Katherine Bradford Is Just Getting Started https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/image00013-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 “I don't think anybody believed I could be an artist,” the 82-year-old artist told Hyperallergic in an interview. https://hyperallergic.com/921559/katherine-bradford-is-just-getting-started/
Hildegard von Bingen’s Eternal Garden https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/hildegard-1200x1881-1.jpg?fit=993%2C667&quality=95&ssl=1 The 12th-century mystic continues to attract devotees among both Catholic clergy and New Age gurus, Christian traditionalists and radical feminists. https://hyperallergic.com/920924/hildegard-von-bingen-eternal-garden/
Linda Mussmann Prefers the Hard Work to the Parade https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/Linda_framing_Harbors_wait-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C800&quality=95&ssl=1 The artist speaks to Hyperallergic about founding an art space in Upstate New York and being among the first in the state to marry a same-sex partner. https://hyperallergic.com/922331/linda-mussmamn-prefers-the-hard-work-to-the-parade/
French Authorities Charge Artist Who Tagged “MeToo” on Courbet https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/me2.jpg?fit=1024%2C905&quality=95&ssl=1 Deborah De Robertis decried the charges of theft and property damage, which she called “disproportionate.” https://hyperallergic.com/922753/french-authorities-charge-artist-who-tagged-metoo-on-courbet/
UArts President Resigns Amid Anger Over School’s Closure https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/students-rallying.jpg?fit=1024%2C838&quality=95&ssl=1 Kerry Walk stepped down less than four days after the Philadelphia institution abruptly announced it would shutter within a week. https://hyperallergic.com/922692/uarts-president-kerry-walk-resigns-amid-anger-over-school-closure/
Seeking Out Diversity at Greenpoint Open Studios https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/WASTERVAL-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C871&quality=95&ssl=1 It was the perfect sunny weekend to bounce around from studio to studio, skirting mimosa-filled patio tables and couples with $5,000 strollers. https://hyperallergic.com/922469/seeking-out-diversity-at-greenpoint-open-studios-2024/
UArts Students and Staff Rally After Abrupt Closure Announcement https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/uarts.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The Philadelphia art school shocked community members with the news that it plans to cease operations within a week. https://hyperallergic.com/922406/uarts-students-and-staff-rally-after-abrupt-closure-announcement/
The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: June 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/june-crossword.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 Start off Pride Month with queer French painters, artists’ Zodiac signs, morse code symbols, and more in this June’s puzzle. https://hyperallergic.com/922272/the-hyperallergic-art-crossword-june-2024/
Opportunities in June 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/GeorgeLuks-HolidayontheHudson.jpg?fit=1024%2C855&quality=95&ssl=1 Residencies, open calls, and grants from the Vilcek Foundation, the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers. https://hyperallergic.com/909130/opportunities-june-2024/
The Diasporic Imagination of Nishan Kazazian https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Nishan-Kazaian-1-1-scaled.jpg?fit=791%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 Bridging art and architecture is the Lebanese-Armenian-American artist’s life’s work. https://hyperallergic.com/921710/the-diasporic-imagination-of-nishan-kazazian/
Hundreds Call on Brooklyn Museum to “Divest From Genocide” https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/IMG_8566-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 Police arrested at least 20 protesters in a massive action for Gaza at the museum. https://hyperallergic.com/921821/hundreds-call-on-brooklyn-museum-to-divest-from-genocide/
Standouts From the 2024 Venice Biennale’s Foreigners Everywhere https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Lede-image.jpeg?fit=1024%2C748&quality=95&ssl=1 Let’s investigate some of the hundreds of artworks on display as part of the central exhibition at this year’s Biennale. https://hyperallergic.com/921564/standouts-from-the-2024-venice-biennale-foreigners-everywhere/
Trump Is Guilty and the Memes Are Plenty https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/trumpmeme.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 Where there is a glimmer of justice, there is hope. https://hyperallergic.com/921457/donald-trump-is-guilty-and-the-memes-are-plenty/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Israeli-sunflowers-Rafah.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 This week, Catherine Opie’s definition of home, honoring photographer Corky Lee, the all-consuming world of chess, eccentric art teacher appreciation, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/920985/required-reading-683/
