January 23, 2023
Happy Monday! 🌧️ Today, we have a review of a film at Sundance about the design duo responsible for Pink Floyd's album covers, a look at a Barbara Chase-Riboud exhibition in St. Louis, a compilation of the memes around the MLK sculpture in Boston (there's a lot), a pandemic memorial in Manhattan's Chinatown, and much more.
This week, I'll be in Athens to see art, so expect some posts on the Hyperallergic social media channels from the Greek capital.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
What Makes a Good Arts District?
Along Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row, development has pushed out several art spaces during the last decade, resulting in a “manufactured” arts district. | Lynn Trimble
SPONSORED
SVA Continuing Education Offers 200+ Courses and 10+ Artist Residency Programs
Hundreds of online and on-campus courses begin January 30. Plus, take part in artist residencies in the fine arts, critical studies, social practice, and more. Learn more.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The Daily Show and hundreds on social media are roasting Hank Willis Thomas’s bronze tribute to MLK and Coretta Scott King.
Painters Jammie Holmes and José Parlá have been selected for the 2023 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship.
SPONSORED
Hahn Rowe’s World Premiere Coming Soon at Columbia University
Something about the Weather is a new and original work by New York-based composer, producer, and performer Hahn Rowe. Learn more.
FROM OUR CRITICS
Barbara Chase-Riboud Breathes Life Into Bronze
The aggressive kineticism of Futurism in Chase-Riboud's sculpture is tempered by a keen appreciation of the erotic and lyrical. | Eileen G’Sell
The Design Duo Behind Pink Floyd's Iconic Aesthetic
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) is a reasonably informative, if rather dry, look at a subject with much more potential for exploration. | Dan Schindel
This Newsletter is Free!*
*Our content is free for anyone to read but is not free to produce. We need your support to continue bringing you our fearless reporting, reviews, and essays.
ART & COMMUNITY
As Flint’s Water Crisis Endures, the Water Remembers
In their MLK Day performance inspired by LaToya Ruby Frazier's photo series, Sister Tour explored the relationship between Black women and water. | Sarah Rose Sharp
Empty Chinatown Storefront Becomes a Community Tribute
Archive as Memorial gathers oral histories, artifacts, art installations, and other documents of AAPI experiences during the pandemic. | Taylor Michael
COMICS
My Comics Collaboration With DALL-E
I wondered: Could the AI image generator and I develop a shared, unique “voice” in our creative output? | Amaris Feland Ketchum
