While many of us are still recovering from Jonathan Yeo’s blood-red portrait of King Charles, another hapless portrayal of a British royal emerges. This time it’s a Kate Middleton portrait on the cover ofTatler magazine and, as you’d expect, the internet is having a field day. Get all the details in our report.
In other news, a troubling report finds that a quarter of all ancient rock art in Wyoming has been vandalized. Meanwhile, archaeologists search for clues aboutPompeii survivors in a new PBS docuseries, which historian Sarah E. Bond has been following with great interest.
Also today, Tiffany Hearsey reports from Uvalde, Texas, on a mural project honoring the 19 children and two teachers who were murdered in the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School two years ago on this day.
There’s more, including our weekly Required Reading and A View From the Easel columns. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
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The murals not only serve as a remembrance of the victims, but bear witness to the people and places impacted by gun violence across the United States. | Tiffany Hearsey
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ARCHAEOLOGY
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The second episode of Pompeii: The New Dig follows the search for those who escaped Mount Vesuvius’s lethal eruption. | Sarah E. Bond
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The state is home to hundreds of Indigenous petroglyphs and pictographs dating back centuries. | Maya Pontone
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LATEST IN ART
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The inquiries of three recent MFA graduates illuminate what much of the art world, easily seduced by decorative abstraction, misses. | Claudia Ross
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“I very rarely invite people in, particularly when I'm working. It's a little like walking into my brain.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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ROYAL PORTRAITS
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It’s tough times out there for royal portraitists, and this less-realistic visage of the People’s Princess stood no chance of being well-received. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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This week, Scarlett Johansson, college football, Medieval homophobia, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin and Elaine Velie
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TRANSITIONS
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Kinshasha Holman Conwill and B.E. Noel were elected to the board of directors of Souls Grown Deep.
Harry Cooper was appointed curator of Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, transitioning from his role as head of the department of modern and contemporary art.
Regan Grusy was appointed deputy director of the New Museum following the departure of Isolde Brielmaier, while Karen Wong will re-join as chief brand officer.
Siera Hyte was appointed curator of Indigenous American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Howardena Pindell is now represented by White Cube gallery in collaboration with Garth Greenan Gallery.
Pinaree Sanpitak is now represented by Galerie Lelong & Co. and Ames Yavuz gallery.
Julia Siemon was appointed director of exhibitions and chief curator at Bard Graduate Center.
Jon Stovell was appointed chair of the board of the Vancouver Art Gallery, and Esther Rausenberg was appointed vice chair.
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
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Lebohang Kganye won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, which is also administered by the Photographers’ Gallery.
Linda LaMantia won the 2024 Texas Women for the Arts Donna Axum Whitworth Champion of the Arts Award. Sable Elyse Smith won the Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize, administered by the Contemporary Austin.
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