A Glimpse Into Pompeii’s Terrifying Final Moments https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/1200Karl-Brullov-The-Last-Day-of-Pompeii.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 In the last episode of PBS’s new docuseries, archaeologists discover remarkable graffiti and shrine offerings that bring the ancient city — and its extinction — into view. https://hyperallergic.com/920657/pbs-new-digs-glimpses-into-pompeiis-terrifying-final-moments/
The Artists Sifting Through Your City’s Garbage https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/old-copper.jpeg?fit=1024%2C779&quality=95&ssl=1 An exhibition in Manhattan’s Chinatown examines the work of waste facility artists-in-residence from New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Portland. https://hyperallergic.com/920621/the-artists-sifting-through-your-city-garbage/
Cleveland Museum of Art Returns 2,200-Year-Old Statue to Libya https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/1991.26-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C769&quality=95&ssl=1 Experts say the Ptolemaic figure was taken from a Libyan museum during World War II. https://hyperallergic.com/920425/cleveland-museum-of-art-returns-2200-year-old-statue-to-libya/
Four Artists’ Pictures of an Unspeakable Past https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Onion7.jpg?fit=999%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 The four artists featured in Peeling the Onion confront the long-lasting trauma that people and families carry through the generations. https://hyperallergic.com/919950/four-artists-pictures-of-an-unspeakable-past-in-peeling-the-onion-elza-kayal-gallery/
Five Video Essays to Close Out May https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/May-Video-Essays.jpg?fit=1024%2C571&quality=95&ssl=1 Plus, a tool set to make your own video essays. https://hyperallergic.com/919700/five-video-essays-to-close-out-may-2024/
With the Help of Students, Street Artists Transform an LA High School https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/p.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 Well-known names and veteran muralists with deep ties to local communities were tapped for the project at César E. Chávez Learning Academies in San Fernando. https://hyperallergic.com/918910/with-the-help-of-students-street-artists-transform-a-los-angeles-high-school/
The Indigenous Artists Creating Work in Solidarity With Palestine https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Nipinet-Landsem-From-the-River-to-the-Sea-2023-digital-8.5x11-1200x1500-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 These three artists are sharing work online, from digital design to painting, to visualize the intertwined Indigenous struggles between Native peoples and Palestinians. https://hyperallergic.com/917454/indigenous-artists-victor-pascual-nipinet-landsem-danielle-seewalker-creating-work-in-solidarity-with-palestine/
Indigenous Artists Make Themselves Seen at the Thomas Cole Site https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/8thomas-cole-comic.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 An exhibition curated by Scott Manning Stevens moves Native peoples to the forefront of historical depictions of the Hudson Valley. https://hyperallergic.com/916155/indigenous-artists-make-themselves-seen-at-the-thomas-cole-site/
Hyperallergic’s Quick Guide to the 2024 Venice Biennale Pavilions https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7686.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 In a strong showing of national pavilions at this year’s edition, countries foregrounded diverse voices and showcased national talent. https://hyperallergic.com/918762/hyperallergic-quick-guide-to-the-2024-venice-biennale-pavilions/
Calls to Boycott Artforum Resurface Amid Rumored Palestine Edition https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/scabforum.png?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The magazine publishers’ response to a letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza last fall raised serious questions about editorial independence. https://hyperallergic.com/918890/calls-to-boycott-artforum-resurface-amid-rumored-palestine-edition/
Biennial in Southeast Turkey Faces Backlash on Opening Weekend https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Bruno-Serralongu.jpg?fit=1024%2C675&quality=95&ssl=1 Critics accuse the Mardin Biennial of exoticizing the city’s multilayered cultural heritage and ignoring the local context. https://hyperallergic.com/918702/mardin-biennial-in-southeast-turkey-faces-backlash-on-opening-weekend/
Such Sad! Kabosu, Dog Who Inspired Doge Meme, Dies at 18 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/doge-ft.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The beloved canine was honored with her very own bronze sculpture in Japan last year. https://hyperallergic.com/918852/such-sad-kabosu-dog-who-inspired-doge-meme-dies-at-18/
