May 17, 2022 • View in browser
Good morning. ⛅ Today, artists march for abortion rights over the Brooklyn Bridge, actor Jason Momoa gets in trouble for taking photos inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, Hollywood's contribution to the exploitation of Hawaiʻi, and more.
Also: John Yau reviews Michelle Segre and Caroline Ellen Liou tours the studios of CalArts's 2022 cohort.
— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief
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Artists and Activists March Over Brooklyn Bridge for Abortion Rights
Protesters held signs that read “If men got pregnant, you could get an abortion at an ATM" and “Abolish SCOTUS, Not Abortions!” | Jasmine Liu
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IN OTHER NEWS
Jason Momoa as Adam in Michelangelo's fresco (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic)
Actor Jason Momoa apologizes for breaking the Sistine Chapel's no-photos policy after causing a social media uproar.
Define American has named the fourth cohort of its annual fellowship, an award that supports immigrant emerging artists regardless of status.
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Alternate Realities: Altoon, Diebenkorn, Lobdell, Woelffer Opens at the Norton Simon Museum
Now on view in Pasadena, this exhibition explores how four artists challenged the limitations of gestural abstraction by exploiting the resonance of figural forms. Learn more.
BREAKING BOUNDARIES
Yarn Against the Patriarchy
Michelle Segre’s art is truer to the actual world we live in than to the ideal one proposed and refined by the art world and its institutions. | John Yau
At CalArts MFA Open Studios, Failure Is an Option
The school’s 2022 cohort was encouraged to fail, get messy, and try new things. | Caroline Ellen Liou
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Telling an Inclusive Story of American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
After expanding its collection with work made by a broadly representative group of American artists, SAAM will feature more than 130 of these recently acquired pieces in a new exhibition. Learn more.
COMPELLING VOICES
Art Writers Must Stop Parroting Putin’s Talking Points About NATO
Cammie Tipton-Amini's opinion piece "When Ukraine Was Newly Independent and Everything Was Possible" employs simplistic whataboutism that dangerously echoes Putin's lies. | Lukia Costello
How Hollywood Has Helped Colonize Hawaiʻi
Anthony Banua-Simon’s documentary Cane Fire contrasts decades of Hollywood images of his home with its current reality. | Aaron Hunt
