April 15, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ⛅ Today, the owner of the world’s only Native American comic book shop selects some publications you should know about, the infamous “first tweet” by the Twitter founder is finding it tough on the secondary market, and reviews of Kwon Young-Woo, Kia LaBeija, and a New York City exhibition that features five Eastern European artists.
Also in this edition, we have a very special essay by longtime Hyperallergic editor and critic Seph Rodney. After six years with the publication, Seph is leaving his full-time position to pursue independent projects. We asked him to reflect on his time at Hyperallergic and what art criticism means to him. His presence in the office will be greatly missed.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Art Criticism as a Way to Live
These are what have been for me the most troubling and beautiful aspects of being a full-time critic and writer. | Seph Rodney
SPONSORED
Toronto’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival Launches 26th Edition
The 2022 festival includes exhibitions and installations by artists including Tyler Mitchell, Sunil Gupta, Mahtab Hussain, Brendan George Ko, Aïda Muluneh, and more. Learn more.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded $33.17 million to 245 projects, including the digital archive of an archaeological site in Syria.
An NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet that Sold For $2.9 million tanks in value.
Plans for a Holocaust memorial next to London’s Parliament have been called off, with critics citing it would detract from a slavery abolition monument nearby.
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Maine College of Art & Design Announces 2022 MFA Visiting Artist Summer Lecture Series
Work with a roster of renowned Visiting Artists during an eight-week summer intensive for MECA&D’s MFA in Studio Art. Learn more.
LATEST REVIEWS
Kia LaBeija’s Photographs Tell a Story as Multifaceted as the Artist Herself
The photographer chronicles her life as a queer woman of color born with HIV. | Julia Curl
The Eastern European Artists Who Moved Forward by Starting From Scratch
For the five artists in From Scratch, starting from the elemental meant raising existential questions on the use of language and humor or irony in art. | Silvia Benedetti
Abstractions That Record the Scars of Trauma
Kwon Young-Woo presents the viewer with a deeper sense of the reality that nature goes on, no matter what humans are doing to each other. | John Yau
ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC
Don’t Fear a Red Planet, Selections From the World's Only Native American Comic Shop
A suggested reading list from Red Planet Books and Comics highlighting Native American literary work. | Lee Francis
Required Reading
This week, national participation in the Venice Biennale, teen depression in the US, the "pity me" personal essay, reimagining borders, and more. | Hrag Vartanian
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TRANSITIONS
David Zwirner now represents Huma Bhabha.
Melique Jones was appointed Chief People Officer at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Pace Gallery now represents Maysha Mohamedi.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
This year’s Turner Prize nominees were announced. They are Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan, and Sin Wai Kin.
The University of Kentucky received $1 million from artist Amy Sherald to establish two grants named for Breonna Taylor.
