November 17, 2022
Good morning. ⛅ Today in labor news, staff at the Brooklyn Museum picketed in the rain outside a glitzy gala last night while part-time faculty at the New School declared an indefinite strike. These workers say that their wages don't meet inflation and New York City's ever-rising cost of living.
Also, the Met Museum opens a massive exhibition of Maya art while another show in Queens is offering works for up to $75! Finally, today we published the 205th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. Why don't you tell us about your studio? Home studios are welcome too; see how to submit an entry here.
— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
Nearly 100 Maya Masterpieces Are Now on View in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’sLives of the Gods exhibition is the first major US show of Maya art in the last decade. | Rhea Nayyar
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New School part-time faculty protesting outside the institution's Manhattan campus (photo Elaine Velie/Hyperallergic)
Part-time faculty at the New School in NYC go on strike, demanding better wages and expanded healthcare.
Union members protested the unsatisfactory proposal presented by the Brooklyn Museum outside the opening gala for a forthcoming exhibition.
J Balvin is named the Hirshhorn Museum’s inaugural “cultural ambassador,” although the singer’s been scrutinized in the past for his erasure of Black voices in reggaeton.
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Wallach Art Gallery Presents Sin Autorización: Contemporary Cuban Art
This New York City exhibition features artists who protested Cuba’s 2018 censorship decree, including members of Movimiento San Isidro. Learn more.
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New Documentary Looks at Artmaking Behind Bars
Artist Jesse Krimes served six years in federal prison, creating artworks while incarcerated using the bare-bones materials at his disposal. | Jasmine Liu
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The Best Part of Mary Heilmann’s Memoir Is the Paintings
The All Night Movie recounts the artist’s experiences in New York’s art world of the 1970s and ’80s with a list of mostly bygone names and places. | Kate Silzer
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Austin, Dublin, Long Island City, and Los Angeles. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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Five Contemporary Artists Explore Créolité at Acadiana Center for the Arts
Gwladys Gambie, Rebecca D. Henry, Jérémie Priam, Tabita Rezaire, and Modou Dieng Yacine partake in the first iteration of this exhibition in Lafayette, Louisiana. Learn more.
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Dagny Corcoran (1945–2022)
LA art book dealer | The Art Newspaper
Kevin O’Neill (1953–2022)
Comics artist | New York Times
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Co-founder of art house Biograph Theater | Washington Post
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Painter | Artnews
