October 8, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning. ☁️ Today, Tania Bruguera agrees to leave Cuba in exchange for the release of 25 prisoners, looking at digital art through a feminist lens, and reviews of the Medici portrait show, a group exhibition in Iceland, and the Nowhere Inn mockumentary.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Tania Bruguera Agreed to Leave Cuba in Exchange for Release of 25 Prisoners
The artist also called for a boycott of the Havana Biennial. | Valentina Di Liscia
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
The finished "Madonna" by Edvard Munch and the underdrawing discovered with infrared reflectography
(courtesy the National Museum of Norway)
The National Museum of Norway announced the discovery of hidden underdrawings layered beneath Edvard Munch's "Madonna" painting.
200 photographs by 90 European women artists were co-acquired by the Brooklyn Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
LATEST IN ART
A History of Digital Art Through a Feminist Lens
To understand the current climate for digital art and NFTs, it’s useful to look at these histories through the lens of women artists and feminist theory. | Judith Brodsky
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The ICA at VCU Presents Dineo Seshee Bopape: Ile aye, moya, là, ndokh…harmonic conversions…mm
The artist’s newly commissioned work in Richmond, Virginia is made out of soil and water from cities and ports that played important roles in the enslavement of people. Learn more.
Cloaked in Power and the Tutored Gaze, The Medici Portraits at the Met
My sense is that people come to this museum and this show wanting to learn other histories by having their way of looking tutored and trained. | Seph Rodney
A Group Exhibition in Iceland Trades Local Character for International Appeal
Many of the works in Iðavöllur are big and chock-full of issues and socially engaged ideas, like so much art elsewhere. | Gregory Volk
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A New Exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums Examines the Military’s Activity on the US Landscape
Devour the Land considers environmental and socioeconomic damages caused by the military-industrial complex, as well as how photography inspires activism. Learn more.
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As a Mockumentary About Celebrity, Nowhere Inn Just Bores
In this film about stardom, the viewer has nowhere to appreciate and connect with the characters and concepts. | Eileen G’Sell
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MassArt x SoWa Gallery Presents Protest and Power, an Alumni-curated Exhibition
The first year of programming at Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s graduate programs satellite gallery continues with this show, on view through October 24. Learn more.
Required Reading
This week, Bad Art Friends, framing Latinx art, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" the comic, Facebook's continuing problems, and more. | Hrag Vartanian
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Jenny Saville was granted the keys to the city of Florence.
Guadalupe Maravilla was bestowed the Lise Wilhelmsen Award.
The National Academy of Design awarded over $125,000 to seven public mural projects by Chicago Public Art Group, Creston Arts, Richard Haas NA, Shanon Levin and Marina Peng, Ellie Balk, Kenji Hamai Stoll and Erin Shigaki, and Project for Empty Space.
TRANSITIONS
J. Tomilson Hill was named chair of the Guggenheim Museum board of Trustees; Claudia Rankine was elected to the board.
Maria Rosario Jackson and Shelly Lowe were nominated to chair the National Endowment for the Humanities.
