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August 11, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. ⛅ This world is getting stranger by the day. Look, for example, at how old-school Democrats are now celebrating and sharing "Dark Brandon" internet memes that depict President Joe Biden as some menacing Manga character. We prepared an explainer for you about all that. Also today, Lena Dunham has a new, but apparently different, "go lose your virginity" movie, Cecilia Vicuña is getting her long-overdue moment, an exhibition highlighting Sāmoa’s Fa’afafine third gender community at the Venice Biennale, and much more. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor Behold the Rise of “Dark Brandon”Memes depicting a sinister, all-powerful Joe Biden alter ego are sweeping the internet, and the Democratic establishment is loving it. | Sarah Rose Sharp SPONSORED CCS Bard Summer Exhibitions Delve Into Video Art and Black MelancholiaShows at the Hudson Valley’s Hessel Museum of Art feature artists Dara Birnbaum and Martine Syms, as well as new scholarship on Black melancholia as an artistic and critical practice. Learn more. LATEST NEWS Carole Caroompas in her studio, 2022 (photo by and courtesy Vincent Ramos) Carole Caroompas, whose large-scale paintings challenged systems of dominance and identity constructs, dies at 76. 30 antiquities trafficked by the notorious British dealer Douglas Latchford are returned to Cambodia. Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberLATEST IN ART Cecilia Vicuña's Charismatic VulnerabilityCombining elements of Surrealism, Symbolism, and portraiture, Vicuña’s paintings are parables of personal and political awakening. | Louis Bury Celebrating Sāmoa's Third Gender Through Radical CampWith Paradise Camp, artist Yuki Kihara attempts to challenge and undermine colonial images of Sāmoa through a radical camp aesthetic. | Anna Souter FILM & ANIMATION Lena Dunham Puts a Twist on the “Lose Your Virginity” Film GenreFeaturing a delicate lead performance by Christine Froseth, this is a smart, sometimes purposefully discomfiting comedy about taking control of one’s sexuality. | Dan Schindel Inu-Oh Infuses a Classical Japanese Tale With Rock ’n’ RollMasaaki Yuasa’s latest anime feature embodies a revolutionary spirit in its tale of outcasts breaking ground in medieval Japan. | Juan Barquin IN MEMORIAM Raymond Briggs (1934–2022) Carole Caroompas (1946–2022) Takahiko Iimura (1937–2022) Issey Miyake (1938–2022) MOST POPULAR Luke Gilford’s Tender Photographs of Gay RodeosThe Book Club That’s Been Discussing the Same Proust Novel for 20 Years12,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found in Utah DesertThe Very Expensive Dental Work of the Ancient MayaWhat Our Fantasies About the European “Middle Ages” Say About Us
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