April 20, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Today, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Picasso, Albers, and other artworks are going to auction, a new study suggests public art may lower traffic accidents, and looks at the art of Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Pier Paolo Calzaolari, and Adeliza McHugh’s Candy Store.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Personal Art Collection Is Up for Auction
A Josef Albers screenprint, ceramics by Picasso, and contemporary Indigenous artworks are all going under the hammer. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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Pratt’s 2022 Fine Arts and Photography MFA Thesis Exhibition Is on View in Brooklyn
Through May 6, 32 graduating artists present work across disciplines including painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, and integrated practices. Learn more.
IN OTHER NEWS
Artist Chris Visions working with students to create the intersection mural (photo by Matt Eich)
A study conducted by Bloomberg Philanthropies finds that public art decreases traffic accidents by 17%.
The Montpelier Foundation terminates staffers who advocated for the descendants of people enslaved by James Madison.
A mural fragment found in a Mayan site in Guatemala may be the earliest evidence of the 260-day calendar.
Archaeologists uncover a group of ancient Roman mosaic floors hidden under the city streets of Stari Grad, Croatia.
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.ART Wants Artists to Thrive in Digital Chaos
More than 200,000 community members use .ART domains to ground their online identities, innovate, and find focus on an internet full of distractions. Learn more.
ART & MORE
The California Gallerist Who Turned a Candy Store Into an Art Community
When Adeliza McHugh opened the Candy Store gallery she envisioned art that moved; art that was interesting; art, as she often said, with a “kick.” | Clayton Schuster
Cosmos and Earth Collide in Pier Paolo Calzolari's Alchemical Art
In Calzolari's recent paintings, organic and metaphysical forces are one: vapors are rudimentary atmospheric gas particles, but they also signify wonder and bliss. | Ela Bittencourt
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Experience Designs by Eva LeWitt at New York City Ballet’s Art Series
The artist has created 10 sculptures for a special one-night-only event on April 29, where attendees will be able to view her work both on and off the stage. Learn more.
Fragmented Identity Through the Eyes of Chun Hua Catherine Dong
Cleavage at Arcade Project Curatorial, the artist’s first solo show, pondered how one can hold an identity alongside a shifting sense of home. | Elaine Velie
Why Does Instagram Think My Artwork is Soliciting Sex?
Instagram’s new “sexual solicitation” notification used in a misguided purge of “sexual” material is not only wrong, it's also offensive. | Emma Shapiro
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