September 28, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning! Today, enjoy a gorgeous photo essay by Carrie Mae Weems, in which she visually responds to Sam Cooke's classic "A Change Is Gonna Come." (I recommend listening to the song while scrolling through.) Also, a massive monograph argues for a new take on Frida Kahlo, and the Vitra Design Museum looks at 120 years of women in design, including architect Eileen Gray.
— Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor
The Rich History of Women in Design, From 1900 to Now
Here We Are! is an expansive exhibition exploring the role of women in furniture design, fashion design, industrial design, and interior design. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
"LET AFGHANS IN, OPEN YOUR BORDERS" (2021), illustrated by Aishwarya Srivastava and printed by Kelli Anderson (images courtesy Rona Akbari)
Writer Rona Akbari and artist Aishwarya Srivastava initiate a print sale fundraiser to support Afghan nationals facing illness and starvation.
Cuban artist Hamlet Lavastida was released from prison in Havana and exiled to Poland along with writer Katherine Bisquet.
A new grant by the Svane Family Foundation offers unrestricted funding to Bay Area artists and arts organizations.
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Marcel Dzama: Who Loves the Sun
David Zwirner Uptown
David Zwirner is pleased to present Who Loves the Sun, an exhibition of new work by Marcel Dzama, on view at the gallery’s 34 East 69th Street location in New York.
Explore available works and plan your visit now.
ART & FILM
The Gothic Tale of a Girl With Ice Cubes for Teeth
Lucile Hadžihalilović’s English-language debut Earwig is another odd but assured film about the relationships between children and their guardians. | Jourdain Searles
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SITE Santa Fe Exhibitions Explore Adobe Architecture, Theatrics, and Smell Migration
Large-scale installations by artist and adobera Joanna Keane Lopez and olfactory-acoustic sculptures by Oswaldo Maciá will be on view starting October 1. Learn more.
Finding Zinat Mahal, the Last Dowager Empress of Mughal India
The photograph of Mahal, taken in 1872 while she was interned and dispossessed, raises questions of consent. | Rijuta Mehta
BOOKS
New Frida Kahlo Monograph Moves Beyond Individual Genius Narrative
Three art historians put the focus back on Kahlo’s artistic output. | Joanna Garcia Cheran
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In-person Gallery and Studio Visits Return to Jersey City for 31st Annual Art & Studio Tour
Over 125 artist studios, galleries, and exhibition spaces open their doors to the public for this year's Jersey City Art and Studio Tour, taking place from September 30 through October 3. Learn more.
Carrie Mae Weems’s Visual Response to Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come
Weems’s essay is excerpted from Ways of Hearing: Reflections on Music in 26 Pieces. | Carrie Mae Weems
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Dig deeper into the works and lives of Eileen Gray and Charlotte Perriand, two pivotal modernist designers highlighted in the exhibition, Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today, at the Vitra Design Museum.
Eileen Gray, an Architect Ahead of Her Time, Reclaims the Spotlight
By every measure, Eileen Gray ought to be as well-known as her Modernist male contemporaries. An exhibition at Bard’s Graduate Center offers a smart correction to the historical record. | Lydia Pyne
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ArtYard’s Living Exhibition Unfolds in Real Time in New Jersey
Over the course of three months, the resident artists in Going to the Meadow will collaborate and create with a curated set of continually changing materials. Learn more.
Charlotte Perriand’s Prescient Designs for Modern Living
While working with Le Corbusier and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, for 10 years, Perriand advanced her vision of modern living. | Mika Ross-Southall
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