Happy Friday! Today, we’re talking about the other Olympics — that of the contemporary art world. Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian sat down with critic AX Mina to hash out their impressions of this year’s Venice Biennale, including aesthetic successes, political failures, and long-awaited representation. Listen to the full conversation below. We also bring you en plein air vistas in a Southwest edition of A View From the Easel, the role of reenactment in film, the secret to walking on water in Required Reading, and more below.
— Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor
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Hrag Vartanian and AX Mina discuss what worked, what didn’t, and what drew political protests at the “Olympics of the art world.”
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SPONSORED
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Pérez Art Museum Miami’s new free streaming platform for video art fills gaps in moving image scholarship from the global majority. Learn more
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
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Activists disrupt an event at Manhattan’s Greene Naftali gallery, claiming elements relating to Palestine were “censored” from its exhibition on
Harun Farocki.
At Printed Matter in NYC, a window display including a Reuters photograph of bulldozers breaking down the border fence between Gaza and Israel on October 7 sparks mixed reactions.
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ART, FILM, & MORE
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The film series showcases how different artists have used reenactments, preserving dialogue and audio but playing with every other element. | Dan Schindel
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“When working outside, en plein air, I wake up with a mission.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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This week: The Bushwick aesthetic goes global, common misconceptions about the Palestinian keffiyeh, Edna Mode is brat, and who can really walk on water? | Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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TRANSITIONS
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Tony Albert was appointed artistic director of the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial.
Ellie Buttrose will curate the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.
Carmen Hermo was appointed curator of contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Claire Howard was appointed curator of modern art.
Jorge Rivas was appointed deputy director and chief curator of theSaint Louis Art Museum.
Eugenio Viola will curate the 2025 Bienal de Arte Paiz.
Darren Walker will step down as president of the Ford Foundation.
Karin G. Oen was appointed director of the Nanyang Technological
University’s Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, replacing Ute Meta Bauer. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
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Candida Alvarez, American Artist, and Ja’Tovia Gary are among the inaugural Trellis Art Fund recipients. See the full list here.
Toba Tucker won the Lee Krasner Award from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. See the full list of awardees and grantees here.
Solveiga
Vasiljeva won the Chaco Biennial’s sculpture competition.
Christelle Oyiri was selected for the Tate Modern’s inaugural Infinities Commission.
Megan Samms won the Theodore Prize from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. |
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