December 20, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Sometimes we get a surprising education outside of the classroom. For Isabella Segalovich, she found it on TikTok, where she discovered art history lessons never shared in school.
It's still hard to believe we lost bell hooks. Zoe Guy writes about how hooks took it upon herself to write about the non-white art world.
Have a lovely week, and stay safe out there.
— Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor
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A rendering of the proposed rebuilt Penn Station in New York (courtesy Governor Kathy Hochul's office)
A plan to redevelop New York’s Penn Station faces fierce opposition from community members and conservationists. In an effort to halt the plan, officials from the New York State Historic Preservation Office have called to list the notoriously congested station in the National Register of Historic Places.
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USC Pacific Asia Museum Presents Intervention: Fresh Perspectives After 50 Years
This exhibition in Pasadena, California includes artists Antonius Bui, Audrey Chan, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Amir Fallah, Akiko Jackson, Alan Nakagawa, and kate-hers RHEE. Learn more.
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The South Texas Borderlands and the Experiences of the In Between
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Paintings by Bay Area Artist Mitchell Johnson on View Now in Menlo Park and NYC
Johnson’s paintings can be seen at Flea Street in Menlo Park, California, and in a group exhibition at Questroyal Fine Art in New York City. Learn more.
bell hooks Left Behind a Legacy of Scholarship on Art and Love
Not content to wait for a bevy of critics to comment on the going-ons of the non-white art world, hooks took it upon herself to write about the artists she believed to be critical in the field. | Zoe Guy
Returned to Nepal by the FBI, a Sculpture Becomes a God Again
Last week, I flew to Nepal and witnessed a ceremony to replace a looted Lakshmi-Narayan sculpture to its original location. | Erin L. Thompson
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What Do Pots Want?* Building a Bigger Field of Craft Studies Together
Warren Wilson’s low-residency MA in Critical Craft Studies produces researchers who turn the mic in a new direction. Learn more.
The New West Side Story Brings the Show’s Father Issues to the Fore
Director Steven Spielberg, long fixated on absent dads, interrogates this theme and other issues of patriarchy and gender roles in his cinematic take on the classic show. | Kyle Turner
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