75+ Artists Take Over Manhattan’s 14th Street https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/quench.jpg?fit=1024%2C707&quality=90&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/quench.jpg?fit=1024%2C707&quality=90&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Lyd-WideShotWithKids.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/CHAGOYA-Illegal-Alien_s-Guide.jpg?fit=1024%2C637&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/museum-wildlife-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C580&quality=95&ssl=1 See the images that won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award and the art historical references they remind us of.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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Creative-Campaign-Background.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/1200_The-Day-the-Clown-Cried-panel-05.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/2400-Witt-Image.png?fit=1024%2C512&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/DSC00783.jpeg?fit=1024%2C742&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/IMG_9615.jpg?fit=1024%2C731&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/11.7.DarrenWalker.photo-1000.jpg?fit=1000%2C618&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/nan.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/AN-113-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C818&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Venice-IDSVA-2024.jpg?fit=1024%2C732&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/ApDD0-1200x1588-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C712&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/hyperallergic_15_years_2024_alexey_kim_sidewalkkilla-1467.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Sagmeister_9_2024_38.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/vote-2024.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Zimmerli_Agins_Baldwin.jpg?fit=1024%2C591&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Debi-Cornwall-cropped-photo.jpeg?fit=998%2C930&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/kerri-weaving.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/MassArt.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Action-Still.jpg?fit=1024%2C565&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/gettyimages-857089926_720.jpg?fit=720%2C540&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/6.-Petah-Coyne-Untitled-1378-Zelda-Fitzgerald.jpeg?fit=819%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/noguchi-action.jpg?fit=1024%2C908&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/BWAC6.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/oct-crossword.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Hyperallergic-campaign-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/KJK4.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Jeffrey-Gibson-Mural_your-spirit-whispering-in-my-ear_Credit-G.-Ortiz-Photography.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/pestochelli-final.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/VvG_self-portrait_1998.74.5.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/KCCP_BeforeAfter_Stamps-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/Gorky-NYC.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/img_9055-1200x1600-1-copy.jpg?fit=922%2C523&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Hyperallergic-Hero-Ligon.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/OanZy-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C681&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/10/No_Other_Land_Still_01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Lorna-Hyperallergic-Banner.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/richard-m.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/SUSAN-CARR-TRAVELERS_1200.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/bk-museum-pal-2560.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/MWproof-38-from-Disturbances.jpg?fit=1024%2C858&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/lKlNu-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C859&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/downstairs-AAF-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Tristan-Duke-Glacial-Optics.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/2024-Comedy-Bird-Photo-lined-up-birds.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/eric-adams-featured.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Jhumpa-Lahiri-miu-miu.jpg?fit=1024%2C951&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Sponsored-Post-Oct-2024-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/moo-deng-and-william-the-hippo.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/svace_fall-winter-2024_special-events.jpg?fit=1024%2C614&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/cat.jpg?fit=831%2C914&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Cornell-2024-Hyperallergic.png?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/moo-deng-scream.jpg?fit=825%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Untitled-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Installation-view-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Cortes_SS_Samek_1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Leigh13.jpg?fit=808%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/fall-tarotscope.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Mil-Veces-Un-Instante-by-Teresa-Margolles-c.-James-O-Jenkins-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/protest-posters.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/TBA_Pamila-Matharu-at-32-Lisgar_TH-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C670&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/An-Unfinished-Film_Still_03.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Minhi-England-2.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Joachim-Du-Bellay.jpg?fit=814%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/PhotoEssay_UA_006.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 “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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/UConn-Class-of-27-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Ansel-Adams-Tenaya-Creek-Dogwood.jpg?fit=1024%2C814&quality=95&ssl=1 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” https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/holehand.jpg?fit=965%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Artfields_OpenCall_Cecil-Norris-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Levinthal_Weighted-Blanket_2024_30by40.jpeg?fit=1024%2C769&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/jjjjjerome_ellis_video.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Key-5.jpg?fit=1024%2C746&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/1983_Ivan-Dallatana_David-Wojnarowicz-on-Hudson-River-pier_12.5x18.jpg?fit=1024%2C731&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/2007_Sleepwalkers_DA250_still_21.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Duke_Wellington.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/sept-books-featured.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/tarantino_studio-04-Ann-Tarantino.jpg?fit=1024%2C658&quality=95&ssl=1 “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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/HASg_Hyperallergic_2400x1350_FY25-1-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/DYNAMITE-still-Life.jpg?fit=1024%2C616&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/AAF_Fall2024_Featured.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/GlennDLowry_3-1-scaled.jpg?fit=739%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/r2013295_2014_r_20_b231_f1_001.jpg?fit=1024%2C801&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/QW_Kirk-Franklin-Type-Beat_2024_1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/MLTM-1853-03092.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/DSC00326.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 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/
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