Good morning. Our headlining story today, by journalist Siranush Sargsyan, explores the unique challenges faced by Armenian artists forcibly displaced from Artsakh by the Azerbaijani regime. Read her moving, in-depth report below. In the news, the Tate museums in the UK are cutting 7% of their workforce through voluntary buyouts to address a post-pandemic deficit — Staff Writer Maya Pontone’s got the story. And here in the US, a small Miami Beach arthouse cinema may lose its lease and tens of thousands of dollars in grant funding under pressure from the city’s mayor for refusing to cancel screenings of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land (2024). Hrag Vartanian continues his in-depth conversation with the work of Nick Cave in his review of the artist’s new body of work — quite literally, as he incorporates his own body into these sculptures — at Jack Shainman Gallery. And Associate Editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin puzzles through a show at the Asia Society that pairs contemporary artists Rina Banerjee, Byron Kim, and Howardena Pindell with ancient artworks. It might not all fit perfectly together, but metaphorical “unfinished edges,” she writes, “are the point.” Plus, Anna Souter argues for dirtying our hands in a review of a group show on soil and Aida Amoako asks, in a review of Gregg Bordowitz’s work, what it means to share an emotion with another. Also: Do you have thoughts, questions, or just feelings on the slow death of DEI? Hyperallergic members can join us for our town hall this Wednesday, March 19 (become a member here). We’ll give you a peek behind the curtain at the ways we’re pushing back against our cowardly new world, joined by Lise Ragbir and Ola Mobolade, co-founders of VERGE, which supports historically under-represented job-seekers in the arts. — Lisa Yin Zhang, Associate Editor |