February 3, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌧️ Today, 18,000 documents and 50,000 photographs from the Duchamp archive in Philadelphia are now online, reviews of Sophie Calle, Hinko Smrekar, and Mary Lum, and, finally, are MFA programs contributing to the stigma around having kids?
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How MFA Programs Perpetuate the Taboo Against Artists Having Children
Both male and female faculty internalize the idea that responsibility for raising children precludes serious art and then they recapitulate it. | Daniel Gerwin
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James Castle
Now on View at David Zwirner
David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of works by James Castle (1899–1977). Organized in collaboration with the James Castle Collection and Archive LP, this exhibition offers an overview of the artist’s expansive practice, including his vivid drawings and mixed-media assemblages.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The first iteration of artist Alicia Eggert's public art project "OURS," created in partnership with Planned Parenthood. (courtesy Planned Parenthood)
An installation by Alicia Eggert and Planned Parenthood will travel to states that could ban or limit access to abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
The new online archive hosts 18,000 digitized documents and almost 50,000 photographs related to Marcel Duchamp's life and work.
The Hubble Space Telescope captures a new, unusual image depicting what appears to be two galaxies being struck by another.
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Explore, Collaborate, and Connect This Summer at Chautauqua School of Art
Funding is available for our residency program, which enables artists to pause their daily life and join us in conversation, collaborative thinking, and experimentation. Learn more.
ART & BOOKS
The General Strike in Modern Art
A massive strike wave in the 19th and 20th centuries redefined how painters, illustrators, and photographers advocate for the working class. | Billy Anania
Another Look at Hinko Smrekar, Slovenia’s Rebel Caricaturist
Though little-known outside of his native country, Smrekar left a strong imprint on his nation’s art world and political thought. | Lauren Moya Ford
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The Candy Store: Funk, Nut, and Other Art with a Kick Opens at the Crocker Art Museum
An expansive exhibition on Adeliza McHugh’s influential Candy Store Gallery celebrates the whimsical, irreverent aesthetic that put California’s Sacramento Valley on the art-historical map. Learn more.
Walking for Art
The visual stutter of Mary Lum's artwork invites us to enunciate the staccato repetitions of sounds we hear and see when we walk through the city. | John Yau
Artist Sophie Calle Took a Job as a Maid to Spy on the Guests
Calle’s methodical analysis makes the reader more curious about the artist herself than the guests she spies on. | Julia Curl
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IN MEMORIAM
Jonathan Brown (1939–2022)
Art historian and curator | New York Times
Kohei Yoshiyuki (1946-2022)
Photographer | ARTnews
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