March 9, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌨️ Today, a list of resources for Ukrainian artists fleeing danger, the Smithsonian Museums have announced that visitors will not be required to wear masks anymore, and a never-before-seen portrait of Princess Diana goes on view in London.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Artists at Risk Shares Resources for Ukrainian Artists Fleeing the War
The organization is helping relocate Ukrainians in urgent need of help as well as Russian dissidents who may be at risk of persecution. | Jasmine Liu
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Parthenogenesis: Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian
This exhibition marks the artist trio’s first institutional solo show in the UAE, on view at the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery until June 12. Learn more.
IN OTHER NEWS
Workers at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, rally for a union on March 4, 2022 (courtesy Wex Workers United)
Workers at the Wexner Center for the Arts are the latest to join the nationwide trend of unionization at cultural institutions.
The Smithsonian Institution announced it will be dropping its mask mandate across its museums and the National Zoo starting this Friday.
A never-before-seen portrait of Princess Diana by photographer David Bailey is unveiled at Kensington Palace in London.
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Brass Taxes Offers a Free Virtual Event for Artists & Freelancers to Make Doing Taxes Suck Less
This Tax Talk will help you know how to avoid a tax catastrophe, when to get help, and what a good tax experience looks like. Learn more.
Enjoy Summer Intensives at Pratt Institute’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Focus on skill enhancement, portfolio building, professional development, and personal enrichment with Summer Intensive courses, either online or on-site in NYC. Learn more.
ART & BOOKS
Vienna’s Belvedere Museum Highlights Three Early Modernists Who Straddled Europe and Asia
For the first time in three centuries, the Belvedere Museum is displaying creations by artists who are not Austrian and have no connection to Austrian art. | Avedis Hadjian
Suchitra Mattai Probes the Monstrous Misperceptions Around Immigrant Identity
Mattai’s art is a searing indictment of the manufactured tropes of immigrant identity deeply embedded in the Western imagination. | Aaron Mom
A Chronicling of Contaminated Indigenous Land Around the Globe
The work of 36 artists, most of whom identify as Indigenous, is centered around the impact of nuclear testing and uranium mining, and their attendant contamination. | Shaw Bowman
Julia Morgan, California’s First Licensed Female Architect
A new biography looks at the largely forgotten architect who executed more than 700 building projects in California, including the Hearst Castle. | Lauren Moya Ford
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