Jun 4, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. ⛈ Today, a stained glass portrait by Kehinde Wiley is acquired by a UK museum, illustrations of 18th-century inoculations, and two NYC exhibitions focus on grieving and mourning with art.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Stained Glass Portrait by Kehinde Wiley Lights Up a UK Cathedral

Wiley’s stained glass panels swap out the religious figures for contemporary Black subjects.

Cassie Packard

Documentary

The Post-Communist Cinematic Landscape of Eastern Europe

Sergei Loznitsa’s expansive filmography is a great entryway to films from Ukraine, Poland, Russia, and more which grapple with the legacy of the Warsaw Pact.

Ela Bittencourt

An Astonishingly Intimate Film Takes Us Deep Into the Woods

Filmed over 10 years, Mindaugas Survila’s The Ancient Woods avoids the usual trappings of anthropomorphism.

Manuela Lazic

Latest in Art

On Grieving and Mourning With Art

Confronted with a new national consciousness around racial inequity, two New York City art exhibitions focus on mourning with varying degrees of success.

Seph Rodney

Fascinating Illustrations of 18th-century Inoculations by the Inventor of the Smallpox Vaccine

Both Edward Jenner’s inoculation methods and the illustrations he made of those he treated were groundbreaking.

Samuel Lemley

A Costume Designer’s Beautiful and Grotesque Sculptures

Cathy Cooper’s sculptures fan out with hoop skirts, oversized cowls, and long bustled trains.

Renée Reizman

Where Do Paintings Go After Their Owners Abandon Them?

People worldwide submit photos of abandoned artworks to Jason Osborne, who began his Instagram account for discarded art in 2011.

Hakim Bishara

Week in Review: Whitney Museum Workers Unionize; Leon Black Accused of Abuse

Also, dozens of artists demanded the release of dissident Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, and more.

Jasmine Weber

From the Store

Fine Bone China Plates x Louise Bourgeois

These four plates feature imagery from Louise Bourgeois’s fabric book Ode À La Bièvre, which includes collages made from fragments of her old clothing and household items.

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