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Miami Beach Cinema Targeted by Mayor Speaks Out: “We Don’t Want To Leave”
https://hyperallergic.com/996480/miami-beach-cinema-targeted-by-mayor-speaks-out-we-dont-want-to-leave/
Published: March 14, 2025 22:08
The city is threatening to close O Cinema after it refused to cancel screenings of No Other Land, the Oscar-winning film about Israel’s displacement of Palestinians.
Tate Museums Cut Staff by 7%, Citing Post-Pandemic Deficit
https://hyperallergic.com/996406/tate-museums-cut-staff-by-7-citing-post-pandemic-deficit/
Published: March 14, 2025 21:29
Dozens of roles have reportedly been impacted by the cutbacks, made through voluntary exits and hiring freezes.
Trump Pushes Out First Native Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities
https://hyperallergic.com/996221/trump-pushes-out-first-native-chair-of-national-endowment-for-the-humanities/
Published: March 13, 2025 21:35
Shelly C. Lowe has left her position at the NEH “at the direction of President Trump,” the agency said.
Getty Acquires Raymond Pettibon Archive
https://hyperallergic.com/996133/getty-acquires-raymond-pettibon-archive/
Published: March 13, 2025 20:24
The trove comprises drawings, notes, concert flyers, prints, zines, skateboards, and a surfboard, filling 28 boxes, as well as paints and materials related to the artist’s process.
SFMOMA Gets $1.5M From Google for Ruth Asawa Exhibition
https://hyperallergic.com/995827/sfmoma-gets-donation-from-google-for-ruth-asawa-exhibition/
Published: March 13, 2025 20:12
It’s the largest corporate donation the museum has ever received for a single show in its history.
From the Fire’s Remains, Kelly Akashi Sculpts Possibility
https://hyperallergic.com/995211/from-the-fires-remains-kelly-akashi-sculpts-possibility/
Published: March 13, 2025 20:03
In the aftermath of tragedy, Akashi shows us the importance of the ability to imagine and create new structures, to see the potential futures in a seed.
Diedrick Brackens Unravels and Re-Weaves Histories
https://hyperallergic.com/996020/diedrick-brackens-unravels-and-re-weaves-histories/
Published: March 13, 2025 19:53
In his first exhibition in the United Kingdom, the artist creates large-scale tapestries that draw upon the brutal racialized history of cotton.
How Spielberg Helped Me Understand My Family’s Holocaust Story
https://hyperallergic.com/995548/how-spielberg-helped-me-understand-my-familys-holocaust-story/
Published: March 13, 2025 19:48
My young mind couldn’t fully comprehend what my grandparents endured, but I grasped what I could through the existing reference points of his characters.
Required Reading
https://hyperallergic.com/995932/required-reading-724/
Published: March 13, 2025 19:28
This week: Isabella Hammad on Etel Adnan, a mural for Emily Pike, the problem with mainstream film, experimental ASMR, legalizing bodega cats, and much more.
A View From the Easel
https://hyperallergic.com/995806/a-view-from-the-easel-276/
Published: March 13, 2025 19:14
“The ability to step back and view the composition from a distance is just as important as being close to the surface.”
Kotobuki: Auspicious Celebrations of Japanese Art from New York Private Collections
https://hyperallergic.com/995267/kotobuki-auspicious-celebrations-of-japanese-art-from-new-york-private-collections-japan-society/
Published: March 13, 2025 18:00
Japan Society showcases rarely displayed Japanese masterworks from the 12th to the 21st centuries unified by the central theme of celebration.
New Penn Station Proposal Channels Trump’s Classical Architecture Order
https://hyperallergic.com/995844/new-penn-station-proposal-channels-trumps-classical-architecture-order/
Published: March 12, 2025 21:43
Renderings of a design backed by the National Civic Art Society, whose board includes a far-right Trump ally, show a classical façade lined with Doric columns and a park plaza in place of Madison Square Garden.
SF Museum Workers Push Back Against Proposals to Slash Staff
https://hyperallergic.com/995963/sf-museum-workers-push-back-against-proposals-to-slash-staff/
Published: March 12, 2025 20:48
The Asian Art Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco may turn to layoffs and reduced operating hours in order to meet the city’s budget reduction plan.
