7 Art Shows to See in New York This February https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/1200Apollinaria-Broche-Detail-Shot-by-Hrag.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=100&ssl=1 This month, Aki Sasamoto, Shary Boyle, Apollinaria Broche, Godzilla, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/869142/7-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-february-2024/
John Steuart Curry: Weathering the Storm https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Curry_Tornado_Over_Kansas.png?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 You’ve seen his tornado, but do you know his name? An exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art explores how a farm boy from Kansas became one of the most influential painters in the US. https://hyperallergic.com/869046/john-steuart-curry-weathering-the-storm-muskegon-museum-of-art/
In TM Davy’s Art, Faeries Have Their Day https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/DSC04480.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 The artist’s recent exhibition, Fae, is like a fantasy film that asks you to stay open to the idea of magic https://hyperallergic.com/869734/in-tm-davy-art-faeries-have-their-day/
Hyperallergic Spring 2024 New York Art Guide https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/RS78206_Copy-of-Iolaus-_In-the-Life-Once-Again.-Statues-Never-Die_web.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 A guide to this season’s museum exhibitions and art events in and around New York City, including the Whitney Biennial. https://hyperallergic.com/869750/hyperallergic-spring-2024-new-york-art-guide/
Man Dies After Falling From Tate Modern Museum in London https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-92031900.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 The museum said it was closed for the rest of the day on Friday and would reopen Saturday, February 3. https://hyperallergic.com/869826/man-dies-after-falling-from-tate-modern-museum-in-london/
Onassis AiR Invites Applications for Residencies and Fellowships in Athens https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Pinelopi-Gerasimou-Air-Prom.png?fit=1024%2C691&quality=100&ssl=1 Participants receive a monthly artist’s fee of €1,300, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, and other resources to support their work. https://hyperallergic.com/868950/onassis-air-applications-residencies-fellowships-in-athens-2024-2025/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/Zuckerberg-protest-senate-hearing.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 This week, soup and art museums, one owl’s escape from Central Park Zoo, the false promise of AI, when film critics hang out, and what is “faerie smut”? https://hyperallergic.com/869390/required-reading-666/
The Artist Making Masterpieces Out of Bubble Wrap https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/autumn-love.jpg?fit=1024%2C691&quality=100&ssl=1 Bradley Hart injects the packaging material with acrylics to recreate classic art historical paintings, portraits, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/869554/bradley-hart-artist-making-masterpieces-out-of-bubble-wrap/
A View From the Easel https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/Daisy-Holden.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 This week, artist studios in Miami, Vermont, Connecticut, and Los Angeles. https://hyperallergic.com/869395/a-view-from-the-easel-221/
George Segal: Themes and Variations https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Zimmerli_George_Segal.png?fit=1024%2C815&quality=100&ssl=1 The show moves through four decades of Segal’s work, from abstract expressionist paintings to plaster cast figures. On view at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum. https://hyperallergic.com/868587/george-segal-themes-and-variations-zimmerli-art-museum-rutgers/
Opportunities in February 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/SirEdwardBurneJones_TheLoveSong_DP323394_Met_February_Opportunities_2024.jpeg?fit=1024%2C755&quality=100&ssl=1 Residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs from the Brooklyn Museum, Harvard University, Tulsa Artist Fellowship and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers. https://hyperallergic.com/868189/opportunities-february-2024/
These Are the Artists in the 2024 Venice Biennale https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/samia_1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C507&quality=100&ssl=1 The 333 participants include Samia Halaby, Lauren Halsey, and Kay WalkingStick. https://hyperallergic.com/869279/these-are-the-artists-in-the-2024-venice-biennale/
The Temptations of Pieter Bruegel the Elder https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Pieter_Bruegel_d._A._066-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C739&quality=100&ssl=1 His 1599 masterpiece “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent” is an argument in paint for moral and spiritual ambivalence. https://hyperallergic.com/869261/the-temptations-of-pieter-bruegel-the-elder/
