Weekend: Richard Avedon, Ahrong Kim, Caetano de Almeida

"Look closely enough, and the act of a chicken taking a step becomes a thing of majestic beauty." Eil

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“Look closely enough, and the act of a chicken taking a step becomes a thing of majestic beauty.” Eileen G'Sell writes this line in her review this weekend of the films Stray and Gunda. Though the films share a focus on the lives of animals, Eileen’s observation speaks to the depth and richness of human experience. It reminds us that, even in times of strife, beauty endures in the world.For more than 10 years Hyperallergic has offered arts coverage that brings us closer to these moments of beauty and the lasting inspiration they yield. Please consider supporting our work and becoming a member.— Natalie Haddad, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend

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Living and Working in the Korean Diaspora Ahrong Kim is a masterful ceramic sculptor whose touchstone is a young Asian woman’s head. John Yau

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Avedon's Father, My Mother, and Processing Death People say you should talk to the dying to reassure them, but words felt too pedestrian for this profound space of transition. Debra Brehmer

The Art of Looking at, and With, Animals Gunda and Stray reveal how difficult it is not to romanticize the lives of other animals. Eileen G'Sell

A Poet of Isolation and Uncertainty The poems in Jean Day’s Late Human carry a sense of having arrived at a moment when nothing feels quite right. Mark Scroggins

SPONSORED See "Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts," now in theaters and virtual cinemas Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts documents one of America’s greatest self-taught artists, born into slavery, whose work bore witness to profound social and political change spanning Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Great Migration. Traylor was the subject of a major Smithsonian retrospective in 2018.Now in theaters and virtual cinemas

The Salacious and Scholarly Poems of Yusef Komunyakaa The poet suggests his art’s highest calling isn’t truth-telling but stirring our empathic imagination. Ela Bittencourt

A Painter of Organized Chaos Brazilian artist Caetano de Almeida lets colors call to colors, and shapes to shapes, as he works his way across the painting. John Yau

Required Reading This week, the cost of competing on RuPaul’s Drag Race, “The Scream” is in solidarity with Strike MoMA, a new biography of Edward Said, and more. Hrag Vartanian

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