As I write this missive, temperatures in New York are climbing furiously above 90°F (32°C) and anyone who’s able to is hiding indoors. And summer has just begun. Should we then be surprised that climate protesters keep escalating their tactics? This time, they targeted the ancient Stonehenge monument in the United Kingdom with orange powder. Did they damage it for good? Read our report to find out. This week, we alsocelebrated Juneteenth with articles and reviews about the ongoing fight for dignity and equal rights for Black people in the United States. We’ve highlighted books to read, films to watch, and artists to follow including Nona Faustine and Adama Delphine Fawundu.
In our Pride Month series honoring queer elders, we spoke with Roy Kady, Philip Yenawine, Jimmy Wright, Kate Bornstein, and Lola Flash. Also: Did Auguste Rodin steal from his lover and collaborator Camille Claudel? Artist MarySherman, who’s been obsessed with this question for years, makes a convincing case that he did. Her article is exactly what I call a good weekend read. One last thing: Hyperallergic is turning 15 this fall. Like any teenager, we need some support. Please join us as a member, if you haven’t already. Any contribution would go a long way. Have a lovely, cool weekend.
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What went so wrong that the brilliant sculptor’s work became so little known? Simply put, she entered Rodin’s studio. | Mary Sherman
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QUEER ICONS
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“That’s what traditional Navajo weaving is: an interpretation of your environment,” the Diné artist told Hyperallergic in an interview. | Elaine Velie
“I attribute what creativity I have to being gay,” explained the art historian and author in a conversation with Hyperallergic. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin and Lisa Yin Zhang
“The sense of freedom I felt in New York had nothing to do with the art world,” the painter told Hyperallergic. | Elaine Velie
A freewheeling interview with the 76-year-old trans activist, artist, playwright, actor, and OG gender outlaw. | Natalie Haddad
“For years, I didn’t want acceptance from the art world. I wanted the opposite, to be honest,” the photographer told Hyperallergic in an interview. | Elaine Velie
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LATEST IN ART
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Faustine’s White Shoes photography series demands a reckoning with the histories and afterlives of slavery, settler colonialism, and genocidal violence. | Alexandra M. Thomas
Adama Delphine Fawundu’s installation at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park honors the 25 individuals who were once enslaved there. | Maya Pontone
Any New Yorker who steps into Loft Law: Photographs by Joshua Charow will likely look with a lascivious gaze upon the few remaining protected artist lofts. | Alexis Clements
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Accompanying a show at The Met, The Art of the Literary Poster examines the commercial, artistic, and political dimensions of the late-19th-century form. | Sarah Rose Sharp
Eugene Richards’s sensitive photographs in Remembrance Garden are rooted in over 100 visits he took to the grounds after enduring COVID in 2020. | Maya Pontone
Delve into the long history of African-American photography, bell hooks’s essays on art and politics, a graphic novel on the Black Panther Party, and more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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From Niki de Saint Phalle to the subway, time is running out to see some of our favorite art in the city. | Hakim Bishara, Valentina Di Liscia, Rhea Nayyar, and AX Mina
The artist has donated over 150 works from his foundation’s collection to the Portland Museum of Art, among other institutions in the state. | Maya Pontone
For each solstice and equinox, Hyperallergic will present a tarotscope with a special focus on the arts and creative practice, to mark the turning of the seasons. | AX Mina
Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom follows the pastor, educator, and descendant Rasool Berry as he travels across Texas to understand why we celebrate the holiday and the circumstances leading up to it. | Rhea Nayyar
This week, Miss Piggy’s mom, American fiction’s fatphobia problem, the shady underbelly of glass-eel fishing, Chappell Roan, and what did Old English sound like? | Lakshmi Rivera Amin and Elaine Velie
Residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs from The Bennett Prize, Ucross, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
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