May 5, 2023
Good morning. ☁️ Today’s good reads include John Yau on Mie Yim’s new works on paper, Kimberly Bradley on art world "dropout" Lee Lozano, and Matt Stromberg on Ishi Glinsky's monumental canvases, hailing from Native traditions.
You can also read about France’s new restitution guidelines, commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron.
And guess what: AI news anchors are now a thing, and they’re eerily realistic. More on that in this week’s Required Reading.
— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
Harnessing Scale for Native Visibility
LA-based artist Ishi Glinsky often works big, enlarging smaller objects to honor the traditional art forms of the Tohono O’odham Nation. | Matt Stromberg
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IN THE NEWS
Nathaniel Chastain used anonymous OpenSea accounts to acquire NFTs that he knew were going to increase in value. (edit Jasmine Weber/Hyperallergic)
A former OpenSea product manager’s conviction of wire fraud and money laundering marks the first insider trading case involving NFTs.
- A highly anticipated report released by President Macron outlines new restitution guidelines for French institutions.
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LATEST IN ART
Mie Yim's Howls of Uncertainty
Her work derives its power from the instability of not knowing exactly what ground you’re standing on when looking at it. | John Yau
Lee Lozano's Dropout Boogie
In this age of self-promotion and careerism, there’s something stunning, and inspiring, about the integrity of someone who had the courage just to leave. | Kimberly Bradley
Sophie Eisner Welds the Scars of Her Past
Her welded-steel sculptures and performance art produce scar-riddled proxies for connections that are usually intangible. | Sarah Rose Sharp
MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC
A Free NYC Film Festival Puts the Lens on Native Stories
The National Museum of the American Indian’s series focuses on films exploring the histories and communities that "make New York a Native place." | Maya Pontone
Required Reading
This week, AI news anchors, LA’s sushi revolution, a welcome interruption to King Charles’s coronation, lots of viral posts, and why did Austrian newspapers leave their front pages blank? | Hrag Vartanian and Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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TRANSITIONS
Ruth Erickson was appointed chief curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco appointed Danielle St. Germain as chief philanthropy officer.
Karin Hindsbo was appointed director of London’s Tate Modern.
Esther McGowan will leave her position as executive director of Visual AIDS to join Aperture Foundation as director of development.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Fred Armisen, Guillermo del Toro, Gregory Gourdet, Jon Raymond, Jacqueline Stewart, and Tessa Thompson will receive the Portland Art Museum’s Cinema Unbound Awards.
Artist Aki Sasamoto was awarded this year’s Calder Prize.
The 2024 Preis der Nationalgalerie award will be shared by Pan Daijing, Daniel Lie, Hanne Lippard, and James Richards.
The recipients of this year’s Herb Alpert Awards in the Arts have been announced. They are Christopher Harris and Madeline Hunt Ehrlich in Film/Video; Erin Gee and May Hahn Oh in Music; Tania El Khoury and Whitney White in Theater; Ayodele Casel and Makini (jumatatu m. poe) & Jermone Donte Beacham in Dance; and American Artist and Park McArthur in Visual Arts.
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