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November 17, 2022Good 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 CityThe Metropolitan Museum of Art’sLives of the Gods exhibition is the first major US show of Maya art in the last decade. | Rhea Nayyar SPONSORED LATEST NEWS 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. SPONSORED Wallach Art Gallery Presents Sin Autorización: Contemporary Cuban ArtThis New York City exhibition features artists who protested Cuba’s 2018 censorship decree, including members of Movimiento San Isidro. Learn more. ARTIST'S STORIES New Documentary Looks at Artmaking Behind BarsArtist Jesse Krimes served six years in federal prison, creating artworks while incarcerated using the bare-bones materials at his disposal. | Jasmine Liu SPONSORED Expand Your Practice With New York Studio School’s MFA, Certificate, and Virtual CertificateJoin a studio-focused community of dedicated artists for rigorous full-time study in the fields of drawing, painting, and sculpture in 2023. Learn more. The Best Part of Mary Heilmann’s Memoir Is the PaintingsThe 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 EaselThis week, artist studios in Austin, Dublin, Long Island City, and Los Angeles. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin SPONSORED Five Contemporary Artists Explore Créolité at Acadiana Center for the ArtsGwladys 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. MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC The NYC Exhibition Where Works Cost up to $75Project Art Distribution's roving shows exuberantly defy the established art world order. | Louis Bury How One Conservative City Supports Numerous Progressive ArtistsGiven Colorado Springs’s politics and hyper-conservatism, wouldn’t artists hesitate to make and perform work there? | Stacy J. Platt Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberIN MEMORIAM Dagny Corcoran (1945–2022) Kevin O’Neill (1953–2022) Alan Rubin (1936–2022) Hervé Télémaque (1937–2022) MOST POPULAR Meet the Tattoo Artists Who Champion Body PositivityKlimt Gets Splashed With “Oil” in Latest Climate ProtestRelative of Hilma af Klint Condemns NFTs of Artist’s PaintingsWhen Asian-American Artists Are Unburdened by IdentityWarring Gangs Wreak Terror on Haiti Artists’ Village
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