Protest Painting Calls Out Fossil Fuel Industry’s Role in LA Fires
https://hyperallergic.com/995903/protest-painting-calls-out-fossil-fuel-industrys-role-in-la-fires/
Published: March 12, 2025 20:36
The collaborative artwork made by Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, David Solnit, and dozens of volunteers at a rally this week urges lawmakers to hold oil and gas companies accountable.
Art Spiegelman Is “Learning How to Do This Comics Thing Again”
https://hyperallergic.com/995959/art-spiegelman-is-learning-how-to-do-this-comics-thing-again/
Published: March 12, 2025 20:31
On the occasion of a new documentary, the artist talks with Hyperallergic about the legacy of Maus, comics techniques, Gaza, collaboration, and more.
Van Gogh and the Siren Song of Paris
https://hyperallergic.com/995186/van-gogh-and-the-siren-song-of-paris-miles-j-unger/
Published: March 12, 2025 20:23
The artist’s internal revolution erupted in the radical innovations of his years in the city, which seemed to offer refuge from the storms of his life.
Pratchaya Phinthong’s Visions of Value
https://hyperallergic.com/995591/pratchaya-phinthong-visions-of-value-singapore-art-museum/
Published: March 12, 2025 20:16
The artist’s sculptures and video works, which meditate on money, politics, and power, may help us understand our worldwide far-right upheaval.
The Gallery That Captured the Spirit of the Black Arts Movement
https://hyperallergic.com/995429/the-gallery-that-captured-the-spirit-of-the-black-arts-movement/
Published: March 12, 2025 20:07
Founded in 1969 by Nigel Jackson and Patricia Grey, Acts of Art exemplified the spirit of a subversive and consequential period in Black art history.
New Exhibition Spotlights NYC’s High School Artists
https://hyperallergic.com/994466/new-exhibition-spotlights-nyc-high-school-artists/
Published: March 12, 2025 19:54
Artists Rising 2025, organized by the Studio Institute, brings together works by dozens of 10th- to 12th-graders from across the boroughs.
Call for Applications: 2025 Craft Archive Fellowship
https://hyperallergic.com/995694/call-for-applications-2025-craft-archive-fellowship/
Published: March 12, 2025 18:00
The Center for Craft will award up to six $5,000 fellowships to support research on underrepresented craft histories, culminating in an article on Hyperallergic.
Trump Federal Job Cuts May Threaten Thousands of Artworks
https://hyperallergic.com/995710/trump-federal-job-cuts-may-threaten-thousands-of-artworks/
Published: March 11, 2025 22:47
Expected layoffs in the General Services Administration’s fine arts and preservation units will reportedly leave the fate of many public works in limbo.
Artists and Cultural Workers Protest Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
https://hyperallergic.com/995484/artists-and-cultural-workers-protest-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil/
Published: March 11, 2025 22:11
Dozens of artists and academics, including Palestinian-American painter Samia Halaby, condemned the “targeting of immigrant students” in an open letter.
Far-Right Politician Vandalizes “Blasphemous” Artworks at Athens Museum
https://hyperallergic.com/995478/far-right-politician-vandalizes-blasphemous-artworks-at-athens-museum/
Published: March 11, 2025 21:13
Parliament Member Nikolaos Papadopoulous was detained and questioned for shattering four works by artist Christophoros Katsadiotis.
Plunderer Shows How Art Looting Continues to Pay Off
https://hyperallergic.com/994739/plunderer-pbs-shows-how-art-looting-continues-to-pay-off/
Published: March 11, 2025 19:41
The two-part documentary asks us to rethink what we know about looting, art restitution, the art market, and who the war’s heroes and villains really were.
Celebrating 35 Years of Rasquachismo
https://hyperallergic.com/995289/celebrating-35-years-of-rasquachismo-mcnay-art-museum/
Published: March 11, 2025 19:36
An exhibition explores the distinctions in the term, conceived by scholar Tomás Ybarra-Frausto to describe a Chicanx aesthetics of resourcefulness.
American Artist’s Love Letter to Octavia E. Butler
https://hyperallergic.com/994374/american-artist-love-letter-to-octavia-e-butler-pioneer-works/
Published: March 11, 2025 19:27
What would it mean for the survival of the planet if we were to take seriously Black feminist visions of climate justice in which coexistence with nature is prioritized over environmental plunder?
