February 17, 2023
Good morning. 🌧️ Today, a labor dispute at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), a celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop in its New York birthplace, and the controversial government bill that caused the shutdown of Greece's biggest archaeological museums.
Also, we have writers attending the Art Fair Week in Los Angeles, so you don't have to. Read Renée Reizman's report from the Felix Art Fair, where trendy people look at trendy art around the swimming pool of Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel.
And great news: Ecological art doesn't always have to be boring (that's another inconvenient truth). Consider the work of Angela Manno, who creates icons of threatened and endangered animal species. Finally, this week's Required Reading answers the question: What have painters gotten wrong for centuries about shadows?
— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
At LA’s Felix Art Fair, More Is More
The art displayed in the rooms of Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel this year proves that Minimalism is officially dead. | Renée Reizman
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
Rhode Island School of Design custodians, caretakers, and movers picketed yesterday. (courtesy Teamsters Local 251)
Custodians, groundskeepers, and movers at RISD picketed on Wednesday in the face of grueling union negotiations.
Five Greek museums closed to the public this week inprotest of a new law reassigning operations control to government-appointed boards.
FROM OUR CRITICS
Edward Hopper’s Views of Isolation
He was interested in a kind of realism, inseparable from the cold structures and isolated people that populate his compositions. | Ekin Erkan
Refreshing Abstraction in Marfa
Though each artist’s work in Vision Pool is distinct in media and style, they share elements that test perception. | Alyce Santoro
What Is Hospitality in an Era of Crises?
I don’t know you like that: The Bodywork of Hospitality goes well beyond the conventional meaning of “hospitality” as generosity and conviviality. | Gregory Volk
MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC
A Sneak Peek Into New York’s New Hip Hop Museum
In advance of the museum’s opening, a series of rotating exhibitions in the Bronx Terminal Market offers a preview of what’s to come. | Taylor Michael
The Artist Painting Icons of Earth’s Endangered Species
Angela Manno applies her knowledge of Byzantine iconography to memorialize the fauna and flora whose days are threatened or already past. | Sarah Rose Sharp
Required Reading
This week, a new portrait of André Breton, the problem with painted shadows, the story of a misidentified 19th-century potter, and more. | Hrag Vartanian and Lakshmi Rivera Amin
FROM THE ARCHIVE
What Do We Do with the Work of Immoral Artists?
Where should we “draw the line” between sacrificing great art and supporting artists who are predators and bigots? | Erin L. Thompson
TRANSITIONS
Marcela Guerrero was named the Whitney Museum of American Art’s DeMartini Family Curator.
Jennie Goldstein was named Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator of the Collection.
X Zhu-Nowell was appointed artistic director of the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced the 21 recipients of the 2023 Grants to Artists awards. In the visual arts category, the grantees are Mike Cloud, Judith Geichman, Cynthia Hawkins, Angel Lartigue, Anna Sew Hoy, and Kenneth Tam. A complete list of recipients can be found here.
