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View in browser | hyperallergic.comJune 8, 2020“Looting”: The Revolt of the OppressedThe genesis of the term “loot,” a Hindi word from colonial India, has racist origins. Now, after the US president called for the killing of those “looting,” its original definition becomes increasingly significant. Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali ZamindarHundreds of Cultural Workers Urge NYC to Defund Police and Invest in BIPOC CommunitiesAn open letter by curators Natalia Viera and Patrick Jaojoco outlines a series of demands that would steer the city’s expense budget “away from the NYPD, and towards social and civic services and education programs.” Valentina Di LisciaSPONSOREDSMFA at Tufts Announces As Above, So Below, a Virtual MFA Thesis ExhibitionThe exhibition goes live June 1, while artist talks and a digital walkthrough will take place via Zoom on June 4 at 6:30pm (EDT). NewsA New iOS Shortcut Blurs Faces and Wipes Metadata for Protest ImagesThe solution, innovated by software developer Noah Conk and a cohort of anonymous programmers, allows iPhone photographs to be published without revealing information about when and where they were taken. Institutions Heed Calls to #OpenYourLobby to Black Lives Matter ProtestersThis week, theaters across the nation began repurposing their spaces in support of protesters fighting anti-Black police violence. A few museums are joining. Will the rest of the art world step up? Artist Titus Kaphar Honors Victims of Racist KillingsSlated for the upcoming cover of TIME, the border surrounding the painting will include the names of 35 American Black men and women who have lost their lives due to police brutality and racist vigilantism. Amid Historic Black Lives Matter Protests, One Museum’s Call for a “Nonpartisan Approach” Disappoints“Let me reemphasize this point: the Toledo Museum of Art does not have a political stance,” director Adam Levine wrote, prompting criticism. But oppression is not a question of political ideology, it is factual. Valentina Di LisciaA View From the Easel During Times of QuarantineThis week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Canada, Arizona, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Italy. Elisa Wouk AlminoQueer Art Workers Reflect: KT Pe Benito Wants More Space to DreamKT Pe Benito is an interdisciplinary artist, arts administrator, caretaker, and collaborator based in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Dessane Lopez CassellQueer Art Workers Reflect: Eva Yaa Asantewaa Supports Dancers Speaking Out Against a Capitalist SystemEva Yaa Asantewaa is the Senior Director of Artist Development and Curation at Gibney, as well as the Editorial Director. Dessane Lopez CassellQueer Art Workers Reflect: Juan Carlos Rodriguez Rivera Is Honoring Anti-colonial Practices Through DesignJuan Carlos Rodriguez Rivers is a designer, educator, and curator who combines anti-colonial, community-based knowledge with site-specific installations and graphic design to create visual narratives that honor ancestral practices. Dessane Lopez CassellVermont Studio CenterResidency Fellowships Most Popular on HyperallergicBlack Squares Don't Save Black LivesSFMOMA Accused of Censoring Black Voices After Removing Comment by Former EmployeeAs Black Lives Matter Protests Continue, Some NYC Art Galleries Board Up StorefrontsThe Bulldozing Effect of the Black SquareWalker Art Center Cuts Ties With Minneapolis Police DepartmentHyperallergic needs your supportYour membership supports Hyperallergic's independent journalism and our extensive network of writers around the world. Become a MemberForward this newsletter to a friend! If this email was forwarded to you, click here to subscribe |
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