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/
Eric Avery’s Healing Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/framedCertificate.jpg?fit=1024%2C730&quality=95&ssl=1 In a career that stretches across a catastrophic half-century of health crises and wars, Avery applies his activist and empathetic social conscience to all he does. https://hyperallergic.com/942570/eric-avery-healing-art/
Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute Receives $10,000 NEA Grant for New Sculpture https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/MonaGhandi_Moodvironment_Render4.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The New Bedford art institute wins the city’s first NEA Challenge America Award, paving the way for a new commission by artist and architect Mona Ghandi (Morphogenesis Lab). https://hyperallergic.com/948240/massachusetts-design-art-technology-institute-receives-nea-grant-for-new-sculpture/
10 Art Shows to Visit in Los Angeles This September https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/RB0010_ErrorsOfAggression_View2.jpg?fit=1024%2C717&quality=95&ssl=1 Unsung lesbian photographer Tee A. Corinne, Rachael Bos’s Olympic oil paintings, Samantha Yun Wall redeems mythical antagonists, Tom Van Sant’s portrait of the earth, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/947693/10-art-shows-to-visit-in-los-angeles-september-2024/
Market Uncertainty Didn’t Dampen Sales at This Year’s Armory Show https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/image00121.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 Contemporary artists with large followings beyond the traditional scope of the art world had little trouble unloading their latest works. https://hyperallergic.com/948835/market-uncertainty-didnt-dampen-sales-at-2024-armory-show/
What Happened to the Armory Show? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/alien_edited.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 Is this year’s fair a reflection of a tired, oversaturated, and complacent art market, or am I looking for excitement and discovery where they can no longer be found? https://hyperallergic.com/948571/what-happened-to-the-armory-show-2024/
Albuquerque Museum Presents Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/CannupaHanskaLuger_BloodLust_photobyTiaFoundation-e1725483647701.jpg?fit=1024%2C573&quality=95&ssl=1 A groundbreaking, podcast-inspired exhibition in New Mexico celebrates the artwork and ideas of 23 revolutionary artists of our time. https://hyperallergic.com/948083/broken-boxes-a-decade-of-art-action-and-dialogue-albuquerque-museum/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Monkman-water-protectors.jpg?fit=1024%2C649&quality=95&ssl=1 This week: Audre Lorde beyond the famous quotes, women activists in Haiti, the Black Polar explorer you’ve never heard of, a walrus takes a sabbatical, and much more. https://hyperallergic.com/948636/required-reading-697/
Presenting Hyperallergic’s 2024 Armory Show Booth Awards https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/IMG_5462.jpg?fit=1024%2C767&quality=95&ssl=1 “Best Booth”? No, thank you. This year, we honor the real standouts at the fair, from the shiniest artworks to the most Duchampian. https://hyperallergic.com/948469/presenting-hyperallergic-2024-armory-show-booth-awards/
Visual Treats Abound at Independent 20th Century https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/20240905_120803.jpg?fit=1024%2C691&quality=95&ssl=1 Highlights include Lenore Tawney’s fiber work, Selby Warren’s mixed-media paintings, and Julia Isídrez’s ceramics. https://hyperallergic.com/948459/visual-treats-abound-at-independent-20th-century-2024/
Pioneer Works Opens Applications for 2025 Visual Arts and Music Residents https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/pioneer-works-2025-residency-walter-wlodarczyk-2023-04-09-WWRA1159.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The Brooklyn nonprofit cultural center welcomes residents working outside the norm who will benefit from its unique facilities and collaborative environment. https://hyperallergic.com/947218/pioneer-works-applications-2025-visual-arts-music-residents/
Announcing the 2024 Rabkin Prize Winners https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Rabkin_TK-Smith_Working_Print.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The Rabkin Prize celebrates the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s arts writers and comes with a $50,000 unrestricted award. https://hyperallergic.com/947302/2024-rabkin-prize-winners/
The High-Drama Kabuki Portraits of an Enigmatic Artist https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/lede-draft-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C795&quality=95&ssl=1 An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago features over 30 of Tōshūsai Sharaku's rarely shown ukiyo-e prints exemplifying the classic Japanese theater genre. https://hyperallergic.com/948254/the-high-drama-kabuki-portraits-of-enigmatic-artist-toshusai-sharaku/
