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2024-10-14 21:30:12

The Force of Community Bends Space in Aliza Nisenbaum’s Portraits
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The artist depicts Los Angeles dancers as they dance, dress, and rest.
https://hyperallergic.com/958041/the-force-of-community-bends-space-in-aliza-nisenbaum-portraits/

2024-10-09 22:45:10

8 Art Books to Cozy Up With This October
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Keep spooky season at bay with books on a philosophy of birth in art, Debi Cornwall's photography, Paul Kane’s myth-making paintings, light and paper, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/957188/8-art-books-to-cozy-up-with-october-2024/

2024-10-08 19:30:12

LA Artists Drape Keffiyeh on Noguchi Sculptures in Protest
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David Horvitz and Ali Eyal’s subversive action was a response to the Noguchi Museum’s new policy banning staff from wearing the Arab headscarves.
https://hyperallergic.com/956923/la-artists-drape-keffiyeh-on-noguchi-sculptures-in-protest/

2024-09-30 22:15:10

10 Shows to Visit in Upstate New York This October
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Kristen Wells’s absurdist cardboard worlds, Susan Wides’s ecological abstractions, Alannah Farrell’s loaded tableaux, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/954808/10-shows-to-visit-in-upstate-new-york-october-2024/

2024-09-19 20:30:16

The Slipperiness of COVID-Era Cultural Memory
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Director Lou Ye follows a film crew in Wuhan who decides to revive a project abandoned 10 years prior, only to be placed under lockdown during shooting.
https://hyperallergic.com/952163/an-unfinished-film-the-slipperiness-of-covid-era-cultural-memory/

2024-09-16 18:45:13

Smoke & Mirrors Is on View at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum
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This major special exhibition focuses on accessibility issues and features the work of artists with disabilities. On view in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
https://hyperallergic.com/949967/smoke-and-mirrors-zimmerli-art-museum-rutgers-university/

2024-09-11 21:15:10

Fall for Art This September at Affordable Art Fair NYC
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There’s an artwork for everyone at Affordable Art Fair, where you might just find your next favorite piece.
https://hyperallergic.com/948803/affordable-art-fair-nyc-fall-2024/

2024-09-10 18:15:10

Transform Your Practice With Washington University’s MFA in Visual Art
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Join a small cohort of renegade makers and thinkers in this two-year, fully residential program in St. Louis, Missouri.
https://hyperallergic.com/948539/transform-your-practice-washington-university-mfa-visual-art/

2024-09-06 21:45:09

What Happened to the Armory Show?
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Is this year’s fair a reflection of a tired, oversaturated, and complacent art market, or am I looking for excitement and discovery where they can no longer be found?
https://hyperallergic.com/948571/what-happened-to-the-armory-show-2024/

2024-09-06 00:45:10

Required Reading
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This week: Audre Lorde beyond the famous quotes, women activists in Haiti, the Black Polar explorer you’ve never heard of, a walrus takes a sabbatical, and much more.
https://hyperallergic.com/948636/required-reading-697/

2024-09-03 16:45:10

15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall
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The city’s arts scene is in full swing again, with Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, queer science fiction, light in Medieval Europe, Christina Ramberg’s fragmented figuration, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/945838/15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-fall-2024/

2024-08-30 00:00:16

Required Reading
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This week: diving into the Black Atlantic, Percival Everett’s James, “demure” by and for trans people, debunking the “marshmallow test,” and much more.
https://hyperallergic.com/946338/required-reading-696/

2024-08-23 23:15:12

The Craziest Art in Los Angeles May Be Underground
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An exhibition at Superchief Gallery explores the work of Operation Under, a collective of artists using subterranean tunnels as their canvas.
https://hyperallergic.com/945500/the-craziest-art-in-los-angeles-may-be-underground/

2024-08-20 22:15:13

Charting the Outer Reaches of Fandom in Art
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As a writer and curator who researches fandom, I yearned for more tangible displays of fannish material culture than those in To go boldly.
https://hyperallergic.com/943690/charting-the-outer-reaches-of-star-trek-fandom-in-art/

