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Good morning. ⛅ Today, a former KKK building in Texas is being transformed into an arts and healing center, artists and celebrities demand to hold Israel accountable for the murder of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, researchers at Yale analyze what the social gaze does to the brain, and a lot more stories and reviews.

— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief

Former KKK Building in Texas to Be Transformed Into Arts Center

The planned center will be named after Fred Rouse, a Black man who was lynched in the city of Fort Worth in 1921. | Elaine Velie

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Marina Abramović performing "The Artist Is Present" at the Museum of Modern Art in March 2010 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Yale researchers find that locking eyes fires up brain cells.

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Triennial of Photography Hamburg Reflects on Currency

For the triennial’s eighth edition, work by more than 70 artists is featured in 12 exhibitions and a polyphonic program, installed at various locations throughout the German city. Learn more.

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Memories Remade With Charcoal and Ash

Artist Dan Jian makes the point that landscapes and memory are one and the same. | mónica teresa ortiz

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NOMA Presents Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans

This exhibition explores the work and short-but-impactful life of the groundbreaking ceramic artist. Now on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Learn more.

Walter Murch Sought to “Paint the Air” Between His Eye and His Subject

Murch’s painted dust can be so tangible you feel compelled to wipe off the picture. | Carl Little

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MassArt’s 2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in Boston

Graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcase their fine arts theses on campus and at the MassArt x SoWa Gallery, with virtual public artist talks on May 20. Learn more.

Required Reading

This week: Why does the internet hate Amber Heard? Will Congress recognize the Palestinian Nakba? And other urgent questions. | Hakim Bishara

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TRANSITIONS

The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields named Colette Pierce Burnette as its next president and chief executive. The appointment comes a year after the institution's former president, Charles L. Venable, resigned after facing backlash for an offensive job posting.

Charmaine Jefferson was elected board chair of the California Institute of the Arts.

Ashley Bickerton is now represented by Gagosian.

Gilane Tawadros was appointed director of the Whitechapel Gallery in London.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Deana Lawson was awarded the £30,000 (~$37,400) Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.

Felipe Romero Beltrán was named winner of the 2022 Aperture Portfolio Prize. He will receive a cash prize of $3,000.

The Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation's inaugural Awards in Craft went to Antonius-Tín Bui, Christine Lee, Jamie Okuma, Kristina Madsen, and Terrol Dew Johnson. Each will receive a $100,000 unrestricted grant.

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