Good morning. As we near the public opening of the Venice Biennale, demonstrators took to the Israeli and United States pavilions to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza, making it clear to preview visitors that the Giardini is not a bubble where you can go to escape reality. Reporter Avedis Hadjian was at the scene and has the story. Stay tuned for more on-the-ground Biennale coverage from Hyperallergic over the next few days.
In other news, Staff Reporter Rhea Nayyar talks to an AI version of Salvador Dalí, AX Mina reviews a new documentary about the comeback of lesbian bars across the US, and Swifties line up for a cringey “library pop-up” installation (complete with tea-stained manuscripts) in LA that has fans online scratching their heads.
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Over 100 artists and art workers called attention to participating nations’ complicity in the attacks on Gaza.
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Bedford Gallery’s exhibition presents a photo-docuseries with nearly 100 photographs documenting Indigenous stories alongside sculptural works. On view in California’s Bay Area.
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At Sovereign Futures, artists and community members gathered over the course of four days to traverse the layered history of the Oklahoma city.
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The 2024 art competition and festival awards over $100,000 in cash prizes to artists across the Southeast. On view April 26–May 4 in Lake City, South Carolina.
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Undercutting dominant narratives of Spanish modernism, Delhy Tejero was part of a community of artists whose avant-garde work forged a new sense of national identity.
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The art felt as if it was trying to find the language to merge emotion with content, to harness the energies of the search within the courage of experimentation.
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The new documentary All We’ve Got shows audiences the range of spaces designed as lesbian community hubs, performance venues, and places for dancing and partying.
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I tried out “Ask Dalí,” a new experience that lets you communicate with an AI model of the Surrealist artist through a lobster telephone.
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Residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs from Davidson College, the Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
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Eleanor Coppola (1936–2024)
Documentary filmmaker and artist | New York Times
James Dean (1931–2024)
Artist and founding director of NASA Art Program | New York Times
Joan Hills (1931–2024)
Artist and member of the Boyle Family collective | Scotsman
Sheila Isham (1927–2024)
Printmaker, painter, and book artist | Hollis Taggart
Rumi Missabu (1947–2024)
Avante-garde drag artist | New York Times
Faith Ringgold (1930–2024)
Artist, quilter, and activist | Hyperallergic
Don Wright (1934–2024)
Editorial cartoonist and photographer | New York Times
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