New York
May 13, 2020
Letter from the editor:
Many thanks to everyone who’s signed up for our membership program, which lends invaluable support as we continue to navigate these trying times. (If you haven’t joined yet and have the means, I hope you’ll consider signing up.)
As many of us continue to work, learn, and engage from home, artists and nonprofits are helping us stay connected with the arts. This week, a group of dancers and performers will lead a webinar focused on how to navigate the cancelled shows, contract snags, and more caused by the pandemic. In other dance-related news, NYPL’s Performing Arts branch has acquired the archives of legendary choreographer Martha Graham. Sarah Rose Sharp explores some of the collection’s most fascinating objects.
Visual AIDS has also introduced “Not Over,” a new platform and fundraising initiative. Our staff writer Valentina Di Liscia chronicles featured works by artists like Jack Smith, Pamela Sneed, and Devin Morris here. Valentina recently sat down with Frieze Artistic Director Loring Randolph to discuss the fair’s online debut and its decision to make prices publicly available for the first time. Read more about the current and future state of one of the art world’s largest fairs here.
Last but certainly not least, our staff writer Hakim Bishara shares harrowing news of the arrest of journalist and writer Jill Nelson for — I kid you not — writing “Trump=Virus” on a boarded-up storefront in washable chalk. “I frankly feel, as an African American woman and a person of color, that it’s open season on us in every way,” said Nelson, a 67-year-old who was kept in a cell for more than five hours. Additionally, Hakim chronicles the latest allegations revealed in the wake of sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide. Among many things, a petition currently circulating online accuses New York Academy of Art board chair Eileen Guggenheim of abetting Epstein’s behavior towards young art students like Maria Farmer, and calls for Guggenheim’s removal.
Stay safe, and vigilant of the powers that be.
Journalist Arrested in Manhattan for Writing “Trump=Plague” in Chalk
“I frankly feel, as an African American woman and a person of color, that it’s open season on us in every way,” says Jill Nelson, a 67-year-old writer who was kept in a cell for more than five hours.
Hakim Bishara
Event Pick
Dancers and Performers Offer “Real Talk” on Canceled Shows, Contracts, and More
This week, contributors to the living document “Creating New Futures” will host a conversation focused the ripple effects of the pandemic and the need for radical change in the arts.
Dessane Lopez Cassell | May 14, 6pm
News
Over 40% of American Museum of Natural History Staff Impacted by Layoffs and Furloughs
About 200 full time staffers have been cut via layoffs and voluntary retirements, and another 250 were furloughed.
Frieze Online Brings New Price Transparency and AR Tools To Take the Art “Home”
Frieze is offering free browsing for the first time and an app that allows you to imagine artworks inside your home. The director of Frieze New York, Loring Randolph, elaborates on these features and more in an interview with Hyperallergic.
Petition Calls for Removal of New York Academy of Art Board Chair, Citing Jeffrey Epstein Ties
The petition calls on the academy to “immediately remove” Eileen Guggenheim from her post as chair of the school’s board of trustees, noting allegations made by Maria Farmer, one of Epstein’s alleged victims.
Archive of Martha Graham’s Life Acquired by New York Public Library
Highlights from the collection include Isamu Noguchi’s set drawings for Seraphic Dialogue and an extensive photograph collection of Graham’s canon.
Sarah Rose Sharp
Visual AIDS Launches New Online Platform, “Not Over”
With its annual fundraiser canceled, the nonprofit encourages donations on a free online platform featuring rare videos and performances by multi-generational artists including the late Jack Smith.
Valentina Di Liscia
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Sea Ranch, New Rochelle, San Francisco, Mattapoisett, and Los Angeles.
Elisa Wouk Almino
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