February 28, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, TikTokers are documenting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mies van der Rohe’s forgotten former frat house reopens, and a new book considers the relationship between museums and White privilege.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief 

Ukrainian Artists Speak Out As Invasion Intensifies

"We've been screaming into the void for years," said artist Luba Drozd, who's been active in raising awareness about the crisis in her home country. | Hakim Bishara

IN OTHER NEWS

• TikTok is providing a bottom-up view of life upended by violence and war in real-time.

• Netflix’s forthcoming docuseries, The Andy Warhol Diaries, will utilize AI-generated audio to recreate the artist’s voice.

• A forgotten Mies van der Rohe architectural design is resurrected and repurposed at Indiana University.

• The Rubin Museum partners with local institutions to preserve a monastery collection in Nepal.​​​

UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT

The Art-historical Past, Present, and Future of the Shinnecock Indian Nation

Tomorrow, March 1, 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.

Register here.

LATEST REVIEWS

Intermingling Ancient Greek and West African Mythologies to Tell New Stories

Harmonia Rosales: Entwined brought together multiple departments and resources to accentuate the global power of mythology and center Black women. | Sarah E. Bond

Abstractions Inspired by Light and Space Are an Exciting Perceptual Experience

These are works in the tradition of Light and Space, but instead of light, Brian Wills works with the earthy media of paint and colored thread. | Daniel Gerwin

ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC

For Artists Living by the Pacific, Climate Change Is Always on Their Minds

A former restaurant and ballroom on the edge of the Pacific is filled with art responding to the climate crisis. | Emily Wilson

How Can Museums Break Away From White Privilege?

Following cogent survey of the modern art museum’s history, The Art Museum in Modern Times turns to a challenging discussion of the present problems of modern museums. | David Carrier

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