Tanya Lukin Linklater Opens Up a Space of Contemplation https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/tanya-lukin-linklater-socials.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The Alutiiq/Sugpiaq multidisciplinary artist and choreographer communicates Indigenous movement systems and forms of knowledge through dance. https://hyperallergic.com/936816/tanya-lukin-linklater-opens-up-a-space-of-contemplation/
The Crocker Art Museum Presents Raúl Gonzo: Color Madness https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Gonzo_ParkedCar_Crocker.jpg?fit=1024%2C734&quality=95&ssl=1 The first museum exhibition for the Sacramento-based photographer showcases his bold, campy, colorful photographs. https://hyperallergic.com/946788/crocker-art-museum-presents-raul-gonzo-color-madness/
Rembrandt Painting Found in Attic Sells for Over $1M https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Sold_Kaja_After_Rembrandt_VSCO__2___1.jpg?fit=1024%2C634&quality=95&ssl=1 It may be the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in Maine. https://hyperallergic.com/947781/rembrandt-painting-found-in-attic-sells-for-over-1m/
Dissident Artist Gao Zhen Arrested in China https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/09/Miss-Mao-gao-brothers-scaled.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 The artist is charged with “defamation” of the country’s former Great Leader, Chairman Mao Zedong. https://hyperallergic.com/947921/dissident-artist-gao-zhen-arrested-in-china/
Apply for a 2025–2026 Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Smithsonian-Sep24.jpg?fit=1024%2C577&quality=95&ssl=1 Fellowships at SAAM and its Renwick Gallery provide funding, collections access, and professional advancement to scholars researching US art, craft, and visual culture. https://hyperallergic.com/945257/apply-2025-2026-fellowship-smithsonian-american-art-museum/
VCUarts Qatar Presents Fractal Elegies at Ars Electronica 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/hyperallergic-ars-electronica4-vcuartsqatar.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 The exhibition uses design and technology to highlight the different cultural perspectives of the SWANA and Far East regions. https://hyperallergic.com/946667/vcuarts-qatar-presents-fractal-elegies-ars-electronica-2024/
15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/stirs-up-the-dust-red-star-wendy.jpg?fit=1024%2C929&quality=95&ssl=1 The city’s arts scene is in full swing again, with Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, queer science fiction, light in Medieval Europe, Christina Ramberg’s fragmented figuration, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/945838/15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-fall-2024/
Agnès Varda, Pragmatic Dreamer https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/agnes-varda.jpg?fit=1024%2C681&quality=95&ssl=1 The first major biography of the film director, screenwriter, artist, and photographer is scrupulous and affectionate. https://hyperallergic.com/941890/agnes-varda-pragmatic-dreamer-a-complicated-passion-biography-carrie-rickey/
Celebrating Labor History Through the Art of Union Banners https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/recto_ecwu.jpg?fit=1024%2C778&quality=95&ssl=1 Displayed at marches and strikes, these creative emblems of collective struggle convey specific values centered around fair wages, protest, and rights across industries. https://hyperallergic.com/947254/celebrating-labor-history-through-the-art-of-union-banners/
Wall-to-Wall Walz at the Minnesota State Fair Seed Art Show https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/IMG_7139-2-1-1-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C697&quality=95&ssl=1 Local artists get political in painstakingly crafted mosaics at the only state fair crop art display in the United States. https://hyperallergic.com/947166/wall-to-wall-walz-at-the-minnesota-state-fair-seed-art-show/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/metal-museum.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 This week: diving into the Black Atlantic, Percival Everett’s James, “demure” by and for trans people, debunking the “marshmallow test,” and much more. https://hyperallergic.com/946338/required-reading-696/
A View From the Easel https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Paints-AVFTE-katerina-papazissi.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 “I consider the studio to be a co-creator of my work, and the container for my actions.” https://hyperallergic.com/946913/a-view-from-the-easel-249/
New Three-Year Arts Series Will Center NYC’s Latine Community https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/casa-de-todos.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&quality=95&ssl=1 Historias aims to provide a more comprehensive and intersectional view of a steadily growing and diversifying population. https://hyperallergic.com/946566/new-three-year-arts-series-will-center-nyc-latine-community-clemente/
