Lavinia Fontana may be a familiar name for fans of Renaissance Mannerism, but critic Ed Simon’s essay casts a refreshing light on the beguiling portraiture and work of the Italian painter, who is famously considered to be one of the first professional woman artists.
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August 22, 2024

Good morning! Lavinia Fontana may be a familiar name for fans of Renaissance Mannerism, but critic Ed Simon’s essay casts a refreshing light on the beguiling portraiture and work of the Italian painter, who is famously considered to be one of the first professional woman artists.

In New York, employees at the Noguchi Museum — whose namesake artist was a vocal anti-war advocate — walked out after the institution banned keffiyehs in the workplace. Read News Editor Valentina Di Liscia’s report about the suppression of the Palestinian garment and the workers’ response.

Also today: queer art in Santa Fe, the Washington Post discontinues its longtime local arts column, and is there an ethical way for undergraduate art programs to bring AI into the classroom?

— Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor

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Lavinia Fontana, the Self-Fashioned Painter

The first woman to make her living from painting captured herself and other women in the ways they wished to be perceived. | Ed Simon

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IN THE NEWS

Noguchi Museum Staff Walk Out in Protest of Keffiyeh Ban

Staff say the dress code policy, which prohibits “political statements,” is anti-Palestinian and goes against the values of the artist whose legacy the museum honors. | Valentina Di Liscia

Washington Post Nixes Weekly Local Art Column

Some say the decision to cut the In the Galleries series represents a blow to the paper’s regional arts coverage. | Isa Farfan

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Art on Paper Returns to Armory Arts Week This September

New York’s celebrated, medium-driven fair returns to downtown Manhattan’s Pier 36, featuring 75 galleries with top modern and contemporary paper-based art.

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The Importance of Small-Town Queer Histories

Hyperallergic speaks with Walter Cooper, who wrote the book on queer history in Santa Fe, and Christian Waguespack, who curated the show on it. | Jordan Eddy

School Is Back in Session, and So Are AI Art Classes

New university programs are incorporating generative tools into studio art courses while attempting to address the murky ethics of the technology. | Isa Farfan

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Why Did Roman Baths Disappear?

New research contests the myth that it was Christianity’s opposition to public nudity that led to the decline in large-scale bathing in the late Roman Empire. | Sarah E. Bond

IN MEMORIAM

Thomas Barrow (1938–2024)
Photographer and educator | Center for Creative Photography

Charles Biasiny-Rivera (1930–2024)
Photographer, curator, writer and who co-founded the En Foco nonprofit | En Foco

Betty Cooke (1924–2024)
Icon modernist jewelry maker | Baltimore Banner

Alain Delon (1935–2024)
French actor and art collector | Le Monde

Floyd Newsum (1950–2024)
Artist and co-founder of Project Row Houses in Houston | Houston Landing

Keiichi Tanaami (1936–2024)
Japanese Pop artist | ArtAsiaPacific

Jan Yager (1951–2024)
Artist who made mixed-media jewelry inspired by Philadelphia | National Jeweler

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