September 16, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌧️ Today, a major Indigenous art site has been sold to a private individual, an artist is protesting the use of doves in an LA exhibition, and reviews of Tomashi Jackson, Nikolai Astrup, Jan Wade, and much more.

You’ll also notice that in today’s email, we have included various obituary notices near the bottom. These notices and updates (along with accolades and transitions) previously appeared in our Week in Review posts, but will now be included directly in our Daily emails on Thursdays and Fridays. We hope you enjoy the new format.

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“Truly Heartbreaking”: Osage Nation Decries Sale of Cave Containing Indigenous Art

Scholars have called it “the most important rock art site in North America” on account of 290 prehistoric glyphs adorning its walls. | Hakim Bishara

WHAT'S HAPPENING

The pedestal where a towering bronze of Columbus once stood in the capital city's Paseo de la Reforma.

Mexico City has backtracked its commission of contemporary artist Pedro Reyes to replace its Columbus statue, with protesters calling for the project to involve Indigenous artists.

Artist and bird rehabilitator Sheida Soleimani voiced objections to an opening event at Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles, which incorporated the release of live birds

LASTEST IN ART

Tomashi Jackson Rediscovers Long Island’s Beleaguered Past

Jackson’s exhibition The Land Claim began an extensive dialogue with local Indigenous, Black, and Latinx families on Long Island’s East End. | David Carrier

Nikolai Astrup’s Joyous Norway

There is not a hint of psychological trauma in Astrup’s art, despite the parallels in his own experience to that of his countryman Edvard Munch. | Faye Hirsch

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Todd Stephens’s new film is a celebration of willful, collective flamboyance that flourishes within small cities. | Eileen G’Sell

A Medieval Mystic as a Muse for Two Poets

Some 600 years later, Margery Kempe’s disquieting sobs continue to confound and provoke. | Mark Scroggins

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IN MEMORIAM

Billy Apple (1935–2021), pop and conceptual artist | Ocula
Carl Bean (1944–2021), Motown Records-signed gospel singer and archbishop | Pitchfork
Nickolas Davatzes (1942–2021), president and chief executive of the Arts & Entertainment Network (A&E) | New York Times
Yolanda López (1942–2021), feminist artist | Los Angeles Times
Norm Macdonald (1959–2021), comedian, writer, and actor | Boston Globe
Elizabeth I. McCann (1931–2021),  Tony-winning Broadway producer | New York Times
Phil Schaap (1951–2021), jazz scholar, historian, and broadcaster | Washington Post
George Wein (1925–2021), jazz music producer | Rolling Stone
Michael K. Williams (1966–2021), actor | New York Times

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