After conservative critics threw a tantrum over false claims that an Olympics opening ceremony performance mocked the Biblical story of “The Last Supper,” art historians came to the rescue — don’t they always?
Good morning. After conservative critics threw a tantrum over false claims that an Olympics opening ceremony performance mocked the Biblical story of “The Last Supper,” art historians came to the rescue — don’t they always? — to point out that the event was actually inspired by Greek mythology, namely the feasts of the gods on Mount Olympus. Staff Reporter Maya Pontone has the story. Don’t miss our list of artsy fiction we’re reading this summer, shows to see in Los Angeles in August, Ted Carey’s mesmerizing renderings of queerness, and much more. — Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor | |
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| | | The performance that drew ire from conservative critics continues another centuries-old art historical theme: the feast of the gods on Mount Olympus. | Maya Pontone |
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IN LOS ANGELES | | | | Lila de Magalhaes’s fornicating insects, Kyungmi Shin’s excavation of the so-called “Orient,” the late Steve Roden’s genre-bending work, and so much more. | Matt Stromberg |
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| | | | “If it was another artist doing it, recycling it into an artwork, that’s different, but this is an ad campaign,” David Horvitz told Hyperallergic. | Matt Stromberg |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | | Delve into the tales of a queer book conservator at The Met, an actress in the West Bank, a painter with a secret, and other characters whose lives intersect with art. | Hrag Vartanian, Hakim Bishara, Natalie Haddad, Lakshmi Rivera Amin, and Lisa Yin Zhang |
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| | | | The late artist’s work subverts the genre’s conventions in its centering of the gay community members he knew or admired and the LGBTQ+ spaces he frequented. | Maya Pontone |
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