/943306/art-on-paper-september-2024/


Charting the Outer Reaches of Fandom in Art

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As a writer and curator who researches fandom, I yearned for more tangible displays of fannish material culture than those in To go boldly.

https://hyperallergic.com/943690/charting-the-outer-reaches-of-star-trek-fandom-in-art/


Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: August 2024

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Indigenous symbols reclaimed, rap battles won, and pets in museums in this month’s bite-sized puzzle.

https://hyperallergic.com/944391/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-august-2024/


The Unnatural Link Between Mothering and Technological Surveillance

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Supervision provided me, as a curator/new mom, an entry point into how the labor that is mothering intersects with technology and surveillance.

https://hyperallergic.com/942513/the-unnatural-link-between-mothering-and-technological-surveillance/


Your Guide to Navigating New York City’s Fall Art Fairs

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We can’t promise you won’t get lost in a maze of booths, but we can steer you to the fairs worth the trip.

https://hyperallergic.com/943689/new-york-fall-art-fairs-2024/


A Deeply Personal Investigation Into Canada’s Residential Schools

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Co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie discuss the making of their documentary Sugarcane, told from the perspective of Indigenous survivors.

https://hyperallergic.com/943861/julian-brave-noisecat-and-emily-kassie-discuss-the-making-of-sugarcane/


Mural of Olympic Volleyball Star Defaced With Racist Graffiti

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Italian player Paola Egonu’s skin was painted over in pink in a widely condemned act of vandalism.

https://hyperallergic.com/943781/mural-of-olympic-volleyball-star-paola-egonu-defaced-with-racist-graffiti/


Mark Zuckerberg Unveils New Statue of His Wife in the “Roman Tradition”

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Priscilla Chan’s likeness, sculpted by artist Daniel Arsham, is yet another example of billionaires’ obsession with commissioning giant tributes to their partners.

https://hyperallergic.com/943383/mark-zuckerberg-unveils-new-statue-of-his-wife-in-the-roman-tradition/


Rothko Chapel Paintings Damaged by Hurricane Beryl

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The Houston space will remain closed indefinitely until conservation needs are addressed.

https://hyperallergic.com/943490/rothko-chapel-paintings-damaged-by-hurricane-beryl-houston/


Israel Announces Settlement Near Palestinian World Heritage Site

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The settlement in the Occupied West Bank would be located within the protection zone for the UNESCO-recognized village of Battir.

https://hyperallergic.com/943264/israel-approves-settlement-near-palestinian-world-heritage-site/


Brenda Goodman’s Unknowable Language of Grief

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The fluidity of the artist’s line parallels her thought process and openness to taking unexpected paths, often prompted by a memory or life event.

https://hyperallergic.com/940848/brenda-goodman-unknowable-language-of-grief/


“A Very Old Dream”: NYC to Get Its First Dominican Culture Center

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The institution will offer free exhibitions and performances and lead a project to record the oral histories of Dominicans in Washington Heights.

https://hyperallergic.com/942899/nyc-to-get-its-first-dominican-culture-center/


Why Do We Expect Ancient Romans to Have British Accents in Movies?

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Most of the objectors to Denzel Washington’s accent are men who think too much about the Roman Empire. Here’s how the accent has changed throughout cinema.

https://hyperallergic.com/940290/why-do-we-expect-romans-to-have-british-accents-in-movies/


Vera Molnár’s Fascination With the Glitches in the Matrix

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In her computer-based works, the artist sought freedom within systematism and improvisation within predictability.

https://hyperallergic.com/941179/vera-molnar-fascination-with-the-glitches-in-the-matrix-centre-pompidou/


Where Is Mavis Beacon, the Woman Who Taught Us to Type?

