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May 12, 2023Good morning. 🌤️ Today, our writers bring us impressions and highlights from New York's Spring Break and Future art fairs. There's more on the way, with several other art fairs opening across the city this month. I would also like to highlight a review by Erin L. Thompson (aka the "art crime professor") and novelist M. T. Anderson about the work of artist Tsherin Sherpa. There's much more, including the controversial Manet nude visiting the US for the first time, an Iraqi museum's plans to reopen after decades of destruction and looting, and Required Reading. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor Tsherin Sherpa's "Corrupted" Thangka ArtIn Sherpa's art, Tibet and California, thangka and pop art, Buddha and Mickey Mouse mingle and morph to create a new visual language. | Erin L. Thompson and M. T. Anderson SPONSORED The Clemente’s Open Studios Returns May 20 & 21Over 46 artist studios and six organizations will be featured in a weekend of free art making activities, performances, film screenings, and more in New York. Learn more. LATEST NEWS Édouard Manet’s “Olympia” will be shown in the US for the first time as part of the upcoming Manet/Degas exhibition at the Met Museum. Officials unveil long-awaited plans for the restoration of Iraq's Mosul Cultural Museum, which is slated to reopen in 2026. Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberART FAIR SLAYS & STANDOUTS Sculpture Slays at Spring Break’s “Surprise” ShowThe show returns to its original space at a Catholic school in Nolita for a 10-day, salon-style exhibition. | Rhea Nayyar Future Art Fair Is Officially on the MapThe show does away with one of the worst aspects of art fairs: galleries displaying their loudest works in an ever-escalating bidding war. | Elaine Velie REVIEWS & MORE What Survivance Means for Indigenous ArtistsSpeaking with Light addresses an Indigenous audience with a subtler message: we are now in the process of reclaiming our own representation. | Stacy J. Platt Curtis Cuffie's Precarious Life and ArtHe embraced the uncertainty of his environs, knowingly erecting his assemblage sculptures in areas subject to police raids. | Irini Zervas Required ReadingThis week, social media sleuthing reaches new heights, coronation fashion, and did a journalist fabricate an MLK quote on Malcolm X? | Lakshmi Rivera Amin IN OUR STORE “Ode À La Bièvre” Coaster Set x Louise BourgeoisLet art be the guaranty of your sanity as you save your books and furniture from ring stains with these corkboard coasters, which feature designs from Louise Bourgeois’s fabric book Ode À La Bièvre. TRANSITIONS Connie Butler was appointed director of MoMA PS1. Read more at Hyperallergic. Artist David Huffman is now jointly represented by Jessica Silverman Gallery and Casey Kaplan Gallery. AWARDS & ACCOLADES Recipients of the 2023 Art Mamas Residencies at Stoneleaf include Haimy Assefa, Nakeya Brown, Andria Lo, and Koyoltzintli. Illustrator Mona Chalabi was among this year's Pulitzer Prize winners. For a complete list of recipients, see here. Artist Julia Gutman was awarded the $100,000 Archibald Prize, which recognizes the best portrait painted by an Australian resident. This year’s John S. and James L. Foundation 2023 Knight Arts + Tech Fellows are American Artist, Kara Güt, Leo Castañeda, Marlena Myles, and The Institute of Queer Ecology. MOST POPULAR 20 Art Shows to See in New York This MayRare Klimt Landscape Heads to Auction in New YorkWhy We Never Visited Michael Heizer’s CityA No-Nonsense Guide to NYC’s May Art FairsTo Draw Museum Visitors, Vienna Turns to AI (and Cats)
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