April 10, 2023
Good morning. ☀️ Another Monday, another barrage of peculiar stories.
We recently learned that the US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been receiving strange, expensive gifts from a Republican billionaire, including a seven-foot-tall bronze statue of his eighth-grade teacher.
Artist Isabelle Brourman snuck into the Trump trial to do some of her own sketches from the historic event. We have those drawings and her thoughts for you today.
Rhea Nayyar has the last recap of The Exhibit TV show, which sounds like a disaster, but hey, it's reality TV, amirite? I still can't believe the person who won has already been showing in art venues around the world … and yet, I can.
And Sarah Rose Sharp tells us about 10 Brutalist architects you probably haven't heard of.
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The Celestial Alignments of Nancy Holt
Lucy Lippard and Lisa Le Feuvre discuss the legacy of the famed American artist. | Jordan Eddy
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Statue dedicated to Thomas’s eighth-grade teacher Sister Mary Virgilius Reidy at a cemetery in New Jersey (photo via the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark’s press release)
News broke this week that United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has received a long list of undisclosed gifts and trips from a prominent Republican donor — including artworks and objects of cultural significance.
According to reporting by ProPublica, Thomas has accepted gifts or donations on his behalf from real estate developer and leading conservative donor Harlan Crow for the last two decades.
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GOING WITH THE FLOW: ART, ACTIONS, AND WESTERN WATERS
Artists from the Southwestern US explore the role of water during extreme droughts in a group exhibition at SITE Santa Fe curated by Lucy R. Lippard and Brandee Caoba. Learn more.
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