October 19, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Does the art world have a bias against people who are overweight? Curator Anna Mirzayan, and many people I know, think so. Mirzayan wrote quite a moving op-ed about this little-discussed problem. I recommend you read it.
This is fun: We prepared a list of the best and worst museum restaurants in NYC, from the gourmet dishes of the Robert at the Museum of Arts and Design to the stale croissants of the New-York Historical Society's cafe. It's a useful resource. Enjoy it!
Also today, the US finally features an Asian American on its currency, The Broad in LA is organizing the city's first-ever Keith Haring museum exhibition, Sandra Payne, Ken Lum, and more.
— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
Why Does the Art World Hate Fat People?
Typical reactions to fat bodies in the art world range from pity to fascination. | Anna Mirzayan
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Boston Art Book Fair Returns This November
Presented by Boston Center for the Arts and Bodega, this free fair features art, books, prints, zines, and more by over 140 exhibitors. Learn more.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Anna May Wong is the first Asian American to be featured on a US currency (courtesy US Mint)
Anna May Wong will be the first Asian-American person to be honored on US currency via the American Women Quarters Program.
A ballot measure in California's upcoming election could potentially allocate up to $1 billion in funding for arts education across the state.
A new Holocaust museum, inspired by the work of artist Robert Sutz, is slated to open in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2025.
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LATEST IN ART
Sandra Payne's Bling Manifesto
The unabashedly feminine oeuvre of the collagist, sculptor, and conceptual artist is a smorgasbord of shimmer and sequin, a bling manifesto for the senses. | Eileen G’Sell
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Vera List Center for Art and Politics Presents 2022 Forum, Correction*
Taking place online and in person at The New School, programming includes a keynote lecture by Shuddhabrata Sengupta, a preview of an opera by Anna Martine Whitehead, and more. Learn more.
Subverting Our Need for Instant Gratification
A survey exhibition at the New Mexico Museum of Art looks at artists who took a revolutionary and subversive approach to the photographic image. | Rachel Harris-Huffman
Ken Lum Holds Up a Mirror to the World
With their sophisticated interplay between image, text, materials, color, and driving ideas, Lum’s works often have a pronounced emotional impact. | Gregory Volk
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McEvoy Foundation for the Arts Celebrates Five Years in San Francisco With Color Code
This exhibition presents new commissions by Bay Area artists Sadie Barnette, Angela Hennessy, Clare Rojas, and Zio Ziegler alongside work from the McEvoy Family Collection. Learn more.
MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC
Nine NYC Museum Restaurants to Dine at (or Skip)
From the Whitney to the Guggenheim, we bring you the inside scoop on which museum dining options are worth their salt, and which could stand to add a little more. | Rhea Nayyar
Prepare Yourself for LA's First Keith Haring Museum Show
Art is for Everybody at the Broad Museum will focus on the artist's life and activism. | Elaine Velie
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