New York’s Fashion Institute Students Tailor Solutions to World’s Problems https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/GSE-3096-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C694&quality=95&ssl=1 The 2024 FIT graduation show explores themes of environmental collapse and sustainable solutions, oppressive systems, and holistic community care. https://hyperallergic.com/918435/new-york-fashion-institute-students-tailor-solutions-to-world-problems/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/A6A9992.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 This week, Scarlett Johansson, college football, Medieval homophobia, and much more. https://hyperallergic.com/918514/required-reading-682/
Can Archaeologists Locate Pompeii’s Survivors? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Pompeii-fresco-person-at-table.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 The second episode of Pompeii: The New Dig follows the search for those who escaped Mount Vesuvius’s lethal eruption. https://hyperallergic.com/917685/can-archaeologists-locate-pompeii-survivors/
Rhode Island School of Design Opens RISD Grad Show 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/GradShow_Hyperallergic_RISD.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 The annual creative showcase highlights MFA student work representing 19 disciplines in an exhibition and digital publication. https://hyperallergic.com/917089/rhode-island-school-of-design-opens-risd-grad-show-2024/
Peeling Back the Layers of Religious Devotion https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/P5161450.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The artists in Devoted: Religion in Asian American Art offer complex perspectives on religion grounded in their lived experiences. https://hyperallergic.com/917673/peeling-back-the-layers-of-religious-devotion/
In Defense of Jonathan Yeo’s King Charles Portrait https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/closeup-king-charles-face.jpg?fit=1024%2C920&quality=95&ssl=1 Just like Velázquez’s last portrait of King Philip IV of Spain, Yeo’s blood-red painting signifies the imminent downfall of a monarch. https://hyperallergic.com/916983/in-defense-of-jonathan-yeo-king-charles-portrait/
In a T293 Exhibition, Yongqi Tang Copes With Eros/Thanatos in a Baroque Neapolitan Church https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/1_8B3A0153_©-Danilo-Donzelli-Photography.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 Nestled in the niches of a centuries-old church in Naples, Italy, three artworks by Yongqi Tang explore the instincts to create and destroy. https://hyperallergic.com/916309/yongqi-tang-copes-with-eros-thanatos-baroque-neapolitan-church-t293/
Renaissance Painting of Virgin and Child Kissing Heads to Auction https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/massy-madonna-cherries-feature.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The restoration of Quinten Massys’s “Madonna of the Cherries” reveals exquisite details of an endearing (and maaaybe a little creepy) family moment. https://hyperallergic.com/917469/renaissance-painting-of-virgin-and-child-kissing-heads-to-auction/
Remembering the Rebellious Spirit of Joe Zucker https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/joe-zucker.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 More than any other artist of his generation, Zucker rejected the conventions associated with Abstract Expressionism, particularly its subjectivity. https://hyperallergic.com/917109/remembering-the-rebellious-spirit-of-joe-zucker/
A Cold, Hard Tour of Brutalist New York City https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/32908516060_257c63fc2e_k.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 With stops at the Salt Shed and the Tribeca Synagogue, the tour was among the highlights of Jane’s Walks, an ongoing series of curated strolls across the city. https://hyperallergic.com/915404/a-cold-hard-tour-of-brutalist-new-york-city/
Maine College of Art & Design Announces 2024 MFA Visiting Artist Summer Lecture Series https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/JaneWongAfterPreparingtheAltartheGhostsFeastFeverishly.Photocourtesyoftheartist.png?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 Students work with a roster of renowned Visiting Artists during an eight-week summer intensive for MECA&D’s MFA in Studio Art. https://hyperallergic.com/915631/maine-college-of-art-design-presents-2024-visiting-artist-summer-lecture-series/
Elias Rischmawi Preserves Memory Against Erasure https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Ma_Elias2_Web-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 What happens when home traverses miles — when it’s caught in the sway between one’s homeland and the land one makes a home of? https://hyperallergic.com/916913/elias-rischmawi-preserves-memory-against-erasure/
The Disrupted Realism of the New King Charles Portrait https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/King-Charles-Portrait-visitors-photographing.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The viral painting mirrors a contemporary movement that allows for improvisation and often fuses representation and abstraction in unexpected ways. https://hyperallergic.com/916286/the-disrupted-realism-of-the-new-king-charles-portrait/
