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Good morning. ⛅ Today, Virginia Woolf’s art criticism, looking and listening to Sudanese photographs, and our monthly art guides for New York and LA.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Installation view, Colette Lumiere: Notes on Baroque Living, Colette and Her Living Environment 1972 -1983, Company Gallery, New York, 2021 (courtesy of the artist and Company Gallery)

In New York this month, catch an immersive installation recreating Colette Lumiere’s baroque living quarters, a trio of shows that cull from Columbia University’s rarely seen art collection, and the Guggenheim’s survey of work by the inimitable Etel Adnan.

Our Los Angeles art guide caters to holiday lovers and haters alike, from a “sexy Xmas” show to a bazaar featuring creative zines. Also, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has mounted a dazzling show on Black American portraits to go alongside the traveling Obama Portraits.

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Sculpture Space Opens Applications for 2023 Artist Residencies

Located in a historic industrial manufacturing facility in Utica, New York, this sculpture-centric program is accepting applications through January 15, 2022. Learn more.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

Purvis Young, “Untitled book” (1980), Princeton University Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation

30 artworks from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation enter five university collections, including Gee’s Bend quilts and works by Purvis Young.

A 1787 letter from Catherine the Great advocating for smallpox vaccination is bound for the auction block at MacDougall’s in London today.

Amnesty International urges the Council of Europe to begin infringement proceedings against Turkey for its arbitrary detainment of Osman Kavala.

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Vermont College of Fine Arts’s MFA in Graphic Design Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

In 2011, VCFA created the first low-residency master’s in graphic design. Today, this student-centered, inquiry-based program is a leader in design education. Learn more.

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Self-Portrait as Future

When looking at images from the golden age of Sudanese photography, I was reminded to listen as much as look. | Omnia Saed

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Notable Bard College Faculty and Alumni Reunite in the Desert for She Dances Like A Bomb

Artists Debra Baxter and Dawn Cerny curate this group show of women sculptors linked to Bard’s MFA program, now on view at form & concept gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Learn more.

The Poetics of an Invisible Market

“I'm making a financial instrument as an artwork. That’s the new reality.” She stares unwavering into the distance. “What is existence on the blockchain? Does an NFT exist?” | Alessandra Schade

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Tyler School of Art and Architecture Opens Fall 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibitions

In Philadelphia, a series of solo shows delves into the interdisciplinary practices of graduates whose work explores identity, familial bonds, political constructs, and nature’s fragility. Learn more.

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A Wealth of Never-Before-Seen Footage is Restored for The Beatles: Get Back

Casual and obsessive fans of the band alike will appreciate the sheer volume of new material in Peter Jackson’s epic-length docuseries. | Christina Newland

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RISD Pre-College Returns to Campus This Summer, Announces Online Option

Applications are now open for RISD Pre-Collegiate Programs, which offer a residential summer immersive and a year-round online intensive. Learn more.

New Book Brings Virginia Woolf's Little-Known Art Criticism to Light

Oh, to Be a Painter! collects nine of Woolf’s published art reviews, catalogue essays, and experimental texts from 1920 to 1936. | Lauren Moya Ford

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