August 24, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, nearly half of the artists in the 2022 Wisconsin Triennial, organized by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, pull out of the exhibition because of what they described as "institutional racist violence" and "shameful mistreatment" of Black artists. This is especially egregious as the whole premise of the show was to highlight Black women artists. The details of this story are pretty shocking.

Also today, a "unicorn" fossil at a German museum, MoMA's whitewashing of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's African influences, and why are we seeing so much sex on mainstream TV lately?

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

Note: Due to a last-minute editing error prior to sending, the introduction for the Daily newsletter on Monday, August 22nd, mistakenly credited Hakim Bishara instead of Hrag Vartanian.

Visiting MoMA While Black

Visiting the retrospective of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, I thought to myself: Am I crazy? I must be tripping, this is straight out of Africa! | Sydney Harvey

WHAT'S HAPPENING

The nearly empty walls of the exhibition Ain’t I a Woman? at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art after 11 artists withdrew from the 2022 Wisconsin Triennial (photo courtesy Emily Leach)

• Artists at the Wisconsin Triennial have withdrawn their work in response to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s“institutional racist violence.”

• Starting in 2023, teachers can claim a tax deduction of $300 for school supplies they purchased out of pocket. 

• Germany's "unicorn" fossil, known as the "Magdeburg Unicorn," is again making waves on the internet.

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