Mar 29, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. ☀️ Today, mushroom “leather” is the fashion world’s latest innovation, museums and their lax compliance with guidelines around ancient art, and a LGBTQ artist and activist in Tunisia has been sentenced to six months in prison on charges of “insulting” the police.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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In Thrilling Palettes, Ilana Savdie Maps Electrifying Geographies

In the artist’s first solo exhibition, fragments of vibrant color quake with anticipation as if waiting to be ignited.

Daniella Brito

What's Happpening

After hundreds of artists called for his removal, financier Leon Black will step down as MoMA chairman but intends to remain on the board.
Last week, an appeals court in Tunis released Rania Amdouni, a prominent queer feminist activist and artist, who had been sentenced to six months in prison on charges of “insulting” the police.
A report by the Guardian last Thursday revealed that UK police have been barred from searching the Queen’s private estates for looted or stolen artifacts since 2017, when the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act was signed into law.
Mushroom “leather” is the latest innovation to hit fashion runways. The material, called Mylo, is made of mycelium — the root network of mushrooms.

“Naked Bits” Jigsaw Puzzles Celebrate Bodies Through Dynamic Photographs

There’s nothing sexier than building anticipation, and nothing is a slower reveal than a jigsaw puzzle.

Sarah Rose Sharp

Opening in South Central LA, Tlaloc Studios Hopes to Be a Resource for the Community

The inaugural exhibition Ceremonies will showcase the work of the 11 artists who share the 3,700-square-foot warehouse.

Matt Stromberg

The Lax Compliance of Museums with AAM Guidelines for Ancient Art

The most astounding result of our research was discovering how few museums had complied with the American Alliance of Museums’ simplest requirement: having a public collections policy.

Erin L. Thompson and Mackenzie Priest

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