They say all babies are beautiful. A Flemish Renaissance Madonna and Child painting, featuring an unsettling kiss between the two, seriously challenges this notion. If you don’t believe me, click on the report below. In other news, Montreal artists rally for increased culture budgets, and a new interactive map tracks instances of silenced and censored pro-Palestine artists across the United States. As the project shows, it’s a coast-to-coast phenomenon. Also today: AX Mina writes about religion in Asian-American art, Daniel Larkin reviews the New York Studio School MFA exhibition, and Saam Niami defends Jonathan Yeo’s blood-red King Charles portrait as “technically beautiful” and “daring,” with an interesting comparison to Diego Velázquez’s unflattering 1656 portrait of King Philip IV of Spain.
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The restoration of Quinten Massys’s “Madonna of the Cherries” reveals exquisite details of an endearing (and maaaybe a little creepy) family moment. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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You’ve seen his tornado, but do you know his name? An exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art explores how a farm boy from Kansas became one of the most influential painters in the US.
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Hundreds gathered in the center of Montreal to push for increased government funding for arts and culture.
An online map by the National Coalition Against Censorship tracks artists who have faced professional consequences for “invoking Israel or Palestine.”
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The artists in Devoted: Religion in Asian American Art offer complex perspectives on religion grounded in their lived experiences. | AX Mina
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Nestled in the niches of a centuries-old church in Naples, Italy, three artworks by Yongqi Tang explore the instincts to create and destroy.
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New York Studio School MFAs Get SeriousThe artists in this year’s MFA thesis exhibition have formulated some novel responses to meet the existential dread of this moment. | Daniel Larkin
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Just like Velázquez’s last portrait of King Philip IV of Spain, Yeo’s blood-red painting signifies the imminent downfall of a monarch. | Saam Niami
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IN MEMORIAM
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Elba Cabrera (1933–2024)
Patron of Puerto Rican art | New York Times James Hubbell (1931–2024)
San Diego sculptor | San Diego Tribune Wesley Memeger, Jr. (1939–2024)
Painter and philanthropist | Delaware Art Museum June Mendoza (1924–2024)
Portraitist who painted the British royal family | Telegraph Katherine Porter (1941–2024)
Expressionist painter | New York Times David Redden (1949–2024)
Sotheby’s auctioneer | New York Times James “Jim” Voshell (1943–2024)
Painter and muralist of Baltimore neighborhoods | Baltimore Sun Joe Zucker (1941–2024)
Experimental painter | Hyperallergic
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