Study With the Pioneer of Art Business Education at Sotheby’s Institute of Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Sothebys-Inst-Graduation.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Discover transformative possibilities for your art career at Sotheby’s Open Days in New York and London. https://hyperallergic.com/868286/study-art-business-education-sothebys-institute-of-art/
Are We Really Still Doing White Feminist Shows in 2024? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/judith.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Though it’s teeming with big-name artists like Artemisia Gentileschi and Berthe Morisot, Frida Kahlo is the only woman of color in this Madrid exhibition. https://hyperallergic.com/868448/are-we-really-still-doing-white-feminist-shows-in-2024-museo-nacional-thyssen-bornemisza-madrid/
Police Reportedly Fire Tear Gas at Machu Picchu Protesters https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/peru_1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Tourism workers are challenging a new ticket policy that could affect the livelihoods of travel guides and other industry workers. https://hyperallergic.com/868517/police-reportedly-fire-tear-gas-at-machu-picchu-protesters/
Hungry Is My Favourite Word https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Take-My-Breath-Away-by-MiriamKongstad_Photo-by-Malthe-Ivarsson.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&quality=100&ssl=1 A new exhibition aims to create an emotional landscape where there is no one truth, no one answer, and no last word. On view at the Július Koller Society in Bratislava, Slovakia. https://hyperallergic.com/867958/hungry-is-my-favourite-word-julius-koller-society/
Richard Prince Settles Long-Running Copyright Lawsuit https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/court-docs-figures-mcnatt-prince.jpg?fit=1024%2C571&quality=100&ssl=1 The artist will pay at least $650,000 to two photographers whose work he appropriated. https://hyperallergic.com/868304/richard-prince-settles-long-running-copyright-lawsuit/
In Four Daughters, Women’s Narratives Prevail https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/FourDaughters_photo2.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Kaouther Ben Hania’s feature film blurs the distance between the personal and cultural, individual and systemic. https://hyperallergic.com/868484/in-kaouther-ben-hania-four-daughters-womens-narratives-prevail/
IFPDA Print Fair Takes Over the Park Avenue Armory https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/MikeKarstens_Kabakov_WeAreFree_2018_IFPDA.jpg?fit=1024%2C716&quality=100&ssl=1 The largest art fair for prints and editions will premiere an editioned Jeffrey Gibson blanket and showcase work by an extraordinary roster of artists. On view in NYC February 15–18. https://hyperallergic.com/867730/ifpda-print-fair-2024-park-avenue-armory/
Caroline Monnet’s Indigenous Worldbuilding https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/2023-01-27_credit_AndreRider_801.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 From feature films to installations, the multidisciplinary artist explores the hybridity of identity and the unremitting impacts of colonization in North America. https://hyperallergic.com/868063/caroline-monnet-indigenous-worldbuilding/
Climate Protesters Soup the Mona Lisa in Paris https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/louvre_soup.jpg?fit=680%2C510&quality=100&ssl=1 "What is more important? Art or the right to healthy and sustainable food?" the activists yelled. https://hyperallergic.com/868455/climate-protesters-soup-the-mona-lisa-in-paris/
Another Indigenous Curator Leaves Art Gallery of Ontario https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/ago.jpg?fit=1024%2C702&quality=100&ssl=1 Inuk-Scottish curator Taqralik Partridge’s exit follows the resignation of Wanda Nanibush, the Toronto museum’s inaugural curator of Canadian and Indigenous art. https://hyperallergic.com/868285/indigenous-curator-taqralik-partridge-leaves-art-gallery-of-ontario/
American Museum of Natural History Closes Native Exhibition Halls https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-541362592.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 The New York institution will shutter two galleries in response to new federal regulations about the display of Native artifacts. https://hyperallergic.com/868254/american-museum-of-natural-history-closes-native-exhibition-halls-nagpra-regulations/
Artists “Stunned” After Museum Nixes Reimagined Michael Fried Show https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Deep-Drag-Olitski-1964.jpeg?fit=1024%2C698&quality=100&ssl=1 The Santa Barbara Museum of Art canceled Three American Painters: Then and Now months before the opening and terminated its chief curator. https://hyperallergic.com/868234/artists-stunned-after-santa-barbara-museum-nixes-reimagined-michael-fried-show/
