Ancient Rome’s Big Dick Energy

September 5, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌩️ Happy Labor Day! Tomorrow is the symbolic start to the fall art season in New York City, and we hope you have a restful day preparing for all the sights, sounds, and wonders that await you. You can be sure Hyperallergic will be on the ground reporting, opining, and reflecting on what’s in store for us in the coming months.

Today, a giant ancient phallus is discovered in present-day Spain, we review Meret Oppenheim’s highly anticipated retrospective in Houston (you know, the furry teacup artist), and we have a special View From the Easel that features studios from around the world. And a reminder that anyone can share their studio for consideration for the series and you can find the submission guidelines on our site.

And on a final note, I’ll just leave this tweet right here. Anyone who works at an arts organization that talked about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in 2020 will probably be able to relate.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Your Handy Guide to the NY Armory Week Art Fairs

Hop from the Seaport District to Madison Avenue without despairing with our run-down of next week’s art-fair extravaganza. | Valentina Di Liscia

IN THE NEWS

Archaeologists made a huge discovery last month. Like, really huge. (photo courtesy Museo Histórico Local de Nueva Carteya)

Archaeologists discover an "unusually large" Roman-era stone phallus in southern Spain.

South Arts announces New Orleans-based artist Hannah Chalew as the winner of its annual Southern Prize.

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It's Time to Look at Meret Oppenheim Beyond the Teacup

Thirty-seven years after the artist’s death, a new exhibition proves that Oppenheim’s furry teacup was just one of her many daring artistic statements. | Lauren Moya Ford

Unearthing a Treasure Trove of Bay Area Women Abstract Painters

The Long View amply demonstrates that Jay DeFeo and Joan Brown may be the best-known Bay Area women artists who worked in abstraction, but they were far from alone. | John Seed

A View From the Easel

This week, artist studios in Connecticut, Kyiv, Honolulu, and Colorado. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin

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