2024-08-16 22:00:18

A Deeply Personal Investigation Into Canada’s Residential Schools
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Co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie discuss the making of their documentary Sugarcane, told from the perspective of Indigenous survivors.
https://hyperallergic.com/943861/julian-brave-noisecat-and-emily-kassie-discuss-the-making-of-sugarcane/

2024-08-09 21:00:17

Where Is Mavis Beacon, the Woman Who Taught Us to Type?
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A filmmaker and a programmer search for the model behind the iconic 1987 education software persona in a new documentary.
https://hyperallergic.com/941404/where-is-mavis-beacon-the-woman-who-taught-us-to-type/

2024-08-07 22:00:19

Philadelphia Announces New Armenian Heritage Walk
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The city's “Young Meher” statue will anchor the outdoor art gallery and gardens, commemorating Armenian strength and resilience in the face of genocide.
https://hyperallergic.com/939826/philadelphia-museum-art-announces-new-armenian-heritage-walk/

2024-08-07 20:30:15

Japanese-American Internment’s Afterlife in Contemporary Art
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As a Hyperallergic fellow, Machiko Harada mined the work and history of internment in sensitive essays and an online exhibition, which shed light on the artists grappling with its legacy.
https://hyperallergic.com/934238/machiko-harada-japanese-american-internments-afterlife-in-contemporary-art/

2024-08-07 18:15:12

She Bends: Neon as Soulcraft Is on View at the Museum of Craft and Design
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The San Francisco exhibition illuminates the process and dedication involved in bending neon, as explored through student-teacher artist residencies across the US.
https://hyperallergic.com/938842/she-bends-neon-as-soulcraft-museum-of-craft-and-design/

2024-08-06 23:00:18

In Shocking Move, Videographer Who Filmed Vandalism of Brooklyn Museum Leaders’ Homes Charged With Hate Crime
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Press freedom advocacy organizations expressed alarm at the decision to arrest and charge 32-year-old independent journalist Samuel Seligson.
https://hyperallergic.com/941283/videographer-samuel-seligson-who-filmed-vandalism-of-brooklym-museum-leaders-homes-charged-with-hate-crime/

2024-08-06 20:45:12

In Beatrice Glow’s Art, Colonial Histories and AI Collide
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The artist’s exhibition at the New-York Historical Society is clever, but it takes on a vast and messy past with a touch that is sometimes too light.
https://hyperallergic.com/937832/in-beatrice-glow-art-colonial-histories-and-ai-collide-new-york-historical-society/

2024-08-06 18:45:13

LGBTQ+ Art and Historical Ephemera Up for Auction at Swann Galleries
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A second-century Roman bust with ties to Tennessee Williams and Gore Vidal leads the summer auction at Swann on August 22.
https://hyperallergic.com/940321/lgbtq-art-material-culture-history-auction-swann-galleries/

2024-08-05 22:15:12

Anti-War Artist Released as Part of Russia-US Prisoner Swap
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Aleksandra “Sasha” Skochilenko was given a seven-year sentence for an art project and protest that criticized Russia’s war on Ukraine.
https://hyperallergic.com/940954/anti-war-artist-alexsandra-sasha-skochilenko-released-as-part-of-russia-us-prisoner-swap/

2024-08-04 21:00:18

Lessons on Black Art Writing From Toni Morrison
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Morrison reminds us to dwell in Black visions, to give ourselves over to them entirely, and to do so in language that does not plead for understanding.
https://hyperallergic.com/939458/lessons-on-black-art-writing-from-toni-morrison/

2024-08-01 23:30:15

Required Reading
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This week: Street art memorializes Sonya Massey, the history of women’s athletic clothing, an Olympic cheese sponsorship, women rule BookTok, plucky astronauts, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/939664/required-reading-692/

2024-08-01 22:45:12

2024-08-01 20:45:12

A View From the Easel
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“My studio is between the fruit seller and the kiosk. When I leave the doors open on hot days, people walking by drop in to share their thoughts on my paintings.”
https://hyperallergic.com/939158/a-view-from-the-easel-245/

