May 12, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ☁️ Today, New York City is going back to its subway graffiti days, faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago push to unionize, ancient rock art is found underneath a home in Turkey, reviews of Jenny Yurshansky, Oscar Muñoz, the film Hatching, and much more.
Also, Dan Schindel writes about the return of the beloved Panda! Go Panda! anime shorts, from the founders of Studio Ghibli, to theaters.
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Oscar Muñoz Visualizes the Invisible
The Colombian artist’s first US retrospective is a meditation on memory and seeing. | Lauren Moya Ford
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Yulia Iosilzon, Anja Salonen & Kristian Toubourg debut new works on Platform
The May selection from the e-commerce site also features brand new works for sale from Guggenheim Fellow Elizabeth Malaska, painter Maggie Ellis, Portland-based artist Storm Tharp & others, selected in partnership with David Zwirner and offered by 12 gallery partners nationwide.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
An MTA train featuring graffiti (photo by Anthony Catalono via Flickr)
The MTA reports a steady rise in subway graffiti works after taking a significant dip in the last few years.
Citing “intolerable” working conditions, over 250 non-tenure SAIC faculty members push to unionize.
First discovered by looters, Iron Age rock art depicting Assyrian deities was found in an underground chamber in Başbük, Turkey.
Miami’s Rubell Museum will be opening a new space in Washington, DC.
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LATEST IN ART
What’s Left After Exile?
“As horrifying as the details of my family story are, that is literally every émigré story. Your only choice is to leave everything behind,” says artist Jenny Yurshansky. | Matt Stromberg
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The National Portrait Gallery Presents The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today
Works by finalists of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition showcase the changing genre of portraiture and its ability to highlight a multitude of life experiences. Learn more.
The Afterlives of Art Scraps
Artists Selina Trepp, Leslie Baum, and Diane Christiansen repurpose their own and others’ creations into new artworks. | Lori Waxman
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Land Art’s History Meets Its Present in Bigger Than This Room at form & concept
Documentation by Charles Ross and Robert Smithson collides with contemporary artwork made by women and people of color. Now on view in Santa Fe. Learn more.
IN THEATERS
A Body Horror Tale With an Avian Twist
Hanna Bergholm’s stunningly original debut film Hatching embraces the experience of female adolescence as the monster that it is, and then gives that monster literal wings. | Eileen G’Sell
Panda! Go Panda! Classics Make a Delightful Comeback
You don't have to be an anime-head to appreciate these early-career shorts by the founders of Studio Ghibli. | Dan Schindel
IN MEMORIAM
Shireen Abu Akleh (1971-2022)
Palestinian journalist, reportedly killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank | Al Jazeera
Toby Devan Lewis (1934-2022)
Collector and supporter of the New Museum | Artnews
George Pérez (1954-2022)
Comic book artist | New York Times
