February 15, 2023

Good morning. 🌤️ Hyperallergic is throwing a party, and you're invited! Join us for the launch of our Spring 2023 New York Art Guide on Thursday evening, February 23, at Union Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (doors open at 7 pm). Please RSVP at this link, and see you there!

In today's news, Banksy unveils a poignant Valentine's Day mural in the UK, but then local authorities intervene and mess it all up. Also, the Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD) withdraws from US News & World Report's annual college ranking, a list that's been under intense scrutiny lately.

There's more to read today, including a look at countries that are actually paying youths to consume arts and culture as a way to bring these sectors back to life after the pandemic. Unsurprisingly, the US isn't one of those countries.

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

Who’s the Artist Behind These Unsettling Tudor Paintings?

The identity of the painter known as the Master of the Countess of Warwick has long been a mystery. A new exhibition hazards a guess.  | Sarah Rose Sharp

WHAT'S HAPPENING

A visitor looking at Tammy Nguyen's "Jesus fails for the third time" at the 2022 Berlin Biennale in Berlin, Germany (photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

• Germany, France, Italy, and Spain are offering cash stipends to their younger citizens in an effort to revitalize the arts after the pandemic.

• RISD announces that it would no longer be participating in US News & World Report’s annual “best colleges” round-up list.

• Banksy’s somber Valentine’s Day mural was partially removed hours after it appeared in the English town of Margate.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Hear From Curators About Projects on Chicanx Drag, South Asian Futurism, and More

Tune into our series of online events next month with Hyperallergic Fellows Dakota Noot, Beya Othmani, Kelli Morgan, Angelina Lippert, and Sadaf Padder.

EXPLORATIONS & METAPHORS

The Gap Between Things and Their Names

A deep sense of loss, of being cut off or isolated from communication, runs through Elsa Gramcko’s works, imbuing them with inchoate feelings that precede language. | John Yau

Modest Perspectives on Printmaking

Carried Impressions: Lithographs and Monoprints from the 1960s doesn’t demand the spotlight, but it’s ripe for exploration. | Nancy Zastudil

The Tides and Currents of Art From the Caribbean Diaspora

A survey at the MCA Chicago uses the metaphor of weather and wields movement as a critical, mercurial strategy. | Alexandra Drexelius

Views From the End of Human Expansion

Five Southern California Views taps into the mythology of the West as an expanse for the imagination, only to decenter the human presence. | Natalie Haddad

NEW IN DOCUMENTARY

The Haunting History of America’s Largest Confederate Monument

A new documentary investigates the racist origins of the Stone Mountain monument near Atlanta, Georgia — the Mount Rushmore of white supremacy. | Alicia Eler

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