| Who would’ve guessed that after a demented first term in the White House, Donald Trump would return to shock us even more? And who would’ve believed that major liberal elites and institutions, including those in the media and academia, would bow down and kiss his feet? In the latest news, the National Endowment of the Arts announced that it’s doing away with grants for underserved communities and instead prioritizing projects that “celebrate and honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.” Guess who predicted this very regression? It’s the unimpeachable Guerrilla Girls, who recently opened their first New York show in a decade. This week, Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian reviews the compact but powerful show, while Alexis Clements discusses whether the feminist group’s tactics have stood the test of time. Elsewhere in the city, the Met Museum opened the largest ever Caspar David Friedrich exhibition in the United States. Our Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad spoke with Harvard professor and Friedrich expert Joseph Leo Koerner about the Romanticist artist’s enduring appeal. It’s a good read. Also, kudos to our News Editor Valentina Di Liscia for breaking the story about the Brooklyn Museum’s plans to lay off dozens of workers amid worsening financial woes. There’s a lot more, including Etel Adnan, Eleanor Antin, Lubaina Himid, Judith Bernstein, and the complicated history of the peacock chair. Have a nice weekend, and keep the faith! — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor | | |
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 | | This one-room exhibition is a good reminder of how this anonymous group of artists changed how we saw the art world. | Hrag Vartanian
A mini-retrospective of the feminist collective raises the question: What can be learned from this work that applies to today, and is this an effective method of making change? | Alexis Clements |
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UPCOMING EVENT |  | | Activist Tamara Lanier will join Hrag Vartanian to discuss her new book about her battle with Harvard University for ownership of her enslaved ancestors’ images. |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | From surgical implants to satellite launches, Bilal’s artwork is anything but ordinary. Learn more |
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CRAFT HISTORIES |  | | Colonial law forced many of our art practices into a deep slumber. Now, I am the first person in the US from my community to hold the skills to craft Chilkat dancing blankets. | Ruth Hallows
A complex web of stories encourages us to reimagine the political weight of an unassuming remnant of craft tradition, born of incarcerated labor in the Philippines. | alejandro t. acierto
The 2024 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin. |
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| FROM OUR CRITICS |  | | An artist and poet who traversed multiple cultures, Adnan’s creations are alive with both multiplicity and instability. | Natalie Haddad
Antin deconstructs both the self and the image as fraught in her staged photographs, and the results are less a punchline than a biting satire. | Claudia Ross
The artist’s new exhibition, her first since graduating from art school in the early aughts, reveals her deep love of art history. | Hrag Vartanian |
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|  | | Those empowered to supervise large swaths of humanity too often dehumanize us, whether through the levers of state, financial, or political power. | Seph Rodney
That Bernstein’s political art is still so relevant is chilling, but like the first time around, it remains a source of comfort that we have her to lead us through. | Natalie Haddad
In the New York painter’s lyrical scenes, the pearl serves as a metaphor for turning pain into treasure. | Hrag Vartanian |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC |  | | “He brings in that random, specific, accidental character of the world, and then he makes it feel like there’s some kind of order to it,” says Friedrich expert Joseph Leo Koerner. | Natalie Haddad
Make sure to check out shows by the Guerrilla Girls and Etel Adnan this week, along with a collection of imagined books and other great exhibitions. | Hrag Vartanian, Natalie Haddad, and Lisa Yin Zhang
Work by artists impacted by last month’s fires, Joseph Beuys’s reforestation project, Alice Coltrane’s rippling influence, and much more. | Matt Stromberg
It’s clear that this exhibition was put together by a bunch of absolute nerds — and that’s a compliment of the highest order. | Lisa Yin Zhang
This week: Sanford Biggers’s musical sculpture, Bayard Rustin’s secret antiquities, lessons from Octavia Butler, elephant autonomy, Severance bros are back, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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OPPORTUNITIES THIS MONTH |  | | Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Cornell University, the Museum of Arts and Design, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers. |
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| THIS MONTH'S CROSSWORD |  | | Dive into the shortest month of the year with clues on a certain major film fest, Aboriginal painting, art forgery, Ai Weiwei, and more. | Natan Last |
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