Small Museums Are Stealing the Show on TikTok

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, you can rent an apartment in Antoni Gaudí’s famous Barcelona building for onl

Jun 23, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️Today, you can rent an apartment in Antoni Gaudí’s famous Barcelona building for only $1, small museums are showing off on TikTok, and an insightful take on LA history by artist Umar Rashid.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Small Museums Are Stealing the Show on TikTok Although major museums worldwide are taking on TikTok, it’s the less-renowned museums that are winning big. Stephanie Stacey

What's Happening

Casa Vicens in Barcelona, Spain

Airbnb is offering an overnight stay at Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Vicens in Barcelona for only $1. Plans to build a tunnel underneath Stonehenge may jeopardize its status as a World Heritage Site. Researchers found evidence of the pigment “titanium white” in centuries-old Inca ceremonial objects.

SPONSORED The Nevada Museum of Art Commemorates 50 Years of Land Art Land Art: Past, Present, Futures brings the genre’s early innovators together with contemporary artists, scholars, and activists exploring “what’s next?” Learn more.

A Playful, but Critical, Tribute to Los Angeles Umar Rashid creates an alternate timeline that shows Black and Indigenous people defeating colonizers. Reneé Reizman

Electric Images: Ming Smith’s Transcendent Photography Evidence, the inaugural show at Nicola Vassell Gallery, emphasizes Smith’s track record as a photographer who both loves and riffs on the language of her medium. Rachell Morillo

A Kurdish Artist’s Creative Resistance From Behind Bars “Politics, war and oppression are a part of my life,” Fatoş İrwen explained of her current solo show, Exceptional Times. Jennifer Hattam

SPONSORED Lowy Virtual Framing Makes Framing Art Easy You can digitally test up to 4,000 antique and contemporary frames from Lowy’s vast collection with any artwork of your choice. Learn more.

The Summer's Hottest Nonfiction Comes Together at AFI Docs Like many film festivals, the DC-area event is going partially virtual this year, allowing people around the country to take part. Dan Schindel

Most Popular

In Manhattan, a Makeshift Forest Is Haunted by the Ghosts of Imperialism Why Is a Racist Roosevelt Statue Still Standing in New York City? A Deep, Feminist Dive Into Autotheory The Extraordinary Story of Corita Kent, the “Pop Art Nun” The Sky’s the Limit as 50 Museums Join to Stream Yoko Ono-inspired Cloud Gazing

Support Independent Arts Journalism Become a Member

Did you enjoy this issue?

Update your email preferences or unsubscribe from this newsletter. If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here. Hyperallergic Media 181 N 11th St., Suite 302, Brooklyn, NY 11211