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October 23, 2024

Good morning. There’s lots of important stories today, but let’s start with the good: In New York, Open Studios events in Brooklyn’s Gowanus and Sunset Park neighborhoods were a hit this weekend, drawing hundreds of visitors behind the scenes of artists’ creative processes. And in Oklahoma City, the first-ever convening of the Indigenous Puppetry Institute shone a light on “one of our most ancient art forms of storytelling,” writes Joelle E. Mendoza.

The bad news: Hudson Yard’s “Vessel,” closed for three years after a series of deaths by suicide, is open again (this time with protective netting).

Read more below, including UrbanGlass’s apology for excluding Palestinian-American artist Phil Garip’s work from a show earlier this year, Meeson Pae’s biologically curious paintings, Anya Gallacio’s memento mori art, and John Yau on Kibong Rhee.

— Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor

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Meet the People Cultivating the Indigenous Art of Puppetry

The inaugural Indigenous Puppetry Institute saw the convening of contemporary practitioners of a form practiced for centuries. | Joelle E. Mendoza (JEM)

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IN THE NEWS

  • NYC’s despised “Vessel” reopens with suicide prevention nets. The fixture was closed for three years after four people died by suicide.

  • UrbanGlass has issued a public statement apologizing and expressing regret over the removal of Palestinian-American artist Phil Garip’s artwork from a staff show.

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The Mind-Body Split in Kibong Rhee’s Paintings

Rhee’s paintings change from pictorial presentations of a lush, dreamy world to a tangled web of different viscosities when we approach the surface. | John Yau

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Smoke & Mirrors Is on View at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum

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Anya Gallaccio’s Organic Mementos Mori

The artist reminds us that decay is full of energy — not just an ending, but part of an endless circle of life. | Eliza Goodpasture

A Psychedelic Trip Into the Human Body

Meeson Pae’s work creates safe space to contend with the phenomenon of our biological inner-workings and the opulent worlds they create. | Nereya Otieno

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A Year After Record Floods, Gowanus Open Studios Returns

This year’s theme, “Gowanus Under Construction,” invited participants to reflect on the gentrification of the historically industrial Brooklyn neighborhood. | Maya Pontone 

Over 300 Sunset Park Artists Bring Community Into the Studio

Fluorescent ’90s vagina art, looped films, and tender papier-mâché sculptures were on display as part of the South Brooklyn neighborhood’s annual open studios. | Isa Farfan

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