Weekly
November 26, 2022

It was a shortened work week in the United States with Thanksgiving celebrations, and I hope all of you who celebrate had an opportunity to do so with loved ones close by.

This week, Matt Stromberg has prepared a guide to LA museum restaurants, Bianca Velasquez asks us to consider eight under-the-radar art spaces in Utah, and Lauren Moya Ford takes a look at the largely overlooked legacy of women Abstract Expressionists in the Texas panhandle.

We've also announced the five recipients of the Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, and we're excited to start publishing their words and email exhibitions starting next week. Their projects range from the history of "the school of bad printing" in Alabama to the influence of Chicanx drag artist Cyclona, whiteness in art museums, how North Africans negotiated Blackness at the first Black art festivals in Dakar and Lagos, and an exploration of the concept of Indofuturism. We're very excited about this new group and what they all have in store for you.

And if you're shopping for the holidays, there's no better place for art-inspired gifts than Hyperallergic's store. Check out our holiday gift guide for more information. 

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Elaine de Kooning, “Untitled [Bull]” (c. 1959), oil on canvas, 48 × 60 inches, private collection in West Texas (photo by Rik Andersen, © Elaine de Kooning Trust)

The Largely Unknown Story of Women, Abstract Expressionism, and Texas

Three Women Artists: Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West uncovers the little-known stories of professional and creative gains in the region, and especially in the Texas Panhandle. | Lauren Moya Ford

New York City may be the home of American Abstract Expressionism, but for some of the movement’s most notable women artists, Amarillo, Texas was also an important hub. 

NEWS THIS WEEK

Cards of Qatar honors the lives of migrant workers who died toiling under conditions of extreme heat and precarity. (courtesy Cards of Qatar)

• “Cards of Qatar” features digital collectible FIFA World Cup 2022 cards that commemorate the lives of those who built the stadiums.

• The New York State Education Department is instructing all school districts to end their use of Native American “themed” sports mascots.

• Two Just Stop Oil activists were found guilty of criminal damage after gluing themselves to the frame of van Gogh's “Peach Trees in Blossom.”

• The National Gallery of Canada lays off four staff members, including Senior Curator of Indigenous Art Greg A. Hill.

• Michelle Weitzman was removed from the Asheville Art Museum’s board after speaking publicly on workers’ allegations of a toxic workplace.

FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

(graphic Lakshmi Rivera Amin/Hyperallergic)

Announcing the Recipients of the 2022-23 Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators

Angelina Lippert, Kelli Morgan, Dakota Noot, Beya Othmani, and Sadaf Padder are the recipients of this year’s fellowship. 

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ART-INSPIRED GIFTS

Hyperallergic’s Art-inspired Holiday Gift Guide

Find the perfect gifts for friends and family.

MUSEUMS & ART SPACES

Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” at LACMA reimagined as a tasty sundae (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic)

Your Go-To Guide to LA Museum Restaurants

We bring you the scoop on eight dining options across LA’s cultural institutions, and it’s not all avocado toast. | Matt Stromberg

Eight Utah Art Spaces You Probably Didn’t Know About

Your list of dreamy, imaginative, and oh-so-unexpected Utah art venues, including an eyeglass store and an eclectic bazaar, all teeming with love for local artists. | Biana Velasquez

A History of Houston’s Creative Terrain

Impractical Spaces: Houston resurrects the stories of the city’s artist-run venues since 1947. | Kealey Boyd

INTERPRETING ART HISTORIES

Heesoo Kwon, “Mago Leymusoom I” (2022), lenticular print, 24 1/2 x 14 inches (image courtesy the artist and re.riddle)

Leftovers, the Unsung Food Porn of Art History

From Dutch vanitas paintings to Laura Letinsky’s contemporary photographs, artists have long paid homage to the crumby aftermath of big meals. | Sarah Rose Sharp

How Leonardo’s “Monstrous” Drawings Inspired Modern Caricature

“Grotesque Head of an Old Woman,” recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art, is one of several studies by Leonardo exploring exaggerated facial expressions. | Elaine Velie

Whose Mother Is Nature Anyway?

Contemporary society in the United States normalizes the idea of the exhausted mother, so why wouldn’t mother nature be equally exhausted? | Annabel Keenan

FRESH APPROACHES

James Siena, "Trectiuff" (2020), acrylic and graphite on linen, 75 x 120 inches (all images courtesy Miles McEnergy Gallery)

James Siena's Radical Abstraction

The pleasure of Siena’s art arises from the tension between the overall image or the changing visual field and the individual units. | John Yau

Tyrrell Tapaha’s Fresh Approach to Pictorial Navajo Textiles

Diné fiber artist and sixth-generation weaver Tyrrell Tapaha expands lived experience and ideas about the future. | Erin Joyce

Two Artists’ Quest to Free Their Ancestors

Artists Heesoo Kwon and Trina Michelle Robinson make worlds in which their distant relatives can fill the fractures of memory. | Emily Wilson

MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC

Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, “Thanksgiving at Plymouth” (1925), Oil on canvas, 30 x 39 1/8 inches. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. (via Wikimedia Commons)

You Cannot Give Thanks for What Is Stolen 

American artists were instrumental in propagating the false narrative of Thanksgiving, a deliberate erasure of violence against Indigenous peoples. | Joseph Pierce

Talking Sex Work With Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova

Hyperallergic sat down with the Russian feminist icon for a conversation about art, activism, and how they converge in her OnlyFans sex work. | Hakim Bishara

How Is Artificial Intelligence Changing Art History?

AI image-generators have got art historians in a twist, as more artists make use of these tools to inform their practice. | Verity Babbs

Art Problems: Difficult Dealers, Difficult Art

It’s hard to leave a gallery, and it can be even harder to stay and deal with your dealer. | Paddy Johnson

Required Reading

This week, arts orgs and the war for talent, the importance of house museums, the 125 most borrowed books in Brooklyn, the history of listicles, and more. | Hrag Vartanian and Lakshmi Rivera Amin

THINKING ABOUT GRAD SCHOOL?

MFA, MA, and PhD Programs to Apply for by Early 2023

Organized by geographic region, a list of arts-related graduate programs to explore and apply to before deadlines close.