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November 5, 2021 • View in browserGood morning. 🌤️ Today, Princess Diana mania has returned for some reason, queer superheroes are getting some backlash from haters, and folk artists in India are getting a new platform. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief Princess Diana’s Return to the Pop Culture SpotlightThe ‘People’s Princess’ features in multiple documentaries, trendy fashion lines, prestige TV, and now a biopic starring Kristen Stewart. What’s behind the new Diana mania? | Hannah Strong SPONSORED PROGRAM: FALL 2021, Streaming Live Now on davidzwirner.comHosted by Helen Molesworth, PROGRAM: FALL 2021 features creative luminaries discussing artists whose work is on view in our New York galleries. Tune in now to watch Joy Harjo on Hilma af Klint, Cathy Park Hong on Ruth Asawa, Fran Lebowitz on Alice Neel, and Virgil Abloh in conversation with Ebony L. Haynes and Kandis Williams. LATEST NEWS Richard Tuttle with text by John Yau, The Missing Portrait (2008), Square folio with collage elements; Lot 247 (courtesy Swann Galleries) An upcoming auction at Swann Galleries features 299 contemporary artists’ books made from the ’60s into the 21st century. DC Comic’s new bisexual Superman is met with homophobic backlash from right-wing media outlets and discriminatory social media comments. ART & OPINION Lennart Anderson’s Blindness and VisionThe artist, who had macular degeneration, closely scrutinized his subjects, even as he fictionalized them. | John Yau SPONSORED Delaware Art Museum Restages Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy RicksThe show, which honors the 50th anniversary of an exhibition history once ignored, continues a series of projects documenting Wilmington’s contemporary art scene. Learn more. Folk Artists in India Get a New Global PlatformThe Gondwana Art Project elevates and upskills tribal and folk artisans in India who practice traditional Indian art forms. | Rohini Kejriwal What We Are Missing in the Debate Around NYC City Hall’s Jefferson Statue?The sculpture was commissioned by the first Jewish commodore in the US Navy, Uriah Phillips Levy, who faced anti-Semitism throughout his naval career. | Samantha Baskind ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC The Automotive-Erotic Body Horror of TitaneWhat’s more natural, the film seems to ask — the “body parts” under the hood of a car or those pulsing beneath a woman’s navel? | Eileen G’Sell SPONSORED Live in Rome and Pursue Your MA in Art History at John Cabot UniversityApply by February 1, 2022, to be considered for admission to this unique graduate program at a US-accredited university based in Italy. Learn more. Required ReadingThis week, Bored Yacht Club’s NFT millions, fry bread, new space race capitalism, the legacy of Nazi art, and more. | Hrag Vartanian Opportunities in November 2021From support grants and open calls to a number of residencies and fellowships for artists and art historians, a list of opportunities that artists, writers, and art workers can apply for each month. Support HyperallergicYour contributions support Hyperallergic's independent journalism and our extensive network of writers around the world. Join UsAWARDS & ACCOLADES Lee Laa Ray Guillory was named winner of the second annual Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists. Golden, Yasha Lelonek, Glori Tuitt, and Jhona Xaviera were recognized as finalists. Faith Ringgold was awarded the 2021 Louis Auchincloss Prize by the Museum of The City of New York. TRANSITIONS Roxane Gay was named president of the board of Performance Space New York. Kirsten Deirup is now represented by Hesse Flatow. Luke Palacio was named president of the Pérez Art Museum Miami board of trustees. MOST POPULAR Georgia O’Keeffe’s Photographs, Seen Closely for the First TimeBernini Bust of a Woman He Abused Exhibited Alongside Photographs of SurvivorsStrikingly Preserved Roman Statues Discovered During Railway DigThe Age of Too Much Museum Storage Must EndA Transgenerational and Intercultural Look at Abstract Painting
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