The Artist Who Cast a Cold Gaze on Flowers https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/L13-Van-Huysum-fruit.jpg?fit=790%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 Van Huysum's are not paintings of flowers in all their transience, but flowers of the curious Now, in all their splendid, bullish brilliance. https://hyperallergic.com/937751/jan-van-huysum-artist-who-cast-a-cold-gaze-on-flowers/
Mitchell Johnson Exhibits Small, Scenic Landscapes in Where The Colors Are https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Bornholm202414x26inches.jpg?fit=1024%2C558&quality=95&ssl=1 Paintings from New England, Europe, New York, Newfoundland, and California are on view September 4–15 at Truro Center for the Arts in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. https://hyperallergic.com/945154/mitchell-johnson-small-scenic-landscapes-truro-center-for-the-arts/
Hyperallergic Is Turning 15 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/hyperallergic-15-party.jpg?fit=1024%2C572&quality=95&ssl=1 Revel in 15 years of challenging the art world status quo — complete with glitter, glamor, and a sprinkle of chaotic joy — as we fete ourselves, our contributors, and the art community that makes Hyperallergic possible. Join us for our anniversary party at the Red Pavilion in Brooklyn, New York, on October 9. It […] https://hyperallergic.com/946573/hyperallergic-is-turning-15-party-october-2024/
The Unapologetic Femininity of Isabella Ducrot’s Textile Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Isabella-Ducrot-Eva-prima-del-Peccato-2021-China-ink-and-pigments-on-paper-755-x-1375-cm-Courtesy-the-artist-and-Galerie-Gisela-Capitain-Cologne.jpg?fit=1024%2C596&quality=95&ssl=1 Her meticulously assembled, labyrinthine stitches, sketches, and scribbles are like narrative threads weaving their way through a rich life. https://hyperallergic.com/939279/the-unapologetic-femininity-of-isabella-ducrot-textile-art/
The National Arts Club Presents Jazz Greats https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Gottlieb_William_Ella_Fitzgerald_Dizzy-15562-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 “Jazz Greats | Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection” is on view at the historic NYC club from September 5 to November 27. https://hyperallergic.com/944859/national-arts-club-presents-jazz-greats-classic-photographs/
Abstract Expressionism Scholar David Anfam Dies at 69 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-498567954-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The art historian’s legacy includes a large body of writing on Clyfford Still and his celebrated Mark Rothko catalogue raisonné. https://hyperallergic.com/946072/abstract-expressionism-scholar-david-anfam-dies-at-69/
Can Santa Fe’s Indian Market Free Itself From the Settler Gaze? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/yum-SWAIA-photo.jpeg?fit=1024%2C819&quality=95&ssl=1 Despite its role as a hub for Native artists, SWAIA hasn’t entirely moved past its origins in White settler obsession with Native authenticity. https://hyperallergic.com/945281/can-santa-fe-indian-market-free-itself-from-the-settler-gaze/
This Summer, TONO x PAMMTV Selects Dives Into Shapeshifting Video Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/biarritzzz-OndeEstaMymyeMastroiagnne.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 The streaming exhibition from Pérez Art Museum Miami is co-curated with TONO, a new festival for video, performance art, and music in Mexico City. https://hyperallergic.com/939435/tono-pammtv-selects-shapeshifting-video-art-summer-2024/
A Sneak Peek at This Year’s Armory Show https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/armory-featured-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The NYC fair will feature over 200 exhibitors for its 30th anniversary, packing as much art as possible into the second weekend of September. https://hyperallergic.com/945075/a-sneak-peek-at-the-armory-show-2024/
The Craziest Art in Los Angeles May Be Underground https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/OU_SJ1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 An exhibition at Superchief Gallery explores the work of Operation Under, a collective of artists using subterranean tunnels as their canvas. https://hyperallergic.com/945500/the-craziest-art-in-los-angeles-may-be-underground/
Director of NYC Balloon Exhibition Made Anti-Palestinian Comments https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/20240813_110307.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The face of the show that originated in Tel Aviv, Kobi Kalimian, called for Gaza to be “pounded” and "conquered" in a social media post from May 2023. https://hyperallergic.com/944798/director-of-nyc-balloon-exhibition-made-anti-palestinian-comments/
