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2021 Venice Biennale Postponed to 2022
Meanwhile, the Venice Biennale of Architecture has been postponed for the second time.
COVID-19
Art
What the Art World Is Cooking
Every week, Hyperallergic is asking artists and art workers what they’re cooking. This week’s recipes include artist Lisa Blas's special Italian spaghetti, and artist Hakan Topal walks us through making pizza dough in a New York City kitchen (“absolutely no pineapple”).
News
Hauser & Wirth's New Online Exhibition Celebrates the Artists Among Its Staff
All proceeds for Homegrown will go directly to the artists; an additional 10% of gross profits will benefit the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization.
Art
80 LA Galleries Band Together In an Effort to Survive the Pandemic
Galleryplatform.la launches May 15, featuring online viewing rooms for small and blue-chip galleries, video profiles of artists, and a column on the history of LA galleries — all to help galleries stay afloat.
News
LA Museums Continue Construction and Expansion Projects, Despite Pandemic
In California, all construction — including museum expansions — has been categorized as essential. While much of the art world is standing still, expansions at LACMA, the Hammer, and other museums are prompting both questions and criticisms.
Art
How Artists Might Shape the Future of the Navajo Nation
Artists are persisting through the pandemic on the Navajo Nation, which has a higher per-capita number of COVID-19 cases than any state in the US.
Art
Call for Submissions! Reflections From Queer Art Workers
LGBTQ Pride Month starts next month, cancellations and postponements aside. Every day in June, we will celebrate the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this time means to them.
In Brief
China Taunts US Response to COVID-19 With Absurdly Comical Lego Animation
A Chinese news agency released a propagandistic cartoon to herald its success at combating the coronavirus — that is admittedly entertaining.
Art
At This Museum, Education Staff Prove More Vital Than Ever During Pandemic
While museums across the country have chosen to lay off or furlough educators, at the Asian Art Museum the education department is busily at work.
News
Visual AIDS Launches New Online Platform, "Not Over"
With its annual fundraiser canceled, the nonprofit encourages donations on a free online platform featuring rare videos and performances by multi-generational artists including the late Jack Smith.
Art
A Museum Is Building an Archive of Your Recipes, Photos, and Face Masks
The Autry Museum of the American West wants to document history in real-time by collecting objects and experiences from this quarantine period.
Opinion
The CDC’s Misappropriation of a Chinese Textile, and Why It Matters
The cover of the May 2020 issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal stokes xenophobia against Asian-Americans by identifying COVID-19 as a Chinese disease.