Happy Monday morning! ⛅ Start your week off right by reading about the history of ancient Roman glass
Sep 28, 2020 • View in browser
Happy Monday morning! ⛅ Start your week off right by reading about the history of ancient Roman glass, listening to my extensive interview with two leading art world activists, and checking out artist Trevor Paglen’s new London exhibition.
– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
How Woke Are New York's Fall Shows?
Installation view of Jean Dubuffet: Le cirque 540 West 25th Street, New York, September 18 – October 24, 2020 (photography courtesy of Pace Gallery)
Installation view of Jean Dubuffet: Le cirque 540 West 25th Street, New York, September 18 – October 24, 2020 (photography courtesy of Pace Gallery)
Seph Rodney takes a look at upcoming shows from Pace, David Zwirner, Gagosian, and Hauser & Wirth to get a sense for how they are reading this current moment. He wonders: How woke are these blue-chip galleries really?
In a new opinion piece, he ventures an answer:
I slowly realized that these mercenary for-profit entities aren’t likely to respond to political pressure to ante up when it’s their turn at the table in the representation stakes. I am looking in the wrong place if I’m looking at these businesses to help me negotiate this brittle time.
The EU Calls for a "New Bauhaus"
The Bauhaus School in Weimar, Germany (photo via Flickr)
The Bauhaus School in Weimar, Germany (photo via Flickr)
The European Union is looking to Bauhaus, the influential modernist movement, as a model for a new, climate-neutral architecture. The plan comes in the context of NextGeneration EU, the commission’s €750 billion (~$872 billion) recovery fund to help the continent’s pandemic-stricken economy.
In case you missed it…
Our Week in Review will catch you up on all the art news from the past week, including: 
A Ruth Bader Ginsburg commemoration, Union Square’s climate clock, the donation of Maurizio Cattelan’s viral banana sculpture to the Guggenheim Museum, and more.
A Conversation with Decolonize This Place
Amin Husain and Nitasha Dhillon on Working to Decolonize the Art World
Amin Husain and Nitasha Dhillon on Working to Decolonize the Art World
In this two-part conversation, two of the leading activists in the New York art community talk about their lives, work, and what’s next.
Hrag Vartanian
Latest Reviews
A Beguiling Look at the Biases of AI
A Beguiling Look at the Biases of AI
With Bloom, Trevor Paglen collapses distinctions between the real and virtual, laying bare the prejudices embedded in supposedly objective artificial intelligence systems.
Naomi Polonsky
A Parade of Cakes Fit for Versailles
A Parade of Cakes Fit for Versailles
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles is a look behind the scenes at the Met as an international team of chefs prepare an elaborate feast.
Dan Schindel
Using Strange Humor to Grapple With Loss
Using Strange Humor to Grapple With Loss
Jan Oxenberg grapples with the loss of her grandmother in Thank You and Good Night, a film that’s fallen into obscurity since 1991 but is now available to stream.
Dan Schindel
A Tribute to Latasha Harlins From Those Who Knew Her Best
A Tribute to Latasha Harlins From Those Who Knew Her Best
A Love Song for Latasha is a “spiritual archive” of who Harlins was in life, rather than focusing on the circumstances of her death.
Dan Schindel
New Discoveries in Alexandrian Glass
Seeing Through the History of Ancient Roman Glass
Seeing Through the History of Ancient Roman Glass
Emerging technologies used for chemical and isotopic analysis combined with new archaeological discoveries are uncovering the sources, craftsmanship, and long-distance trade of the delicate commodity of “Alexandrian glass.”
Sarah E. Bond
From the Store
Judy Chicago's "Sky Sun" Dinner Plate
Judy Chicago's "Sky Sun" Dinner Plate
This luminous fine bone china plate is inspired by “Sky Sun” (1971) from Judy Chicago’s Flesh Gardens series. Regardless of whether you choose to use it as a functional piece of tableware or a hanging piece of wall art, your guests will be sure to find it an entrancing piece wherever it’s displayed.
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