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A filmmaker and a programmer search for the model behind the iconic 1987 education software persona in a new documentary.

https://hyperallergic.com/941404/where-is-mavis-beacon-the-woman-who-taught-us-to-type/


Despite Years of Protests, Harvard University to Keep Sackler Name

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The decision is “an insult to overdose victims and their families,” said artist Nan Goldin’s advocacy group PAIN.

https://hyperallergic.com/941888/despite-years-of-protests-harvard-university-to-keep-sackler-name/


Required Reading

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This week: An archive of Palestinian embroidery, handwriting and Parkinson’s disease, anti-capitalist mending, Tim Walz’s love for maps, toxic roses, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/941780/required-reading-693/


Photographing the Lives of Black American Cowboys

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The Long Ride Home brings together selections from Ron Tarver’s 15,000 images chronicling Black cowboy culture across the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/941553/ron-tarver-photographing-the-lives-of-black-american-cowboys/


Philadelphia Announces New Armenian Heritage Walk

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The city's “Young Meher” statue will anchor the outdoor art gallery and gardens, commemorating Armenian strength and resilience in the face of genocide.

https://hyperallergic.com/939826/philadelphia-museum-art-announces-new-armenian-heritage-walk/


Japanese-American Internment’s Afterlife in Contemporary Art

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As a Hyperallergic fellow, Machiko Harada mined the work and history of internment in sensitive essays and an online exhibition, which shed light on the artists grappling with its legacy.

https://hyperallergic.com/934238/machiko-harada-japanese-american-internments-afterlife-in-contemporary-art/


She Bends: Neon as Soulcraft Is on View at the Museum of Craft and Design

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The San Francisco exhibition illuminates the process and dedication involved in bending neon, as explored through student-teacher artist residencies across the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/938842/she-bends-neon-as-soulcraft-museum-of-craft-and-design/


In Shocking Move, Videographer Who Filmed Vandalism of Brooklyn Museum Leaders’ Homes Charged With Hate Crime

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Press freedom advocacy organizations expressed alarm at the decision to arrest and charge 32-year-old independent journalist Samuel Seligson.

https://hyperallergic.com/941283/videographer-samuel-seligson-who-filmed-vandalism-of-brooklym-museum-leaders-homes-charged-with-hate-crime/


In Beatrice Glow’s Art, Colonial Histories and AI Collide

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The artist’s exhibition at the New-York Historical Society is clever, but it takes on a vast and messy past with a touch that is sometimes too light.

https://hyperallergic.com/937832/in-beatrice-glow-art-colonial-histories-and-ai-collide-new-york-historical-society/


LGBTQ+ Art and Historical Ephemera Up for Auction at Swann Galleries

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A second-century Roman bust with ties to Tennessee Williams and Gore Vidal leads the summer auction at Swann on August 22.

https://hyperallergic.com/940321/lgbtq-art-material-culture-history-auction-swann-galleries/


Anti-War Artist Released as Part of Russia-US Prisoner Swap

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Aleksandra “Sasha” Skochilenko was given a seven-year sentence for an art project and protest that criticized Russia’s war on Ukraine.

https://hyperallergic.com/940954/anti-war-artist-alexsandra-sasha-skochilenko-released-as-part-of-russia-us-prisoner-swap/


Lessons on Black Art Writing From Toni Morrison

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Morrison reminds us to dwell in Black visions, to give ourselves over to them entirely, and to do so in language that does not plead for understanding.

https://hyperallergic.com/939458/lessons-on-black-art-writing-from-toni-morrison/


Required Reading

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This week: Street art memorializes Sonya Massey, the history of women’s athletic clothing, an Olympic cheese sponsorship, women rule BookTok, plucky astronauts, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/939664/required-reading-692/


A View From the Easel

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“My studio is between the fruit seller and the kiosk. When I leave the doors open on hot days, people walking by drop in to share their thoughts on my paintings.”

https://hyperallergic.com/939158/a-view-from-the-easel-245/


Watch Virtual and Natural Worlds Collide in Sea Change with Pérez Art Museum Miami

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Streaming now on PAMMTV, the hybrid exhibition asks, “How can digital art address accelerating changes across climate, culture, and time?”

https://hyperallergic.com/937776/virtual-natural-worlds-sea-change-perez-art-museum-miami/


Scientists Crack the Code of Rembrandt’s Golden Luster

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New research into the pigments used in "The Night Watch" (1642) illuminates how the Dutch artist achieved his signature glistening details.

https://hyperallergic.com/939227/scientists-crack-the-code-of-rembrandts-golden-luster/


8 Shows to See in Upstate New York This August

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Pauline Decarmo’s triumphant canvases, Mary Lucier’s sun-seeking video installation, Edward Merritt’s recycled botanics, Dani Klebe’s country cabin installation, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/938865/8-shows-to-see-in-upstate-new-york-august-2024/


American Museum of Natural History Repatriates Remains of 124 Native People

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The institution holds the bodies of 12,000 individuals from communities within and outside the United States, the majority of which lack identification.

https://hyperallergic.com/938886/american-museum-of-natural-history-repatriates-remains-of-124-native-people/


What Are Those Giant Painted Heads Floating in the Seine?