When an Artist-Couple Conceives a Joint Exhibition https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/DSC04512.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Longtime Brooklyn artists Julie Torres and Ellen Letcher, who decamped upstate in 2016 to co-direct LABspace, are reunited with New York City in their first joint exhibition. https://hyperallergic.com/868215/when-an-artist-couple-conceives-a-joint-exhibition-ellen-letcher-julie-torres/
This Photo Contest Puts Gen Z Behind the Camera https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/chatal.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 The World Photography Organization has just announced the 20 finalists for its youth and student competitions. https://hyperallergic.com/867946/youth-student-world-photography-organization-contest-puts-gen-z-behind-the-camera/
These Are the Artists in the 2024 Whitney Biennial https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/RS78195_Copy_of_trust_fall__pine_ridge_-scr__1_.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 The 81st edition of the historically controversial show will open on March 20. https://hyperallergic.com/867918/these-are-the-artists-in-the-2024-whitney-biennial/
Call for Applications: Alex Brown Foundation 2025 Artist-in-Residence Program https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/DSC0552_2400x1350-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this residency for emerging and established artists includes studio and living space, a monthly expense allowance of $1,000, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/867278/call-for-applications-alex-brown-foundation-2025-artist-in-residence-program/
Artist Carl Andre Dies at 88 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/getty.jpg?fit=1024%2C688&quality=100&ssl=1 The pioneering Minimalist sculptor's legacy was eclipsed by the untimely death of his wife, Cuban artist Ana Mendieta. https://hyperallergic.com/867902/artist-carl-andre-dies-at-88/
New-York Historical Society Appoints First Native Chief Curator https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Wendy-Ikemoto_Photo-Credit_Photo-by-Jeenah-Moon.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto is known for spearheading exhibitions that challenge the histories printed in textbooks. https://hyperallergic.com/867851/new-york-historical-society-appoints-first-native-chief-curator-wendy-nalani-ikemoto/
MoMA Accused of Enabling Sexual Assault During Marina Abramović Show https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-97594050.jpg?fit=1024%2C719&quality=100&ssl=1 An artist who performed nude in the 2010 exhibition claims that the New York museum "failed to take corrective action" against groping by attendees. https://hyperallergic.com/867568/moma-accused-of-enabling-sexual-assault-during-marina-abramovic-show/
Artists Drop Out of CalArts MFA Show After Venue Bans Pro-Palestine Language https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/calarts-mfa-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C849&quality=100&ssl=1 The UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills allegedly told participants that they could not include the words “Palestine” or “Gaza” in their artist statements. https://hyperallergic.com/867465/artists-drop-out-of-calarts-mfa-show-after-venue-bans-pro-palestine-language/
Lunder Institute Asks Six Museums: “What Is the State of American Art?” https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/AmandaMao26_ArtAIAPanelWithOscarSantillan_2023_2.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 The de Young, the Broad, Crystal Bridges, the Addison Gallery of American Art, MFA Boston, and the Whitney will respond to the question through remote programs in 2024. https://hyperallergic.com/866940/colby-lunder-institute-asks-museums-state-of-american-art/
Tomashi Jackson Layers History to Reveal Contemporary Injustice https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/resize.jpg?fit=1024%2C577&quality=100&ssl=1 The artist’s first mid-career survey spans photography, video, painting, and sculpture to address issues of systemic oppression. https://hyperallergic.com/866928/tomashi-jackson-layers-history-to-reveal-contemporary-injustice/
Elias Sime Brings Out the Beauty in E-Waste https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Tightrope-Evolution-1-2017.-Courtesy-the-artist-and-James-Cohan-Gallery.-Photo-Adam-Reich.jpg?fit=1024%2C707&quality=100&ssl=1 He seeks to make visible the vast scale of the waste produced by digital technologies, which are also reaching obsolescence with increasing rapidity. https://hyperallergic.com/867094/elias-sime-brings-out-the-beauty-in-e-waste-arnolfini-bristol/
The New Village: Ten Years of New York Fashion https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/PrattManhattanGallery_Hyperallergic_Jan2024.jpg?fit=1024%2C867&quality=100&ssl=1 This new exhibition at Pratt Manhattan Gallery explores New York City’s global influence on the fashion industry and contemporary culture. https://hyperallergic.com/866625/the-new-village-ten-years-of-new-york-fashion-pratt-manhattan-gallery/
