We have a special treat for you today: the feminist activist group Guerrilla Girls shares a seldom-seen letter that artist Faith Ringgold.
We have a special treat for you today: The feminist collective Guerrilla Girls shares a seldom-seen letter that artist Faith Ringgold, who passed away last week at 93, sent them in 1994. Ringgold’s moving letter is modeled after Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Guerrilla Girls created a graphic for the letter. It’s a must-read.
Also today, writer Carl Little interviews Hyperallergic art critic John Yau about his decades-long collaborations with artists, and Ela Bittencourt writes about Beatriz Nascimento, a pathbreaking scholar of Black Brazilian history.
In our Opinion section, Forge Project co-founder Zach Feuer responds to the heavily publicized closure of Israel’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale, criticizing the artist’s decision as performative and opportunistic.
There’s all that and more, including A View From the Easel, Required Reading, and the winners of the World Press Photo of the Year awards. | — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor | |
|
|
|
| | | Guerrilla Girls share an MLK-inspired letter the artist sent them in 1994. | Guerrilla Girls |
|
|
|
SPONSORED | | | | You’ve seen his tornado, but do you know his name? An exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art explores how a farm boy from Kansas became one of the most influential painters in the US. | Learn more |
|
|
|
| | | Israeli Chutzpah at the Venice Biennale | Perfectly timed for maximum press attention, the performative closure of the country’s pavilion is opportunistic and cynical. | Zach Feuer |
|
|
|
SPONSORED | | | | By interacting with Eloïse Bonneviot and Anne de Boer’s spatial installation in Prague, viewers create speculative scenarios for an ecologically aware city. | Learn more |
|
|
|
| | | | The exhibition Disguise the Limit highlights the many different ways Yau has worked with a wide range of visual artists over the past five decades. | Carl Little |
|
|
|
| | | Each of 69 squares is being sold as a print to directly support a family trying to flee Gaza. | Valentina Di Liscia |
|
|
|
| | | “My practice has grown in new ways just from being in close proximity to other artists.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
|
|
|
| | | | Beatriz Nascimento’s groundbreaking research defied dominant White Brazilian academic narratives, instead emphasizing Black political agency. | Ela Bittencourt |
|
|
|
| | | This week, the return of the “dumbphone,” the future of music criticism, and a primer on how to title an academic paper. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin and Elaine Velie |
|
|
|
Support Independent Arts Journalism | Become a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. | | Become a Member |
|
|
|
|
