Today in the news: Ghanaian artist Joseph Awuah-Darko accuses megastar American painter Kehinde Wiley of sexual assault. Wiley denies the allegations. Read our report on this unfolding and unfortunate story. Also today, John Seed explains what the “disrupted realism” of Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of King Charles says about the state of art in the internet age. Seed is author of the book Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World.
There’s more, including reviews of Remedios Varo, Elias Rischmawi, and Gen'ichirō Inokuma. Lastly, try your hand at our May Mini Art Crossword for some good, healthy fun. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
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The viral painting mirrors a contemporary movement that allows for improvisation and often fuses representation and abstraction in unexpected ways. | John Seed
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The American painter Kehinde Wiley has been accused of
sexual assault by Ghanaian artist Joseph Awuah-Darko. Darko claims that Wiley assaulted him on two occasions at a dinner in Ghana in 2021, allegations Wiley denies.
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FROM OUR CRITICS
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Varo’s drawings crack the cold flawlessness of her paintings, and it’s exciting to see the looser, simpler skeletons underneath the surface. | Alice Procter
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What happens when home traverses miles — when it’s caught in the sway between one’s homeland and the land one makes a home of? | Monica Uszerowicz
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After moving to Honolulu in his early 70s, the Gen'ichirō Inokuma drew inspiration from the rainbows, night sky, and other natural phenomena of his new home. | Lauren Moya Ford
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Chew on a new hot dog sculpture and other bite-sized clues in May's mini puzzle. | Natan Last
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Amid a rise in waste dumping, artist Ethan Primason gives discarded items new lives, working intuitively until he finds their new form. | Angella d’Avignon
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Residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs from The Bennett Prize, Ucross, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE
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“In Varo’s work there is often a sense of geographic travel, but also a sense of traveling down material pathways that no one has ever looked at before,” says curator Caitlin Haskell. | Hall W. Rockefeller
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