Art
Sophia Narrett Traces Her Embroideries to “Playing With Dolls”
By creating “a space of play,” Narrett says, “you can reach some sort of truth within yourself or with the other person.”
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News
Sotheby’s Sued for Allegedly Helping Collector Evade Millions in Taxes
In a lawsuit filed on Friday, NY Attorney General Letitia James claims that the auction house helped a collector evade sales tax on $27 million worth of artworks by accepting fraudulent resale certificates.
News
Artist Nayland Blake Named Chair of Bard Studio Arts Program
Blake currently serves as chair of the ICP-Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies.
Announcement
Apply for an MFA in Intermedia and Digital Art at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The university’s IMDA program facilitates students’ engagement with emerging artistic practices to address conceptual and social challenges.
Interview
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alicia Keys, and More Dive Deep Into the Songwriting Process
Hrishikesh Hirway talks to Hyperallergic about turning his podcast Song Exploder into a series for Netflix.
Announcement
Check Out Indigenous Cinema With the National Museum of the American Indian
For Native American Heritage Month, the Native Cinema Showcase includes over 60 free online screenings representing 49 Native Nations in 12 different countries.
Art
Welcome to the Empty Gallery That Speaks Volumes
Mike Zahn gives us an image of Shrine’s empty gallery projected in the empty space, offering a commentary both meta and melancholic.
Books
Loïs Mailou Jones, an Artist and Educator Who Made History
Rebecca VanDiver hopes that her book will appeal to readers interested in “what it means to be Black in the 20th century, what it means to Black in the 21st century.”
Art
Required Reading
This week, visiting Trump State Park, human zoos, toxic individualism, science of Baby Yoda, and more.
Books
The Poetry of Love and Textspeak
Simina Banu’s poetry celebrates those who speak of love and loss in the language of emojis and memes, and have had our hearts broken by a text message.
Film
Kiyan Williams Digs Into the Meaning of Soil
In her film on view at the Shed, the artist explores dirt's unsettling aesthetic effects, as well as its conceptual resonances.
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“I can’t think of a better metaphor for our human construct of time than air slowly escaping from a balloon.”