September 20, 2024

Today: The Getty Museum in Los Angeles apologizes for a bizarre fireworks display that left several people wounded, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is restoring the gallery that was plundered in a famous heist some 30 years ago, and a Latinx art book fair is launching its first edition this weekend at New York University.

There's more, including Ed Simon on Lucas Cranach the Elder's Reformation agitprop, Dan Schindel on the roots of first-person films, a preview of the upcoming Toronto Biennial of Art, Required Reading, and so much more.

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

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How Lucas Cranach the Elder Went From Making Icons to Agitprop

The artist would develop a distinctly Protestant imagery that replaced sacredness with utility, functioning essentially as propaganda minister for Martin Luther. | Ed Simon

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Refract: Seattle’s Glass Art Festival Returns for Its 6th Year

With over 90 events and more than 70 artists, come discover why the Pacific Northwest is the leading regional hub for glass art in the United States.

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LATEST NEWS

Toronto Biennial of Art Promises Joy Amid Precarity

The third edition of the free citywide event features artists including Cecilia Vicuña and Pamila Matharu. | Priya D’Souza McDonough

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Albuquerque Museum Presents Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue

A groundbreaking, podcast-inspired exhibition in New Mexico celebrates the artwork and ideas of 23 revolutionary artists of our time.

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FILM REVIEWS

The Slipperiness of COVID-Era Cultural Memory

Director Lou Ye follows a film crew in Wuhan who decides to revive a project abandoned 10 years prior, only to be placed under lockdown during shooting. | Saffron Maeve

The Indie Roots of Confessional Film

In the late 1980s and ’90s, a wave of independent directors turned cameras on themselves, utilizing documentary as a mode of confession and self-reflection. | Dan Schindel

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Climate Parliament Commissioned by the Moody Center for the Arts

The latest addition to the Rice Public Art collection will be celebrated with the artist on September 24 at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

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FROM THE ARCHIVE

Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Time-Traveling Lens

Sugimoto’s photographs remind us of the sacredness of images in a time of image over-saturation. | AX Mina

The Ephemeral Geography of the Eternal City

How Romans altered the very geography of their city throughout the centuries. | Anthony Majanlahti

TRANSITIONS

Heidi Lau is now represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in collaboration with Matthew Brown Gallery.

Angelina Lippert was appointed executive director and curator of Poster House.

Colin Brady was named deputy director.

Paulina Pobocha was appointed chair and curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Mirella Roma was appointed CEO of Hauser & Wirth.

Axel Rüger was appointed director of the Frick Collection.

Arthur Jafa is now represented by Sprüth Magers in collaboration with Gladstone Gallery.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara won Norway’s 2024 Rafto Prize.

Candida Höfer received the 2024 Käthe Kollwitz Prize.

Jennie C. Jones and Gala Porras-Kim won the 2024 Heinz Award for the Arts.

Aline Thomassen received the 2024 Ouburg Award.

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Vermont Studio Center – 2025 Residency

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Deadline: October 15, 2024 | vermontstudiocenter.org

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