Art
Clyfford Still’s Questionable Attempts at “Preserving” Indigenous Culture
In the 1930s, Still co-founded the Nespelem Art Colony, through which he and other faculty and students observed a precarious Indigenous community in Washington.
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Art
One London Art Center Has Ideas For Navigating the Digital Shift (Some More Useful Than Others)
Serpentine Galleries’ “Future Art Ecosystems” emerges as an odd but occasionally insightful case study of the impact of the broader institutional shift to the digital realm.
News
The Most Popular Art on the Getty Website in 2020
“Getty Wrapped 2020” — made in the style of Spotify's “Wrapped” lists — offers insight into the most popular search terms for art lovers this year.
Film
A Streaming List for All the Ronald Reagan Haters Out There
Enjoy some dissenting views on the US president — the subject of a new series — from critical explanations of his image-making to a satirical show that makes him a supervillain.
Art
Bright, Intimate Animations Relay Letters From Prison
The diaristic animations offer portraits of people grappling with their pasts, the weight of trauma, and the need for love.
News
After Architects Denounce Philip Johnson’s White Supremacist Views, Harvard Will Rename a House He Designed
The Philip Johnson Thesis House will henceforth be known as simply “9 Ash Street,” the building’s physical address.
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Artist Tania Bruguera Detained in Havana For the Third Time in a Week
“We must use the right definitions: KIDNAPPING,” said Deborah Bruguera, the artist-activist’s sister.
Announcement
Playform Fuses Art and Tech in Holiday Pop-up Shop
Inspired by AI, created by artists. Playform Art Shop features a truly original art experience that you can gift.
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Tulsa Artist Fellowship Provides Stability With $40,000 Place-Based Award
The two-year fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma also includes fully subsidized living and studio spaces for artists and arts workers of any medium or discipline.
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An Exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum Explores How Revolution Inspired a Generation of Modern Indian Artists
Over 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and archival sources trace the rise of a vibrant modern art movement from India’s colonial period through its independence.
News
Artist Discovers a Looted Statue in a Canadian Museum’s Collection, Leading to Its Repatriation
After Divya Mehra uncovered the colonial history behind a misidentified 18th-century statue, the Mackenzie Art Gallery repatriated it and acquired Mehra’s work about the figure in its stead.
Books
Poking Fun at Art History, Amy Sillman Makes a Case for Awkwardness
A collection of relatable but often erudite texts, Sillman’s Faux Pas: Selected Writings and Drawings muses on the unwieldy question of painting’s status in a world preoccupied with bigger problems.