Blowing Holes in Traditional American Portraiture

March 13, 2023

Good morning. 🌧️ Happy Monday! Today, Art in Odd Places announces its "Dress" theme, Renée Reizman takes a whiff of an olfactory artist's study of scent, a rare painting believed to be by Brueghel the Younger is found, and we're still watching (at least so we can recap) MTV's The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist and we have that report.

We will be hosting curator and scholar Kelli Morgan this Wednesday, March 15, at 6pm EDT, on Zoom to talk about how she cultivates care and empowerment in workers in the art community, as well as the audience for art. A part of our Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, please join Kelli Morgan and myself for the chat. Also, make sure to check out her recently published posts and exhibition, including the article published today that asks us to consider what happens in museums when portraits by non-White people are centered.

I'm still thinking about the ridiculous wax statues of two British Royals, Prince William and Kate Middleton, in Poland. I really can't stop laughing.

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Blowing Holes in Traditional American Portraiture

What different forms of knowledge are produced when Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Latinx histories are prioritized in a visual presentation of American portraiture? | Dr. Kelli Morgan

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Pieter Brueghel the Younger's "The Village Lawyer" (1615-1617) (courtesy Daguerre Val de Loire)

Headed to auction, a newly discovered painting by Brueghel the Younger is reportedly one of the artist's largest known works.

Art in Odd Places announces an open call for project proposals pertaining to this year’s “Dress" theme.

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Miyoko Ito’s Mysteries and Longings

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The Healing Power of the World’s Most Valuable Scent

Attending the artist CHOKAR’s performance introduced me to oud’s original purpose as a sacred healing tool that helps one recover from illness, mentally and physically. | Renée Reizman

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