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Some of the Louvre’s most famous works inspired a series of half-submerged installations for the Olympic games.

https://hyperallergic.com/938729/what-are-those-giant-painted-heads-floating-in-the-seine/


No, the Olympics Ceremony Did Not Copy “The Last Supper”

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The performance that drew ire from conservative critics continues another centuries-old art historical theme: the feast of the gods on Mount Olympus.

https://hyperallergic.com/938477/no-the-olympics-ceremony-did-not-copy-the-last-supper/


How Ted Carey Rendered Queerness Through Folk Art

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The late artist’s work subverts the genre’s conventions in its centering of the gay community members he knew or admired and the LGBTQ+ spaces he frequented.

https://hyperallergic.com/933528/how-ted-carey-rendered-queerness-through-folk-art/


The Enslaved People Who Wrote Down the New Testament

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Art history has long concealed the scribes who put swaths of the Bible and early Christian writings on paper.

https://hyperallergic.com/936260/the-enslaved-people-who-wrote-down-the-new-testament-candida-moss/


When the US Left Afghanistan, This Filmmaker Entered

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Director Ibrahim Nash’at spent a year watching the Taliban transition from insurgency back to governance.

https://hyperallergic.com/937911/when-the-us-left-afghanistan-this-filmmaker-entered-hollywoodgate-ibrahim-nashat/


Empowering New Americans: The $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for Graduate Studies

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Funding MFAs and other full-time graduate degrees, the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants and the children of immigrants in the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/935099/empowering-new-americans-paul-and-daisy-soros-fellowships-for-graduate-studies/


Woman Caught Gettin’ It On With Florence Statue Sparks Outrage

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City officials are searching for the woman after photos of her grinding and kissing a Bacchus sculpture went viral.

https://hyperallergic.com/937757/woman-caught-getting-it-on-with-bacchus-statue-florence-sparks-outrage/


Activists Disrupt Gallery Event, Alleging Palestine’s Erasure From Exhibition

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Protesters say Greene Naftali selectively omitted elements from its show on the late German filmmaker Harun Farocki.

https://hyperallergic.com/937257/activists-disrupt-gallery-event-alleging-palestines-erasure-from-exhibition/


Skeleton Deities and Political Mind Games at the Venice Biennale

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Hrag Vartanian and AX Mina discuss what worked, what didn’t, and what drew political protests at the “Olympics of the art world.”

https://hyperallergic.com/937160/skeleton-deities-and-political-mind-games-at-the-venice-biennale/


See the Art From Protests Against Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress

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Original signage and larger-than-life puppets filled the streets as thousands marched to denounce the Israeli prime minister’s attacks on Gaza.

https://hyperallergic.com/937245/see-the-art-from-protests-against-netanyahus-visit-to-congress/


Art Bridges Works With Museums to Expand Access to American Art

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The foundation provides support to cultural institutions for traveling exhibitions, collection loans, and developing programs to inspire local audiences.

https://hyperallergic.com/935100/art-bridges-museums-expand-access-to-american-art/


Journalist Watchdogs Decry Egypt’s Arrest of Satirical Cartoonist

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Ashraf Omar had published several cartoons that took aim at Egypt’s electricity cutbacks and the government’s economic strategy.

https://hyperallergic.com/936896/journalist-watchdogs-decry-egypt-arrest-of-satirical-cartoonist-ashraf-omar/


Golden Foundation Celebrates 12 Years of Artist Residencies With Auction and Benefit

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Taking place both online and in person, the auction provides additional support to artists selected for the Golden Residency Program.

https://hyperallergic.com/934314/golden-foundation-12th-anniversary-artist-residency-auction-benefit/


Is Upstate Art Weekend Worth It? We Asked 11 Participants

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Buoyed by the beautiful weather, a constant stream of visitors showed up eager to learn about a cultural scene that continues to grow.

https://hyperallergic.com/936181/is-upstate-art-weekend-worth-it-we-asked-11-participants/


The Art of Touch

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An exhibition explores touch, from the possessive love of a mother holding her child to the violent and coercive contact that sometimes takes place between strangers.

https://hyperallergic.com/935281/what-does-it-mean-to-be-touched-princeton-art-on-hulfish/


Is Toronto’s Art Triennial Just for Those “In the Know”?