2024-08-01 15:30:16

Watch Virtual and Natural Worlds Collide in Sea Change with Pérez Art Museum Miami
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Streaming now on PAMMTV, the hybrid exhibition asks, “How can digital art address accelerating changes across climate, culture, and time?”
https://hyperallergic.com/937776/virtual-natural-worlds-sea-change-perez-art-museum-miami/

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2024-07-31 21:45:12

Scientists Crack the Code of Rembrandt’s Golden Luster
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New research into the pigments used in "The Night Watch" (1642) illuminates how the Dutch artist achieved his signature glistening details.
https://hyperallergic.com/939227/scientists-crack-the-code-of-rembrandts-golden-luster/

2024-07-31 21:30:15

2024-07-31 20:15:13

8 Shows to See in Upstate New York This August
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Pauline Decarmo’s triumphant canvases, Mary Lucier’s sun-seeking video installation, Edward Merritt’s recycled botanics, Dani Klebe’s country cabin installation, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/938865/8-shows-to-see-in-upstate-new-york-august-2024/

2024-07-30 22:15:12

American Museum of Natural History Repatriates Remains of 124 Native People
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The institution holds the bodies of 12,000 individuals from communities within and outside the United States, the majority of which lack identification.
https://hyperallergic.com/938886/american-museum-of-natural-history-repatriates-remains-of-124-native-people/

2024-07-30 21:00:16

What Are Those Giant Painted Heads Floating in the Seine?
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Some of the Louvre’s most famous works inspired a series of half-submerged installations for the Olympic games.
https://hyperallergic.com/938729/what-are-those-giant-painted-heads-floating-in-the-seine/

2024-07-29 22:45:12

No, the Olympics Ceremony Did Not Copy “The Last Supper”
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The performance that drew ire from conservative critics continues another centuries-old art historical theme: the feast of the gods on Mount Olympus.
https://hyperallergic.com/938477/no-the-olympics-ceremony-did-not-copy-the-last-supper/

2024-07-29 21:00:17

How Ted Carey Rendered Queerness Through Folk Art
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The late artist’s work subverts the genre’s conventions in its centering of the gay community members he knew or admired and the LGBTQ+ spaces he frequented.
https://hyperallergic.com/933528/how-ted-carey-rendered-queerness-through-folk-art/

The Enslaved People Who Wrote Down the New Testament
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Art history has long concealed the scribes who put swaths of the Bible and early Christian writings on paper.
https://hyperallergic.com/936260/the-enslaved-people-who-wrote-down-the-new-testament-candida-moss/

2024-07-26 21:15:11

When the US Left Afghanistan, This Filmmaker Entered
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Director Ibrahim Nash’at spent a year watching the Taliban transition from insurgency back to governance.
https://hyperallergic.com/937911/when-the-us-left-afghanistan-this-filmmaker-entered-hollywoodgate-ibrahim-nashat/

2024-07-26 18:45:12

Empowering New Americans: The $90,000 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for Graduate Studies
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Funding MFAs and other full-time graduate degrees, the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants and the children of immigrants in the US.
https://hyperallergic.com/935099/empowering-new-americans-paul-and-daisy-soros-fellowships-for-graduate-studies/

2024-07-26 17:15:12

Woman Caught Gettin’ It On With Florence Statue Sparks Outrage
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City officials are searching for the woman after photos of her grinding and kissing a Bacchus sculpture went viral.
https://hyperallergic.com/937757/woman-caught-getting-it-on-with-bacchus-statue-florence-sparks-outrage/

2024-07-25 22:30:14

Activists Disrupt Gallery Event, Alleging Palestine’s Erasure From Exhibition
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Protesters say Greene Naftali selectively omitted elements from its show on the late German filmmaker Harun Farocki.
https://hyperallergic.com/937257/activists-disrupt-gallery-event-alleging-palestines-erasure-from-exhibition/

2024-07-25 21:15:12

Skeleton Deities and Political Mind Games at the Venice Biennale
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Hrag Vartanian and AX Mina discuss what worked, what didn’t, and what drew political protests at the “Olympics of the art world.”
https://hyperallergic.com/937160/skeleton-deities-and-political-mind-games-at-the-venice-biennale/

