| Since the dawn of time, one question has eluded artists and curators alike: What makes a good studio visit? Today at 3pm EDT, Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian is moderating a conversation with curators Kimberli Gant, Candice Hopkins, and Caroline Liou on this very subject. They’ll discuss tips, best practices, and general guidelines for making the most of your studio visits. It’s not too late to sign up — become a Hyperallergic Member to tune in! Meanwhile in New York, the sky is blue, dog parks are popping, and champagne is flowing at gallery openings again. As spring reinvigorates the city and your appetite for art, we’ve got you covered for the best shows to see this week. Read our recommendations below, plus Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad on the fierce pussy collective at Participant Inc. and Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang on the “humanistic bent” of John Singer Sargent’s tender portraiture at the Met Museum. More in today’s issue, including a remembrance of legendary Los Angeles photographer John Humble, the Rome mural lampooning Trump and other right-wing attendees of Pope Francis’s funeral, and the multimillion-dollar Rothko damaged by a child. (Gives new meaning to “my kid could draw that,” huh?) — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | | |
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 | | What comes through most strongly in the Met Museum exhibition is his humanistic bent: Sargent loved people, and it shows. | Lisa Yin Zhang |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | Claudia Alarcón & Silät, a collective of Indigenous women artists from the Wichí communities of northern Salta, Argentina, make their New York debut with new textile works exploring celestial themes. The show presents the artists’ contribution to the rich tradition of South American geometric abstraction and highlights the ongoing significance of Wichí artworks to global modernism.
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A child damaged a prized Mark Rothko painting last Friday while it was on display at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. -
A new public mural near the Vatican takes a satirical aim at the conservative world leaders who attended Pope Francis’s funeral service. -
John Humble, a photographer who insightfully documented the urban landscape of Los Angeles, died on April 13 at the age of 81. -
The Smithsonian Institution has denied reports that objects related to the Civil Rights Movement will be removed from two museums amid Trump’s threats to erase “race-centered ideology.”
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ART & FILM |  | | From historical shows about labor to investigations of color to John Singer Sargent’s renderings of hands, we’re enjoying a variety of art this week. | Natalie Haddad, Lisa Yin Zhang, Julia Curl, Daniel Larkin, and Julie Schneider |
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SPONSORED |  | | | | From its beginning in Wright’s Detroit basement, the museum has cultivated increased visibility for all African Americans by showing other institutions how to build their own storytelling apparatuses. Learn more |
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 | | A show highlighting work by members of the collective fierce pussy presents them not out on the streets, but communing with one another, like family. | Natalie Haddad |
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|  | | One of a new documentary’s most intriguing strands is the way that brand seemed to eclipse the man, according to his own family. | Dan Schindel |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE |  | | God: An Anatomy meticulously maps the anatomy of God’s body over 20 chapters, as well as an autopsy in an epilogue. | Sarah E. Bond |
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