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The triennial maps what it means to be an artist from here, from somewhere else but now living here, or from here but living somewhere else.

https://hyperallergic.com/935761/is-greater-toronto-art-2024-triennial-just-for-those-in-the-know/


You Can’t Finish This Brian Eno Doc in a Single Lifetime

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An algorithm organizes a unique ordering of scenes for each screening, meaning there are millions of versions of the film.

https://hyperallergic.com/935717/you-cant-finish-this-brian-eno-doc-in-a-single-lifetime/


Dereck Stafford Mangus, Beloved Baltimore Artist and Museum Guard, Dies at 46

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The local art community is mourning the loss of Mangus, who was also a union leader and an award-winning art writer.

https://hyperallergic.com/935483/dereck-stafford-mangus-beloved-baltimore-artist-and-museum-guard-dies-at-46/


A View From the Easel

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“Having more light and space immediately allowed me to make larger work, which I didn't even know I had in me.”

https://hyperallergic.com/935323/a-view-from-the-easel-243/


Required Reading

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This week, Abercrombie’s comeback, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s downfall, Moby Dick emojis, “survivor” trinkets at the Titanic Museum’s gift shop, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/935292/required-reading-690/


The Morgan Turns 100: Celebrate Timeless Stories and New Beginnings

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The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates 100 years of illuminating the creative process, presenting remarkable exhibitions and programs for its centennial.

https://hyperallergic.com/934715/morgan-library-and-museum-turns-100/


Shanghai Museum Welcomes Cats for Egyptian Antiquities Show

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A special event will also include a “Cat Temple” where participants will have the opportunity to take photos with their furry companions.

https://hyperallergic.com/935057/shanghai-museum-welcomes-cats-for-egyptian-antiquities-show/


In New York City, Palestinian Cinema Returns to the Screen

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But some fear a “flash in the pan” effect and hope Palestinian films can be better integrated into the city’s vision of a global cinema.

https://hyperallergic.com/934618/in-new-york-city-palestinian-cinema-returns-to-the-screen/


New York Gears Up for 2024 Upstate Art Weekend

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More than 145 arts venues will open their doors with exhibitions, open studios, free programs, and more, from a mermaid parade to a hot dog garden party.

https://hyperallergic.com/934812/what-to-see-upstate-art-weekend-2024/


Alex Janvier, Indigenous Painter of Evocative Abstractions, Dies at 89

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The artist and residential school survivor created vivid works that meld Denesuline iconography with modern and contemporary styles.

https://hyperallergic.com/934599/alex-janvier-indigenous-painter-of-evocative-abstractions-dies-at-89/


Dancers Call for Fair Wages During Joan Jonas Performance at Getty

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Performers say they received a $1,000 flat rate for a week of work including rehearsals and performances in 80-degree weather.

https://hyperallergic.com/934682/dancers-call-for-fair-wages-during-joan-jonas-performance-at-getty-center-los-angeles/


Stream Media Art From Latin America, the Caribbean, and the African Diaspora on PAMMTV

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Pérez Art Museum Miami’s new free streaming platform for video art fills gaps in moving image scholarship from the global majority.

https://hyperallergic.com/933363/stream-media-art-latin-america-caribbean-african-diaspora-pammtv/


How Memes Unravel the Image of Trump as Martyr

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While cultural critics slobber over the former president’s media savviness, meme-makers are here to burst their disingenuous bubble.

https://hyperallergic.com/934283/how-memes-unravel-the-image-of-trump-as-martyr/


Who’s Left Out of the Frame in the Viral Trump Shooting Photo?

