Good morning! Despite Columbia University’s clampdown on its students’ pro-Palestine protests, others continue to bloom across the US, from California’s UCLA and USC to Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Read our reports from these campuses below, including an explainer of the Palestinian “Handala” figure you may have seen drawn onto banners and signs.
In reviews today, we take a look at the enchanting still-life compositions of an undersung Spanish artist, the papercut love letters by Chinese artist Xiyadie, a new Keith Haring biography, and more.
A new month means a new installment of our monthly Opportunities round-up, from a fellowship for artists focused on plants to grants for your budding public art projects. And as art fair season kicks into high gear in New York, I also recommend turning to our monthly guide for May exhibitions you should visit to escape fair fatigue and get an artful breath of fresh air. Have a wonderful Thursday.
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— Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor
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Vibrant colors and fantastical creatures are in abundance in shows by Sanam Khatibi, Julia Bland, Claude Lawrence, Annette Wehrhahn, and others.
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Hrag Vartanian, Hakim Bishara, Valentina Di Liscia, and Daniel Larkin |
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Work by graduate artists of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is on view May 6–19 in Massachusetts.
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“I think the power of the artist — the student artist — is to envision a new world and actually embody it," said a Parsons sophomore.
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Elaine Velie and Rhea Nayyar |
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Amid aggressive escalations at UCLA and arrests at USC, protesters are invoking the artistic legacy of radical activism.
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Matt Stromberg and Angella d’Avignon |
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Created in 1969 by late political cartoonist Naji al-Ali, the figure known as Handala has long symbolized Palestinian identity and resilience.
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Mukta Joshi |
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Radiant is a bountiful source of information about the late queer artist’s life and career, but it says oddly little about his art and its enduring legacy.
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David Carrier |
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The same small Duralex glass cup appears repeatedly in the artist’s sparse and intimate still lifes, evincing her uncanny ability to capture light.
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Lauren Moya Ford |
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Butterfly Dream speaks eloquently of the artist’s loves and losses, his public burdens and private desires.
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Ophelia Lai |
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Artifacts Looted 80 Years Ago Repatriated to Okinawa |
The scrolls, pottery, and a 19th-century hand-drawn map were presumably looted from the Japanese island in the final days of World War II.
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Maya Pontone |
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Residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs from The Bennett Prize, Ucross, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
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Alan Afriat (1935–2024)
Documentary producer, director, and editor | Guardian
Dani Levinas (1948–2024)
Art collector and emeritus board chairman of the Phillips Collection | Phillips Collection
Patrick Lovely (1938–2024)
Painter and art teacher | Guardian
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