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Good morning. 🌤️Today, a queer art pioneer comes into focus at the Chicago retrospective of Yannis Tsarouchis, the Uffizi is suing Pornhub for turning their masterpieces into porn, and Wangechi Mutu’s new exhibition in San Francisco is a breath of fresh air.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Frank, Greek, and Gay: Modernist Painter Yannis Tsarouchis Is Finally Getting His Due
Dancing in Real Life makes a strong case for recognizing the Greek painter as a pioneer of queer art. | Ela Bittencourt
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Uffizi Is Suing Pornhub After It Turns Masterpieces Into Live Porn
The company’s “Show Me the Nudes” initiative turns classic paintings from international museums into live pornography. | Valentina Di Liscia
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Jonathan Lyndon Chase: Big Wash Catalogue Dives Into an Exhibition Inspired by the Act of Cleansing and the Laundromat
Eight contributing writers explore themes of kinship, nostalgia, and intimacy in a new catalogue that reveals the process behind Chase’s first solo show at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Learn more.
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Understanding Why a Harvard Museum Will Return Standing Bear’s Tomahawk
In this latest podcast, Attorney Brett Chapman explains why this Ponca heirloom should be returned to Native Americans. Listen now. | Hrag Vartanian
How My Kids Helped Me Stop Hating the Van Gogh Experience
Beyond Van Gogh is enchanting enough to capture the attention of kids for whom immobile art is very last century. | Ayelet Lushkov
Nearly 80 Galleries in LA Organize a City-Wide Weekend Celebration
The weekend events feature birth paintings, a plant sale, Catherine Opie’s new monograph, and much more. | Matt Stromberg
Wangechi Mutu’s Sly and Imposing Takeover of a San Francisco Museum
Unlike Mutu’s Met commission, at the Legion of Honor, Mutu continues the reclamation processes into and throughout the museum. | Faith Adiele
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75 Years On, How Cinema Remembers the Holocaust
With those who directly experienced the events dwindling in number, films about the Holocaust must now grapple with what “Never forget” truly means. | Justine Smith
This is the third article in a three-part series about how the Holocaust has been depicted in cinema. See part one, about witness narratives, and part two, about the role of testimony, below.
How Movies Have “Witnessed” the Holocaust Over the Decades
Since cameras were first pointed at the concentration camps, filmmakers have faced challenges in how to respectfully and meaningfully depict atrocity.
How Those Who Lived Through the Holocaust Have Testified in Film
While narratives depicting the Holocaust present fixed versions of events, testimonial films tend to be more open-ended, and pose more profound questions.
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