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In the compulsive analysis of the former president’s image, we risk overlooking the mundanity of gun violence and its less mediagenic casualties.

https://hyperallergic.com/934417/whos-left-out-of-the-frame-in-the-viral-trump-shooting-photo/


Bill Viola, Who Helped Make Video an Art Form, Dies at 73

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The artist helped cement new media technology as a means of expression in works that explored life’s universal questions.

https://hyperallergic.com/934309/bill-viola-who-helped-make-video-an-art-form-dies-at-73/


The Geometry in Motion of Nancy Holt

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A survey at Gropius Bau frames Holt as an artist committed to the human body’s actions and dimensions, and its perceptual and cognitive boundaries.

https://hyperallergic.com/933729/the-geometry-in-motion-of-nancy-holt-gropius-bau-berlin/


Shunga Might Just Convince You That Pornography Is Art

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Director Junko Hirata delves deep into the history and influence of the pornographic art form without cheap tittering at its illicit imagery.

https://hyperallergic.com/933813/junko-hirata-shunga-might-just-convince-you-that-pornography-is-art/


New Book From Yale University Press Reshapes Our View of Van Gogh as Consummate Nature Painter

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David Ebony talks with art historian Michael Lobel about his new book, Van Gogh and the End of Nature.

https://hyperallergic.com/932336/michael-lobel-book-yale-university-press-van-gogh-nature-painter/


The Serious Joy of Joyce J. Scott’s Beaded Art

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The decorative allure of Scott’s textile and beaded creations seduces viewers into her sharp critiques of racism, misogyny, and other social ills.

https://hyperallergic.com/933447/the-serious-joy-of-joyce-j-scott-retrospective-baltimore-museum-art/


Required Reading

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Do White guys who say "inshallah" think they just fell out of a coconut tree? And much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/933323/required-reading-689/


The Lost Art of Handwriting

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A new book provides a glimpse into how some of the most resoundingly famous writers actually, you know, wrote.

https://hyperallergic.com/928594/the-lost-art-of-handwriting-lesley-smith/


How Modern-Day Christian Iconoclasts Lost Their Heads

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The vandal who beheaded Esther Strauss’s statue of the Virgin Mary in labor disregarded centuries-old depictions of the mother of God as just a mother.

https://hyperallergic.com/933156/how-modern-day-christian-iconoclasts-lost-their-heads/


Where Funhouse Erotics Meet Art History

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A new volume of Hilary Harkness’s paintings enfolds us into surreal worlds of gender-bending militaries, feminine revenge, and alternative histories.

https://hyperallergic.com/928342/hilary-harkness-funhouse-erotics-meet-art-history/


Celebrating the Legacy of Abstract Painter Judith Rothschild at Moss Galleries

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TPaintings, collages, and works on paper from the 1940s through the ’90s offer a glimpse into the evolution of this visionary artist. On view in Portland, Maine.

https://hyperallergic.com/930799/celebrating-the-legacy-of-judith-rothschild-moss-galleries/


Artist’s Monument to Women Beheaded at University of Houston

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It’s unclear whether the attack on Shahzia Sikander’s sculpture is related to protests by anti-abortion groups, which previously denounced it as “satanic.”

https://hyperallergic.com/932860/shahzia-sikander-monument-to-women-beheaded-at-university-of-houston/


Art History Majors Face Highest Unemployment Rates, Report Shows

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But other data shows that art history and art degrees are still popular.

https://hyperallergic.com/932628/art-history-majors-face-highest-unemployment-rates-report-shows/


Hugh Hayden Should Cut the Crap

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The artist’s latest show belongs in the toilet — and that’s exactly where he put it.

https://hyperallergic.com/924353/hugh-hayden-should-cut-the-crap/


The Portland Vase: Mania and Muse Is on View at the Crocker Art Museum

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Discover how a Classical vase became an artistic and commercial muse across time and place at this exhibition in Sacramento, California.

https://hyperallergic.com/930908/the-portland-vase-mania-and-muse-crocker-art-museum/


Stunning Pale-Blue Frescoes Found in Pompeii

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The Ancient Roman room, thought to have been used as a shrine for ritual activities, is estimated to date back approximately 2,000 years.

https://hyperallergic.com/924422/stunning-pale-blue-frescoes-found-in-pompeii/


Most NY Artists Are Financially Unstable, Survey Finds

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More than half of respondents said they earned under $25,000 a year.

https://hyperallergic.com/932243/most-ny-artists-are-financially-unstable-survey-finds/


