Good morning. Today, artist Chloë Bass reflects on public art in the US carceral system after being approached by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs to submit artworks for correctional facilities. Beyond the surprise of receiving such an offer as an artist committed to abolitionism, Bass observes that well-funded art commissions for prisons and jails are simply “a reflection of the overall amount of money designated for the construction and maintenance of certain types of public buildings and spaces over others.” Her thought-provoking essay
asks us to consider how those funds might be used instead, including to support incarcerated people.
Fires across LA County have left countless artists and art workers without homes, studios, and decades’ worth of work and supplies. Those affected can tap into mutual aid networksand other resources, which we’ve compiled and will continue to update below.
Also today, Hyperallergic editors round up the old (and old-ish) art books they’re revisiting in the new year and Staff Reporter Maya Pontone brings us a recently launched public domain image archive to get your creative juices flowing.
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What purpose does this creative enrichment serve when the buildings that host it are harmful? | Chloë Bass
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Johnson’s latest explorations into color, perception, familiarity, and scale are now on view at Flea Street in Menlo Park, California. | Mitchell Johnson Learn more
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The artist’s works interweave regional dining histories, including the Mesoamerican and the American, in a call to un-Whitewash history. | Liz Kim
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This year, we’re rereading a fictional dialogue by Oscar Wilde, bell hooks’s book of art criticism, prose poetry by Etel Adnan, and more titles that won’t make it onto most industry lists. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Lisa Yin Zhang, Hakim Bishara, Hrag Vartanian, and Natalie Haddad
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