| Good morning. 🌤️ Today, we present you with our picks for the most interesting shows in Los Angeles this summer! Also: People are still attacking Kim Kardashian for wearing Marilyn Monroe’s dress to the Met Gala; NFT prices are crashing; the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna faces criticism for canceling a lecture by a Palestinian scholar, and much more. — Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief Become a Member Your list of must-see exhibitions and art events in Los Angeles this summer, including Judy Baca, Andrea Bowers, Minerva Cuevas, Aram Han Sifuentes, and more. | Caroline Ellen Liou SPONSORED Exclusively on David Zwirner, this online presentation debuts a new limited-edition lithograph featuring one of Raymond Pettibon’s most notable motifs: the iconic wave, a subject the artist has explored in his practice for nearly three decades. View the available work now. LATEST NEWS Photos posted by @themarylinmonroecollection appear to show damage to the iconic Marilyn Monroe dress that Kim Kardashian wore to the 2022 Met Gala. (screenshot Elaine Velie/Hyperallergic) Two viral social media posts offer opposing stories about what happened to Marilyn Monroe’s dress during its Met Gala appearance. NFT values plummet as cryptocurrencies reach an 18-month low. Hundreds denounce the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna’s cancelation of scholar Walaa Alqaisiya's lecture on Palestine. SPONSORED Two artists will each receive $20,000 in funding to help them become active cultural practitioners and research community-engaged creative practices. Learn more. ART & PERFORMANCE Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the hybrid film/theatrical production is a dense and irreverent look at the performance of queerness. | Juan Barquin An exhibition examines how our understanding of the natural environment has degraded both the ocean and our social systems to a perilous degree. | Elizabeth Rooklidge SPONSORED This year’s winner, Dr. Tiffany E. Barber, will present a paper related to her award-winning essay in Washington, DC, on Friday, September 9. Learn more. Statsinger has created a world that is simultaneously microscopic and macroscopic, cellular and cosmological, wherein the inexplicable and enigmatic coexist. | John Yau IN MEMORIAM Tarek Al-Ghoussein (1962-2022)
Kuwaiti-Palestinian photographer and professor | Khaleej Times
Heidi Göess-Horten (1941-2022)
Contemporary art collector and museum founder | Artnews
Duncan Hannah (1952-2022)
Artist and chronicler of 1970s New York | NYT Marina Lambraki-Plaka (1939-2022)
Art historian and director of the National Gallery of Greece | Kathimerini Sophie Lauwers (1966-2022)
Director of the Bozar Center for Fine Arts | Artnews MOST POPULAR FROM THE ARCHIVE This digital version of Birds of America draws you back into Audubon’s world while emphasizing the need for conservation today. | Allison Meier IN OUR STORE This sweet board book celebrates the many different types of love that can be found in the animal kingdom. A colorful rainbow celebration, the book is based on scientists' observations of same-sex couples, adoption, non-binary gender expression, and more.
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