Let’s get the bad news out of the way: Yet another archaeological site faces possible damage thanks to an overeager tourist fiending for a photo, this time at a Spanish cave where a visitor poured water on 6,000-year-old paintings.
Good morning! Let’s get the bad news out of the way: Yet another archaeological site faces possible damage thanks to an overeager tourist fiending for a photo, this time at a Spanish cave where a visitor poured water on 6,000-year-old paintings. Also today, a new book about the engineers who saved the dome atop St. Peter’s Basilica from collapse, the economic challenges of being an artist in New York, and photojournalist Ron Tarver’s snapshots of Black cowboys across the US. Read on for more, including Required Reading, A View From the Easel, and Tremaine Fellow Brian Johnson’s revelatory research on Indigenous poster design. — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | |
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| | | The individual allegedly dampened 6,000-year-old paintings in Andalusia to get a clearer photo for social media, potentially causing irreparable harm. | Rhea Nayyar |
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BOOKS WE'RE READING | | | | Defying scholarly conventions, Marin Kosut’s latest book takes a searingly honest look at the “impossibility of New York” and the barriers artists face. | Mary Karmelek |
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| | | | The Long Ride Home brings together selections from Ron Tarver’s 15,000 images chronicling Black cowboy culture across the US. | Isa Farfan |
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| | | | A new book resurrects the oft-overlooked story of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, whose dome was saved from collapse by a team of mathematicians and the Pope. | Anthony Majanlahti |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | | In his essays, exhibition, and video, Hyperallergic Fellow Brian Johnson sheds light on the overlooked history of Indigenous graphic arts. |
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| | | | “I get to mindfully interact with the world outside — the wind, the sounds of leaves rustling, the butterflies gliding by, and the innumerable chirps and trills of various critters.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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| | | | This week: An archive of Palestinian embroidery, handwriting and Parkinson’s disease, anti-capitalist mending, Tim Walz’s love for maps, toxic roses, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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TRANSITIONS | Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer will curate the 2026 Whitney Biennial.
Ruth Mackenzie was named program director of Arts, Culture, and Creative Industries Policy within the Department of the Premier andCabinet in the South Australian government. Brett Sheehy was appointed to her former post of artistic director of Adelaide Festival.
Masako Miki is now represented by Jessica Silverman gallery in collaboration with Ryan Lee gallery.
Jacques Schuhmacher was named executive director of provenance research at the Art Institute of Chicago.
TK Smith was appointed curator of the arts of Africa and the African diaspora at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University.
Maeve Turner was named head of gardens and horticulture at the Frick Collection. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | NXTHVN announced its 2024–25 Studio and Curatorial Fellows: Baris Gokturk, Kwamé Gomez, Patrick Henry, Kristy Hughes, Christopher Paul Jordan, Reeha Lim, Rigoberto Luna, Napoles Marty, and Musoke Nalwoga.
Angus McDonald won the people’s choice category of the 2024 Archibald Prize. |
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