May 26, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ⛅ Today, Margaret Atwood responds to book banning with a fireproof copy of The Handmaid's Tale, an ownership dispute over Judy Garland's Dorothy dress, ten films to educate yourself about Ukrainian history and culture, a new exhibition of Eva Hesse's works, and much more.
— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief
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Who Discovered Eva Hesse?
A new exhibition focuses on Hesse's works on paper and the way they demonstrate the role of drawing in the famed sculptor's process. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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Stanford Arts Hosts a Virtual Conversation With Amy Sherald and Calida Rawles
Part of the university’s Artists on the Future series featuring renowned artists and cultural thought leaders, this online event is free and open to the public. Learn more.
LATEST NEWS
Margaret Atwood tries to burn her "unburnable" book. (image courtesy Sotheby's)
A fireproof version of The Handmaid’s Tale heads to auction, with proceeds going to PEN America to fight book censorship.
Bonhams halts the sale of the iconic “Dorothy dress” following a lawsuit questioning the ownership of the costume.
Over 1,200 organizations receive a total of $91 million in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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A Pathway Through Modern & Contemporary Armenian Art Dives Into an Often Overlooked History
This illustrated guide offers readers a broad and accessible introduction to the evolution of Armenian modern and contemporary art. Learn more.
ART & FILM
10 Films to Get to Know Ukraine
From music and architecture to comedy and horror, these films showcase Ukrainian culture and its long-held ethos of resistance. | Oleksandra Kalinichenko
They Tried to Make a Sexy Movie About Eiffel Tower Engineer
Eiffel inadvertently paints its protagonist not as a great man worthy of scrutiny or praise, but as the Elon Musk of his day. | Jake Cole
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Apply for the MFA Program in Book Arts & Printmaking at University of the Arts
This rigorous, studio-based program in Philadelphia focuses on building unique studio practices that synthesize the disciplines of printmaking, book arts, and papermaking. Learn more.
Queering the Archive, Tracing One’s History
The artists showcased in Archival Intimacies examine thecolonial trauma’s impact on Asian Americans and search for ways to overcome it. | Vanessa Holyoak
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Land Art’s History Meets Its Present in Bigger Than This Room at form & concept
Documentation by Charles Ross and Robert Smithson collides with contemporary artwork made by women and people of color. Now on view in Santa Fe. Learn more.
TREMAINE FELLOWSHIP ARCHIVE
Notes on Beholding, Black World Making
As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, La Tanya S. Autry presented an online exhibition and discussion to offer insight into her curatorial process.
IN MEMORIAM
Sheherezade Alam (1948–2022)
Ceramicist and art educator | Dawn
Knox Martin (1923–2022)
New York School artist | Art Newspaper
Radhia Novat (aka Miss. Tic) (1956–2022)
Street and stencil artist | BBC
Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey) (1945–2022)
Anarchist cultural critic, poet, and author of TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone (1991)
