Happy Friday, even if it is the Fourth of July!
| Happy Friday, even if it is the Fourth of July! How does that one song go? “My country, ’tis of thee, sad land of sophistry …” Oh wait, that’s from a Muppets parody by artist Coco Fusco — and honestly, it’s a banger. Sing along to the satirical anti-fascist jingle below. Needless to say, the long weekend and its attendant cookouts and pool parties come with baggage, especially as the grubby fingers of a fascist government push museums to fall in line. Still, artists and institutions are speaking out and finding critical ways to mark the day. News Editor Valentina Di Liscia writes about a new initiative led by history museums to gather people’s “birthday wishes” and hopes for the future of America. The thousands of messages collected by institutions around the country speak to our deep divisions, but also to our enduring hope. As always, I hope you’ll enjoy our latest installments of Required Reading — in which I shamelessly mention my mermaid obsession not once, but twice — and A View From the Easel. Reading artists’ reflections on their process always buoys my faith in humanity, so if you find yourself in the studio this weekend, I want to hear about it! — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | | |
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| | The Muppets have always encouraged us to express our feelings, right? Well, this song expresses our feelings about the terrible things happening right now. | Coco Fusco |
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| | | Institutions across the United States are collecting birthday wishes for the nation’s 250th anniversary. They paint a picture of a divided but desperately hopeful country. | Valentina Di Liscia |
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| | | “Gardening keeps me preoccupied as my ideas continue to germinate.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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| | | This week: Coney Island’s mermaid parade, medical museums rethink their collections, anthropologists and curvy statues, a baby yak named Burrito, and more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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TOP POSTS THIS JUNE | | | Artists and photographers immortalized the moment, countering the normalization of state violence with a clear picture of dissent. | Valentina Di Liscia |
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| | After sending the National Guard to quell demonstrations, the president’s next move could be dispatching Marines to the country’s second-largest city. | Isa Farfan |
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| | Mads Mikkelsen from Norway told Hyperallergic that he was mistreated by border agents and accused of possessing drug paraphernalia. | Isa Farfan |
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| | Questionable curatorial choices seem intended to prevent critical discussion in a major survey at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory. | Hakim Bishara |
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| | It’s a story about power, leverage, and fear during the first Trump administration, and also about the potential for solidarity and love in the second. | Laura Raicovich |
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TRANSITIONS | | Ranti Ba is now represented by James Cohan Gallery.
Michael Dickins was appointed director of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston School of the Arts.
Heather Gerken was named president of the Ford Foundation.
Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento were appointed curators of the 2027 Sharjah Biennial.
Julian Hobba was named executive director of Adelaide Festival in Adelaide, Australia.
Mark Jenkins was appointed to the board of the Morgan Library and Museum. Brook Berlind and Susan Jaffe Tane were named life trustees.
Anastasia Kinigopoulo was appointed curator of modern and contemporary art at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Kate Moomaw-Taylor was named chief conservator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Youssef Nabil is now represented by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.
Sarah F. Perot was elected as trustee at the National Gallery of Art.
Brandon Reintjes was named director of the Missoula Art Museum in Missoula, Montana.
John Townsend was appointed to the board of trustees at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Laura West was named the inaugural director of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
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