The Slow Joy of James Siena’s Intricate Compositions https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/JS-Decryptames.36146.jpg?fit=1024%2C762&quality=100&ssl=1 The deepest pleasure of Siena’s drawings was giving up the search for what generated them and getting lost in the intricacies of the composition. https://hyperallergic.com/866788/slow-joy-james-siena-intricate-compositions/
LA Phil Presents Kurt Cobain-Inspired Opera Last Days https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Last_Days_2400x1350.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Based on the HBO film Last Days, written and directed by Gus Van Sant, this new opera plunges into the torment that created a modern myth. https://hyperallergic.com/866838/la-phil-presents-kurt-cobain-inspired-opera-last-days/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Macro-Imogen-Manins-UnderwaterFireworks.jpg?fit=1024%2C726&quality=100&ssl=1 This week, Rothko and Mozart, Black history archives, the evolution of Monopoly, the world’s greatest stereo, and why are so many NYC restaurants closing? https://hyperallergic.com/866645/required-reading-664/
Museum Leaders Urge NYC Mayor to Reverse Budget Cuts https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/met-photo-.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 "Simply stated — culture delivers,” reads a missive signed by leadership at The Met, the Studio Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/866639/museum-leaders-urge-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-to-reverse-budget-cuts-dcla/
IDSVA’s PhD in Visual Arts Fuses Online Education With Intensive Global Residencies https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts offers a non-studio PhD in philosophy and art theory for artists and creative thinkers. https://hyperallergic.com/866117/idsva-phd-visual-arts-online-education-global-residencies/
Man Arrested in Connection With Death of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C792&quality=100&ssl=1 Sikkema's body was discovered earlier this week in his Rio de Janeiro residence. https://hyperallergic.com/866789/man-arrested-in-connection-with-death-of-art-dealer-brent-sikkema/
Rose Marasco Captures the Poetry of Domestic Objects https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Rose-Marasco-Silverware-Diary.jpeg?fit=1024%2C819&quality=100&ssl=1 Rose Marasco: At Home surveys the photographer's experimentations with everyday objects like shoes, cutlery, and a vegetable peeler. https://hyperallergic.com/866656/rose-marasco-captures-the-poetry-of-domestic-objects/
Security Footage Shows Possible Suspect in Brent Sikkema Death https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/gabriel-still-thumbnail.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 In videos from the early hours of Sunday morning, a man is seen entering Sikkema’s building before driving away. https://hyperallergic.com/866703/security-footage-shows-possible-suspect-in-brent-sikkema-death/
Graham Shay Exhibits Mid-Century Artists at Master Drawings New York 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Motherwell.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 This two-part exhibition features abstract paintings from 1930 to 1980 by artists like Robert Motherwell and Stuart Davis, complemented by the welded sculpture of Ibram Lassaw. https://hyperallergic.com/866338/graham-shay-exhibits-mid-century-artists-master-drawings-new-york-2024/
Italian Culture Minister Accused of Owning Stolen Painting https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Rutilio_manetti_cattura_di_san_pietro_1637-39_fondaz._cavallini_sgarbi_01.jpg?fit=1024%2C922&quality=100&ssl=1 The 17th-century work was allegedly cut from its frame in an art heist. https://hyperallergic.com/866515/italian-culture-minister-accused-of-owning-stolen-painting/
Chicago’s Field Museum Covers Up Native Display https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/50714102652_a71c9bfc02_k.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 New regulations require museums to obtain informed consent from tribal or lineal descendants before exhibiting Native artifacts or human remains. https://hyperallergic.com/866542/chicago-field-museum-covers-up-native-display/
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Launches Art and Design Courses for Winter and Spring https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/AceFashion081023_1843-22.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Choose from over 50 Adult Continuing Education courses at one of the top art schools in the US, available online and on-campus. https://hyperallergic.com/866210/school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago-art-design-courses-winter-spring-2024/
Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Found Dead in Brazil https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/B-Sikkema.jpg?fit=1024%2C960&quality=100&ssl=1 According to news reports, his body was found with stab wounds in his residence in Rio de Janeiro. https://hyperallergic.com/866495/art-dealer-brent-sikkema-found-dead-in-brazil/
Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: January 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/Oct-Mini-Crossword-Thumbnail.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 A hint for the first mini art crossword of the new year: 2- and 3-Down are both too damn high. https://hyperallergic.com/866374/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-january-2024/
Two Views of a Family Breakfast https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Liotard85.jpg?fit=1024%2C776&quality=100&ssl=1 Twenty years after creating his pastel “Lavergne Family Breakfast,” Jean-Etienne Liotard recreated it in oil, and it is astonishing to see how close the two versions are. https://hyperallergic.com/866021/two-views-of-a-family-breakfast-jean-etinne-liotard-national-gallery-london/
Good Riddance to NFT Avatars on X https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/apes2.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Let’s face it, if Jimmy Fallon is the poster child for your situation, you’re pretty much doomed. https://hyperallergic.com/866330/good-riddance-to-nft-avatars-on-x/
Open Call: The Noguchi Museum’s Artist Banners 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/03_2022-Artist-Banners-Reception-Justin-Raul-Baez_-19.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 NYC-based artists who identify as AAPI are invited to submit outdoor banner designs for the museum. The winner will receive a $3,500 honorarium. https://hyperallergic.com/866046/open-call-the-noguchi-museum-artist-banners-2024/
Artists Pledge to Boycott German Institutions Over Stifling of Pro-Palestine Speech https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1870003800.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Hundreds of cultural figures have decried the nation’s “McCarthyist policies” equating criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism. https://hyperallergic.com/866166/artists-pledge-to-boycott-german-institutions-over-stifling-of-pro-palestine-speech/
Stéphane Mandelbaum’s Drawings of Human Depravity https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/ERom1200.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=100&ssl=1 The artist-poet’s drawings tell the story of someone entangled with his own demons and his work to overcome them. https://hyperallergic.com/865944/stephane-mandelbaum-drawings-of-human-depravity/
The Neuberger Museum of Art Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/01-11-24-Hyperallergic-NEU50-Threnody-2400x1350-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 One of the most respected academic museums in the US kicks off a yearlong celebration to commemorate this milestone and its commitment to visual arts education. https://hyperallergic.com/865575/neuberger-museum-of-art-celebrates-50th-anniversary/
Indiana University Cancels Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby’s Exhibition https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/halaby_thumbnail.jpg?fit=1024%2C752&quality=100&ssl=1 Supporters are calling on the school to reinstate what would have been 87-year-old artist's first retrospective in the US. https://hyperallergic.com/865825/indiana-university-cancels-palestinian-artist-samia-halaby-exhibition/
Street Artists Launch Poster Campaign for Gaza https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/21_Shepqrd_Fairey_Belal_Khaled_November_8_2023_A3-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C796&quality=100&ssl=1 Unmute Gaza features downloadable prints based on the work of Gaza-based photojournalists. https://hyperallergic.com/865761/street-artists-launch-poster-campaign-for-gaza/
The Ephemeral Geography of the Eternal City https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Tiber-Island-Wiki-Commons-Pic.jpeg?fit=1024%2C801&quality=100&ssl=1 How Romans altered the very geography of their city throughout the centuries. https://hyperallergic.com/865506/the-ephemeral-geography-of-the-eternal-city/
Lost Early Footage of the Amazon Rediscovered in Czech Archive https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Divy-veletoku-Amozonky-III.jpg?fit=1024%2C817&quality=100&ssl=1 Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo (1918) highlights the 20th-century rubber boom and enslavement of Indigenous people through a propagandic lens. https://hyperallergic.com/865466/lost-early-footage-of-the-amazon-rediscovered-in-czech-archive/
New York City Ballet Art Series Presents David Michalek https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/01829-FY24-ACQ-ArtSeries-H-2400x1350-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Michalek’s installation for the company’s 75th Anniversary Season, “SlowDancing/NYCB,” will be on view at three special performances in February. https://hyperallergic.com/864951/new-york-city-ballet-art-series-presents-david-michalek/
