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October 8, 2021 • View in browserGood morning. ☁️ Today, Tania Bruguera agrees to leave Cuba in exchange for the release of 25 prisoners, looking at digital art through a feminist lens, and reviews of the Medici portrait show, a group exhibition in Iceland, and the Nowhere Inn mockumentary. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief Tania Bruguera Agreed to Leave Cuba in Exchange for Release of 25 PrisonersThe artist also called for a boycott of the Havana Biennial. | Valentina Di Liscia SPONSORED WHAT'S HAPPENING The finished "Madonna" by Edvard Munch and the underdrawing discovered with infrared reflectography The National Museum of Norway announced the discovery of hidden underdrawings layered beneath Edvard Munch's "Madonna" painting. 200 photographs by 90 European women artists were co-acquired by the Brooklyn Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. LATEST IN ART A History of Digital Art Through a Feminist LensTo understand the current climate for digital art and NFTs, it’s useful to look at these histories through the lens of women artists and feminist theory. | Judith Brodsky SPONSORED The ICA at VCU Presents Dineo Seshee Bopape: Ile aye, moya, là, ndokh…harmonic conversions…mmThe artist’s newly commissioned work in Richmond, Virginia is made out of soil and water from cities and ports that played important roles in the enslavement of people. Learn more. Cloaked in Power and the Tutored Gaze, The Medici Portraits at the MetMy sense is that people come to this museum and this show wanting to learn other histories by having their way of looking tutored and trained. | Seph Rodney A Group Exhibition in Iceland Trades Local Character for International AppealMany of the works in Iðavöllur are big and chock-full of issues and socially engaged ideas, like so much art elsewhere. | Gregory Volk SPONSORED A New Exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums Examines the Military’s Activity on the US LandscapeDevour the Land considers environmental and socioeconomic damages caused by the military-industrial complex, as well as how photography inspires activism. Learn more. MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC As a Mockumentary About Celebrity, Nowhere Inn Just BoresIn this film about stardom, the viewer has nowhere to appreciate and connect with the characters and concepts. | Eileen G’Sell SPONSORED MassArt x SoWa Gallery Presents Protest and Power, an Alumni-curated ExhibitionThe first year of programming at Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s graduate programs satellite gallery continues with this show, on view through October 24. Learn more. Required ReadingThis week, Bad Art Friends, framing Latinx art, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" the comic, Facebook's continuing problems, and more. | Hrag Vartanian Become a Hyperallergic MemberYour contributions support Hyperallergic's independent journalism and our extensive network of writers around the world. Join UsIN OUR STORE Medieval Creatures Glass Coaster SetThese fanciful coasters feature details from rare medieval woven hangings in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art — including the famous Unicorn Tapestries. AWARDS & ACCOLADES Jenny Saville was granted the keys to the city of Florence. Guadalupe Maravilla was bestowed the Lise Wilhelmsen Award. The National Academy of Design awarded over $125,000 to seven public mural projects by Chicago Public Art Group, Creston Arts, Richard Haas NA, Shanon Levin and Marina Peng, Ellie Balk, Kenji Hamai Stoll and Erin Shigaki, and Project for Empty Space. TRANSITIONS J. Tomilson Hill was named chair of the Guggenheim Museum board of Trustees; Claudia Rankine was elected to the board. Maria Rosario Jackson and Shelly Lowe were nominated to chair the National Endowment for the Humanities. MOST POPULAR Free the Nipple: A History of a Hidden MovementThe Myth About Having Children as an ArtistScientists Have Found the Earliest Evidence of Leather ClothesThe Democracy of AbstractionWhat is the Point of HBO’s Remake of Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage?
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