Open Call: The 6th VH AWARD for Emerging Asian Media Artists https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/ArsElectronica_ImmersiveScreening5thVHAWARD.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 Five emerging media artists will each receive a $25,000 production grant and participate in an online residency program with Eyebeam. The Grand Prix recipient will be awarded an additional $25,000. https://hyperallergic.com/915129/open-call-6th-vh-award-emerging-asian-media-artists/
Artist Kehinde Wiley Accused of Sexual Assault https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1351774554-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 Joseph Awuah-Darko claims the portrait painter assaulted him on two occasions at a dinner in Ghana in 2021, allegations Wiley denies. https://hyperallergic.com/916735/artist-kehinde-wiley-accused-of-sexual-assault/
New Docuseries Digs Up Pompeii’s Lost Histories https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/pompeii_pbs.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 Pompeii: The New Dig on PBS follows a group of archaeologists involved in the largest excavation at the ancient site in a generation. https://hyperallergic.com/916348/new-bbc-docuseries-digs-up-pompeii-lost-histories/
Hundreds Attend Historic “Counter-Commencement” for Columbia Students at NYC Cathedral https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Columbia-Counter-Commencement-Liberated-Zone-Banner.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The ceremony was organized by members of the university faculty in a repudiation of leadership’s decision to send police to arrest pro-Palestine demonstrators. https://hyperallergic.com/915966/hundreds-attend-historic-counter-commencement-for-columbia-students-in-nyc/
Striking Parsons Students Withdraw Artwork From Thesis Exhibition https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/de.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 A dozen students are staging an alternative BFA show in Brooklyn amid Students for Justice in Palestine’s ongoing strike against the New School. https://hyperallergic.com/916337/striking-parsons-students-withdraw-artwork-from-thesis-exhibition/
School of Visual Arts Students Hold Moment of Silence for Gaza Children https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5011-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 At an exhibition opening in the school’s Flatiron gallery, students read the names of young Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks. https://hyperallergic.com/916244/school-of-visual-arts-students-hold-moment-of-silence-for-gaza-children/
Top Art Patrons Discussed Deploying NYPD Against Columbia Students https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7211.jpg?fit=1024%2C749&quality=95&ssl=1 Private chats obtained by the Washington Post show how art-world stakeholders sought to influence Mayor Eric Adams and Columbia leadership. https://hyperallergic.com/915897/top-art-patrons-discussed-deploying-nypd-against-columbia-students/
Enhance Your Practice With SVA Continuing Education Courses, Workshops, Residencies https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Hyperallergic_Christine_Lee_Rosary_Paint-on-clayresin_120x45x20CM_2021-christine.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 The School of Visual Arts Continuing Education in NYC offers a diverse range of more than 200 online and on-campus courses and over 10 artist residency programs. https://hyperallergic.com/914809/sva-continuing-education-courses-workshops-residencies-summer-2024/
Spray-Painting “Me Too” on a Courbet Is Not the Feminism We Need https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/barbie-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C848&quality=95&ssl=1 Deborah De Robertis’s protest performance signifies precisely what is wrong with current feminist discourse. https://hyperallergic.com/915905/deborah-de-robertis-spray-painting-metoo-on-a-courbet-is-not-the-feminism-we-need/
Man Ray’s Beguiling and Bemusing Filmscapes https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Man-Ray-2015-Trust_ADAGP-Paris-2023.jpeg?fit=1024%2C759&quality=95&ssl=1 Man Ray’s Return to Reason film series anticipated the extent to which the motion picture would inform how we curate and call up memory. https://hyperallergic.com/915718/man-ray-beguiling-and-bemusing-filmscapes-return-to-reason/
Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Sells for $28.5M, Shattering Records https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/Hi-res-Carrington-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C882&quality=95&ssl=1 The Surrealist work, acquired by Argentinian museum founder Eduardo F. Costantini, makes Carrington the most valuable UK-born woman artist on the public market. https://hyperallergic.com/915725/leonora-carrington-masterpiece-sells-for-28-5-million-shattering-records/
