October 12, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. ⛅ Today, how arts organizations in New York and DC are dealing with land acknowledgments, looking at the new Fauci documentary and what it misses, and reviews of Joan Mitchell in San Francisco, LJ Roberts in Brooklyn, Jean Shin in upstate New York, and Jagdeep Raina in Houston.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Arts Organizations and Activists Speak Out About Land Stewardship on Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Today, activists painted the Andrew Jackson memorial in Washington, DC with a message: "Expect us." | Hakim Bishara

This Website Helps You Write to Your Representatives About Native Mascots in Your State

According to the site, one in 26 secondary schools nationwide has a Native mascot. | Jasmine Weber

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Joan Mitchell, a Brilliant Painter and Contrarian at Heart

If painting was Mitchell’s sickness, it was also her salvation. | Bridget Quinn

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The California Studio at UC Davis Is Accepting Applications for Artists in Residence

Candidates have until November 5 to apply for 10-week, quarter-long teaching artist residencies in fall 2022 or spring 2023. Learn more.

LJ Roberts Reflects the Complexity and Interconnectedness of Queer New York

What struck me most about LJ Robert's Carry You With Me is the way in which it depicts some of the complexity of queer New York. | Alexis Clements

Mourning a Tree That Has Lain Down

Jean Shin's "Fallen" bids goodbye to the longevity we thought we had and mourns it, so that we might let it go. | Seph Rodney

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Wrightwood 659 Conjures Long-lost Icons of American Architecture

Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright memorializes Chicago’s Garrick Theatre and Buffalo’s Larkin Building, which were razed to build a parking lot and a truck stop. Learn more.

Faced With a Complex Sense of Home, Jagdeep Raina Turns to Art

“I’ve always felt that home is a fraught place which is constantly going through ruptures,” says Jagdeep Raina. | Lauren Moya Ford

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Fauci is not quite a hagiography of “America’s doctor,” but it comes close. It ignores or twists the flaws in his responses to both AIDS and COVID-19. | Dan Schindel

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Minneapolis College of Art and Design Launches Online Master’s Degree in Creative Leadership

This master of arts degree complements MCAD’s graduate programs in fine arts, sustainable design, and graphic and web design. Learn more.

During the Pandemic, a Paper Artist Learned to Make Endangered Species Pop

My Friends Are Missing, a stunning handmade paper-cut pop-up book by Keerthana Ramesh, features 30 critically endangered species from around the world. | Rohini Kejriwal

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