Beholding and Curating with Care

January 20, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. ❄️ Today, researchers have pushed human history back 30,000 years, reviews of Crys Yin, Brie Ruais, Rob Swainston, and Zorawar Sidhu, and curator La Tanya S. Autry shares a list of questions she asks others to consider when engaging with anti-Black images and material.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Beholding and Curating with Care

Curator La Tanya S. Autry shares a set of crucial questions she considers when curating images of anti-Black violence. | La Tanya S. Autry

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

Researchers Find Evidence Human Beings Are Way Older Than We Thought

A study that reexamined Homo sapiens fossils found our species is 30,000 years older than previously believed. | Hakim Bishara

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Applications Are Open for the MFA in Studio Art at Maine College of Art & Design

Students can enroll in a Full Residency in Portland, ME or a Low Residency from anywhere in the world. Apply by January 21 to be considered for a full-tuition scholarship. Learn more.

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Using Clay to Concretize the Psychological State of Being Wounded

With her clay relief sculptures, Brie Ruais probes the exit wound and its deep psychological implications. | Daniel Larkin

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Written by authors and digital entrepreneurs Matt Fortnow and QuHarrison Terry, this new book published by Wiley is a guide to creating, selling, and buying NFTs. Learn more.

A Historical Art of Dissent for the Digital Age

In Doomscrolling, Rob Swainston and Zorawar Sidhu assume the task Walter Benjamin set for the articulation of history — to “seize hold of the past as it flashes up at a moment of danger.” | Faye Hirsch

Paintings that Honor the Privacy of Grief

Yin's subject is grief, which, for all that takes place in public, is largely a private matter. | John Yau

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The Contrast Between Institutional and Personal Remembrances of Martin Luther King

When we honor King publicly, as many in the art scene did on Monday, we use these moments to do more than just remember and pay tribute. | Seph Rodney

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