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Chiara Sulprizio, who runs an archive of cartoon representations of ancient Greece and Rome, writes in an opinion piece for Hyperallergic that animation about this time period "is enjoying its biggest moment since the 1997 release of Disney’s Hercules." It's a fascinating read.
And, in the latest chapter of Instagram's ridiculous censoring of art, Pedro Almodóvar's poster for his latest film — showing a lactating nipple — was temporarily taken down.
Happy Friday.
— Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor
Hugh Hayden Confronts the Black American Dream
Hugh Hayden’s works combine elements of spaces in which Black Americans gather, heal, and memorialize. | Shameekia Shantel Johnson
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Mary Frances Whitfield, "Untitled" (nd), paint on paper, 23 5/8 x 27 1/2 in.
Forty paintings and sculptures by folk and self-taught artists were gifted to the American Folk Art Museum, including works by Horace Pippin, Bill Traylor, Mary Frances Whitfield, and more.
Instagram has issued an apology after censoring a promotional poster for Pedro Almodóvar’s new film, Madres Paralelas, which includes a close-up photograph of a lactating nipple.
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ART & FILM
Every Year, Artists Flock for the Chance to Win This Duck Stamp Contest
The competition raises millions of dollars annually for the preservation of wetlands and wildlife from sales of $25 duck-themed stamps. | Hakim Bishara
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Ancient Greece and Rome Are Hot in Animation Right Now. Here’s Why.
Animation allows for creators to push the envelope in depictions of sex, violence, and other themes central to myth and history. | Chiara Sulprizio
A Mesmerizing Film Follows Two Men in Desperate Need of Connection
Taiwanese slow cinema luminary Tsai Ming-liang’s new film Days draws heartbreak and humanity out of activities as mundane as cooking and acupuncture. | Ryan Swen
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Resonating with the 40 works entering the American Folk Art Museum collection, here is a selection of articles highlighting the practices of self-taught artists from the American South. Included is an excerpt from Kerry James Marshall's catalog essay for Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2018.
A Lyrical Ode to the Vernacular Art of the American South
At the California African American Museum, Dust My Broom convenes a group of largely self-taught artists from the American South, and other Black artists profoundly influenced by it. | Jasmine Weber
When Artists Move from the Margins to the Center
The most powerful outsider artworks in Outliers and American Vanguard Art at the National Gallery of Art evoke ideals about all artists: the belief, for example, that they are distinct from non-artists. | James Gibbons
The Beatitudes of Bill Traylor
I wonder if it is possible for black Americans and white Americans to really see the same thing when they look at the creations of institutionally minted “modern” black artists. | Kerry James Marshall
