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Meta's Glasses for Betas
Plus, Betye Saar’s last word of advice, 2,000-year-old shipwreck found off the coast of Sicily, and how Trump’s unnecessary IndyCar race in DC might jeopardize art.
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Art Review
Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s Fragments of Home
His fractured portraits at the National Public Housing Museum reckon with memory, family, and a childhood shaped by Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes.
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Divers Stumble Upon 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck in Italy
The wreck off the coast of Italy, filled with clay vessels, is being hailed as “one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years.”
Books Newsletter
RIP Vermeer, You Would’ve Hated AI
A biography of the Dutch painter misses the mark, Ed Simon reacts to Anthropic’s book-pulping, and more.
News
Jeffrey Epstein Dons Meta AI Glasses in Damning Guerrilla Ad
The notorious glasses are for “people who don’t do consent,” reads a mock ad mounted outside the Ray-Ban store by the activist group Everyone Hates Elon.
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National Gallery of Art Protects Works Ahead of Trump's IndyCar Race
I.M. Pei skylights and an outdoor Alexander Calder sculpture are among the structures that have been boarded up ahead of this month’s race.
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How Betye Saar Came to Be
“You just have to pay attention to how you put things together,” the artist told Hyperallergic shortly before her death. “They’ll tell you if they fit.
Daily Newsletter
The Native History of NYC's Oysters
Who needs IMAX? See a real papyrus fragment of Homer’s Odyssey at The Met.
Weekly Newsletter
Savneet Talwar, Anna Boghiguian, Iris van Herpen
A never-before-published interview with Simone Forti, pleating at the Brooklyn Museum with an elite designer, and heartbreaking drawings by children held at ICE facilities.
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2,300-Year-Old Fragment of Homer’s “Odyssey” Now on View at The Met
The papyrus fragment contains three lines from Book 20 of the epic that don’t appear in the modern text.
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Could This New Legislation Protect Historic Sites From Trump's Wrath?
As a heavily Trump-appointed council tries to loosen preservation safeguards, Democrats are spearheading the PRESERVE Act to protect publicly commissioned art.
Art Review
The Lost Pearls of New York City
Alan Michelson's public art installation “The Oyster” on Governors Island conjures up the overlooked history of Indigenous shell middens.
Community
Required Reading
This week: a Renaissance altarpiece returns home, Yoko Ono at the Broad, the anti-AI writing movement, an uncertain future for butterfly collectors, the harp is hot again, and more.
Interview
Simone Forti Talks Yoko Ono, Dance, and Aging in Never-Before-Published Interview
“I remember sitting with Yoko on a ledge on the PS1 roof and talking together comfortably,” said the late performance artist. “It was restful.”
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16 Arrested for Showing Portraits of People Killed by ICE in DC Senate Building
The action by members of the Women’s March used artist Gianluca Costantini’s drawings of Alex Pretti, Renée Good, and other victims of ICE violence.
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Cooling System Malfunction Shutters Seven Smithsonian Museums
Washington, DC, is experiencing yet another swampy summer, with heat index values reaching near 100 degrees.
Interview
Anna Boghiguian on Weaving Armenia
“The gift of being alive is developing a garden in oneself,” the Armenian-Egyptian artist told Hyperallergic, “and to move towards heaven.”
News
Hundreds Demand Reinstatement of SAIC Professor Savneet Talwar
The graduate art therapy professor was placed on leave last semester after she assigned her class a case study that mentioned violence against Palestinians.
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Advocates Rally to Stop Sale of Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts
The now-defunct museum’s building and archives span over five decades of Scottish cultural and art history.
Art Review
The Scent of Ancient Rome in St. Louis
An exhibition makes a case for the sensuality of these marble sculptures, recreating the perfumes and balms that once adorned them.
Book Review
The Fruitless Search for Vermeer’s Personal God
A recent biography spends too much time speculating about the Dutch artist’s religious beliefs and not enough exploring other mysteries, including his possible use of a camera obscura.
In Memoriam
Remembering Milan Knížák, Simone Forti, and Francisco Correa Cordero
This week, we honor a Czech Fluxus artist, a pioneering choreographer, and a promising gallery director.
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Drawings by Children in Texas ICE Facility Are a Cry for Help
The heartbreaking messages, seized by ICE from young children in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, were acquired by podcaster Allison Gill.
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Art Orgs That Received More COVID-Era Funding Outperforming Others, Study Finds
A new report zooms in on data from 10 cities between 2019 and 2024, linking local public investments to stronger performances in the arts sector.