Carrie Mae Weems Assesses History in Real-Time

February 16, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. ☁️ Today, Jasmine Weber considers two recent exhibitions by Carrie Mae Weems, researchers have identified the colors that attract mosquitos, and perhaps it’s time to retire the term “forgotten” for women artists discovered later in life or after their death.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Carrie Mae Weems Assesses History in Real-Time

A tenuous relationship exists in Weems’s work between glamour and guts; yet neither attribute suffers on behalf of the other. | Jasmine Weber

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