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| I’ve got good news and bad news today. The bad news: The Whitney Museum in New York City suspends its renowned Independent Study Program — and effectively sacks the program’s associate director — after facing pushback for canceling a performance about Palestinian grief. Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar has the story. The good news: Mexico City is getting a new Frida Kahlo museum, which will explore the artist’s early life and family secrets. It will be housed in her former residence in the Coyoacán neighborhood. In an illuminating opinion piece, artist Damien Davis admonishes the art world's exploitation of Black queer pain during Pride Month. He writes: “What’s being asked of Black queer artists — year after year, project after project — is to show up, offer our stories, submit our pain, perform our resilience, and trust that someone else will decide how to frame it all.” Also today: excellent art shows to see this week in New York, a special Pride Month edition of the Hyperallergic Art Crossword, and our monthly Opportunities listings for artists, writers, and art workers. — Hakim Bishara, Managing Editor | | |
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| | For many Black queer artists, Pride Month doesn't feel like a celebration. It feels like extraction. | Damien Davis |
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LATEST NEWS | | | The museum is pausing the 2025–26 iteration of the program just weeks after it canceled a performance about Palestinian mourning, sparking outrage and censorship accusations. | Rhea Nayyar |
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| | | The forthcoming Museo Casa Kahlo will intimately explore the renowned artist’s early life and familial relationships. | Isa Farfan |
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SPONSORED | | | | | The first US retrospective of Shahn’s work in nearly 50 years, highlighting the social realist artist and activist’s enduring relevance, is on view at the Jewish Museum through October 12. Learn more |
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ON VIEW IN NYC | | | Twenty-five installations explore home and all its attendant meanings, realities, and emotions, taking visitors on a meander through the minds of artists and designers. | Julie Schneider |
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| | | Lotus L. Kang, Rashid Johnson, and group exhibitions on home-making and Black style offer insight into how we forge ourselves from history. | Seph Rodney, Julie Schneider, Danielle Wu, Imani Wiliford |
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SPONSORED | | | | | At the GWU Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, the Master of Arts in Exhibition Design program graduates its final cohort. Learn more |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | Start Pride Month with clues on Inca Cola memes, Basquiat’s favorite music genres, Dictee’s author, lesbian Victorian photography, and much more. | Natan Last |
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| | | Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Grand Canyon Conservancy, the Dedalus Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers. |
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