2024-07-24 22:15:13

See the Art From Protests Against Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress
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Original signage and larger-than-life puppets filled the streets as thousands marched to denounce the Israeli prime minister’s attacks on Gaza.
https://hyperallergic.com/937245/see-the-art-from-protests-against-netanyahus-visit-to-congress/

2024-07-24 18:45:13

Art Bridges Works With Museums to Expand Access to American Art
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The foundation provides support to cultural institutions for traveling exhibitions, collection loans, and developing programs to inspire local audiences.
https://hyperallergic.com/935100/art-bridges-museums-expand-access-to-american-art/

2024-07-23 22:15:13

Journalist Watchdogs Decry Egypt’s Arrest of Satirical Cartoonist
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Ashraf Omar had published several cartoons that took aim at Egypt’s electricity cutbacks and the government’s economic strategy.
https://hyperallergic.com/936896/journalist-watchdogs-decry-egypt-arrest-of-satirical-cartoonist-ashraf-omar/

2024-07-23 18:30:14

Golden Foundation Celebrates 12 Years of Artist Residencies With Auction and Benefit
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Taking place both online and in person, the auction provides additional support to artists selected for the Golden Residency Program.
https://hyperallergic.com/934314/golden-foundation-12th-anniversary-artist-residency-auction-benefit/

2024-07-22 22:15:11

Is Upstate Art Weekend Worth It? We Asked 11 Participants
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Buoyed by the beautiful weather, a constant stream of visitors showed up eager to learn about a cultural scene that continues to grow.
https://hyperallergic.com/936181/is-upstate-art-weekend-worth-it-we-asked-11-participants/

2024-07-21 20:45:12

The Art of Touch
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An exhibition explores touch, from the possessive love of a mother holding her child to the violent and coercive contact that sometimes takes place between strangers.
https://hyperallergic.com/935281/what-does-it-mean-to-be-touched-princeton-art-on-hulfish/

2024-07-19 22:45:09

Is Toronto’s Art Triennial Just for Those “In the Know”?
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The triennial maps what it means to be an artist from here, from somewhere else but now living here, or from here but living somewhere else.
https://hyperallergic.com/935761/is-greater-toronto-art-2024-triennial-just-for-those-in-the-know/

2024-07-19 21:15:09

You Can’t Finish This Brian Eno Doc in a Single Lifetime
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An algorithm organizes a unique ordering of scenes for each screening, meaning there are millions of versions of the film.
https://hyperallergic.com/935717/you-cant-finish-this-brian-eno-doc-in-a-single-lifetime/

2024-07-19 20:15:09

Dereck Stafford Mangus, Beloved Baltimore Artist and Museum Guard, Dies at 46
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The local art community is mourning the loss of Mangus, who was also a union leader and an award-winning art writer.
https://hyperallergic.com/935483/dereck-stafford-mangus-beloved-baltimore-artist-and-museum-guard-dies-at-46/

2024-07-18 23:00:14

A View From the Easel
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“Having more light and space immediately allowed me to make larger work, which I didn't even know I had in me.”
https://hyperallergic.com/935323/a-view-from-the-easel-243/

2024-07-18 22:00:14

Required Reading
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This week, Abercrombie’s comeback, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s downfall, Moby Dick emojis, “survivor” trinkets at the Titanic Museum’s gift shop, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/935292/required-reading-690/

2024-07-18 18:30:12

The Morgan Turns 100: Celebrate Timeless Stories and New Beginnings
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The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates 100 years of illuminating the creative process, presenting remarkable exhibitions and programs for its centennial.
https://hyperallergic.com/934715/morgan-library-and-museum-turns-100/

2024-07-17 22:00:14

Shanghai Museum Welcomes Cats for Egyptian Antiquities Show
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A special event will also include a “Cat Temple” where participants will have the opportunity to take photos with their furry companions.
https://hyperallergic.com/935057/shanghai-museum-welcomes-cats-for-egyptian-antiquities-show/

2024-07-17 20:30:12

In New York City, Palestinian Cinema Returns to the Screen
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But some fear a “flash in the pan” effect and hope Palestinian films can be better integrated into the city’s vision of a global cinema.
https://hyperallergic.com/934618/in-new-york-city-palestinian-cinema-returns-to-the-screen/

