In Brief
How a 19th-Century Photographic Technique Erased a Māori Tradition
Michael Bradley revisits the wet plate photography technique that had removed Indigenous tattoo traditions from photographic records.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
News
Week in Review: Reuters Journalists Freed in Myanmar, Facebook Groups Exposed for Selling Looted Objects
Also, the Hermitage Museum will loan Leonardo da Vinci works to Italian galleries in lieu of the Louvre, Tennessee gets a triennial, and more.
News
Art Movements
Frieze announced its 2019 awards, Mia Locks was appointed senior curator at MOCA Los Angeles, and more.
Art
The Tantalizing Photographic Figure at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
At the fair, you can trace visual conversations happening across regions of Africa and their diasporic communities.
News
Week in Review: 500 Years Since Leonardo’s Death, Jonas Wood Sale Will Fund Rainforest Conservation
Also, the Asia Society will launch a triennial in 2020, Trevor Paglen's space sculpture has lost contact with engineers on Earth, and more.
News
Art Movements
Director John Singleton passed away, the shortlist for the Turner Prize was announced, and more.
News
Almost 50 Whitney Biennal Artists Sign Letter Demanding Removal of Warren Kanders from Museum Board
Over 100 artists, including participants of the upcoming biennial, have added their signatures to an open letter released earlier this month calling for the removal of the weapons manufacturer as a vice chair.
News
Week in Review: Conserving Nancy Holt’s Land Art, the Louvre Will Buy a Rembrandt
Also, Olu Oguibe's "Monument for strangers and refugees" gets a permanent home in Germany, Chicago launches a "mural registry," and more.
News
Art Movements
The Biennale de Lyon has announced the 50+ artists that will take part, and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian passed away.
Art
The Continuing Legacy of the Mystical, Political Betye Saar
A 1977 documentary explores how Betye Saar's mythic altars illustrate the personal and political implications of Black identity.
News
Week in Review: Isamu Noguchi's Studio Will Open to the Public, Cuban Artists Arrested
Also, Hito Steyerl addresses the Sackler family controversy and opioid epidemic, 30,000 imperial objects were found underneath a zoo in Rio de Janeiro, and more.
Art
An Overlooked Photographer Who Documented Generations
Chicago-raised photographer John Simmons, who almost lost his entire archive in a fire, seamlessly connects decades, cities, and diasporas.