April 8, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ⛅ Today, Etsy sellers are organizing a boycott to protest rising seller fees on the platform, an exhibition in London looks at a century of artist studios, and writer Hans Baumann considers how arts communities can collaborate better with Indigenous communities.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
A Century of the Artist's Studio Is a Peek Into the Artist's Mind
The studio is a place of self-mirroring, self-haunting, a space where the artist plays out the day-to-day reality of the fantasy of being an artist. | Michael Glover
SPONSORED
YBCA and Galería de la Raza Present Pedagogy of Hope: Uncage, Reunify, Heal
This new exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts surveys a national campaign that demands the release of migrant children separated from their families at the US-Mexico border. Learn more.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Thousands of boycotting Etsy sellers accuse the platform of “pandemic profiteering” after it announced a 30% transaction fee increase.
Author Heather Ann Thompson is suing New York prisons for banning her book Blood in the Water about the Attica uprising.
The Frankenthaler Foundation will give $2.5 million in grants to support artists at risk and conserve cultural heritage in Ukraine.
Architect Kisho Kurokawa’s iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo will be demolished and disassembled one capsule at a time.
SPONSORED
The Anchorage Museum Asks: Can Pandemic Storytelling Help Heal Divided Communities?
The Alaska museum is teaming up with a local writer and newspaper to help its community reconnect in a world changed by COVID. Learn more.
LATEST REVIEWS
Jaclyn Wright’s Blaze Orange Uses Photography to Question the “American West”
An active shooting range prompts artwork about the environment. | Scotti Hill
An Artist's Palette Reflects Community and Adversity
Painter Jewel Ham's color choices critique a colorist interpretation of Blackness as being monolithic, lacking a multitude of colors therein. | Emann Odufu
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Experience Designs by Eva LeWitt at New York City Ballet’s Art Series
The artist has created 10 sculptures for a special one-night-only event on April 29, where attendees will be able to view her work both on and off the stage. Learn more.
MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC
Seeking Better Ways for the Art Community to Collaborate with Indigenous Communities
Are ecological thinking and decolonial practice merely genres, or are they being used to transform all aspects of arts discourse? | Hans Baumann
Required Reading
This week, a mural in Belarus is a symbol of defiance, an excellent report about the 2020 election big lie, Chomsky and the dangers ahead, if you like Wordle, you might enjoy Heardle, and much more. | Hrag Vartanian
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TRANSITIONS
Jessica Bell Brown was appointed curator and head of the Baltimore Museum of Art's contemporary art department.
Evelyn C. Hankins was named head curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Veronica Roberts was appointed director of Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center.
David Huffman, Tucker Nichols, and Carrie Mae Weems were elected artist trustees at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Derrick Adams received a Mellon Foundation grant to fund his Black Baltimore Digital Database project.
Cecilia Vicuña was selected to create the 2022 Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.
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