| Happy Friday! The Trump administration is doing its best to end the week on a frustrating note for the arts. Today we report on the NEA's termination of a grants program for small arts organizations serving marginalized communities. Complying with the president's anti-DEI policy, the agency will instead prioritize funding initiatives that “celebrate and honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.” In other news, union workers call on the Brooklyn Museum to halt its alleged plans for staff cuts. News Editor Valentina Di Liscia has the scoop. On the brighter side, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s much-anticipated Caspar David Friedrich exhibition opens this weekend. I spoke with scholar Joseph Leo Koerner, whose 1990 book on Friedrich is essential reading for fans, about the artist’s continuing appeal and Koerner's own decades-long engagement with his monumental paintings. Make sure to read our Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian’s poignant take on artist Serena Chang and the subjects of memory and assimilation, and Eileen G’Sell’s roundup of women- and queer-centered documentary films at Sundance. And, as always, check out our columns Required Reading and A View From the Easel. — Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor | | |
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 | | “He brings in that random, specific, accidental character of the world, and then he makes it feel like there’s some kind of order to it,” says Friedrich expert Joseph Leo Koerner. | Natalie Haddad |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | The Michigan museum opens its new expansion featuring works from The Bennett Collection of Women Figurative Realists. Learn more |
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LATEST REVIEWS |  | | Artist Serena Chang helps us see that in the act of remembering we’re often uncovering more than our own past. | Hrag Vartanian |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | This exhibition at Fu Qiumeng Fine Art offers a dynamic exploration of East Asian art traditions through assemblage, calligraphy, and ink painting. Learn more |
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 | | Whether it’s catfishing clueless rich guys, catching sex predators on YouTube, or assisting a woman in conceiving a child, questions of legality often have little to do with morality. | Eileen G’Sell |
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MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC |  | | “I almost never allow myself to sink into the feeling of guilt or shame about not getting enough work done.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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|  | | This week: Sanford Biggers’s musical sculpture, Bayard Rustin’s secret antiquities, lessons from Octavia Butler, elephant autonomy, Severance bros are back, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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TRANSITIONS | | Lea Stephenson was appointed curator of Historical American Art at thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | | Oluremi C. Onabanjo, Donna Honarpisheh, Aimé Iglesias Lukin, and Bernardo Mosqueira were awarded Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Curatorial Work.
Moriah Evans, Monet Hurst-Mendoza, and Melih Kiraç are among the 2025 artists-in-residence at the Watermill Center. See the full list here.
Keshad Adeniyi, Briana Calderón, and Dahkil Hausif are among the 2025 Create Change Artists-in-Residence at the Laundromat Project. See the full list here. |
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FEATURED OPPORTUNITY | | Walker Youngbird Artist Grant | | Early and emerging Native artists can apply for a $15,000 grant from the Walker Youngbird Foundation. Over six months, the selected artist will develop a creative work, receive mentorship, and participate in two showcase events. Read more on Hyperallergic.
Deadline: February 19, 2025 | walkeryoungbird.org
See more in this month’s list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers! |
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MEMBER COMMENT | | Brandi C on “Montgomery Mayor Calls for Removal of “Politicized” Billboard Artwork” | | Thank you for this article. I cannot understand what Mayor Reed means about “being careful about our shared history” or what he presumes is consensus in the US concerning the events of Bloody Sunday in particular and of this nation’s history in general. |
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