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February 7, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. ☁️ Today, a new nose mask in Korea is raising eyebrows, San Francisco’s fabled art school merges with a private university, and Azerbaijan has openly stated it will purge Armenian cultural heritage again. Also, a reminder to join us every Tuesday and Thursday at noon on Twitter Spaces, where I host an hour-long conversation about art. Follow me at @hragv to stay connected. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief Offshore Networks “Awash” In Art, Pandora Papers RevealThe investigation found 1,600 works traded through shell companies, including Banksy pieces bought by a London financier charged with tax evasion. | Valentina Di Liscia ALSO IN THE NEWS Azerbaijan issues a “specialists committee” to purge traces of Armenian history in the occupied region of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). The San Francisco Art Institute, which has fallen into economic hardship, announced its merger with the University of San Francisco. In South Korea, a new nose-only mask trend leaves its wearers' mouths questionably uncovered. SPONSORED Museum of the Moving Image Launches Screening Series Focused on Extinction & Life as It Might BeMoMI’s yearlong Science on Screen series opens February 13 with classic films Woman in the Dunes and The World, the Flesh, and the Devil presented in 35mm. Learn more. LATEST IN ART Shining a Light on Soviet Jewish LifeWorks by Bill Aron and Yevgeniy Fiks chronicle the experience of Soviet Jews who tried to leave their homeland. | Matt Stromberg SPONSORED At Americas Society, Part II of This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975Featuring new works by the same artists, the second part of this NYC exhibition explores the body as theme and medium, offering new understandings of identity. Learn more. Two Artists Record the Voices of the Silk RoadThe Silk Road Songbook’s polyvocal strategies to share diasporic experiences are a radical reversal of what expressions of resistance and persistence are expected to look like. | Kealey Boyd Do We Really Need a Mona Lisa Immersive Experience?The only surprise perhaps is that this hasn’t come sooner given the extent to which the Louvre Museum expansively brands itself and its collection around the figure. | Farah Abdessamad MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC A Teenager’s Dreamy Art Deco Bedroom From 1929A new book reconstructs a unique teen bedroom from 1929 and resurrects Joseph Urban’s far-reaching but now-forgotten influence on modern American design. | Lauren Moya Ford SPONSORED Artists and Curators Can Apply to NXTHVN’s Mentorship-driven Fellowship ProgramEach fellow in this 10-month intensive in New Haven, Connecticut, will receive studio or office space, subsidized housing, and a generous stipend. Learn more. The Jackass Series Deserves Serious Recognition as Documentary ArtThe infamously crude TV and film franchise continues a tradition of cinematic physical comedy going back to the Silent Era. | Juan Barquin Become a member today to support our independent journalism. MOST POPULAR Pompeii's Long-buried Frescoes Come Back to LifeNASA Unveils Awe-inspiring Image of Galaxy Threesome Gone WrongThe Anarchist-designed DIY Heaters Saving Lives of Unhoused PeopleHow MFA Programs Perpetuate the Taboo Against Artists Having ChildrenAn Artist Goes Home to Her Appalachia
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