June 7, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ☁️ Today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits work by its employees, the Children's Museum of Indianapolis provokes outrage for selling “Juneteenth Watermelon Salad,” a preview of the Tribeca Film Festival, Ukrainian folk art as a tool of resistance, and much more.
— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief
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What Documentaries to Catch at This Year’s Tribeca Film Festival
This year’s iteration includes titles about AOC, the making of movie sex scenes, and what’s happened to the “stars” of older documentaries. | Dan Schindel
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LATEST NEWS
Textile art in Art Work: Artists Working at The Met (photo by Elaine Velie/Hyperallergic)
Featuring over 450 museum workers, The Met opens an exhibition of employee artworks to the public for the first time.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis apologizes for an offensive food court menu item promoting an upcoming “Juneteenth Jamboree.
- Over 140 artists and organizers issued a statement condemning acts of vandalism and "racist attacks" against Documenta and its curators.
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Celebrate the Art and Science of Edible Plants at Around the Table: Stories of the Foods We Love
New York Botanical Garden’s latest exhibition focuses on how food choices impact our world and features special picnic tables designed by Bronx artists. Learn more.
RESILIENCE THROUGH ART
How Ukrainian Folk Art Became a Tool of Resistance Against Russia
Ukrainian people have been using folk art, music, and traditions to resist the war and foster hope. | Katya Zabelski
Making Art in the Shadow of Grief
Erica Green’s textile exhibition Once They Were Red manifests an act of repair through humble materials, but the experience is one of surviving more than mending. | Kealey Boyd
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Grassroots and Indigenous Environmental Leaders Convene for Land Circle Activation in Philadelphia
Organizers, artists, and land practitioners are holding public events at Iglesias Garden in a hub space supported by the Climate Justice Initiative, a project of Mural Arts Philadelphia. Learn more.
The Cross-Border Work of the Rubin Center’s New Curator
“Artists are the key people who are helping us to think differently and better about not just the future, but the past and the present,” said Laura August, who’s been chosen to lead the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso. | Nancy Zastudil
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Reynaldo Rivera’s Photographs of a Los Angeles That No Longer Exists
In the 1980s and ’90s, Rivera photographed drag performers in Latinx gay bars, house parties in pre-gentrified Echo Park, and performers like Sade, Vaginal Davis, and Chaka Khan. | Chris Kraus