After Shift to Indigenous Governance, Forge Project Names New Fellows https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/forge-projects-featured.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The six artists, musicians, and advocates will each receive a $25,000 grant and a three-week residency this summer in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) Valley. https://hyperallergic.com/915393/after-shift-to-indigenous-governance-forge-project-names-new-fellows/
In Weaving Abstraction Textiles Travel Through Space and Time https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Weaving-Abstraction-selects-07.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The Met show pays tribute to the designs and technical innovations of long-ago weavers and the 20th-century artists who took inspiration from them. https://hyperallergic.com/915096/in-weaving-abstraction-textiles-travel-through-space-and-time-met-museum/
New Portrait of King Charles Gives New Meaning to “Bloody Hell” https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2152385969.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo was met with a torrent of memes, online reactions, and expressions of puzzlement. https://hyperallergic.com/915342/new-portrait-of-king-charles-gives-new-meaning-to-bloody-hell/
Preserving the Art of Palestinian Taṭrīz 76 Years After the Nakba https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Palestinian-tatreez-Amari-refugee-camp.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 An online archive of digitized patterns features more than 1,000 motifs pertaining to the traditional embroidery art form. https://hyperallergic.com/915145/preserving-the-art-of-palestinian-tatriz-76-years-after-the-nakba/
How the Met Gala Catalyzed a “Celebrity Block Party” https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/zendaya.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Social media is on a blocking spree after witnessing the garish annual display of wealth juxtaposed with images of dead Palestinian children in Rafah. https://hyperallergic.com/915036/how-the-met-gala-catalyzed-a-celebrity-social-media-block-party/
America’s First Student-Acquired Art Collection Reflects the Times https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Copy-of-Applebroog.jpg?fit=1024%2C782&quality=100&ssl=1 Wake Forest University is the only American institution of higher education to establish a collection of student-acquired art. https://hyperallergic.com/913581/wake-forest-university-student-acquired-art-collection-reflects-the-times/
Vilcek Foundation to Award $300,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Artists and Curators https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/2024_MVP_MonikaBincsik_002.png?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Immigrant arts professionals are encouraged to apply for a 2025 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise by June 10. https://hyperallergic.com/914562/vilcek-foundation-to-award-300000-in-prizes-to-immigrant-artists-and-curators/
Burning Man Removes Pro-Palestine Watermelon Artwork From Website https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Burning_Man_Temple_2021.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 The festival took down the artwork submission after a petition said its title, “From the River to the Sea,” was antisemitic. https://hyperallergic.com/914822/burning-man-removes-pro-palestine-watermelon-artwork-from-website/
Bakpak Durden Traces a Birthmark’s Lineage https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/BakpakDurden_Sedibus-pre-Frontalis-b.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&quality=100&ssl=1 Eager for interpersonal exchange and viewer participation, the Detroit-based artist invites us into their candid visualizations of ancestral and personal history. https://hyperallergic.com/912618/detroit-artist-bakpak-durden-traces-a-birthmark-lineage/
Is Maurizio Cattelan’s Latest Work a Copy? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/cattelan-james.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Cattelan's new installation of gold panels punctured by bullets resembles works that artist Anthony James has been making since 2011. https://hyperallergic.com/914782/is-maurizio-cattelan-latest-work-a-copy-anthony-james/
The Saltiest Memes About Northern Lights FOMO https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-13-at-12.46.08-PM.jpg?fit=1024%2C871&quality=100&ssl=1 For every jaw-dropping image taken by an amateur iPhone photographer who witnessed the aurora borealis, there's a meme by someone who hasn’t. https://hyperallergic.com/914559/the-saltiest-memes-about-northern-lights-2024-fomo/
Industry City Design Festival Returns to Brooklyn https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/industrycity-featuredimage.png?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Celebrate the art and design community at Industry City on May 18 and 19 with open studios, artist talks, gallery shows, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/912306/industry-city-design-festival-brooklyn-spring-2024/