10 Art Shows to See in New York This January https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/6.-KSM_The-Fables-of-Sanbras_2023_MARKE021_hr-scaled.jpg?fit=759%2C1024&quality=100&ssl=1 This month: Kelly Sinnaph Mary, Cynthia Lahti, the Met Museum’s rehung galleries, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/865061/10-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-january-2024/
Musée de la Villa les Camélias Presents Four Decades of Painting by Mitchell Johnson https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Mitchell-Johnson_Two-Birds-Faroe-Islands.jpeg?fit=1024%2C766&quality=100&ssl=1 La révélation de Meyreuil explores the relationship between the artist’s early work from Europe with recent paintings made in the US. https://hyperallergic.com/864886/musee-de-la-villa-les-camelias-presents-paintings-mitchell-johnson/
7 Art Books to Start the New Year https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Bunny-and-Tree-spread.jpg?fit=1024%2C678&quality=100&ssl=1 From an artist’s moving children’s book to an index of Indigenous North American type, add these art titles to your 2024 reading list. https://hyperallergic.com/864641/7-art-books-to-start-the-new-year-january-2024/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Shanhai-Library-RR-lede.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 This week, a futuristic bookstore, social media and art amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, ancient Greek napkins made of dough, Claudine Gay’s resignation, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/864907/required-reading-662/
Art Collectors and Patrons Named in Unsealed Epstein Documents https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/epstein-names-2-ft.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Among those mentioned are Thomas Pritzker, former chairman of the Art Institute of Chicago, and MoMA trustee Glenn Dubin. https://hyperallergic.com/865062/art-collectors-patrons-named-in-unsealed-epstein-documents/
Mickey Mouse Is Copyright-Free and the Internet Is Making the Most of It https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/steamboat-willie-collage.jpg?fit=1024%2C804&quality=100&ssl=1 People are wasting no time reimagining Steamboat Willie (1928) with often terrifying results. https://hyperallergic.com/864923/mickey-mouse-is-copyright-free-and-the-internet-is-making-the-most-of-it/
BRIC’s B-Side: (Broken) Memory and Remix Transforms Fragmented Memories into Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Hyperallergic-Sponsored-Post-Photo.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Escape from the cold with two free exhibitions at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn, on view until January 21. https://hyperallergic.com/864594/bric-b-side-broken-memory-and-remix/
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles in January https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/Edward-Biberman.jpg?fit=1024%2C687&quality=100&ssl=1 Catherine Opie’s candid views of queer intimacy, artist-designed writing systems, Native artists reframe a colonial route into a path of resistance, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/863276/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-in-january-2024/
With the Help of LA, a Las Vegas Art Museum Forges Ahead https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/lacma-slot-machine-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=100&ssl=1 Of the 30 largest US cities, Las Vegas is the only one without a standalone art museum. https://hyperallergic.com/863674/lacma-las-vegas-art-museum-forges-ahead/
Met Museum to Sell George Washington Portrait for Up to $2.5M https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/01/washington.jpg?fit=855%2C1024&quality=100&ssl=1 The portrait has spent about 80 years in the museum’s collection. https://hyperallergic.com/864707/met-museum-to-sell-george-washington-portrait/
Apply to the 2024-25 Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/hyperallergic_photo-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Visual artists and critical writers interested in developing their practices are encouraged to apply though April 1. https://hyperallergic.com/864069/apply-2024-25-core-residency-program-museum-of-fine-arts-houston/
Opportunities in January 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Ballet-at-the-Paris-Opera-1877-by-Hilaire-Germain-Edgar-Degas-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Residencies, fellowships, grants, open calls, and jobs from apexart, NXTHVN, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers. https://hyperallergic.com/864041/opportunities-in-january-2024/
Happy Public Domain Day From André Breton and Millions of Cats! https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Gag-Wanda_Millions-of-Cats_cover_cats.jpeg?fit=1024%2C728&quality=100&ssl=1 Every January 1, a slew of artistic and literary content becomes free for the public to access, use, remix, and enjoy. https://hyperallergic.com/863663/public-domain-day-2024-andre-breton-and-millions-of-cats/
