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April 27, 2023Good morning. ☁️ Today, we bring you updates on the ongoing labor disputes at the Brooklyn Museum and Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. In both cases, workers are simply fighting for living wages and decent working conditions. In other news, New York's Frick Collection is set to return home to its Fifth Avenue mansion next year, and artists make miniature racecars for a benefit in Brooklyn. Furthermore, John Yau reviews Matt Bollinger, Sarah Rose Sharp talks with curator Leora Fridman about what it means to be a contemporary Jewish artist today, and Matt Stromberg visits an exhibition honoring the legacy of the influential East LA Chicano art group ASCO. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor Matt Bollinger, Painter of the ForgottenBy dealing with class in his art, Bollinger touches on the strain infecting the current “us and them” situation in the United States. | John Yau SPONSORED Wrightwood 659 Welcomes Three New Exhibitions“Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk”, “Shahidul Alam: Singed But Not Burnt”, and “Patric McCoy: Take My Picture” are on view at the Chicago art space. Learn more. WHAT'S HAPPENING Hand-assembled artist racecars ready to race on the Gravity Slide track at Smack Mellon’s 2022 Gravity Racers Benefit (all photos by Cibele Vieira, courtesy Smack Mellon) Arts nonprofit Smack Mellon’s Gravity Racers benefit party on May 6 continues a 20-year local New York tradition. On Monday, faculty and staff at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts held a joint rally calling for their first union contracts. The Brooklyn Museum’s unionized staff picket a museum fundraising event, demanding a fair contract with improved wages. The Frick Collection will return to its Fifth Avenue mansion in 2024, leaving its temporary home in the Met Breuer’s former building. SPONSORED CalArts Anniversary Weekend Celebrates 50 Years of Experimentation in Visual and Performing ArtsJoin the party in Valencia, California, for three days of open studios, concerts, exhibitions, performances, and more from April 28 to 30. Learn more. LATEST IN ART New Generation of Jewish Artists Pushes Sensitive ButtonsLeora Fridman discusses curating a new exhibition confronting issues of tradition, gender, and Zionism in the Jewish-American community. | Sarah Rose Sharp SPONSORED Summer Intensives at Pratt Institute’s School of Continuing and Professional StudiesExpand your creative skills and build your portfolio with Summer Intensive courses, either online or in-person in NYC. Learn more. The Rebel Legacy of LA’s ASCO Chicano Art GroupA weekend pop-up draws connections between the influential East Los Angeles art group and a new generation of Chicano artists in the city. | Matt Stromberg Working Toward a Politics of BorderlessnessArtists in Australia and South Asia highlight the atrocities of caste-based discrimination and make a statement against colonial power. | Cher Tan Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismWe rely on member support to publish quality arts journalism and criticism that is free and available to all. Become a MemberIN MEMORIAM Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) Yvonne Jacquette (1934–2023) MOST POPULAR Tucker Carlson Is Out and the Memes Are InBeware the Rise of Anti-Anti-ColonialismThe Comedians Who Helped Define Generation XWhen Life Imitates a Wes Anderson MovieReport Finds Major Provenance Holes in Met Museum’s Native American Art Collection
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