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Good morning. 🌧️ Today, a Winnie the Pooh-themed painting against police brutality causes a ruckus in Cincinnati, a "bake-off" at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, and troubling revelations about Harvard University's massive collection of human remains.
You can also read about Shahzia Sikander’s mind-blowing miniatures, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s Prodigal Son series, Cape Cod's bohemian parties, and more.
And finally, do you agree that it's time to abolish the practice of recommendation letters? Read more about that in this week's edition of Required Reading.
— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief
When Cake Imitates Art
Fondant, pie crust, and icing are the chosen mediums of the Blanton Museum's annual bake-off, which asks competitors to recreate collection artworks as cakes. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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Celebrate Art and Ecology at the Inaugural 4Ground: Midwest Land Art Biennial
Taking a feminist, Indigenous approach, the new contemporary art festival developed by Franconia Sculpture Park is happening this summer at sites across the Upper Midwest of the US. Learn more.
LATEST NEWS
Artist Magnus Juliano was the target of threatening comments after police called for the removal of his painting from the Cincinnati Art Museum.
A new investigation by Forensic Architecture identifies key police failings in response to a 2020 racist terrorist attack in Hanau, Germany.
A leaked draft obtained by the Harvard Crimson finds the university holds the remains of 7,000 Native Americans and 19 possibly enslaved people.
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Museum of Arts and Design Exhibition Explores the International Language of Dress
The first global survey dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium of visual art features works by 35 contemporary artists, including Nick Cave, Kent Monkman, Louise Bourgeois, and Mary Sibande. Learn more.
PERSPECTIVES IN PAINTING
The Prodigal Son of Spanish Baroque Art
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's deftly painted canvases are filled with earthy, convincing characters that even the most secular viewer will appreciate, if not relate to. | Lauren Moya Ford
Shahzia Sikander's Radical Take on Traditional Arts
Sikander’s retrospective Extraordinary Realities gathers together themes of female multiplicity, queer desire, capitalist exploitation, and decolonial aesthetics. | Rosa Boshier
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Triennial of Photography Hamburg Reflects on Currency
For the triennial’s eighth edition, work by more than 70 artists is featured in 12 exhibitions and a polyphonic program, installed at various locations throughout the German city. Learn more.
MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC
The Golden Era of Cape Cod’s Bohemia
John Taylor Williams’s The Shores of Bohemia traces the formation of postwar American culture with an intimate account of the legendary summer gatherings of artists, writers, and activists at Cape Cod. | Marcella Durand
Required Reading
This week, abolishing recommendation letters, Kim Kardashian opens up about eating poop, the queerness of Wonder Woman, and a lot more. | Hakim Bishara
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
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