Jan 28, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. ⛅ Today, how performance artist Alisa Oleva adapted to the pandemic, Legacy Russell on “Glitch Feminism,” and reviews of Alejandro Cardenas’s brooding canvases and Jiab Prachakul’s paintings of the Asian diaspora.

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QAnon Vandalizes a Montreal Gallery

BBAM! Gallery in Montreal, Quebec after it was defaced with QAnon messages (image courtesy BBAM! Gallery)

Police in Montreal, Quebec, are investigating the graffiti vandalism of a local art gallery by QAnon supporters on the eve of Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Security cameras captured a man and a woman, both clad in black, spray-painting QAnon messages like “Pedogate” and “Fuck Satan” on the storefront of BBAM! Gallery in Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighborhood.

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Tania Bruguera and Katherine Bisquet were among those detained prior to a peaceful demonstration convened by the 27N Movement in front of the Ministry of Culture in Havana.

Latest Reviews

Imagining the Future Amid Alejandro Cardenas’s Profound, Brooding Canvases

In ALEXANDRIA, bright stripes and zigzags pop against sprawling environments, telegraphing both impressive depth and intense seclusion.

Alana Pockros

Painting a Portrait Is “Like Falling in Love,” Says Jiab Prachakul

Prachakul paints friends and acquaintances who, like the artist, are part of the Asian diaspora.

Elisa Wouk Almino

Ain't I a Womxn?

What Glitch Feminism Can Teach Us Now

Curator and author Legacy Russell reassesses gender reveal party wildfires and the gendered “atmospheres” left in their techno-ecological wake.

Legacy Russell

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Walk With Me: A Performance Artist Adapts to the Pandemic

For two weeks last fall, performance artist Alisa Oleva walked with 33 different women in Istanbul; sometimes for 30 minutes, sometimes for three hours, but always from 1500 miles away.

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Rashaad Newsome and Kiyan Williams Talk Art, Inspiration, and Black Magic

As part of Newsome’s new multi-part project with Leslie-Lohman Museum, the pair will discuss their “relationships to soil and earth, WEB Du Bois, and the lie of the American experiment.”

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Let’s Talk About Street Art in Los Angeles

Art 4 will look at two brand-new murals in the city by Karina Vazquez and Nychole Owens.

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