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August 9, 2021 • View in browserGood morning! Today, a look at a surreal underwater museum, a graphic artist on loneliness, Tigray rebels have taken over a UNESCO heritage site of rock-hewn churches, and more below. — Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor This Sculpture Museum Is 32 Feet Below WaterArtist Jason deCaires Taylor’s 90 sculptures will help generate the “recovery of coral habitats and reefs.” | Hakim Bishara SPONSORED Explore 140+ Online Courses This Fall With RISD Continuing EducationOnline fall programs, offered in both live and asynchronous formats, include classes for adults, teens, and high school students. Learn more. WHAT'S HAPPENING Lalibela is home to 11 medieval monolithic churches. Rebel forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region have reportedly seized the town of Lalibela, home to UNESCO-protected 12th- and 13th-century rock-hewn churches. The seizure has raised fears for the safety of the sacred site.ART Huguette Caland’s Vivacious Takes on the Female FormRobust, voluptuous, and sexually frank, the works in Tête-à-Tête showcase Caland’s outré sense of humor and vivacity. | Ela Bittencourt A Printmaker Memorializes New York City’s Architecture“Manhattan is my easel,” said Austin Thomas. | Clayton Schuster The Nuances of LonelinessIn a new graphic nonfiction book, Kirsten Radtke interrogates this pervasive but often shame-filled aspect of the human condition. | Erin Langner FILM AND PERFORMANCE When Live Music Brings the Beat Back Into Your BodyA concert at the Cloisters shed the Met’s stuffiness, broadening what performance can be. | Daniel Larkin After Decades of Repression, Bill Gunn’s Work Finally Breaks FreeBecause he refused to play to white hegemony, Gunn’s films were often poorly understood. | Justin Kamp Support HyperallergicOur membership program makes it possible for us to dive deeper into important issues and topics. Want to be part of the future of independent arts journalism? Become a Hyperallergic MemberIN OUR STORE This Book Is a PlanetariumDefying every expectation of what a book can be, this pop-up extravaganza transforms into six fully functional tools: a real working planetarium projecting the constellations, a musical instrument complete with strings for strumming, a geometric drawing generator, an infinite calendar, a message decoder, and even a speaker that amplifies sound. MOST POPULAR An Early 20th-Century Erotic Illustrator and Her Queer Vision of BeautyThe Erotic Nostalgia of Lesbian Pulp FictionThe Triumphant Tangles of Christina Quarles’s CanvasesThe Sensual, Surreal, and Queer PaJaMa CollectiveLooking Back at the Misbegotten Woodstock ’99 Music Festival
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