Hyperallergic Fall 2024 New York Art Guide https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/whiteny-ailey.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 Your ultimate guide to this season’s major exhibitions and art events around the city. https://hyperallergic.com/935013/hyperallergic-fall-2024-new-york-art-guide/
The Singular Style of Chicago’s Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Hawkins_Untitled-1968.jpg?fit=1024%2C799&quality=95&ssl=1 The more time I spent at Four Chicago Artists, the more I wanted to know about the less familiar paths these artists took in their work. https://hyperallergic.com/945053/the-singular-style-of-four-chicago-artists-art-institute/
Lavinia Fontana, the Self-Fashioned Painter https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Lavinia_Fontana_-_Portrait_of_a_Pregnant_Woman_Possibly_a_Self-Portrait-1200x1547-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C690&quality=95&ssl=1 The first woman to make her living from painting captured herself and other women in the ways they wished to be perceived. https://hyperallergic.com/932245/lavinia-fontana-the-self-fashioned-painter/
Art on Paper Returns to Armory Arts Week This September https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/AOP24-Image-2-1.png?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 New York’s celebrated, medium-driven fair returns to downtown Manhattan’s Pier 36, featuring 75 galleries with top modern and contemporary paper-based art. https://hyperallergic.com/943306/art-on-paper-september-2024/
Charting the Outer Reaches of Fandom in Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Varley9.jpg?fit=1024%2C606&quality=95&ssl=1 As a writer and curator who researches fandom, I yearned for more tangible displays of fannish material culture than those in To go boldly. https://hyperallergic.com/943690/charting-the-outer-reaches-of-star-trek-fandom-in-art/
Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: August 2024 https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/aug-mini-crossword.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 Indigenous symbols reclaimed, rap battles won, and pets in museums in this month’s bite-sized puzzle. https://hyperallergic.com/944391/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-august-2024/
The Unnatural Link Between Mothering and Technological Surveillance https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Hamacher_p54.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 Supervision provided me, as a curator/new mom, an entry point into how the labor that is mothering intersects with technology and surveillance. https://hyperallergic.com/942513/the-unnatural-link-between-mothering-and-technological-surveillance/
Your Guide to Navigating New York City’s Fall Art Fairs https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/01-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C717&quality=95&ssl=1 We can’t promise you won’t get lost in a maze of booths, but we can steer you to the fairs worth the trip. https://hyperallergic.com/943689/new-york-fall-art-fairs-2024/
A Deeply Personal Investigation Into Canada’s Residential Schools https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Sugarcane_UHD_041.jpg?fit=1024%2C540&quality=95&ssl=1 Co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie discuss the making of their documentary Sugarcane, told from the perspective of Indigenous survivors. https://hyperallergic.com/943861/julian-brave-noisecat-and-emily-kassie-discuss-the-making-of-sugarcane/
Mural of Olympic Volleyball Star Defaced With Racist Graffiti https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/italianita.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 Italian player Paola Egonu’s skin was painted over in pink in a widely condemned act of vandalism. https://hyperallergic.com/943781/mural-of-olympic-volleyball-star-paola-egonu-defaced-with-racist-graffiti/
Mark Zuckerberg Unveils New Statue of His Wife in the “Roman Tradition” https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/priscilla-ft.jpg?fit=1024%2C826&quality=95&ssl=1 Priscilla Chan’s likeness, sculpted by artist Daniel Arsham, is yet another example of billionaires’ obsession with commissioning giant tributes to their partners. https://hyperallergic.com/943383/mark-zuckerberg-unveils-new-statue-of-his-wife-in-the-roman-tradition/
Rothko Chapel Paintings Damaged by Hurricane Beryl https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Rothkochapel.jpg?fit=1024%2C540&quality=95&ssl=1 The Houston space will remain closed indefinitely until conservation needs are addressed. https://hyperallergic.com/943490/rothko-chapel-paintings-damaged-by-hurricane-beryl-houston/
