September 23, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌧️ Today, a copy of Frankenstein becomes the most expensive book by a woman ever to go to auction, print your own Classical sculptures at home, and reviews of Takuji Hamanaka, Kiah Celeste, and an exhibition that explores the work of five female South Asian artists working in abstraction.
Also, Hyperallergic will be hosting our first-ever Twitter Spaces to talk about our recent Sunday Edition that invited art critics to write about Pandemic TV. Join me, as the host, along with Erin Thompson, who wrote about Rutherford Falls, and Alicia Eler, who examined representations of art world queerness on two programs. The 30 minute chat starts tonight at 7 pm EDT.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
You Can 3D Print Your Own Mini Museum
Sketchfab users have uploaded a vast resource of renderings ranging from Egyptian artworks to classical sculptures. | Sarah Rose Sharp
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Field Recordings
Geary presents an exhibition of paintings by Alan Prazniak, in Manhattan and Millerton, New York.
I’m after a critical pointlessness, the odd way through a composition without a center. To understand how the quietest part of the painting is as vital as the loudest, and the small ways that they’re held together.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The archaeological complex of Teotihuacán outside of Mexico City, viewed from an air balloon.
(photo by Valentina Di Liscia)
In Mexico, aerial scans of Teotihuacán reveal how the ancient city's original inhabitants shaped the modern layout of the region.
A rare copy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein hassold for $1.17 million at Christie's, becoming the most expensive book by a woman.
Gullah-Geechee baskets are now available on Etsy through their new installment of the Uplift Makers Program.
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Wrightwood 659 Conjures Long-lost Icons of American Architecture
Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright memorializes Chicago’s Garrick Theatre and Buffalo’s Larkin Building, which were razed to build a parking lot and a truck stop. Learn more.
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With a Denver Location, Meow Wolf Expands its Immersive Schtick
The company's mastery of the art market’s smoke and mirrors is its most impressive illusion. | Kealey Boyd
Takuji Hamanaka’s Spellbinding Prints
By reinventing the traditional bokashi technique, Hamanaka reminds us that nothing is dead, even when many proclaim otherwise. | John Yau
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Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2024
This fully-funded three-year graduate program in Southern New England supports a broad range of art making, exemplified by the work of its newest students. Learn more.
The Graceful Instability of Kiah Celeste’s Art
Celeste’s sculptures all rely on natural forces to achieve balance, and thus are perpetually on the precipice of collapse. | Natalie Weis
The Political Vision of South Asian Abstraction
The works in Fault Lines prove that abstraction need not be confined to the inner life of the artist. | Stan Mir
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The Art Students League of New York Expands Its Online Classes With a New Platform
After students around the world responded to online classes by the historic art school, the League launched e-telier™ to elevate its digital learning experience. Learn more.
Give Jeanne-Claude Her Rightful Credit
Scattered across headlines and social media, there is a pernicious tendency of journalists to attribute the work of Jeanne-Claude and Christo to Christo alone. | Hall W. Rockefeller
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IN MEMORIAM
Peter Bunnell (1937–2021), Princeton University Art Museum curator and photography historian | Patch
Willie Daniels (1950–2021), an original member of the Highwaymen painting collective | TC Palm
Charly Jupiter Hamilton (1948–2021), artist | Charleston Gazette-Mail
Fred R. Kline (1939-2021), artist and historian | Santa Fe New Mexican
Soedarmadji Jean Henry Damais (1942–2021) curator, historian, and collector, who formerly served as director of the Jakarta History Museum | The Art Newspaper
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