This is it. Today is the day when millions of Americans elect the next president of the world’s richest and mightiest superpower. As we collectively bite our nails, let’s take a look at how artists urge the public to vote through various exhibitions, print sales, and poster campaigns. Meanwhile, in New York, three people are charged with “hate crimes” for vandalizing the homes of the Brooklyn Museum’s director and some trustees, while activists stage a silent protest against the Noguchi Museum’s ban on keffiyehs for staff.
Also today: Elizabeth Catlett’s revolutionary spirit, impressions from the third Toronto Biennial, this month’s Hyperallergic Art Crossword, and more! — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
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Jesse Krimes’s rebuke of the US justice system and Anastasia Samoylova’s uncanny images of Florida stir a visceral response in an election defined by cognitive dissonance. | Valentina Di Liscia
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A retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum conveys that Catlett’s artistic practice was inseparable from her dedication to Black and Mexican revolutionary politics. | Alexandra M. Thomas
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The third edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA) suggests that we can make a home through scarcity and find merriment and beauty amid instability. | eunice bélidor
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Galician artist Bea Lema navigates themes of generational trauma and healing, tenderly illustrating the story of a daughter who desperately wants to protect her mother. | Lauren Moya Ford
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From a reprinting of ACT UP’s historic 1988 Election Day poster to contemporary images, artists are urging everyone to cast their ballots on November 5. | Maya Pontone
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A statue that just ~landed~ on NYC’s High Line, still-life objects, architectural vocab, van Gogh’s prescient physics, and much more. | Natan Last
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