Israel Announces Settlement Near Palestinian World Heritage Site https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/BATTIR.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The settlement in the Occupied West Bank would be located within the protection zone for the UNESCO-recognized village of Battir. https://hyperallergic.com/943264/israel-approves-settlement-near-palestinian-world-heritage-site/
Brenda Goodman’s Unknowable Language of Grief https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/10-Untitled-9-3-4x12-3-4in.-Graphite-Colored-Pencil.-Crayon-Water-Color-2024.jpg?fit=1024%2C811&quality=95&ssl=1 The fluidity of the artist’s line parallels her thought process and openness to taking unexpected paths, often prompted by a memory or life event. https://hyperallergic.com/940848/brenda-goodman-unknowable-language-of-grief/
“A Very Old Dream”: NYC to Get Its First Dominican Culture Center https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Dominican1-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The institution will offer free exhibitions and performances and lead a project to record the oral histories of Dominicans in Washington Heights. https://hyperallergic.com/942899/nyc-to-get-its-first-dominican-culture-center/
Why Do We Expect Ancient Romans to Have British Accents in Movies? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Screen-Shot-2024-08-02-at-3.55.57-PM-1.png?fit=1024%2C430&quality=95&ssl=1 Most of the objectors to Denzel Washington’s accent are men who think too much about the Roman Empire. Here’s how the accent has changed throughout cinema. https://hyperallergic.com/940290/why-do-we-expect-romans-to-have-british-accents-in-movies/
Vera Molnár’s Fascination With the Glitches in the Matrix https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/A-la-recherche-de-Paul-Klee-4S04452-HD.jpg?fit=1014%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 In her computer-based works, the artist sought freedom within systematism and improvisation within predictability. https://hyperallergic.com/941179/vera-molnar-fascination-with-the-glitches-in-the-matrix-centre-pompidou/
Where Is Mavis Beacon, the Woman Who Taught Us to Type? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/FeatureDocumentary_SeekingMavisBeacon__smbstill1.jpg?fit=1024%2C540&quality=95&ssl=1 A filmmaker and a programmer search for the model behind the iconic 1987 education software persona in a new documentary. https://hyperallergic.com/941404/where-is-mavis-beacon-the-woman-who-taught-us-to-type/
Despite Years of Protests, Harvard University to Keep Sackler Name https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/04/image00059-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The decision is “an insult to overdose victims and their families,” said artist Nan Goldin’s advocacy group PAIN. https://hyperallergic.com/941888/despite-years-of-protests-harvard-university-to-keep-sackler-name/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Britain-Came-to-Us-Billboard.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 This week: An archive of Palestinian embroidery, handwriting and Parkinson’s disease, anti-capitalist mending, Tim Walz’s love for maps, toxic roses, and much more. https://hyperallergic.com/941780/required-reading-693/
Photographing the Lives of Black American Cowboys https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/03-Bumpsey-in-NYC-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C674&quality=95&ssl=1 The Long Ride Home brings together selections from Ron Tarver’s 15,000 images chronicling Black cowboy culture across the US. https://hyperallergic.com/941553/ron-tarver-photographing-the-lives-of-black-american-cowboys/
Philadelphia Announces New Armenian Heritage Walk https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Armenia.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 The city's “Young Meher” statue will anchor the outdoor art gallery and gardens, commemorating Armenian strength and resilience in the face of genocide. https://hyperallergic.com/939826/philadelphia-museum-art-announces-new-armenian-heritage-walk/
Japanese-American Internment’s Afterlife in Contemporary Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/05_Gaku-Tsutaja-_Beautiful-Sky-Golf-Course_-2019-video-still-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C578&quality=95&ssl=1 As a Hyperallergic fellow, Machiko Harada mined the work and history of internment in sensitive essays and an online exhibition, which shed light on the artists grappling with its legacy. https://hyperallergic.com/934238/machiko-harada-japanese-american-internments-afterlife-in-contemporary-art/
She Bends: Neon as Soulcraft Is on View at the Museum of Craft and Design https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/NeonSoulcraft_youarehere-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 The San Francisco exhibition illuminates the process and dedication involved in bending neon, as explored through student-teacher artist residencies across the US. https://hyperallergic.com/938842/she-bends-neon-as-soulcraft-museum-of-craft-and-design/
