April 7, 2023
Good morning. ☁️ Today we speak with courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg, whose sketch of Donald Trump at his arraignment went viral online. The 72-year-old artist is known for her drawings of high-profile trials, including El Chapo, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and other disagreeable characters.
Youth Against Displacement, a coalition of activists from New York's Chinatown, explains why Nancy Yao, who heads the Museum of Chinese in America, is the wrong choice for leader of the forthcoming Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
In other stories, a Belgian collector sues his son for shooting and killing his wife, arts parton Myriam Ullens. We also have memes about the new Barbie movie, the carnal story behind a surrealist painting by Spanish artist Remedios Varo, and more.
Lastly, is the three-meals-a-day routine colonial? The answer to that is in this week's Required Reading.
— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
Courtroom Artist Jane Rosenberg On Her Viral Sketch of Trump
“I’m not saying it’s a happy or pleasant face, but he has a unique look that is fun to capture.” | Hakim Bishara
SPONSORED
Mandel Institute for Nonprofit Leadership Announces New Cultural Fellowship
This two-year fellowship includes a $40,000 stipend for artists and producers aiming to reimagine Jewish life and galvanize action on a range of social issues. Learn more.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Danny DeVito as “Ongo Gablogian the art collector” in a Barbie movie meme (all screenshots Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic)
Posters released for the upcoming Barbie movie spark a wave of ridiculous, campy, fabulous, and over-the-top memes.
Featuring possible contributions from her lovers,Remedios Varo’s "Composition Surréaliste” is headed to auction.
The Mike Kelley Foundation has announced 16 small arts nonprofits in Los Angeles as Organizational Support Grant recipients.
Belgian billionaire Guy Ullens filed a lawsuit against his son for the fatal shooting of his second wife, art collector Myriam Ullens.
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REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
A Photographer's Fight for Yanomami Sovereignty
Over the past five decades, activist and photographer Claudia Andujar has worked with the Amazon’s Yanomami people to defend their native rights. | Silvia Benedetti
Art for the End of Time
There are no common moves among artists in The Chicago Cli-Fi Library, except environmental grief as expressed through art-making. | Lori Waxman
MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC
Nancy Yao Will Not Be Missed
As president of the Museum of Chinese in America, she patronized Chinatown residents and supported their displacement. She is not fit to lead the American Women's History Museum. | Youth Against Displacement
Required Reading
This week, the death of handwriting, how to spot far-right imagery, queerness is African, and is breakfast a colonial construct? | Hrag Vartanian and Lakshmi Rivera Amin
IN OUR STORE
The Storm Socks
You know what they say about April showers! These dramatic socks are styled after Rembrandt’s “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee” (1633), which was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Garden Museum in 1990 and remains missing today.
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TRANSITIONS
Charlotte Ashamu was named director of International Programs at the Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage.
Saskia Benjamin will step down from her role as executive director of Art Papers. Her last day will be July 21.
Rahul Gudipudi was appointed senior curator at the Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA).
Jova Lynne was named artistic director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Megan Skidmore was appointed development director at Powerhouse Arts.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Artist Alia Farid was announced as the recipient of the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter’s Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award.