2024-07-16 22:45:09

New York Gears Up for 2024 Upstate Art Weekend
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More than 145 arts venues will open their doors with exhibitions, open studios, free programs, and more, from a mermaid parade to a hot dog garden party.
https://hyperallergic.com/934812/what-to-see-upstate-art-weekend-2024/

2024-07-16 21:30:11

Alex Janvier, Indigenous Painter of Evocative Abstractions, Dies at 89
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The artist and residential school survivor created vivid works that meld Denesuline iconography with modern and contemporary styles.
https://hyperallergic.com/934599/alex-janvier-indigenous-painter-of-evocative-abstractions-dies-at-89/

2024-07-16 20:30:12

Dancers Call for Fair Wages During Joan Jonas Performance at Getty
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Performers say they received a $1,000 flat rate for a week of work including rehearsals and performances in 80-degree weather.
https://hyperallergic.com/934682/dancers-call-for-fair-wages-during-joan-jonas-performance-at-getty-center-los-angeles/

2024-07-16 19:00:15

Stream Media Art From Latin America, the Caribbean, and the African Diaspora on PAMMTV
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Pérez Art Museum Miami’s new free streaming platform for video art fills gaps in moving image scholarship from the global majority.
https://hyperallergic.com/933363/stream-media-art-latin-america-caribbean-african-diaspora-pammtv/

2024-07-16 00:15:09

How Memes Unravel the Image of Trump as Martyr
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While cultural critics slobber over the former president’s media savviness, meme-makers are here to burst their disingenuous bubble.
https://hyperallergic.com/934283/how-memes-unravel-the-image-of-trump-as-martyr/

2024-07-15 23:00:13

Who’s Left Out of the Frame in the Viral Trump Shooting Photo?
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In the compulsive analysis of the former president’s image, we risk overlooking the mundanity of gun violence and its less mediagenic casualties.
https://hyperallergic.com/934417/whos-left-out-of-the-frame-in-the-viral-trump-shooting-photo/

2024-07-15 22:15:09

Bill Viola, Who Helped Make Video an Art Form, Dies at 73
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The artist helped cement new media technology as a means of expression in works that explored life’s universal questions.
https://hyperallergic.com/934309/bill-viola-who-helped-make-video-an-art-form-dies-at-73/

2024-07-14 21:00:14

The Geometry in Motion of Nancy Holt
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A survey at Gropius Bau frames Holt as an artist committed to the human body’s actions and dimensions, and its perceptual and cognitive boundaries.
https://hyperallergic.com/933729/the-geometry-in-motion-of-nancy-holt-gropius-bau-berlin/

2024-07-12 21:00:14

Shunga Might Just Convince You That Pornography Is Art
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Director Junko Hirata delves deep into the history and influence of the pornographic art form without cheap tittering at its illicit imagery.
https://hyperallergic.com/933813/junko-hirata-shunga-might-just-convince-you-that-pornography-is-art/

2024-07-12 19:00:14

New Book From Yale University Press Reshapes Our View of Van Gogh as Consummate Nature Painter
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David Ebony talks with art historian Michael Lobel about his new book, Van Gogh and the End of Nature.
https://hyperallergic.com/932336/michael-lobel-book-yale-university-press-van-gogh-nature-painter/

2024-07-12 17:45:08

The Serious Joy of Joyce J. Scott’s Beaded Art
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The decorative allure of Scott’s textile and beaded creations seduces viewers into her sharp critiques of racism, misogyny, and other social ills.
https://hyperallergic.com/933447/the-serious-joy-of-joyce-j-scott-retrospective-baltimore-museum-art/

2024-07-11 23:15:09

Required Reading
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Do White guys who say "inshallah" think they just fell out of a coconut tree? And much more.
https://hyperallergic.com/933323/required-reading-689/

2024-07-11 20:45:09

The Lost Art of Handwriting
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A new book provides a glimpse into how some of the most resoundingly famous writers actually, you know, wrote.
https://hyperallergic.com/928594/the-lost-art-of-handwriting-lesley-smith/