In Shocking Move, Videographer Who Filmed Vandalism of Brooklyn Museum Leaders’ Homes Charged With Hate Crime https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/GP4XWZvW4AAIWy2.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 Press freedom advocacy organizations expressed alarm at the decision to arrest and charge 32-year-old independent journalist Samuel Seligson. https://hyperallergic.com/941283/videographer-samuel-seligson-who-filmed-vandalism-of-brooklym-museum-leaders-homes-charged-with-hate-crime/
In Beatrice Glow’s Art, Colonial Histories and AI Collide https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/12-copy.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The artist’s exhibition at the New-York Historical Society is clever, but it takes on a vast and messy past with a touch that is sometimes too light. https://hyperallergic.com/937832/in-beatrice-glow-art-colonial-histories-and-ai-collide-new-york-historical-society/
LGBTQ+ Art and Historical Ephemera Up for Auction at Swann Galleries https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/swanngalleries-romanbust.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 A second-century Roman bust with ties to Tennessee Williams and Gore Vidal leads the summer auction at Swann on August 22. https://hyperallergic.com/940321/lgbtq-art-material-culture-history-auction-swann-galleries/
Anti-War Artist Released as Part of Russia-US Prisoner Swap https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/SashaSkochilenko.jpeg?fit=700%2C727&quality=95&ssl=1 Aleksandra “Sasha” Skochilenko was given a seven-year sentence for an art project and protest that criticized Russia’s war on Ukraine. https://hyperallergic.com/940954/anti-war-artist-alexsandra-sasha-skochilenko-released-as-part-of-russia-us-prisoner-swap/
Lessons on Black Art Writing From Toni Morrison https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Toni-Morrison-1974-Jill-Krementz.jpg?fit=1024%2C729&quality=95&ssl=1 Morrison reminds us to dwell in Black visions, to give ourselves over to them entirely, and to do so in language that does not plead for understanding. https://hyperallergic.com/939458/lessons-on-black-art-writing-from-toni-morrison/
Required Reading https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/Hrag-Sonya-Massey-poster-wburg.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 This week: Street art memorializes Sonya Massey, the history of women’s athletic clothing, an Olympic cheese sponsorship, women rule BookTok, plucky astronauts, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/939664/required-reading-692/
A View From the Easel https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Didi-L-studio-interior.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 “My studio is between the fruit seller and the kiosk. When I leave the doors open on hot days, people walking by drop in to share their thoughts on my paintings.” https://hyperallergic.com/939158/a-view-from-the-easel-245/
Watch Virtual and Natural Worlds Collide in Sea Change with Pérez Art Museum Miami https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Lorna-Mills-Wnrwnrchickndnr.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 Streaming now on PAMMTV, the hybrid exhibition asks, “How can digital art address accelerating changes across climate, culture, and time?” https://hyperallergic.com/937776/virtual-natural-worlds-sea-change-perez-art-museum-miami/
Scientists Crack the Code of Rembrandt’s Golden Luster https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/2578px-The_Night_Watch_-_HD.jpg?fit=1024%2C858&quality=95&ssl=1 New research into the pigments used in "The Night Watch" (1642) illuminates how the Dutch artist achieved his signature glistening details. https://hyperallergic.com/939227/scientists-crack-the-code-of-rembrandts-golden-luster/
8 Shows to See in Upstate New York This August https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/1200Easy-Riders_oiloncanvas_40x36-inches_2024-1200x1600-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C640&quality=95&ssl=1 Pauline Decarmo’s triumphant canvases, Mary Lucier’s sun-seeking video installation, Edward Merritt’s recycled botanics, Dani Klebe’s country cabin installation, and more. https://hyperallergic.com/938865/8-shows-to-see-in-upstate-new-york-august-2024/
American Museum of Natural History Repatriates Remains of 124 Native People https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/52966610898_9927c3892a_k.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 The institution holds the bodies of 12,000 individuals from communities within and outside the United States, the majority of which lack identification. https://hyperallergic.com/938886/american-museum-of-natural-history-repatriates-remains-of-124-native-people/
