March 18, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Today, we have a new comic from artists in Ukraine, reviews of Harriet Korman, David Byrne, and William Hogarth, and the Museum of Modern Art has renewed its contract with the NYPD — this comes after workers had asked the museum to end its association with the New York police department during the BLM protests in 2020, which they did at the time.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
The War in Our Country and on Our Phones
When we communicate with relatives and acquaintances in Russia it can feel like we're living in parallel worlds. | Anya Ivanenko and Jenya Polosina
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The MoMA ramps up police presence, renewing a contract it had with the NYPD before the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
A centuries-old sarcophagus, ancient tombs, and other sculptures are found buried beneath the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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LATEST REVIEWS
A Hogarth Survey Has Good Intentions but Misses the Mark
Why assemble the most significant grouping of Hogarths from far and wide without indicating why calling out the faults in historical artworks is important to our understanding of our world today? | Olivia McEwan
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Black Mountain College Prize Awarded to Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center launches an international prize for the most innovative artists working in the spirit of BMC today. Learn more.
The Deeply Satisfying Pleasures of Harriet Korman’s Paintings
Walter Pater famously said, “All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.” Korman’s paintings exist in a musical state. | John Yau
David Byrne's Hopeful Drawings
Byrne's drawings makes me wonder what else art is for, but to remind us that what we call “being reasonable” is too often our expedient alibi for not using our imagination. | Tim Keane
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Bard Graduate Center Welcomes Submissions for Horowitz Book Prize
The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize is awarded annually to the best book on the decorative arts, design history, or material culture of the Americas. Learn more.
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In San Marcos, A Homecoming for Bill Hutson
Hutson's textured work honors and challenges his city across mediums in a long-overdue exhibition. | Lauren Moya Ford
Required Reading
This week, an ancient animal is named after President Biden, sportwashing, blood art in museums, almost the world's biggest potato, and more. | Hrag Vartanian
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