September 14, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning. ⛅ Today, two documentaries take on the Salvator Mundi fiasco, Marcel Dzama’s new subway mosaic goes on view in Brooklyn, and the fascinating afterlives of found photographs.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
There Are Now Not One But Two Documentaries About the Salvator Mundi Saga
Both The Lost Leonardo and Savior for Sale dig into how museums and galleries are not merely complicit with the unregulated art-industrial complex, but are necessary to it. | Bedatri D. Choudhury
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Strike MoMA initiated “Phase 2” of action with an activist-led teach-in last Friday, leading up to a city-wide protest on September 17.
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This Brooklyn Subway Station Is a Portal Into Marcel Dzama's Surrealist Universe
The permanent installation in Williamsburg features anthropomorphic moons and suns, watching over wild, celebratory scenes. | Hakim Bishara
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An Exhibition at Krannert Art Museum Delves Into Louise Fishman’s Works on Paper
Remaking the abstract expressionist gesture and minimalist grid, the drawings on view at KAM at the University of Illinois center the artist’s identities as Jewish, feminist, and lesbian. Learn more.
The Indigenous and Female Roots of Harvesting Flax
Christine Borland looks at one of the oldest known forms of fabric in the world. | Anna Souter
A Sculptor Who Helped Us Find Community Among Strangers
His sculpture is what I remember the most from a childhood visit to the hospital. It brought levity and joy to a place that otherwise felt sterile and frightening. | Kevin Ritter
The Silent Lives of Found Photographs
The mind works desperately to fill the gaps in these lost stories. | Kealey Boyd
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