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Good morning. 🌧️ Today’s newsletter features the “wild side” of French Baroque painter Nicolas Poussin, ancient Babylonian will be spoken in the latest Marvel flick, and artist Micheal Rakowitz creates an anti-war monument in the UK.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

For Veteran’s Day, a Ceremony Recognizes Michael Rakowitz’s Poignant Anti-War Monument

Instead of romanticizing military heroism, Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz’s sculpture acknowledges the atrocities and senselessness of war. | Valentina Di Liscia

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

Dr. Martin Worthington in the Library of Trinity College Dublin reading a Sumerian cuneiform tablet, which uses the same wedge-shaped script as Babylonian. (Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography © 2021)

Marvel Studios’ latest movie, Eternals, is the “first major film” to include characters speaking in Babylonian, according to Trinity College. Martin Worthington, an Assyriologist and associate professor in Middle Eastern Studies at the Dublin university, worked on translations for the film.

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The Wild Side of Poussin

Quite a bit of wildness hides beneath the artist’s cloak of scholarship and respectability. | Michael Glover

Visualizing Climate Change Through Abstract Expressionism

Diane Burko’s images of melting glaciers and dying coral reefs are not just pictorially impressive; they have strong emotional impact. | Carter Ratcliff

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BlackFlash Magazine’s December 2021 Issue Examines Islamic Art Traditions in Canada

In Infinities, artists and writers discuss the influence of Islamic visual cultures in Canadian contemporary art. Learn more.

Forgivable Lies, Three Painters Keep You Guessing

In a psychological context, confabulation refers to obvious falsehoods invented by individuals to fill gaps in their memory. In art it’s more nuanced. | Peter Malone

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PORTAL at the National Portrait Gallery Presents Three Online Lectures This Fall

The Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture Conversation Series continues with presentations on Hung Liu, African Methodist Episcopal aesthetics, and the Oak Flat conflict. Learn more.

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Poems That Move through Space, Negotiating Switches and Transitions

Ruth Lepson’s verse engages with Cecil Taylor, Cy Twombly, and Philip Guston among others. | Geoffrey O’Brien

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Stream Two New Episodes of Craft in America on PBS

“Harmony” celebrates the joy of music and the creation of handcrafted instruments while “Jewelry” explores the history, artistry, and impact of personal adornment. Learn more.

On Addiction and Writing in the Work of Tao Lin

“I think addiction is a part of life. We get addicted to things in ways that each have pros and cons.” | Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle

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Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2024

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Required Reading

This week, Evangelical ballet murder, reimagining NYC streets, Edward Snowden on Ai Weiwei's new memoir, racism of urban design, and much more. | Hrag Vartanian

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AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Lawrence Lek was named Grand Prix Winner of the 4th VH Award by Hyundai Motor Group.

Pamela Sneed is the inaugural winner of the Black Queer|Art|Mentorship Award for Artists and Organizers; Lola Flash is the winner of the 2021 Queer|Art|Prize for Sustained Achievement; and Anaïs Duplan, Heesoo Kwon, Le’Andra LeSeur, and Moises Salazar were named finalists of the 2021 Queer|Art|Prize for Recent Work.

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