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August 6, 2021 • View in browserIf you didn't know that Woodstock was revived in 1999, you can watch a whole documentary on it now. Also, turns out the OG artist who splashed and dripped paint wasn't Jackson Pollock but rather a Neanderthal. Happy weekend, — Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor The Triumphant Tangles of Christina Quarles’s CanvasesIn Quarles’s paintings, boundaries dissolve as the artist grinds up the fixed binaries of Black/white or male/female. | Debra Brehmer LATEST NEWS Research confirmed that pigment found on rocks in a Spanish cave was applied 60,000 years ago using splattering and blowing techniques. Authorities have partially closed the Acropolis and other major archaeological sites while battling with dozens of wildfires around Athens, Greece. Support HyperallergicOur membership program makes it possible for us to dive deeper into important issues and topics. Want to be part of the future of independent arts journalism? Become a Hyperallergic MemberART & FILM The Sensual, Surreal, and Queer PaJaMa CollectiveThe collective staged erotically charged photographs of themselves and those in their artistic circles. | Cassie Packard How BIPOC Artists Fight Canada’s Biased Art SceneSince 1949 a combination of colonial government, the rich, and viral trends have decided how Canadian art is made. The results are unspectacular. | Elisha Lim Looking Back at the Misbegotten Woodstock ’99 Music FestivalThe HBO documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage views the event not just as one fiasco, but as an allegory for the Y2K era. | Nadine Smith MOST POPULAR The Erotic Nostalgia of Lesbian Pulp FictionAn Early 20th-Century Erotic Illustrator and Her Queer Vision of BeautyA 700-Year-Old Poem Becomes an Existential Modern Fantasy FilmThe Bite-Sized Art of Chewing GumOpportunities in August 2021IN OUR STORE Persian Patterns NotecardsThis charming keepsake box houses a set of 20 exquisite cards, illustrated with four detailed designs from a 16th-century manuscript of the Khamsa (Five Tales) by the Persian poet Nizami. Browse our collection of pop-up cards and stationery sets!
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