August 24, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Today, the peculiar history of Michelangelo’s Roman home, an awe-inspiring Machu Picchu exhibition, and one gallerist discusses the anti-Blackness she has faced.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Is Rome’s House of Michelangelo the Real Deal?
A facade is all that remains of the fabled home of the Renaissance artist but the story around it raises more questions than it answers. | Anthony Majanlahti
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Frontal adornment of 18-karat gold headdress, Mochica, 1 AD – 800 AD.
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A Painter’s Delicate, Sexual, and Clinical Visions of Birth
Bridget Mullen draws a line between the act of birth and the act of making art. | Jennifer Remenchik
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An Open Letter Regarding Anti-Blackness in the US Art Scene
My little gallery was smeared as the creators of an anonymous account that exposes racism in the art world and I soon became a pariah of the art world. | KJ Freeman
What Has Become of Film and TV’s Many Attempts to Dissect Hitler?
After decades of works about the Nazi dictator, “Who was Hitler?” becomes a less interesting question than “Why do we care so much?” | Justine Smith
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FROM THE ARCHIVE
Jumping from ancient to modern Peru, revisit Lauren Moya Ford’s article on The Avant-garde Networks of Amauta, an exhibition commemorating one of the most influential Latin American magazines of the early 20th century.
An Avant-Garde Magazine That Promoted the Indigenism Movement
Amauta affirmed the rights and political demands of Latin America’s indigenous groups and recognized their cultures as vital and authentic alternatives to Hispanicized, colonial narratives. | Lauren Moya Ford
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