LACMA Got a Makeover
Photos from the revamped LA museum, impressions from MoMA PS1's “Greater New York,” Artnet and Artsy lay off dozens of workers, and a Lebanese artist’s balm for collective wounds.
The courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Queens was buzzing during Wednesday night’s opening of Greater New York, now in its sixth edition. Our team shares first impressions from the expansive show, which included more than 50 New York City artists at the beginning of their careers.
More below, including Matt Stromberg’s visit to the new LACMA building, a profile of Lebanese performance artist Rawya El Chab, a review of Winnie Wong's new book on Canton trade portraitists and the Western obsession with the lone genius artist, and our Required Reading and Art Movement columns with the latest in our field and beyond. As always, thank you for reading.
—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor
LACMA’s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path
Some visitors may feel unmoored by the museum’s open plan and free-floating associations, but others will welcome the unconventional approach. | Matt Stromberg
The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online
The first comprehensive catalogue of artworks by acclaimed modernist painter Marsden Hartley is now freely available on the internet in association with Bates College Museum of Art.
News
In a surprising twist, the ADAA art fair will now benefit the Whitney Museum after abruptly terminating its longstanding partnership with the Henry Street Settlement social services organization last year
From Our Critics
MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting
The survey, which happens every five years, rejects the out-of-towner’s glossy surfaces in favor of the view from inside. | Hrag Vartanian, Lisa Yin Zhang, Rhea Nayyar
The Unnameable Artists of the Canton Trade System
In a book on Qing-era trade portraitists whose names are lost to history, Winnie Wong shows us how our restless pursuits of authenticity guide us into pitfalls of our own making. | Nanase Shirokawa
Tutto Boetti 1966–1993
Tutto Boetti 1966–1993 at Magazzino Italian Art offers a multifaceted view of Alighiero Boetti’s artistic research, tracing its development from early experiments in Turin in the 1960s to the large-scale works of his maturity.
Performance
Rawya El Chab Tends to the Wounds of Lebanon’s Civil War
The latest segment of her performance series “Crossing the Water” chronicles life under military occupation after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. | Anna Oakes
Community
Art Movements: Dozens Laid Off at Artnet and Artsy
Also, the Denver Art Museum’s new associate curator of Native Arts, the Toronto Biennial of Art, and Marilyn Minter chats with Monica Lewinsky.
Required Reading
This week: Tania Bruguera’s museum manifesto in stained glass, Molly Crabapple on AI’s art heist, Rachel Corrie’s mother speaks out, remembering Ashaji, right-wing knitters, and more.
Member Comment
Willa Lewis on Rhea Nayyar's “Rare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York":
ICYMI
Art Problems: Do I Need to Go to Art Fairs?
Are the fairs worth the back pain and steep ticket prices? Paddy Johnson has the answer.
