May 19, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Today, workers at the Whitney Museum in New York greet gala attendees with a union protest, the UK agrees to talks with Greece about the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles, and the National Gallery of Art joins the Wordle craze with an art history-themed adaptation of the game called "Artle."
We also have reviews of Columbia University's MFA thesis exhibition, the High Desert Test Sites biennial around Joshua Tree, and a lot more.
— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief
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Whitney Workers Crash Gala to Protest "Lowball" Wages
The union said that grass hedges were erected around the entrance to block the gala's guests from seeing the protest outside. | Jasmine Liu
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ArtYard’s Ecstatic Decrepitude Features Works by Bread and Puppet Founder Peter Schumann
Curated by Clare Dolan, this solo exhibition in Frenchtown, NJ contains new and unearthed paintings, sculptures, and prints selected from the organization’s 60-year history. Learn more.
IN OTHER NEWS
Gather ’round, friends, as we ponder today’s Artle! Gerrit van Honthorst, “The Concert” (1623), National Gallery of Art, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and Florian Carr Fund (image via National Gallery of Art)
The National Gallery of Art launches Artle, a new artwork guessing game inspired by the super-popular Wordle.
The United Kingdom and Greece have agreed to formal talks regarding the return of the Parthenon marbles.
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Call for Applications: New Archive Fellowship Seeks to Write More Inclusive Histories of Craft
The Center for Craft will award six $5,000 Craft Archive Fellowships to support new research on underrepresented craft histories, culminating in a Special Issue on Hyperallergic. Learn more.
Office for Contemporary Art Norway Presents “The Sámi Pavilion” at the Venice Biennale
In a historic first, artists Pauliina Feodoroff, Máret Ánne Sara, and Anders Sunna transformed the Nordic Pavilion into a celebration of the art and sovereignty of the Indigenous Sámi people. Learn more.
LATEST IN ART
A Desert Biennial, Somewhere Between Settlers and Searchers
Sprawling across the Joshua Tree region, nine site-specific works consider the ways in which people have relocated to the desert, destroying what came before them, and cultivating new life. | Renée Reizman
Highlights From Columbia University's MFA Thesis Exhibition
Every corner and crevice of Columbia University's MFA Thesis show feels lived in, reflecting not just artists’ experience quarantining with their work, but also that of re-entering society. | Billy Anania
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The National Portrait Gallery Presents The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today
Works by finalists of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition showcase the changing genre of portraiture and its ability to highlight a multitude of life experiences. Learn more.
FILM & PERFORMANCE
Films to Watch on the 50th Anniversary of Okinawa’s Return to Japanese Rule
From 1968 to 1973, the Nihon Documentarist Union did radical documentary work in Japan. They made two films in Okinawa before, during, and after its reversion. | Dan Schindel
Opera Lafayette Reimagines André Grétry’s Silvain in New Mexico
The rendition could be a platform for essential conversations on sociohistorical and economic land rights issues. | David Saiz
