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March 1, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. ⛅ Today, Ukraine accuses Russia of torching a museum, looking at the vintage appeal of New York’s beloved Automats, and what to see and do in New York and Los Angeles this month. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief Ukraine Accuses Russia of Burning Down a MuseumAbout 25 paintings by Ukrainian artist Maria Pryimachenko were destroyed in a fire at a museum near Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials. | Jasmine Liu IN OTHER NEWS Artists withdraw their works from Russian museums, and curators of the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale resign in protest of the invasion of Ukraine. The Manhattan DA's Office returns 55 antiquities to Greece, with the majority previously seized from disgraced collector Michael Steinhardt. SPONSORED A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration Opens at the Mississippi Museum of ArtOpening April 9, this exhibition features newly commissioned works by 12 acclaimed Black contemporary artists, including Carrie Mae Weems, Theaster Gates, and more. Learn more. WHAT TO SEE IN NYC & LA THIS MONTH Asking “what if” can be a galvanizing, powerful thing; as you take in the latest exhibition across New York, let yourself brim and fizz with the question’s possibilities. From the history of donut shops in California to a Barbara Kruger retrospective, March is looking good in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELESHAPPENING TONIGHT The Art-historical Past, Present, and Future of the Shinnecock Indian NationTonight at 7 pm (EST), join us for a special event with curator and artist Jeremy Dennis as he discusses the art-historical legacy of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, of which he is an enrolled member, and his Hyperallergic email exhibition, which delves into the past and present of the Nation’s long-standing presence on what is now known as Southampton Village on Long Island, NY. The conversation will also explore Dennis’s exhibition Outcropping- Indigenous Art Now, which is on view at the Southampton Arts Center on Shinnecock’s ancestral homelands through April 9, 2022, and features work by contemporary Shinnecock artists and Indigenous artists from various sovereign nations throughout the United States. SPONSORED Enjoy Summer Intensives at Pratt Institute’s School of Continuing and Professional StudiesFocus on skill enhancement, portfolio building, professional development, and personal enrichment with Summer Intensive courses, either online or on-site in NYC. Learn more. ART & ART BOOKS Revisiting Latin American Artists' Struggle for Representation in the United StatesWhile the 1965 Immigration Act opened the United States for expanded Latin American immigration, the decade that followed found migrant artists actively involved in political struggles for representation. | Billy Anania A New Book on Niki de Saint Phalle Presents the Artist In Her Own WordsA new book on the artist features selections from Saint Phalle’s prints, doodles, letters, and diaries, arranged in roughly chronological order. | Lauren Moya Ford SPONSORED Bard Graduate Center Welcomes Submissions for Horowitz Book PrizeThe 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. MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC When You Could Get a Three-Course Meal and Coffee for 25 Cents in New YorkLisa Hurwitz’s documentary finds some impressive interviewees, including Mel Brooks and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to remember the bygone vending machine restaurant chain Horn & Hardart. | Mark Asch Why Paint a Building That Will Be Demolished?Basildon’s new murals represent how artists are used in regeneration schemes the world over: socioeconomic cover-ups under the guise of opportunity. | Rose Cleary Become a member today to support our independent journalism. IN THE STORE Spanish Sampler ScarfInspired by a 19th-century Spanish linen sampler in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, the multicolored silk patterns on this extra-soft scarf expertly translate the geometric embroidery of the original textile work into a versatile and stylish accessory. MOST POPULAR As Russia Invades Ukraine, TikTokers Are Documenting the WarAn Artist-centered NFT Platform?How Hallucinogens Were Used as an Ancient Political TacticMies van der Rohe’s Forgotten Frat House Design Is Resurrected and RepurposedUkrainian Artists Speak Out As Invasion Intensifies
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