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Five Artists Share Their Work in This Year’s Made in LA Biennial
Ahead of the opening at the Hammer Museum, Hyperallergic spoke to participants whose practices embrace the show’s threads of history and dissonance.
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Immigrant and Protest Imagery Shine at NYC’s Photobook Fest
The International Center of Photography’s annual showcase captures and quells the anxieties of the present political moment.
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Delaware Art Museum Presents Imprinted: Illustrating Race
Assembled by the Norman Rockwell Museum, this exhibition examines how illustration reflected and shaped perceptions of race in the US from the 19th century onward.
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Bizarre New Tina Turner Statue Gets Roasted Online
Memes and critical comments describe the sculpture as an “abomination” that does a disservice to the momentous singer-songwriter’s legacy.
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Outgoing MoMA Director Glenn Lowry to Advise Saudi-Backed Biennial
“I’m very interested in the Middle East,” Lowry said in an interview, revealing that he will work as an advisor on the Islamic Arts Biennale.
Guide
10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This October
Radical nun Corita Kent’s photos, Ofelia Esparza’s transformative Día de los Muertos altars, Cameron Harvey’s biomorphic abstraction, Suchitra Mattai’s syncretic storytelling, and more.
Art Review
Ann Craven’s Moonlit Meditations
In Craven’s paintings of the moon, birds, and blossoms, as in nature, change is a constant, generative cycle.
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Trump Fires Majority of Federal Humanities Council
Only four members of the council remain, all men and all appointed by the president during his first term, sources told Hyperallergic.
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A View From the Easel
“When it starts to rain, it will literally change the painting.”
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Required Reading
This week: film restorers perform magic, sellout comedians in Riyadh, Native boarding school survivors tell their stories, remembering Jane Goodall, ranking pasta shapes, and more.
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Asian Cultural Council Offers Fellowships and Grants for Research and Cultural Exchange
ACC provides artists, arts professionals, scholars, and organizations with support for research and cultural exchange between Asia, the US, and within Asia. Apply by November 19.
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Artists Threaten to Boycott Venice Biennale Over Israeli Pavilion
Plans to set up an “alternative pavilion” for Israel inside the historic Arsenale sidestep the issue of its continued inclusion in the storied art festival, activists said.