February 23, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. ⛅ Today, Over a hundred artists and scholars are calling for the authorities to reverse their decision to relocate the Roosevelt statue to North Dakota, roughly half of museums plan to hire new staff, and the National Portrait Gallery has ended its sponsorship with BP.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief 

140+ Artists and Scholars Call on NYC to Reverse Relocation of Roosevelt Statue to North Dakota

The letter, signed by artists including Alicia Grullon, Michael Rakowitz, Walid Raad, Dread Scott, and Hans Haacke, says the city failed to consult Indigenous leaders in the state. | Hakim Bishara

IN OTHER NEWS

• New Yorkers can pick up free at-home covid tests at select institutions across the city, including the Brooklyn Museum and El Museo del Barrio.

• The National Portrait Gallery ends its partnership with BP following protests over the oil giant’s sponsorship of the British Museum’s Stonehenge exhibition.

• A new survey shows that nearly half of US museums plan to increase staff, but only 15% said they would work to decrease the gap between the highest- and lowest-paid workers.

ART & FILM

The Layered History of Japanese Printmaking, Distilled in an Emerald Tapestry

If Hokusai had focused his subject on swirling tide pools instead of “The Great Wave,” it may have felt something like Taiko Chandler’s “Blue Surge.” | Kealey Boyd

Life, Death, and the Cosmos Come Together in Sharon Lockhart's Art

Lockhart's latest exhibition offers a near-spiritual glimpse at the enormity of our planet, encompassing life, death, and the cosmos. | Madeleine Seidel

Playground Looks at the Psychological and Physical Carnage of Childhood

Laura Wandel’s debut film examines the psychological — and physical — carnage wrought between children when grown-ups look the other way. | Eileen G’Sell

MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC

What is the Art Renewal Center Really About?

The organization serves as one of the largest nodes in the Classical Realist movement. | Clark Filio

Fun Facts and Unexpected Stories About Artists and the Art World

Did you know Maurizio Cattelan has worked as a morgue assistant, or that Annie Leibovitz created an album cover for Cyndi Lauper?| Lauren Moya Ford

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