The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World: 2023 Edition https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Powerless2023.jpg?fit=1024%2C706&quality=100&ssl=1 Our annual list highlights the people who exist outside of an art world that favors the wealthy and privileged — or are just shit out of luck. https://hyperallergic.com/864342/the-20-most-powerless-people-in-the-art-world-2023-edition/
The Top 50 Exhibitions of 2023 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Top-50-2023.jpg?fit=1024%2C845&quality=100&ssl=1 We asked our staff and contributors to look back on a year in art around the world, from major museum shows to unexpected gems in alternative spaces. https://hyperallergic.com/864046/hyperallergic-top-50-exhibitions-of-2023/
Transform Your Tomorrow With Pratt’s Summer Credit Intensives https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/pratt-summer-credit-23-cs-8944_53105359919_o.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Revolutionize your career trajectory online or in-person at Pratt Institute in NYC. Register early for 35% off up to five classes. https://hyperallergic.com/863081/transform-your-tomorrow-pratt-summer-credit-intensives/
Pope.L, Artist and Performer Who Crawled Across NYC, Dies at 68 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Pope.L_Obit_thumbnail.jpg?fit=1024%2C589&quality=100&ssl=1 His endurance-based works drew attention to overlooked nuances, from systemic inequities imposed on Black Americans to absurd social rituals. https://hyperallergic.com/863992/pope-l-artist-who-crawled-across-nyc-dies-at-68/
The Dazzling Magic of Filipino Lanterns https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Parols-lit-up-Photo-by-Nailah-Barcelona.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&quality=100&ssl=1 Parols, traditionally symbolizing the star of Bethlehem, illuminate homes in the Philippines and the diaspora during the Christmas season. https://hyperallergic.com/863780/the-dazzling-magic-of-filipino-lanterns/
Hyperallergic’s 20 Most Read Stories of 2023 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/hyperallergic-20-most-read-stories-2023.jpg?fit=1024%2C614&quality=100&ssl=1 Well, 2023 was quite a year. https://hyperallergic.com/863787/20-most-read-hyperallergic-stories-of-2023/
The Politics of the Lowrider https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/2.-rafa-esparza-Corpo-RanfLA-Terra-Cruiser-2022-performance.jpg?fit=1024%2C836&quality=100&ssl=1 Sitting on Chrome at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reminds us that to be unhurried and unbothered can be an act of resistance. https://hyperallergic.com/861939/politics-of-the-lowrider-sitting-on-chrome-sfmoma/
Elevate Your Artistry With SVA Continuing Education https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/2_Marja_Saleva_MediumSweetYellowCocktailWithFlirtingFlowersAndSolidExpectations_installation_2021-Marja-Saleva-2-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 The School of Visual Arts in NYC offers a diverse range of over 200 in-person and online courses, and more than 10 artist residency programs. https://hyperallergic.com/863003/elevate-your-artistry-sva-continuing-education/
Yoshie Sakai Goes Clubbin’ With Grandma https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Skai_06.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Her spotlight on elderly women’s sexuality and energy challenges the images society often projects onto grandmothers as feeble and non-sexual. https://hyperallergic.com/863633/yoshie-sakai-goes-clubbin-with-grandma/
The Creative Power of Mischief https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/LfA_Mischief_press_6.jpg?fit=735%2C1024&quality=100&ssl=1 “As a collection that’s interested in accessibility and letters, we look at one of the most democratic versions of letters that exists,” said Letterform’s Kate Long Stellar. https://hyperallergic.com/863381/the-creative-power-of-mischief-letterform-archive/
The Unending Evolution of Nativity Scenes https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/marble.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&quality=100&ssl=1 From 3rd-century depictions to a Star Trek nativity, the art form never ceases to evolve. https://hyperallergic.com/863658/the-unending-evolution-of-nativity-scenes/
Battery Park City Authority Presents Pioneers of Public Art, New York in the 1980s and 1990s https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/DSC_3059-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 This free event includes a panel with artists Mary Miss, Ned Smyth, and R.M. Fischer following the premiere of documentary shorts on their work. January 10, 2024, at 6:30pm. https://hyperallergic.com/861732/battery-park-city-authority-pioneers-of-public-art-new-york-in-the-1980s-and-1990s-battery-park-city-authority/
New Banksy Anti-War Piece Stolen in Broad Daylight https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/bnaksy-.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 A video online shows two men removing the work less than an hour after the artist posted about it on Instagram. https://hyperallergic.com/863657/new-banksy-anti-war-piece-stolen/
