December 9, 2019How Martin Scorsese Seeks Revelation in DocumentaryFilm Forum’s new series Scorsese Nonfiction brings an under-discussed facet of the director’s career into focus. Michael Joshua RowinA Showcase of Boundary-Crossing Brazilian CinemaKicking off today at Film at Lincoln Center, the series presents a body of work that’s particularly heartening when one considers the encroachments on freedom that Brazilian cinema must now confront. Ela BittencourtDamien Davis Explores the Legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre Through CollageFor his solo presentation at Untitled Art Fair in Miami, Davis developed a lexicon of negritude, crafting sculptural plexiglass collages to explore the events that decimated a community popularly known as “Black Wall Street.” M. Charlene StevensMeet the Art Community of the US Southwest: Steven J. Yazzie Sees Creative Community in a Climbing GymAn interview series spotlighting some of the creative community members in the US Southwest. Hear from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks. Ellie DukeRethinking Villains in Documentary FilmAt the 2019 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the programming strand “The Villain” looked for new ways to depict unsavory subjects. Andrew NorthropGauging the Potential of Abstraction at Art Basel Miami BeachQuestions of privilege aside, the range of abstract works reminded me how artists are providing nuanced ways of thinking about identity that move beyond exclusion/inclusion binaries. Alpesh Kantilal PatelSPONSOREDApply for Warren Wilson’s Low-Residency MA Program Focused on Craft History and TheoryWith the MA in Critical Craft Studies, students can connect their academic and life experience to histories and narratives of craft. Applications are due by March 1, 2020. NewsTufts University Removes Sackler Name From Med School; Smithsonian Rebrands Its Sackler GalleryThe billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma who are well known for their philanthropy, has come under intense scrutiny in the art world. In Surprising Development, MOCA LA Voluntarily Recognizes Employee UnionThis will make MOCA only the second museum in Los Angeles after the Museum of Tolerance to have a union.
18-Year-Old Pleads Guilty After Pushing Child Off Tate Modern BalconyOn August 4, a French child visiting London with his family was found on Tate Modern’s fifth-floor roof after being pushed from the museum’s tenth-floor viewing platform. Soon after, British teenager John Bravery was arrested and charged with attempted murder, and today he plead guilty. A 1,000-Year-Old Viking Ship Burial Was Discovered Underneath a Norwegian FarmThe ship, which dates back to the Viking Period or the earlier Merovingian period, was found with the help of a high-resolution, ground-penetrating georadar. Lincoln Center Scraps Richard Lippold’s Chandelier Sculpture In $550M Renovation PlansPreservationists have voiced their concerns about eliminating Lippold’s “Orpheus and Apollo,” one of the original pieces of public artworks at Lincoln Center, installed in 1962. Most Popular on Hyperallergic
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