Art

The Understudied History of Enslaved Women in Colonial Cape Town

At the Iziko Slave Lodge in Cape Town, an exhibition gives voice to a group of women whose lives were written out of history because they were considered too marginal to bother with.

News

The Museum Trustee Behind a $130 Million Lawsuit to Keep ICE Detainees in Prison

UMB Bank is suing a city in Rhode Island for refusing to house ICE detainees at an affiliated detention center. The bank’s CEO, Mariner Kemper, is also a trustee of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Missouri.

Announcement

Reynolda House Museum of American Art Presents Leyendecker and the Golden Age of American Illustration

The exhibition showcases work by one of the preeminent American illustrators of the early 20th century. On view August 31–December 31, 2019.

Art

Rubens’s Exciting, Upsetting, and Shockingly Current Paintings

Much of Rubens’s Baroque bravura feels timely in its grappling with violence, terror, power, sex, and coercion.

Art

Jenny Holzer Hits Her Mark in a Major, Largely Unnoticed Retrospective

Having 40 years of Holzer’s work in one place means it’s possible to trace lines of activity that are subtler and more poetic than the broad strokes she’s most known for.

Interview

An Artist's Mission to Preserve New York City’s History of Lesbian Nightlife

Gwen Shockey's Addresses Project compiles photos, interviews with lesbian and queer-identified community leaders, and a comprehensive online map of former lesbian bars.

Interview

Locarno Curator Calls Out the Politics of Film Festival Programming

Greg de Cuir Jr. talks to Hyperallergic about curating a retrospective of Black film for the 2019 Locarno Film Festival.

Art

A History of Holocaust Denial Comes Under Scrutiny in The Evidence Room

The Hirshhorn Museum exhibition, filled with reproductions and plaster casts of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, works through the wounds and scars of a gruesome history.

Art

Museum Hosts Afrofuturist Block Party to Honor Artist Timothy Washington

The California African American Museum is hosting a weekend of workshops and more in Leimert Park.

News

Artist Nan Goldin Arrested in Protest Outside Governor Cuomo's Office in NYC

The activists are calling on the governor to establish overdose prevention centers to combat the growing opioid epidemic.

Announcement

Red Bull Arts Detroit Opens Applications for 2020 Artist Residency and Curatorial Fellowship

All applications are due by September 30 and will be reviewed by the selection committee comprised of Michelle Grabner, Joiri Minaya, Legacy Russell, and Michael Stone Richards.

Art

Unseen, an Audio Comic Especially Designed for the Blind

The protagonist of Unseen, like its creator, is blind. The characters she fights often underestimate her because of her disability — and that’s a big mistake.