Zany Takes on Holiday Wreaths Now on View in Central Park https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/wreaths.jpg?fit=1024%2C659&quality=100&ssl=1 Using everything from artificial hot dogs and candy wrappers to Metrocards, NYC Parks employees and commissioned artists reimagine a Christmas classic. https://hyperallergic.com/863309/zany-takes-on-holiday-wreaths-now-on-view-in-central-park/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1866162939-nga.jpg?fit=1024%2C687&quality=100&ssl=1 This week, a virtual tour of the Vermeer retrospective, an AI-written novel wins a prize, filling your fish tank with local water, a tribute to poet Refaat Alareer, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/862442/required-reading-660/
Gaza Art Gallery Reportedly Destroyed by Israeli Airstrike https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/PMOC-Eltiqa-Destroyed.jpg?fit=1024%2C461&quality=100&ssl=1 Eltiqa Gallery once operated on the bustling Omar Al-Mukhtar Street in downtown Gaza City and participated in Documenta 15 last year. https://hyperallergic.com/863490/gaza-art-gallery-reportedly-destroyed-by-israeli-airstrike/
Van Gogh’s First Painting of the Outdoors Heads to The Met https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Van-Gogh_Beach-at-Scheveningen-in-Calm-Weather.jpg?fit=1024%2C730&quality=100&ssl=1 It’s part of a trove of 200 artworks gifted to the museum by Law & Order producer Dick Wolf. https://hyperallergic.com/863299/van-gogh-first-painting-of-the-outdoors-heads-to-the-met/
Five Offbeat Holiday Films to Keep It Weird This Christmas https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Image172.jpg?fit=1024%2C641&quality=100&ssl=1 Stop-motion animation, the poetic story of a snowman, and other picks highlight the artistic potential of the classic genre. https://hyperallergic.com/863053/five-offbeat-holiday-films-to-keep-it-weird-this-christmas/
Institute of American Indian Arts Offers a Unique Low-Residency MFA in Studio Arts https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/IAIA_MFSA_ThesisExhibitionOpening_051223.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 MFASA students enjoy mentorships with prominent Indigenous artists, flexible schedules, and access to Santa Fe, New Mexico, a cultural capital of the US. https://hyperallergic.com/862649/institute-of-american-indian-arts-unique-low-residency-mfa-studio-arts/
Femicide Artwork “Censored” From Greek Consulate in New York https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/flag.jpg?fit=1024%2C665&quality=100&ssl=1 Artist Georgia Lale’s flag artwork was removed from an exhibition following backlash from far-right Greek politician Dimitris Natsiou. https://hyperallergic.com/863046/femicide-artwork-censored-from-greek-consulate-in-new-york/
Artists to Shop for Last-Minute Holiday Gifts https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/couch_1.jpg?fit=1024%2C882&quality=100&ssl=1 From quirky ceramics and pet portraits to prints and tufted rugs, peruse our list of presents for this season and beyond. https://hyperallergic.com/863033/artists-to-shop-for-last-minute-holiday-gifts/
British Museum Announces $63M Partnership With Oil Giant https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/17.-Make-BP-History-April-2022.-Photo-by-Ron-Fassbender.-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 The museum said it will use the BP funds to pursue environmental goals, prompting climate activists to call out the institution's hypocrisy. https://hyperallergic.com/862948/british-museum-announces-63m-partnership-with-oil-giant-bp/
Wormfarm Institute Releases Call for Artists for 2024 Farm/Art DTour https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Curious-Erratic-of-the-Driftless-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 The organization will commission up to 10 artists to create large-scale temporary installations in farm fields in rural Wisconsin. Apply by February 12, 2024. https://hyperallergic.com/861730/wormfarm-institute-call-for-artists-2024-farm-art-dtour/
A Poignant Meditation on the Dance Marathon https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Olujimi_1010_ChampionTicket_hires.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Grace and elegance abound in Kambui Olujimi’s paintings on the phenomenon of the dance marathon, but so too do rugged drama and discomfort. https://hyperallergic.com/862733/a-poignant-meditation-on-the-dance-marathon/
A Museum Uses Art to Prepare Future Doctors for End-of-Life Care https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/12/Benjamin_West_005.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 At the University of Virginia’s Fralin Museum of Art, curators and students engage in conversations about end-of-life care through the lens of art history. https://hyperallergic.com/862213/fralin-museum-of-art-uses-art-to-prepare-future-doctors-for-end-of-life-care/
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