Good morning! Let’s get today’s jump scare out of the way: Have you seen King Charles’s official portrait yet? Our reporter Rhea Nayyar compiles the satisfyingly brutal memes spawned by the cursed painting, which lends itself to everything from rhubarb pie filling to, fittingly, the fires of hell. Also today, a look into the complex history of the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, textiles across time and space at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Eileen Isagon Skyers’s review of Black Meme by Legacy Russell. And as we inch closer to summer, check out our recommendations for shows to visit in New York City before May ends.
— Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor
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Legacy Russell’s Black Memes argues that owning, replicating, and remediating Black material is a theft rooted in historical frameworks of subordination. | Eileen Isagon Skyers
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IN THE NEWS
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Native-led arts and culture advocacy organization Forge Project has
announced their 2024 fellows. The six artists, musicians, and advocates will each receive a $25,000 grant and a three-week residency this summer in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) Valley.
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SHOWS ON OUR RADAR
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The beautiful and the bad — paintings and otherwise — make an impression in galleries this month. | Hrag Vartanian, Daniel Larkin, and Ela Bittencourt
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SPONSORED
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The 2024 collector’s item is an exclusive collaboration between the legendary cartoon artist and Platform, the e-commerce company for contemporary art. A portion of proceeds will benefit Safe Horizon, the New York nonprofit supporting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Limited quantities are available now on Platform
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The Met show pays tribute to the designs and technical innovations of long-ago weavers and the 20th-century artists who took inspiration from them. | Julie Schneider
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC
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Despite its legacy as a hub of Latinx art, the institution has been housed in a dilapidated building for decades and, more recently, faced allegations of discrimination. | Jessica Fuentes
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The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo was met with a torrent of memes, online reactions, and expressions of puzzlement. | Rhea Nayyar
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