Meet the Women Preserving the Legacies of Their Artist-Relatives https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/hallrock1200.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=100&ssl=1 We owe the stories of Louise Nevelson, Tamara de Lempicka, and Anna Walinska to those behind the scenes working to preserve them. https://hyperallergic.com/913629/preserving-legacies-of-artist-relatives-louise-nevelson-tamara-de-lempicka-anna-walinska/
When Will the Independent Art Fair Grow Up? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/image00052-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 At Tribeca’s trendy Spring Studios, I found an art fair in denial. https://hyperallergic.com/913525/when-will-independent-art-fair-grow-up/
Something for Every Palate at the European Fine Art Fair https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/TEFAF_Installation-View-David-Zwirner-crop.jpeg?fit=1024%2C824&quality=100&ssl=1 The fair may be geared toward the collector rather than the casual fairgoer, but its wild mix of genres makes it unique. https://hyperallergic.com/913704/something-for-every-palate-the-european-fine-art-fair/
Remembering Indie Rock Icon Steve Albini https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/223859888_7b2f96225a_3k.jpg?fit=1024%2C690&quality=100&ssl=1 Albini may be best known for his work on Nirvana’s In Utero, but it was his own bands, Big Black and Shellac, that made him a badass. https://hyperallergic.com/913795/remembering-indie-rock-icon-steve-albini/
Art Students and Faculty Rally for Palestine at Cooper Union https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7848.jpg?fit=1024%2C788&quality=100&ssl=1 The action drew connections between the student mobilization for Gaza and the Free Cooper Union movement in 2011. https://hyperallergic.com/913436/cooper-union-art-students-faculty-palestine-rally/
RISD Gaza Solidarity Encampment Dissolves After Expulsion Threats https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/DSC_0091.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Students renamed the art school’s Washington Place building after the late Palestinian artist Fathi Ghaben, who died in Gaza in February. https://hyperallergic.com/913134/risd-gaza-solidarity-encampment-dissolves-after-expulsion-threats/
Fiber Art Is the Binding Thread at This Manhattan Show https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/JWebb_Manifestoon_Golden-Thread.jpg?fit=1024%2C765&quality=100&ssl=1 A group exhibition by BravinLee Programs pushes the boundaries of the already open-ended medium through more than 100 works. https://hyperallergic.com/912688/fiber-art-binding-thread-at-manhattan-show/
Providence College Cancels Exhibition Over “Anti-Catholic” Artwork https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/mixed-media-prayers-tn.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Artist Shey "Ri Acu" Rivera Ríos has received an outpouring of support from faculty and students after their work was deemed “sacrilegious.” https://hyperallergic.com/912796/providence-college-cancels-exhibition-over-anti-catholic-artwork/
Tracing the 500-Year History of the English Dictionary https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/dictionary1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 An exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York shows that lexicographers are just like us: petty, creative, and political. https://hyperallergic.com/912138/tracing-the-500-year-history-of-the-english-dictionary/
Lauren Lee McCarthy Swaps Stories of Saliva and Surveillance https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/BodilyAutonomy_01.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Bodily Autonomy takes advantage of humor and hyperbole to demonstrate a very real world in which biosurveillance is prevalent overtly and covertly. https://hyperallergic.com/912575/lauren-lee-mccarthy-swaps-stories-of-saliva-and-surveillance/
Lehman College Art Gallery Presents 2024 Thesis Exhibition https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/LehmanArtistStudios.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&quality=100&ssl=1 This year’s show features art by MFA, MA, and BFA students working across a variety of disciplines. On view May 15–29 in the Bronx. https://hyperallergic.com/910749/lehman-college-art-gallery-presents-2024-thesis-exhibition/
Ecological Crisis Echoes Through the Church of San Lorenzo https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/5_OS_Exhibition_Re-Storying-Oceania_Latai-Taumoepeau_Ph.-Giacomo-Cosua-_C1310207.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&quality=100&ssl=1 Restor(y)ing Oceania provides a powerful sense of the devastation faced by Pacific Islanders — and the ecosystems that may soon be lost. https://hyperallergic.com/911744/latai-taumoepeau-ecological-crisis-echoes-through-the-church-of-san-lorenzo/
Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested Outside the Met Gala https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/IMG_1963-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 “No Met Gala while bombs drop in Gaza,” hundreds chanted during a march near the museum. https://hyperallergic.com/911778/pro-palestine-protesters-arrested-outside-the-met-gala/
