Good morning. You may be familiar with Deborah Bright’s Dream Girls (1989–90) series, in which the artist inserted herself into classic film scenes to shake up Hollywood ideals of gender and sexuality. Today, read Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad’s in-depth interview with Bright for our Pride Month series. In the news, activists dropped banners from the NYC AIDS Memorial on Friday, calling on Biden to halt military funding for Israel. The president faced off with convicted felon Donald Trump on Thursday in a debate that yielded as many memes as too-little-too-late think pieces about the state of American democracy. We prefer the memes, rounded up below. Also today, six art books to escape summertime sadness, Jiwon Rhie’s self-reflective art, and rediscovering the legacy of abstract expressionist Lawrence Calcagno.
— Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor
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“My desires are pretty fluid and I openly embrace the different erotic subjectivities that inhabit my brain,” the artist said in an interview with Hyperallergic. | Natalie Haddad
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The gallery’s summer season also includes Asmaa Walton: Black Art Library and Michelle Hinojosa: Logcabins. On view in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Learn more
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This July’s list is short and sweet with titles on artist lofts in New York City, photos of abortion workers by Carmen Winant, a how-to guide for comic artists, and more. | Valentina Di Liscia, Natalie Haddad, Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Lauren Moya Ford, CM Campbell
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Lawrence Calcagno showed in nine Whitney biennials and was a lover to Beauford Delaney, but his legacy is yet to be fully explored. | Michael Klein
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Jiwon Rhie’s clean but playful investigations into societal practices and our own perceptions of ourselves put sensitivity and jest at an equal level.| Rhea Nayyar
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Protesters urged Biden to “stop arming Israel” ahead of the president’s attendance at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center opening. | Maya Pontone
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We must find ways to laugh so that we don’t cry, and the depressing material from last night is undoubtedly premium crop ripe for picking on. | Rhea Nayyar
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