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October 18, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. ⛅ Last weekend, our reporters visited the Sunset Park and Gowanus open studio events in Brooklyn and came back with impressions of the art and illuminating insights into the changing landscape of artist studios in NYC. There's a lot happening in both neighborhoods (Sunset Park is particularly hot right now) but, as usual, fears of displacement because of rezoning and gentrification are part of the picture. Also today, a report from Manifesta 14 in Kosovo, an intimate look at Athens, and the mind-boggling tree sculptures of an artist who proudly calls himself “Monsieur Plant.” — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor The Mind-Bending Tree Sculptures of “Monsieur Plant”French artist Christophe Guinet’s mesmerizing plaster sculptures mimic the ability of trees to assume other forms. | Sarah Rose Sharp SPONSORED SUNSET PARK WIDE OPEN Affordable for Now, Sunset Park Rises as a Buzzing NYC Arts HubParticipants of Sunset Park’s open studios this weekend told Hyperallergic why they’ve shifted gears and joined the up-and-coming community. | Rhea Nayyar Up Close and Personal With Four Sunset Park ArtistsFrom surrealist suburban horror to collaborative assemblage, artists brought originality, humor, and curiosity to Sunset Park Wide Open. | Jasmine Liu SPONSORED Norton Simon Museum Presents Ink, Paper, Stone: Six Women Artists and the Language of LithographyThis exhibition in Pasadena, California, features works on paper by Ruth Asawa, Gego, Eleanore Mikus, Louise Nevelson, Irene Siegel, and Hedda Sterne. Learn more. GOWANUS OPENS UP Gowanus Artists Open Their Studios Amid Displacement ConcernsMany Gowanus artists said they cherish the ability to work off the beaten path in an area conducive to creative labor — and they hope it remains as such. | Billy Anania Six Artists I Discovered at Gowanus Open StudiosAmid an endless visual feast of colorful wall art, some of this year’s artists showed up with personal ruminations of intimacy and dark reflections on societal norms. | Elaine Velie SPONSORED MOZAIK Philanthropy Announces Open Call in Solidarity With the Movement for Freedom in IranArtists from around the world who wish to express support for Iran’s protestors through art can submit to the Future Art Awards: WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM. Learn more. BRIDGING PAST & PRESENT The Past, Present, and Future of Kosovo Collide at Manifesta 14Many exhibits at the biennial seem to be about Kosovans setting things right and regaining a sense of control over their lives and livelihoods. | Tim Brinkhof An Evocative Portrait of Athens Through Time and FamilyIn the Same Space is a moving dialogue between artist Eirini Vourloumis and her grandfather, painter Andreas Vourloumis, and a flickering portrait of the Greek capital. | Kirsten O’Regan SPONSORED Wild Pigment Project Embraces Reciprocal Foraging at Santa Fe’s form & conceptAsking what it means to work with materials gathered in wild places, this exhibition features work by an international group of artists and traditional practitioners. Learn more. MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC Love May Be Timeless, But Not PainlessRahat Mahajan's debut feature The Cloud Messenger finds resonance in suffering as a means to liberation. | Arun A.K. Seeing the Unseen Inside a Macabre Medical MuseumForensic photographer Nikki Johnson and curator Anna N. Dhody share their thoughts about morbid anatomy and abstraction in their latest exhibition at Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum. | Billy Anania Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberSPONSORED ANNOUNCEMENTS Krannert Art Museum Presents Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch RepublicThe Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Welcomes the Public to Its Annual Open StudiosHarvard Art Museums Presents Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of EnlightenmentLA ESCUELA___ Launches New Programs on Ecological Rights and Activist ParticipationUniversity of the Arts’s Dynamic Grad Programs Advance Your CreativityThe Public Theater Presents Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the SunCabinet Presents And Warren Niesłuchowski Was There: Guest, Host, GhostCey Adams Celebrates 40 Years of Art and Design at Boston University Art GalleriesVera List Center for Art and Politics Presents 2022 Forum, Correction*Iranian-American Artist Shirin Neshat’s Land of Dreams Opens at SITE Santa FeFull Funding Is Available for Graduate Students in Art and Design at the University of IllinoisMOST POPULAR The AI Halloween Art of Your Nightmares Is HereThe NY Art Book Fair Is a Whole SceneYour Land Acknowledgment Is Not EnoughThe Elegant Surrealism of an Animated Cult ClassicClimate Activists Go Warhol on Van Gogh, Splashing “Sunflowers” With Tomato Soup
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