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September 16, 2021 • View in browserGood 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. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief “Truly Heartbreaking”: Osage Nation Decries Sale of Cave Containing Indigenous ArtScholars have called it “the most important rock art site in North America” on account of 290 prehistoric glyphs adorning its walls. | Hakim Bishara SPONSORED PORTAL at the National Portrait Gallery Presents Three Online Lectures This FallThe Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture Conversation Series continues with presentations on Hung Liu, African Methodist Episcopal aesthetics, and the Oak Flat conflict. Learn more. 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 PastJackson’s exhibition The Land Claim began an extensive dialogue with local Indigenous, Black, and Latinx families on Long Island’s East End. | David Carrier SPONSORED SVA Continuing Education Offers 170+ Courses Online and On-campus in NYCCourses are available in a variety of subjects including fine arts, film, art & activism, visual narrative, and more. Fall courses begin September 20. Learn more. The First Museum Exhibition of Brazilian Modernist Photography Outside BrazilThis retrospective of the work from a São Paulo photo club is a reminder that Modernism was not solely a European phenomenon. | Julia Curl Nikolai Astrup’s Joyous NorwayThere 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 SPONSORED The Art Students League of New York Expands Its Online Classes With a New PlatformAfter students around the world responded to online classes by the historic art school, the League launched e-telier™ to elevate its digital learning experience. Learn more. Altarpieces and Shrines Shaped From Found ObjectsInspired by her foremothers’ recycling of materials, Jan Wade creates altarpieces, shrines, and memory jugs out of found objects. | Ekalan Hou ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC For Udo Kier in Swan Song, Flamboyance Is Its Own RedemptionTodd 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 PoetsSome 600 years later, Margery Kempe’s disquieting sobs continue to confound and provoke. | Mark Scroggins Support HyperallergicYour contributions support Hyperallergic's independent journalism and our extensive network of writers around the world. Join UsIN MEMORIAM Billy Apple (1935–2021), pop and conceptual artist | Ocula MOST POPULAR The Best Thing About This Year’s Met Gala Are the MemesFor Masahisa Fukase, Cats Were Much More Than CuteBaltimore Museum of Art Wants to Reimagine Itself “From Scratch”This Brooklyn Subway Station Is a Portal Into Marcel Dzama's Surrealist UniverseIn Japan, Enormous Straw Sculptures Pop Up After Annual Rice Harvest
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