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Getty Acquires Raymond Pettibon Archive
The trove comprises drawings, notes, concert flyers, prints, zines, skateboards, and a surfboard, filling 28 boxes, as well as paints and materials related to the artist’s process.
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SFMOMA Gets $1.5M From Google for Ruth Asawa Exhibition
It’s the largest corporate donation the museum has ever received for a single show in its history.
Art
From the Fire’s Remains, Kelly Akashi Sculpts Possibility
In the aftermath of tragedy, Akashi shows us the importance of the ability to imagine and create new structures, to see the potential futures in a seed.
Art
Diedrick Brackens Unravels and Re-Weaves Histories
In his first exhibition in the United Kingdom, the artist creates large-scale tapestries that draw upon the brutal racialized history of cotton.
Comics
How Spielberg Helped Me Understand My Family’s Holocaust Story
My young mind couldn’t fully comprehend what my grandparents endured, but I grasped what I could through the existing reference points of his characters.
Art
Required Reading
This week: Isabella Hammad on Etel Adnan, a mural for Emily Pike, the problem with mainstream film, experimental ASMR, legalizing bodega cats, and much more.
Community
A View From the Easel
“The ability to step back and view the composition from a distance is just as important as being close to the surface.”
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New Penn Station Proposal Channels Trump's Classical Architecture Order
Renderings of a design backed by the National Civic Art Society, whose board includes a far-right Trump ally, show a classical façade lined with Doric columns and a park plaza in place of Madison Square Garden.
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SF Museum Workers Push Back Against Proposals to Slash Staff
The Asian Art Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco may turn to layoffs and reduced operating hours in order to meet the city’s budget reduction plan.
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Protest Painting Calls Out Fossil Fuel Industry’s Role in LA Fires
The collaborative artwork made by Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, David Solnit, and dozens of volunteers at a rally this week urges lawmakers to hold oil and gas companies accountable.
Interview
Art Spiegelman Is “Learning How to Do This Comics Thing Again”
On the occasion of a new documentary, the artist talks with Hyperallergic about the legacy of Maus, comics techniques, Gaza, collaboration, and more.
Books
Van Gogh and the Siren Song of Paris
The artist’s internal revolution erupted in the radical innovations of his years in the city, which seemed to offer refuge from the storms of his life.