The fallout from the sudden closure of Philadelphia's University of the Arts continues.
The fallout from the sudden closure of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts continues. In the latest news, faculty members who were left out in the cold file a class action lawsuit against the school. Maya Pontone has the details. For our Pride Month series of interviews with queer and trans elders, News Editor Valentina Di Liscia chats with 63-year-old photographer Catherine Opie about her decades-long activism in art, and about a particularly memorable photo she captured at the 1990 Pride parade in San Francisco. Also today: LaToya Ruby Frazier’s photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, California’s first exhibition of queer Dalit artists, the dark past of Hollywood’s animated films in Required Reading, and artists talk about their studios in A View From the Easel. Happy Friday! — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor | |
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| | | From street snapshots to resplendent studio photographs, the artist draws us powerfully into her life-long project of bearing witness to her community. | Valentina Di Liscia |
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IN THE NEWS | | | Staffers at the University of the Arts have filed a class action lawsuit accusing the school of violating federal labor protections after it abruptly announced its closure. |
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EXHIBITIONS ON OUR RADAR | | | | Though Frazier’s photography is often described as “documentary,” it betrays a thorough investment in and interchange with those she photographs. | Zoë Hopkins |
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| | | | Curator Manu Kaur rooted the show, on view at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, in Dalit Guru Ravidas’s vision of a stateless, casteless, and classless society. | Mallika Chennupaty |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | “One can never have too much natural light.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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| | | | This week, minstrelsy and AI, groundbreaking lesbian athlete Helen Stephens, British pubs are struggling to stay afloat, and more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin and Elaine Velie |
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TRANSITIONS | Medea Ekner was appointed director general of the International Council of Museums.
Samuel Fosso is now represented by Yossi Milo.
Judy Ledgerwood is now represented by GRAY gallery in collaboration with Rhona Hoffman Gallery.
Morten Søndergaard was named head curator of the MOMENTUM 13 biennale.
Axel Wieder was appointed director of the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | Carmen Argote, Hellen Ascoli, and Esteban Cabeza de Baca are among the artists selected for the 2024 triennial at El Museo del Barrio. See the full list here.
Alfredo Jaar won the IV Mediterranean Albert Camus Prize.
Achille Mbembe received the Holberg Prize from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Connie Mendoza, Alison Siegel, and Hannah Choi are among the 2024 ArtTable Fellows. See the full list here.
Kathy Vargas won the Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts, Beili Liu won the Texas Artist of the Year, and Michelle Barnes won the Lifetime Achievement in Arts Leadership from Art League Houston. |
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