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Good morning. 🌤️ Today, the right-wing president of the Madrid region used her time at New York’s Hispanic Society to spew anti-Indigenous ideas, photos from the wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe, and your October art guides for New York and Los Angeles.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

At New York’s Hispanic Society, Leader of Madrid Laments Indigenous Movement as an “Attack Against Spain”

The Museum, in the heart of one of New York City’s predominantly Latino neighborhoods, opened its doors for right-wing Madrid leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso on Monday. | Valentina Di Liscia

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WHAT TO SEE IN NYC & LA THIS MONTH

New York's arts organizations of all stripes are offering up a veritable cornucopia of compelling exhibitions and performances, from MoMA PS1’s quinquennial survey to a presentation of the late Winfred Rembert’s intricately tooled leather paintings.

In Los Angeles, artists uncover the biases of AI, a show mines Japanese animation beyond manga, and two solo shows spotlight local artists June Edmonds and Pippa Garner.

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PORTAL at the National Portrait Gallery Presents Three Online Lectures This Fall

The Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture Conversation Series continues with presentations on Hung Liu, African Methodist Episcopal aesthetics, and the Oak Flat conflict. Learn more.

BEYOND ART

Photos of “Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped,” Before the Silvery Fabric Comes Down

The project required 269,000 square feet of silvery-blue polypropylene fabric, 32,300 square feet of red rope, and the combined efforts of 1,200 workers. | Johanna Sluiter

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Kludge, Curated by Laurie Anderson, Arrives at Joe’s Pub This October

The lineup, which changes every evening, includes Anne Carson, Arto Lindsay, Lafcadio Cass, and Rubin Kodheli. Learn more.

An Unsentimental Sculptor Confronts Mortality

Daisy Youngblood is a portrait sculptor whose themes include the embracing of one’s mortality. | John Yau

How Museums and NFTs Might Find Common Ground

Museums have valid reasons to hold back from exploring NFTs, but in dismissing them as a commercial fad, they are also glossing over their own deficiencies. | Anindya Sen

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University at Buffalo Art Galleries Presents Heather Hart: Afrotecture (Re)Collection

On view through May 21, 2022, Hart’s new work "Sweet Lorraine" re-creates the historic motel balcony where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Learn more.

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How War Shaped Afghanistan’s Weaving Traditions

With Afghanistan’s “war rugs” a traditional art form was updated in response to the country’s brutal invasions by other nations. | David Carrier

Required Reading

This week, a rare Frida Kahlo self-portrait is going to auction, the Lanier family continues to fight to have photos of their enslaved ancestors returned from Harvard, restoration of a late work by Michelangelo, and more. | Hrag Vartanian

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AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Bayeté Ross Smith was named Columbia Law School’s first artist-in-residence.

Constantina Zavitsanos was awarded the 2021-22 Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism.

Architect Andrew Freear and artists Joanne Greenbaum, Peter Halley, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Rashid Johnson, Julie Mehretu, Joanna Pousette-Dart,and Gary Simmons have been elected national academicians by the National Academy of Design.

The Troy Museum in Turkey has received the European Museum Academy Special Award.

TRANSITIONS

Kristy Edmunds was named director of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Jonathan Gardner is now represented by Almine Rech in Europe.

Enrique Martínez Celaya is now represented by Miles McEnery Gallery.

Maxine Petry was appointed executive director of Pioneer Works.

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