Jun 10, 2021 • View in browser

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Today, there is a growing consensus that two paintings in Beirut are the work of renowned Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, considering vaccine selfies, and Dolly Church asks, “is the world losing color?”

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Consensus Grows About Two Artemisia Gentileschi Paintings in Beirut

After Gregory Buchakjian’s discovery laid largely dormat for decades, his research has been renewed and well-received by scholars of the Baroque artist.

Hrag Vartanian

What's Happening

Sundance Institute has awarded grants to 18 documentary film projects, allocating funds to projects about Black motherhood, conversion therapy, and more.
Exhibiting MoMA artist, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, has withdrawn from two museum events in solidarity with #StrikeMoMA protesters.
Artists nominate MoMA as an “at-risk cultural heritage site,” denouncing several board members for their connections to exploitation, gentrification, and environmental degradation.

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Michael Richards’s Visionary Sculptures Mourn Dreams Deferred

A sense of poetic justice prevails throughout the artist’s first museum retrospective at MOCA North Miami.

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To Vaccine Selfie or Not to Vaccine Selfie?

As COVID-19 vaccinations continue rollout in some countries, many feel conflicted about the selfie.

Alicia Eler

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Theo Anthony on How the History of Cinema Led to the Modern Surveillance State

The filmmaker talks to Hyperallergic about his documentary All Light, Everywhere and incorporating theory into his practice.

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Watching Our Ecosystem Slowly Lose Color

There is a desire to cover up ecological degradation through artificially adding color, which constitutes a kind of denialism.

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