The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: May 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/novcrossword_featured.png?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Political cartoons abound, long-lost sculptures resurface, and strange monarchical monuments crop up in this month's puzzle. https://hyperallergic.com/911692/the-hyperallergic-art-crossword-may-2024/
Abstract Trailblazer Frank Stella Dies at 87 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Frank-Stella-2015_Photo-credit_Kristine-Larsen.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 The painter and sculptor reoriented the North American arts landscape, defying any strict characterizations of his work as it evolved across concepts and media. https://hyperallergic.com/911457/abstract-trailblazer-frank-stella-dies-at-87/
NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Presents Entrusted Ground https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/nyuad-entrustedground.png?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 A 40-minute dance performance, themed around the four elements of fire, air, earth, and water, takes center stage at NYUAD Art Gallery for a limited series of shows. https://hyperallergic.com/909663/nyuad-art-gallery-presents-entrusted-ground/
Half a Century of American Culture Through the Lens of One Photographer https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/5.UNCROPPED_MuhammadAli_1977.jpg?fit=1024%2C695&quality=100&ssl=1 James Hamilton’s career conveniently mirrors the changing fortunes of journalism as an industry. https://hyperallergic.com/910684/half-a-century-of-american-culture-through-the-lens-of-photographer-james-hamilton/
14 Art Books to Read This Summer https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Shame-Shame-book-spread.jpg?fit=1024%2C806&quality=100&ssl=1 From an occult Renaissance manuscript and the history of eyeliner to Salman Rushdie’s new book, our staff and contributors have got you covered. https://hyperallergic.com/910183/14-art-books-to-read-summer-2024/
In Surprise Action, Activists Decry Whitney Museum’s Ties to Israeli Military https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/whitney1-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C750&quality=100&ssl=1 Approximately 100 activists overtook the museum on Friday night with video and sound interventions emphasizing the suffering of families in Gaza. https://hyperallergic.com/911012/in-surprise-action-activists-decry-whitney-museums-ties-to-israeli-military/
Hundreds Protest After Police Arrest Students at NYU and New School https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/DSC07417.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 NYPD officers swept the Gaza solidarity encampments at both schools in what many say is a disturbing show of force on campus. https://hyperallergic.com/910756/hundreds-protest-after-police-arrest-students-at-nyu-and-new-school/
How Lee Quiñones Took His Graffiti From the Subway to the Museum https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Lee-Quinones-portrait-and-Howard-the-Duck.jpg?fit=1024%2C614&quality=100&ssl=1 A pioneer of the 1970s New York City graffiti movement, the artist reflects on five decades of experimentation with spray cans and paint brushes. https://hyperallergic.com/910190/how-lee-quinones-took-his-graffiti-from-the-subway-to-the-museum/
Wrightwood 659 Hosts Chryssa & New York https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/Wrightwood569-Hyperallergic-FeaturedImage.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Chryssa’s long unseen neon sculptures shine again in a new groundbreaking exhibition. On view now through July 27 in Chicago. https://hyperallergic.com/909332/wrightwood-659-presents-chryssa-and-new-york-2024/
Giving Space to Black Women at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/africanart_abeandvisitor1.jpg?fit=1024%2C769&quality=100&ssl=1 The special attention to women artists highlights the importance of intersectional representation in the fight for inclusion. https://hyperallergic.com/910392/giving-space-to-black-women-at-1-54-contemporary-african-art-fair-2024/
8 Art Shows to See in New York City This May https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/DSC07286.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Vibrant colors and fantastical creatures are in abundance in shows by Sanam Khatibi, Julia Bland, Claude Lawrence, Annette Wehrhahn, and others. https://hyperallergic.com/909604/8-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-city-may-2024/
A March Across Manhattan’s Student Encampments https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/20240430_165356-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 “I think the power of the artist — the student artist — is to envision a new world and actually embody it," said a Parsons sophomore. https://hyperallergic.com/909655/a-march-across-manhattan-student-encampments/