Site Santa Fe Presents Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson

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Co-curated by Teresita Fernández and Lisa Le Feuvre, Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation, this exhibition places two artistic practices in an intergenerational conversation.

https://hyperallergic.com/931552/site-santa-fe-teresita-fernandez-robert-smithson/


Unearthing the Land’s Buried Stories at the Venice Biennale

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Artists at the Irish, Hãhãwpuá, Portuguese, and Dutch pavilions are exploring notions of land and rematriation — often by bringing soil itself into the gallery space.

https://hyperallergic.com/915003/unearthing-the-lands-buried-stories-at-the-venice-biennale-2024/


Abigail Dudley’s Paintings of the Observed and Imagined

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I can think of no other painter who can so effectively pull the viewer into a space where clarity and puzzlement cannot be separated.

https://hyperallergic.com/930487/abigail-dudley-paintings-of-the-observed-and-imagined/


Six Art-World Cool Kids Take Over Abandoned High School in Upstate NY

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At The Campus, pairings of works by over 80 artists yield unexpected dialogues in classrooms, hallways, a gym, and even a science lab.

https://hyperallergic.com/930948/six-art-world-cool-kids-take-over-abandoned-high-school-in-upstate-new-york-the-campus/


Seven Art Shows to See in NYC Right Now

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From Eva Hesse’s spectacular sculptures to Walton Ford’s fantastic beasts, make sure to catch some of New York’s best shows this July.

https://hyperallergic.com/931285/seven-art-shows-to-see-in-nyc-right-now/


How Do You Picture a President?

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We might think that many of our olde tyme presidents hearkened from an age before photography, but this exhibition of daguerreotypes proves that wrong.

https://hyperallergic.com/920505/how-do-you-picture-a-president-national-portrait-gallery/


Bimbola Akinbola’s Postcards From Grief Island

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Though the show is a response to a period of intense personal mourning in the artist’s life, it’s also achingly universal.

https://hyperallergic.com/931155/bimbola-akinbola-postcards-from-grief-island/


Norman Kleeblatt’s Very New York Story

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“My question to myself was whether and how to be an ‘out Jew’,” the longtime curator told Hyperallergic in an interview.

https://hyperallergic.com/931022/norman-kleeblatt-very-new-york-story/


10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This July

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This month: Gordon Parks’s iconic photographs, Wendy Red Star’s Indigenous abstractions, Chiffon Thomas’s unsettling mixed media sculptures, a celebration of Juxtapoz Magazine, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/929283/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-july-2024/


15 Art Shows to See in New York City This Summer

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From the Bronx-forward work at Wave Hill down to Robert Podavano’s liminal paintings in Staten Island, shows that’ll make you want to stick around a sweltering city.

https://hyperallergic.com/929743/15-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-city-summer-2024/


Museum of Jurassic Technology Aims to Recreate Islamic Spain in LA

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The museum known for its mix of history and whimsy received support from the Getty and Mike Kelley Foundations to take on its most ambitious project yet.

https://hyperallergic.com/924580/museum-of-jurassic-technology-aims-to-recreate-islamic-spain-in-los-angeles/


Opportunities in July 2024

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Residencies, grants, and open calls from Palm Beach Atlantic University, AICA International, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

https://hyperallergic.com/929189/opportunities-july-2024/


Seattle Art Fair Returns This Summer

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A one-of-a-kind showcase for the arts community of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle Art Fair returns to Lumen Field for its eighth edition this July.

https://hyperallergic.com/928976/seattle-art-fair-2024/


6 Art Books to Cure the Summer Reading Slump

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This July’s list is short and sweet with titles on artist lofts in New York City, photos of abortion workers by Carmen Winant, a how-to guide for comic artists, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/929468/6-art-books-to-cure-the-summer-reading-slump/


Deborah Bright’s Art Puts the Sex Back in Sexuality

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“My desires are pretty fluid and I openly embrace the different erotic subjectivities that inhabit my brain,” the artist said in an interview with Hyperallergic.

https://hyperallergic.com/929167/deborah-bright-art-puts-the-sex-back-in-sexuality/


Activists Drop Banners for Gaza at NYC AIDS Memorial

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Protesters urged Biden to “stop arming Israel” ahead of the president’s attendance at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center opening.

