Plus, one of the largest private collections of African quilts finds a home, and the Louvre has secured its loan for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man.”
Eric Vilas-Boas
Eric Vilas-Boas is the former managing editor of Hyperallergic. He has previously worked at Thrillist, Esquire, SPIN, Donorschoose.org, and his writing has appeared at Vulture, Slashfilm, Lit Hub, Paste, TV Guide, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country, and other outlets. He also co-edits the animation blog The Dot and Line.
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Artists and Scholars Join to Discuss the Creation of Black Visual Archives
The free-to-attend Black Portraiture[s] conference will focus on the creation of visual archives in the context of landmark moments in Black history.
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A Film Festival a Stone’s Throw Away From the Beach
Rockaway Film Festival offers a wide range of cinema screenings this weekend, from Barbara Hammer shorts to new and exciting documentary features, all in a district of New York that lacks a movie theater.
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Works by Elizabeth Catlett and Yoshitomo Nara Set Auction Records for the Artists
Plus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announces new acquisitions in the lead-up to its 150th anniversary and more of the week’s transactions.
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A Performer Uses Brain-Mapping Technology to Scan Her Dreams
Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo ran her own dreams through an EEG machine to create her performances at the Asia Society Museum next week.
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A Terrifying Showcase of Horror Film Returns to NYC
Lovers of big-screen scares will be pleased to learn the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2019 is back with a gory vengeance.
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Getty Museum Acquires Italian Masterworks and the Largest Museum Collection of Photos by Laura Aguilar
Plus, a Banksy painting has set another auction record for the artist, and a trove of archives from the Underground Railroad shine a light on a dark history.
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A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Nova Scotia, Maine, New York, and California.
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Golden Sarcophagus Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum Repatriated to Egypt
Plus, a previously lost masterwork by Eugène Delacroix is heading to Houston, and a Banksy auction subtitled “I can’t believe you morons actually buy this sh*t” sold $1.3 million worth of the artist’s work.
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An Art Fair That Won’t Necessarily Break Your Bank
The Affordable Art Fair, which sells artwork for between $100 and $10,000, will show work from over 400 artists this weekend in Chelsea.
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The Operatic Impulses of Maurice Sendak
The famed children’s book author and artist considered the theater his “second career.” An evening talk and live performance will explore his font of creativity.
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Read Joe Sacco’s “Bitumen or Bust,” a Harrowing Comic on Climate Change
The comic, reprinted from the forthcoming The Best American Comics 2019, is an unsettling look at the oil sands of Alberta, Canada.