Nick Cave Is Serving You Everything
https://hyperallergic.com/995471/nick-cave-is-serving-you-everything/
Published: March 11, 2025 19:25
Hrag Vartanian interviews the artist in his Chicago studio about his childhood, his evolving craft, and what he does to stay optimistic during difficult times.
Powerhouse Arts Presents the Inaugural Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair
https://hyperallergic.com/994951/powerhouse-arts-presents-the-inaugural-brooklyn-fine-art-print-fair/
Published: March 11, 2025 18:00
The print fair welcomes 41 print-focused art galleries, 28 self-representing artists and book arts makers, and seven academic print departments. March 27–30.
Rarely Seen Sketches by Michelangelo Debut in the US
https://hyperallergic.com/995199/rarely-seen-sketches-by-michelangelo-debut-in-the-us/
Published: March 10, 2025 21:19
The Renaissance master’s drawings for the Sistine Chapel along with etchings and other objects related to the monumental undertaking are now on view at the Muscarelle Museum of Art.
After Weeks of Protests, Brooklyn Museum Unions Avert Layoffs
https://hyperallergic.com/995388/after-weeks-of-protests-brooklyn-museum-unions-avert-layoffs/
Published: March 10, 2025 20:57
The museum will offer voluntary separation options or retirement as alternatives for its controversial plan to cut 47 staffers.
Five New York City Shows to See This Week
https://hyperallergic.com/995121/five-new-york-city-shows-to-see-this-week-march-10-2025/
Published: March 10, 2025 20:54
From Norman Bluhm’s reinvented abstraction to the history of Barbie at the Museum of Arts and Design, we’re looking at a diverse array of art this week.
After Republican Threats, DC Begins Removal of Black Lives Matter Mural
https://hyperallergic.com/995322/after-republican-threats-dc-begins-removal-of-black-lives-matter-mural/
Published: March 10, 2025 20:45
The mural was painted in 2020 during protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd and other Black individuals.
After Backlash, NEA Drops Anti-Trans Grant Requirement
https://hyperallergic.com/995344/after-backlash-nea-drops-anti-trans-grant-requirement/
Published: March 10, 2025 20:44
However, the agency could still reject projects seen as non-compliant with Trump’s “gender ideology” mandate.
How Norman Bluhm Reinvented Gestural Abstraction
https://hyperallergic.com/995146/how-norman-bluhm-reinvented-gestural-abstraction/
Published: March 10, 2025 20:16
Long an admirer of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, Bluhm sought to recreate their sensual forms, unearthly light, and infinite space in abstraction.
The Luminous Magnetism of the Transformistas
https://hyperallergic.com/995127/the-luminous-magnetism-of-the-transformistas-islaa/
Published: March 10, 2025 20:08
Manuel Herreros de Lemos and Mateo Manaure Arilla’s sumptuous 1982 film about trans sex workers in Caracas is the centerpiece of a new exhibition.
We Are the New Romantics
https://hyperallergic.com/995132/we-are-the-new-romantics-caspar-david-friedrich-met-museum/
Published: March 10, 2025 20:04
Just like Caspar David Friedrich and the Romanticists, we live in anxious times and hunger for a touch of the sublime.
Silas Munro: How Can the Grid Deal with a Messy World?
https://hyperallergic.com/994848/silas-munro-hartford-art-school-galleries/
Published: March 10, 2025 18:00
This solo exhibition at Hartford Art School Galleries incorporates Munro’s research into African lineages within the history of graphic design.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Gift to New York
https://hyperallergic.com/994885/christo-and-jeanne-claude-gift-to-new-york-the-shed/
Published: March 9, 2025 20:02
“The Gates” was an artwork within an artwork, inscribing the populist impulse of Central Park into 7,500+ neon orange armatures with billowing fabric.
Daisy Patton Paints Wedding Photos Back to Life
https://hyperallergic.com/994747/daisy-patton-paints-wedding-photos-back-to-life/
Published: March 9, 2025 20:01
The artist resurrects moments of celebration in Before These Witnesses, whose subjects look back at us across time and offer themselves to be seen.
10 Art Books for Your March Reading List
https://hyperallergic.com/994550/10-art-books-for-your-march-2025-reading-list/
Published: March 9, 2025 20:00
Delve into Lucy Lippard’s short fictions, Tamara Lanier’s indelible memoir, The White Pube’s tales of absurdity in the art world, new perspectives on Mucha, and more.