May 10, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Today, the Guggenheim Museum finally strips the Sackler family name from its walls, artists share their abortion stories at a New York gallery, the curators of Documenta 15 respond to allegations of anti-Semitism, and reviews of Louise Bourgeois's late-career fabric sculptures, the Southeast Queens Biennial, Daisuke Fukunaga, and much more.
— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief
The Guggenheim Museum Finally Drops the Sackler Name
London’s National Gallery has announced it will also remove the disgraced family’s name from its halls. | Valentina Di Liscia
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After canceling a series of panels, Documenta curators pen a letter calling anti-Semitism accusations “bad faith attempts to delegitimize artists.”
A festival at Cindy Rucker Gallery in New York brings abortion stories and artworks inspired by them into focus.
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VOLTA Art Fair Returns to New York
Taking place at a new location in Chelsea from May 18 to May 22, this fair provides a platform for younger and middle-market galleries from around the world. Learn more.
Multiple Realities of Abstract Art at the Southeast Queens Biennial
A poetic sense of materials united the artists of the 2022 Southeast Queens Biennial in New York. | Carmen Graciela Díaz
Soft Scenes of a Rough Life of Labor
Daisuke Fukunaga depicts Japanese workers as tired but happy. Are they, really? | Jennifer Remenchik
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Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 Welcomes New 2022 Spring and Summer Exhibitions
Shows on view at this unique art space include Rirkrit Tiravanija: (who’s afraid of red, yellow, and green), a reinstallation of the US architecture exhibition at the 2021 Venice Biennale, and more. Learn more.
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Jean Lowe’s work parodies our most banal behaviors by consuming images of our own consumption. | Jordan Karney Chaim
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Artists from around the world can join online and in-person courses at one of the most influential art and design schools in the United States. Learn more.
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