We have a special treat for you today: The feminist collective Guerrilla Girls shares a seldom-seen letter that artist Faith Ringgold, who passed away last week at 93, sent them in 1994. Ringgold’s moving letter is modeled after Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Guerrilla Girls created a graphic for the letter. It’s a must-read.
Also today, writer Carl Little interviews Hyperallergic art critic John Yau about his decades-long collaborations with artists, and Ela Bittencourt writes about Beatriz Nascimento, a pathbreaking scholar of Black Brazilian history.
In our Opinion section, Forge Project co-founder Zach Feuer responds to the heavily publicized closure of Israel’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale, criticizing the artist’s decision as performative and opportunistic.
There’s all that and more, including A View From the Easel, Required Reading, and the winners of the World Press Photo of the Year awards.
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Guerrilla Girls share an MLK-inspired letter the artist sent them in 1994.
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You’ve seen his tornado, but do you know his name? An exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art explores how a farm boy from Kansas became one of the most influential painters in the US.
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Israeli Chutzpah at the Venice Biennale |
Perfectly timed for maximum press attention, the performative closure of the country’s pavilion is opportunistic and cynical.
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By interacting with Eloïse Bonneviot and Anne de Boer’s spatial installation in Prague, viewers create speculative scenarios for an ecologically aware city.
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The exhibition Disguise the Limit highlights the many different ways Yau has worked with a wide range of visual artists over the past five decades.
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Carl Little |
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Each of 69 squares is being sold as a print to directly support a family trying to flee Gaza.
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Valentina Di Liscia |
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“My practice has grown in new ways just from being in close proximity to other artists.”
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Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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Beatriz Nascimento’s groundbreaking research defied dominant White Brazilian academic narratives, instead emphasizing Black political agency.
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Ela Bittencourt |
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This week, the return of the “dumbphone,” the future of music criticism, and a primer on how to title an academic paper.
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Lakshmi Rivera Amin and Elaine Velie |
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