As a former Midwesterner, I often miss the soothing rhythm of summer drives through rolling hills and infinite fields. But when Isa Segalovich coasted through Wisconsin a few weeks ago, she encountered roadside gems that inject a welcome artistic zest into the pastoral landscape. Learn more about the five folk-art wonders she discovered, featuring a glistening mosaic grotto and a model ship of seashells and glass. In the news, a group of Barnard College faculty members swiftly condemned the school administration’s effective ban on protest signage, which they say sets a dangerous precedent for academic freedom. We also report on the latest Fourth Plinth commission in London’s Trafalgar Square: a prismatic monument dotted with the faces of 726 trans and nonbinary people. Read on for the tale of the 11-year-old who plucked a Dürer engraving from the trash, Simone Leigh’s sculptures of Black women, and more. And don’t miss contributor AX Mina’s seasonal Hyperallergic Tarotscope for the fall equinox — as an Aquarius, I’m obliged to heed their directive to approach autumn as a time of reflection and rest. See what’s in store for your sign below, and have a lovely Monday.
— Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor
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Big and transformative energies are in the collective air as we enter into the coming months — be prepared. | AX Mina
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Blended Worlds, open through January 4, 2025 at Brand Library & Art Center unites 11 visionary artists with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and engineers. This immersive exhibition explores the intersection of creativity and science as part of Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide event. Don't miss this unique collaboration! Learn more
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Moon Ribas, “Burial of a Sense” (courtesy the artist) |
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IN THE NEWS
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Teresa Margolles’s newly unveiled monument in London’s Trafalgar Square shines a light on violence against transgender and nonbinary people in both Mexico and the UK.
Faculty condemn Barnard College’s new community conduct guidelines that effectively ban protest signage on campus.
An Albrecht Dürer engraving saved from the dumpster by an 11-year-old sells for $44,000.
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EXHIBITION REVIEWS
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Leigh’s survey split between two Los Angeles venues demonstrates the futility in prescribing a definitive role to the Black feminine in a postcolonial world. | Nereya Otieno
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Stamps Gallery’s fall season features a new exhibition and a slate of free programming, including a Speaker series, an artist Q&A, workshops, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Learn more
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An exhibition outlines 19th-century artist Guillaume Lethière’s connection to his birthplace, mixed-race heritage, and the politics of revolution. | Gabrielle Patrone
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC
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Countless displays of intense and idiosyncratic brilliance are nestled in the grassy hills of the Midwest state. | Isabella Segalovich
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Natalie Dykstra meticulously combs through archival material to fashion a biography of the inimitable, complex arts patron, who ordered her private letters to be destroyed after her death. | Lauren Moya Ford
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