October 4, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌧️ Today, a major cross-border contemporary art collaboration is uniting 13 art spaces in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, a bipartisan effort is trying to revitalize the US art economy, and reviews of David Huffman, Leonardo Drew, Stop Painting, and more.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

A Bipartisan Bill Aims to Assist Arts Workers

The Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA) proposes a $300 million federal grants and commissions program for art workers. | Billy Anania

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The top 50 individuals represented in monuments in the US. (courtesy of Monument Lab)

A new report confirms that violence is the most common subject of commemoration in United States monuments.

At least 10 looted 16th-century manuscripts have been identified and returned to Mexico’s National Archive.

Desierto Mountain Time is a new series of contemporary art exhibitions and programs uniting art organizations across borders.

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Artists Can Enter to Publish an Instructional Art Book

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How Berkeley’s Countercultural Movement Shaped Artist David Huffman

Afro Hippie examines David Huffman’s time at Berkeley and how it continues to influence him today. | Emily Wison

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Gaika’s NFT Project for Voice Turns Viewers Into Participants

The Voice NFT Residency provides artists with resources to experiment in creating art that utilizes blockchain technology. Learn more.

The Galactic Visions of Leonardo Drew

This exhibition could use some more acreage to convey the feeling of standing at a doorway leading to a universe sparkling with abundant energies. | Seph Rodney

Painting’s Perpetual Death and Rebirth

Stop Painting recognizes art as an impossible endeavor that is perhaps most generative when its conflicts remain unresolved. | Caroline Ellen Liou

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Kludge, Curated by Laurie Anderson, Arrives at Joe’s Pub This October

The lineup, which changes every evening, includes Anne Carson, Arto Lindsay, Lafcadio Cass, and Rubin Kodheli. Learn more.

Before 3D Prints There Were Plaster Copies

Plaster casts have a much longer history than 3D models and prints and therefore can provide us with examples of the ethical pitfalls of reproductions. | Pinar Durgun

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