2024-07-10 22:30:12

How Modern-Day Christian Iconoclasts Lost Their Heads
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The vandal who beheaded Esther Strauss’s statue of the Virgin Mary in labor disregarded centuries-old depictions of the mother of God as just a mother.
https://hyperallergic.com/933156/how-modern-day-christian-iconoclasts-lost-their-heads/

2024-07-10 21:00:15

Where Funhouse Erotics Meet Art History
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A new volume of Hilary Harkness’s paintings enfolds us into surreal worlds of gender-bending militaries, feminine revenge, and alternative histories.
https://hyperallergic.com/928342/hilary-harkness-funhouse-erotics-meet-art-history/

2024-07-10 19:00:16

Celebrating the Legacy of Abstract Painter Judith Rothschild at Moss Galleries
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TPaintings, collages, and works on paper from the 1940s through the ’90s offer a glimpse into the evolution of this visionary artist. On view in Portland, Maine.
https://hyperallergic.com/930799/celebrating-the-legacy-of-judith-rothschild-moss-galleries/

2024-07-09 23:00:15

Artist’s Monument to Women Beheaded at University of Houston
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It’s unclear whether the attack on Shahzia Sikander’s sculpture is related to protests by anti-abortion groups, which previously denounced it as “satanic.”
https://hyperallergic.com/932860/shahzia-sikander-monument-to-women-beheaded-at-university-of-houston/

2024-07-09 21:45:09

Art History Majors Face Highest Unemployment Rates, Report Shows
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But other data shows that art history and art degrees are still popular.
https://hyperallergic.com/932628/art-history-majors-face-highest-unemployment-rates-report-shows/

2024-07-09 20:30:12

Hugh Hayden Should Cut the Crap
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The artist’s latest show belongs in the toilet — and that’s exactly where he put it.
https://hyperallergic.com/924353/hugh-hayden-should-cut-the-crap/

2024-07-09 19:00:18

The Portland Vase: Mania and Muse Is on View at the Crocker Art Museum
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Discover how a Classical vase became an artistic and commercial muse across time and place at this exhibition in Sacramento, California.
https://hyperallergic.com/930908/the-portland-vase-mania-and-muse-crocker-art-museum/

2024-07-08 22:30:11

Stunning Pale-Blue Frescoes Found in Pompeii
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The Ancient Roman room, thought to have been used as a shrine for ritual activities, is estimated to date back approximately 2,000 years.
https://hyperallergic.com/924422/stunning-pale-blue-frescoes-found-in-pompeii/

2024-07-08 21:45:09

Most NY Artists Are Financially Unstable, Survey Finds
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More than half of respondents said they earned under $25,000 a year.
https://hyperallergic.com/932243/most-ny-artists-are-financially-unstable-survey-finds/

2024-07-08 19:15:09

Site Santa Fe Presents Teresita Fernández / Robert Smithson
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Co-curated by Teresita Fernández and Lisa Le Feuvre, Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation, this exhibition places two artistic practices in an intergenerational conversation.
https://hyperallergic.com/931552/site-santa-fe-teresita-fernandez-robert-smithson/

2024-07-07 21:00:14

Unearthing the Land’s Buried Stories at the Venice Biennale
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Artists at the Irish, Hãhãwpuá, Portuguese, and Dutch pavilions are exploring notions of land and rematriation — often by bringing soil itself into the gallery space.
https://hyperallergic.com/915003/unearthing-the-lands-buried-stories-at-the-venice-biennale-2024/

2024-07-04 20:30:15

Abigail Dudley’s Paintings of the Observed and Imagined
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I can think of no other painter who can so effectively pull the viewer into a space where clarity and puzzlement cannot be separated.
https://hyperallergic.com/930487/abigail-dudley-paintings-of-the-observed-and-imagined/

2024-07-04 00:00:18

Six Art-World Cool Kids Take Over Abandoned High School in Upstate NY
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At The Campus, pairings of works by over 80 artists yield unexpected dialogues in classrooms, hallways, a gym, and even a science lab.
https://hyperallergic.com/930948/six-art-world-cool-kids-take-over-abandoned-high-school-in-upstate-new-york-the-campus/

