June 29, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Today, armed robbers steal jewelry from the TEFAF art fair in the Netherlands, critics lambast a new official portrait of Prince William and Kate Middleton, impressions from Documenta 15 in Germany, and a lot more.
— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief
Beyond the Controversies, Documenta Is a Remarkable Gathering of Voices
The 15th edition of the international art exhibition is a gathering of potentialities, a careful alignment of militant particles, and an assembly of thousands of diverse voices. | Hakan Topal
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
Jamie Coreth, “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge” (2022) (detail) (image courtesy Jamie Coreth and Fine Art Commissions)
Critics roast Prince William and Kate Middleton's uncanny, official portrait by artist Jamie Coreth.
MFA Boston workers secure wage increases, improved benefits, and workplace diversity training in their first union contract.
Armed robbers sledgehammer through a glass display case in a jewelry heist at TEFAF Maastricht Fair.
Daniel H. Weiss, the president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will step down from his role in 2023.
The Warhol Foundation has announced the recipients of its latest round of grants, totaling $3.9 million.
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A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration Is Now Open at the Mississippi Museum of Art
This exhibition features newly commissioned works by 12 acclaimed Black contemporary artists, including Carrie Mae Weems, Theaster Gates, and more. Learn more.
SHINING NEW LIGHT
What Defines a Queer Space?
Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories records how generations of queer communities have persisted and created familial oases around the world. | Isabella Segalovich
Kathleen Collins’s Groundbreaking Portrait of Black Womanhood
Ignored and undistributed upon its debut in 1982, in the decades since, the film Losing Ground has slowly gained the recognition it deserves. | Jourdain Searles
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