Los Angeles
June 3, 2020
Letter from the editor:
It's been a devastating, but also inspiring week. Here are some of the ways that we at Hyperallergic have been covering the Black Lives Matter protests and unraveling events:
- A mural becomes a memorial site for Minneapolis residents to honor George Floyd and mourn his death.
- Minneapolis scholar and photographer Artyom Tonoyan documented the protests in Minnesota’s largest city on Thursday, May 28.
- Museums are criticized: the Nelson-Atkins Museum allows police to station on its premises; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is accused of censoring Black voices and not directly addressing racial injustice.
And here are a couple of things you can do:
- If you are able to donate $250 or more to one of these advocacy organizations, photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya will give you one of his prints.
- The Los Angeles Gallery is launching an online program this Saturday called Care Practice: Recipes for Resilience. Taking a cue from Audre Lorde, the session will consider how we can transform "silence into language and action." To attend, organizers are asking to donate to national bailout funds.
Paul Mpagi Sepuya Offers Photographs to Advocacy Organization Donors
Sepuya is directing people to organizations like National Bail Out and #BlackLivesMatter-Los Angeles. Anyone who provides receipt for a donation of $250 and upwards will receive a print by the photographer.
Valentina Di Liscia
Event Pick
How Do We “Rehearse Care”? Artists, Activists, and Writers Model New Approaches
The first session of Gas Gallery’s Care Practice: Recipes for Resilience will take inspiration from Audre Lorde to consider “how we can each better use our influence and voice.”
Elisa Wouk Almino | June 6, 10am (PDT)
News
SFMOMA Accused of Censoring Black Voices After Removing Comment by Former Employee
Taylor Brandon commented under the museum’s Instagram post in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and said, “Having black people on your homepage/feed is not enough.” Artists and SFMOMA employees have spoken out in agreement.
Spice Up Your Video Conference Backgrounds After a Visit to the “Zoom Museum”
The Zoom Museum, created by Iruoma Ekpunobi, is a comprehensive compilation of artworks made available by different institutions for your conferencing needs.
As ACLU SoCal’s First Artist in Residence, Audrey Chan Emphasizes Immigration Rights
Chan has worked on the ICE Not Welcome campaign and a series of interviews with recently released persons during the pandemic.
Eva Recinos
Meet the US Southwest’s Art Community: Chase R. McCurdy Says Artists Live “With a Certain Spirit”
An interview series spotlighting some of the creative community members in the US Southwest. Hear from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
Ellie Duke
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in New Mexico, North Carolina, Florida, and New York.
Elisa Wouk Almino
Roxanne Swentzell Picks Five Artists to Watch From Indian Market
In this ongoing series, curators and members of the Native arts community share five artists they were looking forward to seeing at the 2020 Indian Market, which has been postponed to 2021.
Ellie Duke
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