Walking through Amy Sherald’s solo exhibition, which just opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art, critic Jasmine Weber was “floored,” she writes today.
| Good morning. Walking through Amy Sherald’s solo exhibition, which just opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art, critic Jasmine Weber was “floored,” she writes today. “Installed at average eye level, I stood face to face with these life size figures and their assured, deliberative gazes, suggesting complex interiorities in spite of their enigmatic facial expressions,” Weber continues. “The longer you linger, the more their nuances seem to unfold.” Read her review below. In the news, the Guggenheim Museum union and supporters rally outside the institution’s Manhattan headquarters to protest layoffs, a Russian photojournalist is disinvited from the World Press Photo award ceremony, and the story behind a record-breaking Chinese handscroll. Don’t miss activist and photographer Nan Goldin’s print fundraiser to benefit an animal rescue in Gaza, two Chicago exhibitions on the Great Migration, and much more below. — Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor | | |
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| | Sherald knits historic, cinematic, and literary references into many of her artworks, embedding their legacies into the distinct visual world she’s created. | Jasmine Weber |
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SPONSORED | | | | | El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico seeks to serve teachers, children, incarcerated people, and local artists alike, expanding the definition of what a museum can do. Learn more |
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HAPPENING THIS MONTH | | | Join us on April 29 for a virtual conversation with Kimberli Gant, Candice Hopkins, and Caroline Liou. |
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SPONSORED | | | | | On view at the New Orleans Museum of Art from April 4 through August 10, the exhibition will then embark on parallel tours to venues in North America and Africa. Learn more |
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FROM OUR CRITICS | | | Histories need to be unearthed, recorded, studied, intersected, sung, paraded, and learned, and two Chicago shows do that for the Great Migration. | Lori Waxman |
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| | | A show argues that the Jewish tale was interpreted as a symbol of liberation from Spanish rule in 17th-century Dutch society. | Rebecca Schiffman |
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MORE AMY SHERALD | | | Sherald discusses her impact, the significance of Black cultural production, and what’s next for her career after her work has become such a defining moment in history. | Rikki Byrd |
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