February 15, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ☀️ Today, new research suggests Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals were neighbors in Europe, Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera passed away at 106, and the Smithsonian is planning to exhibit what it claims is the “largest collection of statues of women ever assembled together.”
And tonight, join us at 7 pm EST for a conversation with the third recipient of the Emily H. Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators. Frederica Simmons will discuss her continuing research into the life and work of Black American autodidact sculptor Bessie Harvey. You can RSVP here.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Smithsonian to Exhibit 120 3D-printed Statues of Women in Sciences
It will be the "largest collection of statues of women ever assembled together," the institution said. | Jasmine Liu
IN OTHER NEWS
New research suggests that humans settled in Europe approximately ten millennia earlier than originally thought.
Colby College acquires two islands previously belonging to painter Andrew Wyeth, becoming a future campus site for arts and climate research.
Cuban American artist Carmen Herrera died this Saturday, February 12, at the age of 106.
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HAPPENING TONIGHT
Witnessing & Curating the Art of Bessie Harvey: A Conversation With Curator Frederica Simmons
Join us tonight at 7 pm (EST) for a special event with Frederica Simmons as she discusses the work of Bessie Harvey, a self-taught artist from the Black American South who created mixed-media assemblages from materials located in the woods surrounding her home.
The conversation will critically investigate Harvey’s rich portfolio of work, a selection of which was featured in Simmons’s Hyperallergic email exhibition. The event will focus on how the artist, as a Black woman in the United States, infused her work with complex ideas about humanity, racism, and religion while maintaining her contemporary identity; and the necessity of conscious curation for uplifting Black narratives.
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Apply for the 2023 Arts/Industry Residency at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Explore the creative potential of industrial materials and techniques by developing work in ceramic, cast iron, and brass in the Kohler Co. Pottery and Foundry. Learn more.
ART AND FILM
The Joyful Return of a Trans Icon and Electronic Music Pioneer
In the 36 years since recording the seminal Keyboard Fantasies, Beverly Glenn-Copeland has risen from elusive singer-songwriter to global phenomenon. | Billy Anania
What Are Messerschmidt’s Bizarre 18th-century Sculpted Heads Trying To Tell Us?
For Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, his Character Heads were his way to forestall the demons that tortured him. | Avedis Hadjian
A Monumental, Feminist Textile Work, Cobbled Together by Mail
“The Map” is a redress of Christianity’s, and the Irish State’s, distortions of human sexuality and the feminine. | Oana Marian
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BRIC’s multidisciplinary program in Brooklyn has cohorts in Contemporary Art, Film & TV, Performing Arts, and Video Art. Applications are due March 10. Learn more.
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