February 21, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ☀️ Frieze LA took place this past weekend in Beverly Hills. Critic Caroline Liou writes that the artworks were "so physical, you could devour them with your eyes." Meanwhile in New York, a new organization is calling on Mayor Eric Adams to create a $100 million fund to help POC-led cultural entities. This, and much more, below.
— Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor
Satisfyingly Tactile Art at Frieze Los Angeles
It is as if, after two years of staring at works on screen, galleries knew that audiences were hungry for artwork so physical, you could devour them with your eyes. | Caroline Ellen Liou
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The Laundromat Project's storefront in Brooklyn featuring artwork by Destiny Belgrave (all images courtesy HueArts NYC)
HueArts NYC, a new citywide initiative, calls for the creation of a designated $100 million fund to help POC-led cultural entities.
An excavation in the southern Peruvian town of Quilcapampa uncovers ancient artifacts related to the consumption of hallucinogenic beverages.
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Returning to the Island of Chiloé
Tomorrow, February 22, at 7pm (EST), join us for a special event with curator Dan Cameron as he discusses the trips he has taken over the past eight years to Chiloé, an island off the coast of Chile teeming with art, culture, and history, and his upcoming Hyperallergic email exhibition, which features a selection of work by local artists.
The conversation will explore the work of eight contemporary artists based in Chiloé whose images, Cameron says, “have stuck with [him] consistently over the last several years,” and will also focus on how his ideas about curating an exhibition surrounding this unique community have evolved over time.
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Jennie C. Jones to Present 2022 Wolgin Lecture at Tyler School of Art and Architecture
The works of this visual and sonic artist — neither paintings nor sculptures — engage viewers in multiple sensory and physical ways. Learn more.
ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC
Toni Morrison’s The Black Book Was a Groundbreaking Archive, Anthology, and Scrapbook
Hilton Als’s collection of materials, art, and ephemera isn’t meant to elucidate Morrison’s work but ponder the novelist’s impact on American culture. | Taylor Michael
An Unlikely Pair Doing the Work of Repatriating Indian Heritage
Recently, Art Recovery International and India Pride Project have collaborated to successfully recover and return priceless cultural objects stolen from India. | Anindya Sen
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