Today: John Yau on Abigail Dudley’s paintings of the mundane and fantastical, a new book on how to understand our world through film sequels and remakes, artists on their studios in A View From the Easel, a hilarious parody of German boyfriends in Required Reading, and more. If you're able to, please consider joining as a Hyperallergic member. It'll help us continue our work as a free and independent art publication. Thanks for reading.
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Revising Reality argues that the world as we know it is our creative output so our memories cannot help but be continually edited. | Melissa Holbrook Pierson
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PAINTING & PERFORMANCE
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I can think of no other painter who can so effectively pull the viewer into a space where clarity and puzzlement cannot be separated. | John Yau
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A sonic protest against colonial politics, a conceptual ice cream tasting, and other live and participatory experiences headlined the annual New York City festival. | Jess Zhang
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“I'm reminded of events in the news or in books I hear when I look at certain areas of my paintings.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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This week: the link between American homophobia and Filipino nurses, super-romantic German boyfriends, personal freedoms rated in The House of Dragons, and much more. | Hrag Vartanian
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TRANSITIONS
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Yilmaz Dziewior, Sergio Edelsztein, N‘Goné Fall, Gridthiya Gaweewong, Mami Kataoka, and Yasmil Raymond were appointed to the finding committee for Documenta 16.
Chus Martínez was named artistic director of the 2025 Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts.
Diana Nawi was appointed curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Hanneke Skerath was appointed director of the Marciano Art Foundation.
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
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Joe Brock Average and Christi Marlene Belcourt are among the artists named to the Order of Canada by Governor General Mary Simon. See the full list here.
Thandi Loewenson won the 2024 Wheelwright Prize from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
Lee Ufan was the recipient of the 11th annual Isamu Noguchi Award from the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, along with writer Jhumpa Lahiri. |
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