September 6, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌧️ I hope you had a restful long weekend. Speaking of rest, one of today's stories is about a gallery in Princeton, New Jersey, that offers artists "micro-residencies" for the sole purpose of relaxing and doing nothing in particular. A growing awareness of the importance of rest in the art world and elsewhere has been one of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic. Let's not lose that, please.
In other stories today, an AI machine beats flesh-and-bones artists in a contest, the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa reopens with a more inclusive mission, artists probe the history of Indian boarding schools, Documenta 15, and more.
— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
An Iowa Museum Renowned for Its Pollock Emerges From a Flood With a More Inclusive Mission
At the newly opened Stanley Museum, formerly the University of Iowa Museum of Art, White artists like Jackson Pollock and Grant Wood are no longer the focus its collection. | Sarah E. Bond
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The Armory Show, New York's Art Fair is back at the Javits Center
The Armory Show is back with new contemporary art galleries, exciting works, groundbreaking cultural programming, and art events from September 9–11. The fair will feature over 240 galleries from more than 30 countries. Don’t miss out; purchase your ticket online today! Use promo code HYPER20 for a 20% discount.
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Jason Allen's work "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial" won first prize in the fair's digital art category. (image courtesy Dagny McKinley)
Jason Allen's AI-generated artwork "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial" wins the Colorado State Fair's top prize, setting the Internet ablaze with criticism from enraged artists.
Otis College expands its full-tuition Charles White Art and Design Scholarship for a second underrepresented artist from anywhere in the country.
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I am land that speaks Is on View at ArtworxTO Hub South in Toronto’s Union Station
Curated by Maya Wilson-Sanchez, works by Eric Gallardo, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Tania Willard, and more explore how public spaces reflect our past, present, and future. Learn more.
INTERVENTIONS THROUGH ART
Artists Shine a Light on the History of Indian Boarding Schools
“Art has a place in helping people begin to understand the layers of this history,” says artist Randy Kemp. | Lynn Trimble
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Henry Luce Foundation Conversations on American Art and Museums at the New-York Historical Society
On September 9, the first event in this free, virtual series will focus on how museums of Native American art and culture are leading the reinvention of art museum missions and practices in the 21st century. Learn more.
Documenta 15 and the Power of Productive Disruption
The most fruitfully jarring artistic disruptions at documenta 15 unsettle their own settings, stealthily intervening in traditional German institutions or landmarks. | Eileen G’Sell
COMMUNITY MOVEMENT
A Woman-Led Gallery in Princeton Puts Rest First
The Orange Door offers women and nonbinary artists of color “micro-residencies” to recharge and take a break from it all. | Jasmine Liu
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Mural Arts Philadelphia and Mural Arts Institute Present Arts + Environmental Justice Symposium
The two-week, multi-city series of virtual, hybrid, and in-person events explores transformative work at the intersection of community-based cultural practice and environmental justice. Learn more.
That Moment When You Win Your Museum's Union Election
"A fine mist filled my eyes and I caught myself holding back the tears," writes Dereck Stafford Mangus, an artist and a security guard at the Baltimore Museum of Art. | Dereck Stafford Mangus
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