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This week: Esperanto on Duolingo, a Black Panther Party stud grandma, Arsenal and Africa, queer fish, the secret leftist history of Renaissance faires, and more.
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Art Review
The Black Photographers Who Exposed My Own Brainwashing
An exhibition at The Getty gave me the peculiar feeling of peeking behind a curtain in my own house and discovering new things about a topic I thought I knew well.
News
Pace Cuts 50 Workers and 50 Artists, Citing a “Broken” Gallery Model
The layoffs and reductions come amid ongoing market uncertainty and the disastrous collapse of crypto-backed art ventures, of which Pace was an early adopter.
Film Review
The Best Part of “Moss & Freud” Is When It’s Over
In the film, Kate Moss is looking for the right man to get her sober, and Lucian Freud is a Great Man who magically sees the “truth” in young women.
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Announcement
America Today: Voices in Contemporary Print
On view at The Print Center through July 25, the exhibition highlights the power of print as a medium for expressing political ideals and urgent societal concerns.
Daily Newsletter
Artists Threaten to Sue Venice Biennale
Plus, Trump’s threats to arts education and why artist Saif Azzuz should be on your radar.
News
New Trump Rule Could Cut Enrollment at Nearly Half of Arts MA Programs
The controversial proposal would measure alumni income to determine whether a program can matriculate students who take out federal loans.
Feature
Radical Reclamation at the First-Ever ArtPhilly Festival
Hyperallergic joined the artists and organizers for the opening week of the new city-wide event, featuring over 30 original commissions.
Feature
The Sun Is Shining on Saif Azzuz
Across galleries, museums, and outdoor sculpture, he connects Indigenous land practices in California, the Hudson Valley, and beyond.
News
100+ Artists Threaten Legal Action Over Inclusion in Biennale Awards
The Biennale told Hyperallergic that although withdrawing artists are included on the ballot, “these votes will not be considered.”
In Memoriam
Remembering Alan Saret, Julio Le Parc, and Hilde Lynn Helphenstein
This week, we honor a postminimalist sculptor, a Pop Art legend, and the satirist behind “Jerry Gogosian.”
Book Excerpt
Edward Hopper’s Distinctly American Solitude
American bombast is, more than anything, a mask, which Hopper understood well.