https://hyperallergic.com/929750/activists-drop-banners-for-gaza-at-nyc-aids-memorial/


Presidential Debate Memes That Channel Our Never-Ending Screams

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We must find ways to laugh so that we don’t cry, and the depressing material from last night is undoubtedly premium crop ripe for picking on.

https://hyperallergic.com/929784/trump-biden-presidential-debate-memes-that-channel-our-never-ending-screams/


NYC Cultural Orgs Push for Funding as Budget Deadline Looms

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Local advocates and institutions have called for an additional $53 million to raise the city’s cultural budget baseline.

https://hyperallergic.com/923524/nyc-cultural-orgs-push-for-funding-as-budget-deadline-looms/


Required Reading

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This week: curation and BDSM, America’s first lesbian magazine, myths about the human brain, and is smutty literature hurting our romantic relationships?

https://hyperallergic.com/929208/required-reading-687/


A View From the Easel

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“I learned my studio has been occupied by 50 other artists from 25 countries, which fascinates me greatly.”

https://hyperallergic.com/928847/a-view-from-the-easel-240/


San Francisco Art Book Fair Is Back in July With Its Seventh Edition

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Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation, SFABF boasts 145 exhibitors from around the world, more in-depth programming, and an expanded footprint.

https://hyperallergic.com/928650/san-francisco-art-book-fair-2024/


The Badass Punk Life of Kay Turner

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Instead of “elder,” the 75-year-old artist, scholar, and bandleader prefers the moniker "magnificent hag."

https://hyperallergic.com/928988/the-badass-punk-life-of-kay-turner/


Artist of Fiery King Charles Portrait Debuts Moss-Green Attenborough Painting

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Green? For David Attenborough? Groundbreaking.

https://hyperallergic.com/929179/artist-of-fiery-king-charles-portrait-debuts-moss-green-attenborough-painting/


The Fetishistically Fantastic Art of Christina Ramberg

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Ramberg was one of the lesser-known — but, to my mind, most exciting — artists often grouped together as the Chicago Imagists.

https://hyperallergic.com/922998/the-fetishistically-fantastic-art-of-christina-ramberg/


Moi Aussi Presents Its Art Manifesto

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Moi Aussi is uniting artists from all over the world around an unusual canvas: a pair of glasses.

https://hyperallergic.com/927057/moi-aussi-presents-its-art-manifesto/


Florida Art Orgs Scrambling After DeSantis Cuts All Culture Grants

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The Republican governor left hundreds of cultural organizations high and dry after he scrapped $32M in funding for the sector.

https://hyperallergic.com/928488/florida-art-orgs-scrambling-after-desantis-cuts-all-culture-grants/


The Art History of Addiction and Recovery

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Scholar and psychotherapist Kikan Massara elucidates and contextualizes the 12-step recovery process through paintings, prints, and other works of art and literature.

https://hyperallergic.com/926674/the-art-history-of-addiction-and-recovery-kikan-massara/


IDSVA’s Non-Studio PhD Is for Artists and Creative Thinkers

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The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts is accepting applications for September 2024.

https://hyperallergic.com/927583/idsva-non-studio-phd-for-artists-creative-thinkers-summer-2024/


All the Beauty and the Tenderness of Nan Goldin

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“I'm not so interested in photography anymore,” Goldin told our senior editor. “That should be the headline,” he replied.

https://hyperallergic.com/925479/all-the-beauty-and-the-tenderness-of-nan-goldin/


Tourist Detained After Vandalizing Ancient Pompeii House

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The man scratched the letters "ALI" on the House of Ceii, one of few remaining examples of residential architecture from the late Samnite period.

https://hyperallergic.com/928503/tourist-detained-after-vandalizing-ancient-pompeii-house-of-ceii/


Marlene McCarty’s Unorthodox Visions in Ballpoint Pen

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The artist talks about her epic drawings, her work in the AIDS activism collective Gran Fury, and why plants may hold the key to taking back our bodies.

https://hyperallergic.com/927990/marlene-mccarty-unorthodox-visions-in-ballpoint-pen/


Required Reading

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This week, Miss Piggy’s mom, American fiction’s fatphobia problem, the shady underbelly of glass-eel fishing, Chappell Roan, and what did Old English sound like?

https://hyperallergic.com/927697/required-reading-686/