November 23, 2021 • View in browserGood morning. 🌤️ Today, the Met Museum returns three Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the Golden Age of Hollywood through the eyes of a cameraman, and how Africa’s cultural institutions are making great strides in audience development. We are also happy to announce this year’s Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators! — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief How Africa’s Cultural Institutions are Leading the Way in Audience DevelopmentThe overarching narrative about Africa’s cultural institutions tends to portray them as in need of know-how from the West, but this is mistaken. | Charlotte Ashamu WHAT'S HAPPENING
SPONSORED Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art Presents Beyond IntentionThis exhibition in Great Falls, Montana addresses the concept of intention in contemporary fiber art and its complex relationship with the history of women’s art as craft. Learn more. LATEST IN ART The Spiritual and Erotic Role of Touch in Early Modern ArtIn the early modern era, divine and erotic passions were not as polar as they may seem to us today. | Anne Wallentine SPONSORED The Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU Presents Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste: Set It OffUsing sonic frequencies that register just below human audibility, this exhibition in Richmond, Virginia provides site-specific experiences for sound to be deeply felt. Learn more. Step Into the Tender World of a Hollywood CameramanA history of the Golden Age of Hollywood from the perspective of someone who worked behind the scenes. | Anya Ventura SPONSORED Artists Cut Through Digital White Noise With .ART Website DomainsFrom supporting artists who work with traditional media to those who base their practice in digital, crypto, VR art, or NFTs, .ART covers it all. Learn more. In Neelon Crawford’s “Moving Paintings,” the Natural and Manmade Face OffMoMA’s exhibition Neelon Crawford: Filmmaker is a retrospective of his experimental work documenting machinery, travels in South America, and more.| Mark Asch Support HyperallergicOur membership program makes it possible for us to dive deeper into important issues and topics. Want to be part of the future of independent arts journalism? IN OUR STORE “Irises” Pop-Up BouquetGive the gift of flowers, but make it unique: this pop-up bouquet is based on Vincent van Gogh’s “Still Life: Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background” (1890). Fun and easy to put together, there’s no cutting, gluing, or folding necessary. MOST POPULAR
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