What Are Those Giant Painted Heads Floating in the Seine? https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2163823091.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 Some of the Louvre’s most famous works inspired a series of half-submerged installations for the Olympic games. https://hyperallergic.com/938729/what-are-those-giant-painted-heads-floating-in-the-seine/
No, the Olympics Ceremony Did Not Copy “The Last Supper” https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/OLYMPICS-ceremony.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 The performance that drew ire from conservative critics continues another centuries-old art historical theme: the feast of the gods on Mount Olympus. https://hyperallergic.com/938477/no-the-olympics-ceremony-did-not-copy-the-last-supper/
How Ted Carey Rendered Queerness Through Folk Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/boot-hill.jpeg?fit=1024%2C713&quality=95&ssl=1 The late artist’s work subverts the genre’s conventions in its centering of the gay community members he knew or admired and the LGBTQ+ spaces he frequented. https://hyperallergic.com/933528/how-ted-carey-rendered-queerness-through-folk-art/
The Enslaved People Who Wrote Down the New Testament https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Paul-writing-epistles.jpg?fit=1024%2C753&quality=95&ssl=1 Art history has long concealed the scribes who put swaths of the Bible and early Christian writings on paper. https://hyperallergic.com/936260/the-enslaved-people-who-wrote-down-the-new-testament-candida-moss/
When the US Left Afghanistan, This Filmmaker Entered https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Hollywoodgate-Still-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C553&quality=95&ssl=1 Director Ibrahim Nash’at spent a year watching the Taliban transition from insurgency back to governance. https://hyperallergic.com/937911/when-the-us-left-afghanistan-this-filmmaker-entered-hollywoodgate-ibrahim-nashat/
Empowering New Americans: The $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for Graduate Studies https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Unknown-scaled.jpeg?fit=819%2C1024&quality=95&ssl=1 Funding MFAs and other full-time graduate degrees, the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants and the children of immigrants in the US. https://hyperallergic.com/935099/empowering-new-americans-paul-and-daisy-soros-fellowships-for-graduate-studies/
Woman Caught Gettin’ It On With Florence Statue Sparks Outrage https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/bacchus.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 City officials are searching for the woman after photos of her grinding and kissing a Bacchus sculpture went viral. https://hyperallergic.com/937757/woman-caught-getting-it-on-with-bacchus-statue-florence-sparks-outrage/
Activists Disrupt Gallery Event, Alleging Palestine’s Erasure From Exhibition https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Harun-Farocki-projections.jpeg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=95&ssl=1 Protesters say Greene Naftali selectively omitted elements from its show on the late German filmmaker Harun Farocki. https://hyperallergic.com/937257/activists-disrupt-gallery-event-alleging-palestines-erasure-from-exhibition/
Skeleton Deities and Political Mind Games at the Venice Biennale https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/AX-main-exhibition-22695-1.png?fit=1024%2C768&quality=95&ssl=1 Hrag Vartanian and AX Mina discuss what worked, what didn’t, and what drew political protests at the “Olympics of the art world.” https://hyperallergic.com/937160/skeleton-deities-and-political-mind-games-at-the-venice-biennale/
See the Art From Protests Against Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/3J0A0637.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 Original signage and larger-than-life puppets filled the streets as thousands marched to denounce the Israeli prime minister’s attacks on Gaza. https://hyperallergic.com/937245/see-the-art-from-protests-against-netanyahus-visit-to-congress/
Art Bridges Works With Museums to Expand Access to American Art https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/EdwardSteichen_Orlando.jpg?fit=1024%2C855&quality=95&ssl=1 The foundation provides support to cultural institutions for traveling exhibitions, collection loans, and developing programs to inspire local audiences. https://hyperallergic.com/935100/art-bridges-museums-expand-access-to-american-art/
Journalist Watchdogs Decry Egypt’s Arrest of Satirical Cartoonist https://i0.wp.com/hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/2117598123_de579188db_k.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=95&ssl=1 Ashraf Omar had published several cartoons that took aim at Egypt’s electricity cutbacks and the government’s economic strategy. https://hyperallergic.com/936896/journalist-watchdogs-decry-egypt-arrest-of-satirical-cartoonist-ashraf-omar/
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