2024-07-03 23:00:17

Seven Art Shows to See in NYC Right Now
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From Eva Hesse’s spectacular sculptures to Walton Ford’s fantastic beasts, make sure to catch some of New York’s best shows this July.
https://hyperallergic.com/931285/seven-art-shows-to-see-in-nyc-right-now/

2024-07-03 22:00:14

How Do You Picture a President?
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We might think that many of our olde tyme presidents hearkened from an age before photography, but this exhibition of daguerreotypes proves that wrong.
https://hyperallergic.com/920505/how-do-you-picture-a-president-national-portrait-gallery/

2024-07-03 20:15:12

Bimbola Akinbola’s Postcards From Grief Island
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Though the show is a response to a period of intense personal mourning in the artist’s life, it’s also achingly universal.
https://hyperallergic.com/931155/bimbola-akinbola-postcards-from-grief-island/

2024-07-02 22:45:11

Norman Kleeblatt’s Very New York Story
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“My question to myself was whether and how to be an ‘out Jew’,” the longtime curator told Hyperallergic in an interview.
https://hyperallergic.com/931022/norman-kleeblatt-very-new-york-story/

2024-07-02 21:00:17

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This July
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This month: Gordon Parks’s iconic photographs, Wendy Red Star’s Indigenous abstractions, Chiffon Thomas’s unsettling mixed media sculptures, a celebration of Juxtapoz Magazine, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/929283/10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-july-2024/

2024-07-01 22:30:14

15 Art Shows to See in New York City This Summer
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From the Bronx-forward work at Wave Hill down to Robert Podavano’s liminal paintings in Staten Island, shows that’ll make you want to stick around a sweltering city.
https://hyperallergic.com/929743/15-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-city-summer-2024/

2024-07-01 21:15:11

Museum of Jurassic Technology Aims to Recreate Islamic Spain in LA
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The museum known for its mix of history and whimsy received support from the Getty and Mike Kelley Foundations to take on its most ambitious project yet.
https://hyperallergic.com/924580/museum-of-jurassic-technology-aims-to-recreate-islamic-spain-in-los-angeles/

2024-07-01 20:00:17

Opportunities in July 2024
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Residencies, grants, and open calls from Palm Beach Atlantic University, AICA International, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
https://hyperallergic.com/929189/opportunities-july-2024/

2024-07-01 18:30:15

Seattle Art Fair Returns This Summer
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A one-of-a-kind showcase for the arts community of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle Art Fair returns to Lumen Field for its eighth edition this July.
https://hyperallergic.com/928976/seattle-art-fair-2024/

2024-06-30 21:45:12

6 Art Books to Cure the Summer Reading Slump
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This July’s list is short and sweet with titles on artist lofts in New York City, photos of abortion workers by Carmen Winant, a how-to guide for comic artists, and more.
https://hyperallergic.com/929468/6-art-books-to-cure-the-summer-reading-slump/

2024-06-28 23:15:12

Deborah Bright’s Art Puts the Sex Back in Sexuality
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“My desires are pretty fluid and I openly embrace the different erotic subjectivities that inhabit my brain,” the artist said in an interview with Hyperallergic.
https://hyperallergic.com/929167/deborah-bright-art-puts-the-sex-back-in-sexuality/

2024-06-28 21:15:11

Activists Drop Banners for Gaza at NYC AIDS Memorial
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Protesters urged Biden to “stop arming Israel” ahead of the president’s attendance at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center opening.
https://hyperallergic.com/929750/activists-drop-banners-for-gaza-at-nyc-aids-memorial/

2024-06-28 18:15:12

Presidential Debate Memes That Channel Our Never-Ending Screams
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We must find ways to laugh so that we don’t cry, and the depressing material from last night is undoubtedly premium crop ripe for picking on.
https://hyperallergic.com/929784/trump-biden-presidential-debate-memes-that-channel-our-never-ending-screams/

2024-06-27 23:15:12

NYC Cultural Orgs Push for Funding as Budget Deadline Looms
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Local advocates and institutions have called for an additional $53 million to raise the city’s cultural budget baseline.
https://hyperallergic.com/923524/nyc-cultural-orgs-push-for-funding-as-budget-deadline-looms/