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October 5, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. 🌧️ Today, comedian John Oliver tells the truth about museums' shady dealings with trafficked antiquities on his late-night show (and quotes twice from Hyperallergic's reporting). It's good to see a discussion about this topic on mainstream TV. Also today, a rare masterpiece by Artemisia Gentileschi goes on view at an Oslo museum, archaeologists dig up a 2,000-year-old Hercules statue in Greece, school children react to a screening of a new film about Emmett Till, and more. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor John Oliver Roasts Museums in Episode on Looted ArtThe episode focused on Western museums’ hesitant repatriation efforts and auction houses’ questionable consignment practices. | Elaine Velie SPONSORED We Are Beside Ourselves On View Through November 18The James Gallery at CUNY and The Racial Imaginary Institute present a collaborative exhibition that explores new ways to form a “we.” Artists include Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Claudia Rankine and John Lucas, Hong-An Truong, and others. Learn more. Follow The James Gallery on Twitter and Instagram. Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., 2022, UV-laminated archival inkjet print mounted on Dibond, 18 x 32 inches, Edition 1 of 3 IN THE NEWS A team of professors and students found the statue in the ancient city of Philippi. (all images via Greek Ministry of Sports and Culture) A 2,000-year-old, “larger-than-life” Hercules statue is unearthed in Greece. San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum has enlisted actor Linda Bove to help bring artworks to a Deaf audience with a digital tour in ASL. SPONSORED Alexandre Arrechea’s Landscape and Hierarchies Features Works Inspired by Sports and NatureThis exhibition marks 20 years of Arrechea’s solo career with watercolors, sculptures, and multimedia installations created specifically for ArtYard in Frenchtown, New Jersey. Learn more. LATEST IN ART Lesser-Know Masterpiece by Artemisia Gentileschi Goes on ViewA painting now on view at the Nasjonalmuseet captures Judith and her maidservant in the moment after slaying Holofernes and before their escape, as though veritably peering out of frame. | Sarah Rose Sharp SPONSORED Apply to SVA’s MA in Curatorial PracticeThe New York-based, globally linked, and practice-focused curatorial program for professionals at the School of Visual Arts offers the opportunity to create three funded exhibitions. Learn more. The Politics of the Air We BreatheInspired by Charles Babbage’s idea of air as “atmospheric memory,” In the Air considers air as a common space that belongs to and affects the whole of humanity. | Anna Souter Peter Acheson Trades Heroism for HumilityIn an age dominated by narcissism and material excess, Acheson's anti-heroic position as an admirer of other artists should be something that we reflect upon. | John Yau SPONSORED After Three Years, Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair Returns In PersonCatch a broad range of artists, publishers, antiquarian booksellers, and more from October 13 through 16 at the fair’s historic first location in Chelsea. Learn more. MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC New Emmett Till Film Moves and Rouses NYC StudentsThe student screening of Till emphasized an important aim of the film: to educate young people about the fierce love and activism of Mamie Till-Mobley, which played no small part in igniting the Civil Rights Movement. | Jasmine Liu A View From the EaselThis week, artist studios in Harlem, Tennessee, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin SPONSORED ANNOUNCEMENTS Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil Camille Walala’s “Ice and a Slice” Takes Over XNA Airport Come Study at the University at Buffalo’s MFA and MA Programs McEvoy Foundation for the Arts Celebrates Five Years in San Francisco With Color Code Apply for the 2023 Lenore G. Tawney Fellowship at John Michael Kohler Arts Center Cranbrook Academy of Art Announces Online Conversation Series About Graduate Programs Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberMOST POPULAR Art Institute of Chicago Erased AIDS From a Label, Then Quietly Added It BackIt's Time for US Museums to Divest From Immoral IndustriesHow Disney Animation Provides a Gateway to Understanding RococoThe Fight to Save a Site-Specific Artwork in a Dumbo Luxury CondoOpportunities in October 2022
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