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# Week in Review: Looted Artifacts Returned to Iraq; NYC Mandates Vaccines at Performances
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/week-in-review-looted-artifacts-returned-to-iraq-nyc-mandates-vaccines-at-performances/
- Published: 2021-08-05T19:56:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:38:30.000Z
- Author: Jasmine Weber
- Tags: News, Week in Review, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1)

W*eek in Review is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.* [*Subscribe*](https://newsletters.hyperallergic.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) *to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter*.

## New York City

You will soon need your vaccine card to accessNew York City's [indoor performance venues](https://hyperallergic.com/seeing-a-performance-in-nyc-need-your-vaccine-card/) as well as dining and fitness facilities.

A fourth suicide occurred at the [controversial Vessel in Hudson Yards](https://hyperallergic.com/fourth-hudson-yards-vessel-suicide-may-shutter-site-permanently/).

## Queer History

Learn about[Gerda Wegener](https://hyperallergic.com/gerda-wegener-erotic-illustrator-queer-vision-of-beauty/), an early 20th-century artist whose worksranged from glamorous portraits of her partner to graphic illustrations of sex that celebrate women’s pleasure.

Published from the 1950s through the 1970s, [lesbian pulp fiction](https://hyperallergic.com/erotic-nostalgia-of-lesbian-pulp-fiction/) covers are colorful, kitschy, and anachronistic insights into queer history.

## In Other News

India’s creative community became a [beacon of hope](https://hyperallergic.com/how-indias-creative-community-became-a-beacon-of-hope-during-covid-19/) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The US restituted [17,000 looted artifacts to Iraq](https://hyperallergic.com/us-restitutes-17000-looted-artifacts-to-iraq/) including the “Gilgamesh Dream Tablet,” a 3,500-year-old clay cuneiform that was acquired by the arts and crafts chain store Hobby Lobby in 2014.

In Brazil, a fire engulfed a warehouse of [South America’s largest film collection](https://hyperallergic.com/fire-engulfs-sao-paulo-cinemateca-brasileira-warehouse-largest-film-collection-south-america/) belonging to São Paulo's Cinemateca Brasileira.

Artist Matteo Rattini [trained a neural network](https://hyperallergic.com/art-of-ai-matteo-rattini-eerily-real-computer-generated-sculptures/) to create images of contemporary sculptures based on Instagram's algorithm suggestions as a commentary on social media's influence on art.

Two [rediscovered Fragonard paintings](https://hyperallergic.com/france-acquires-rediscovered-fragonard-paintings/) were acquired by France.

## Awards & Accolades

- **Abbas Zahedi, Barby Asante, Beverley Bennett, Blak Outside, Ferarts Collective, Jacob V. Joyce, Nawi Collective, Other Cinema, Resolve Collective,** and **Skin Deep** are recipients of the Support Structures for Support Structures program by Serpentine.

## Transitions

- J**ules de Balincourt** is now represented by Pace Gallery.
- L**inde B. Lehtinen** was named curator of photography of theHuntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
- TheNational Academy of Design has named **Sara Reisman** as chief curator and director of national academician affairs, **Adrienne** **Elise** **Tarver** as director of programming, and **Thomas E. Moore, III** as director of development.
- **Shanta Thake** was named chief artistic officer of Lincoln Center.
- **Constance Vale** was appointed chair of undergraduate architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

## In Memoriam

- Louise Fishman (1939–2021), Abstract Expressionist | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/arts/louise-fishman-who-gave-abstract-expressionism-a-new-tone-dies-at-82.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Kelli Hand (1965–2021), Detroit house and techno DJ | [*Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/04/kelli-hand-aka-dance-music-producer-k-hand-dies-aged-56?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Paul Johnson (1971–2021), Chicago house music DJ | [*Rolling Stone*](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-johnson-dead-1208025/?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (1946–2021), rock music journalist | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/arts/music/patricia-kennealy-morrison-rock-journalist-dies-at-75.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Willie Winfield (1929–2021), doo-wop singer | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/arts/music/willie-winfield-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)