SMFA at Tufts University Presents Pulling Teeth and Jumping Rope https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/2024-yu-cheng-abyssresized.jpg?fit=1024%2C770&quality=100&ssl=1 Work by graduate artists of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is on view May 6–19 in Massachusetts. https://hyperallergic.com/906609/pulling-teeth-and-jumping-rope-sfma-tufts-university-2024/
Students Rename Columbia Building in Honor of 6-Year-Old Killed in Gaza https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3067.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 University officials locked down the Morningside campus after Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied Hamilton Hall, now baptized “Hind’s Hall.” https://hyperallergic.com/909362/students-rename-columbia-building-in-honor-of-6-year-old-killed-in-gaza/
The Strange Intimacy of Unregulated Sperm Donations https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/02_SW-Donation-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 With Spermworld Lance Oppenheim deconstructs the subculture of unregulated sperm donations to reveal how they reflect universal experiences. https://hyperallergic.com/909271/the-strange-intimacy-of-unregulated-sperm-donations-lance-oppenheim-spermworld/
Israel Strike on Gaza Church Was a War Crime, Says Human Rights Group https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1408191306.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 A new filing asks the International Criminal Court to investigate the destruction of the Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church last fall. https://hyperallergic.com/908425/israel-strike-on-gaza-church-was-a-war-crime-says-human-rights-group/
Inside the Vatican’s Uncanny Venice Biennale Pavilion https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/vatican-ft.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Con i miei occhi (With my eyes), staged in a women’s prison, preaches visibility but operates on secrecy. https://hyperallergic.com/907669/inside-the-vatican-uncanny-2024-venice-biennale-pavilion/
Faith Ringgold Paved the Way https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/1200Picnic-on-the-Grass-Alone-1200x1282-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=100&ssl=1 The late artist fiercely reckoned with the status quo, leaving the art world better than she found it through a rich legacy of Black feminist activism and artmaking. https://hyperallergic.com/907730/faith-ringgold-paved-the-way/
Hundreds Take to City College in Art-Filled Gaza Solidarity Encampment https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/20240426_164003.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1 Multicolored tents, protest art, and an enormous display of hand-painted canvas banners express CUNY student and faculty support for Palestine. https://hyperallergic.com/907774/hundreds-take-to-city-college-in-art-filled-gaza-solidarity-encampment/
NYC’s Longest-Running Photo Fair Is Back, and Packs a Punch https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/DTX186.jpg?fit=1024%2C823&quality=100&ssl=1 Even the world's most proliferated images appear novel when they're blown up on glossy paper at the Photography Show presented by AIPAD. https://hyperallergic.com/907681/nycs-longest-running-photo-fair-is-back-and-packs-a-punch/
At Age 78, Actor John Lithgow Goes Back to Art School https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/AHH-lccc.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=100&ssl=1 Art Happens Here With John Lithgow, a one-hour PBS special premiering tonight, follows the thespian as he explores various creative forms at four LA art centers. https://hyperallergic.com/907590/at-age-78-actor-john-lithgow-goes-back-to-art-school-pbs/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/1785_4485_TranTuanViet_Vietnam_NationalAwards_2024.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&quality=100&ssl=1 This week, a new film on Amílcar Cabral, protecting Odesa’s historical buildings, rumors of the first US bullet train, pranking Google Maps, and much more. https://hyperallergic.com/907363/required-reading-678/
When Keith Haring Painted a Mural for an Iowa Elementary School https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/keith-haring-school-mural.jpg?fit=1024%2C677&quality=100&ssl=1 Kids and parents were "captivated" by the artist's visit. Now, his mural for the public school's library will go on display for the first time. https://hyperallergic.com/907233/when-keith-haring-painted-a-mural-for-an-iowa-elementary-school/
Nadya Tolonnikova Headlines American Folk Art Museum Benefit Event https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/04/Nadya_Hyperallergic-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=100&ssl=1 Recent artworks by the co-founder of Pussy Riot will be featured in a pop-up exhibition, along with an artist Q&A and performance, on May 16 in NYC. https://hyperallergic.com/906118/nadya-tolonnikova-headlines-american-folk-art-museum-benefit-event-2024/
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