March 30, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ☁️ Today, artisanally designed ramen bowls go on display in Los Angeles, rethinking how Ancient Egypt is framed in museums, and our concise guides for what to see in New York and Los Angeles this month are out!
And, the Whitney Biennial just had its press preview yesterday, so stay tuned for our reporting from an event that is often seen as a barometer of the American art community.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
London’s Goldsmiths College to Slash Queer and Black History Studies
Students have announced a tuition strike in response to the school’s “compulsory redundancies” plan. | Akiko Ichikawa
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The European Parliament “strongly condemns” Azerbaijan’s intentional destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh.
Jeff Koons will be sending a group of sculptures to the Moon, creating an adjacent, first-ever NFT project.
Japan House Los Angeles indulges its viewers with a new exhibition highlighting artist-designed ramen bowls.
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The Rubin Museum Presents Healing Practices: Stories from Himalayan Americans
The New York City museum’s latest exhibition highlights how Tibetan Buddhist art and practices serve as roadmaps to well-being in times of crisis. Learn more.
WHAT TO SEE IN NYC AND LA THIS MONTH
Rose Nestler, "The Therapist (attributed to Magritte)" (2022), leather, wood, foam, thread, fabric, batting, epoxy, brass hinges (courtesy Mrs. and the artist)
Exhibitions across New York City delicately dissect the omnipresence of the body in abstract and virtual space, address corporeality’s constructed or collaged nature, explore the political potential of bodies in dialogue, and revel in the sheer absurdity of moving through the world in one of these things.
In Los Angeles, there’s a bit of a common thread running through this month’s list of exhibitions, drawing upon the craft and conceptual history of textiles, costume, and fashion design to express new ideas around self-fashioning.
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Immersive Documentary Photography Exhibition COAL + ICE Visualizes the Climate Crisis
Asia Society’s traveling exhibition brings art and climate to center stage this spring at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Learn more.
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A Family of Artists Finds a Home in Graphic Arts
“Kalli” means home in Nahuatl, and that theme guides much of the work by Adriana Carranza and Alfonso Aceves's Kalli Arte Collective. | Eva Recinos
Why We Must Challenge the Typical Museum Narrative Regarding Ancient Egypt
For museums to truly grasp their colonial history, self-examination must go beyond questioning how they built their collections to how they interpret them. | Jennifer Miller
Can Poetry Make a Difference?
Contemporary politically committed poets have made a cottage industry of agonizing over the question of whether their Leftist bona fides actually make any difference. | Mark Scroggins
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