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September 14, 2022 β’ View in browserGood morning. π€οΈ If you happen upon the southeast entrance of New York's Central Park these days, you'll encounter a massive sculpture depicting 23 children sprouting from a woman's body. The work, titled "Ancestor," is by artist Bharti Kher and draws from Hindu and Buddhist motifs. What I like most about this sculpture is that it's different from the outdated bronzes we're used to seeing in Central Park. It's also better. Today we also pay tribute to Jean-Luc Godard, the legendary film director who died at 91 by assisted suicide, examine how artists are being pushed off Instagram, investigate how energy companies are threatening Indigenous rock art in Utah, and lots more. β Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor Artists Tell Instagram: We're Done!Artists are resorting to platforms like Onlyfans and Pornhub to show work that was banned from the social media network. | Emma Shapiro SPONSORED Diane Arbus, On View at David Zwirner's 20th Street GalleryDavid Zwirner and Fraenkel Gallery are pleased to present Cataclysm: The 1972 Diane Arbus Retrospective Revisited. Organized to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the artist's retrospective at MoMA, New York, Cataclysm underscores the subversive poignancy of Arbus's work even today while highlighting the popular and critical upheaval the original exhibition precipitated. LATEST NEWS FBI art crime investigators pose with pieces of a 2,000-year-old Italian mosaic that they helped return to the country. (all photos courtesy the FBI) A 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic returns to Italy thanks to an anonymous tip and some intensive efforts on behalf of the FBIβs Art Crimes division. Jean-Luc Godard, one of the key filmmakers of the French New Wave, died yesterday, September 13, at 91.SPONSORED Affordable Art Fair NYC Introduces Programs Committed to Next-Generation Arts OrganizationsA new pilot fellowship program will grant New York City Tri-State arts organizations an opportunity to showcase their communityβs work. Learn more. HISTORIES & PUBLIC ART Bharti Kher's Monumental "Ancestor" Sculpture Watches Over Central ParkThe artist says her sculpture of a mother figure, located at the southeast entrance of the park, represents βa guide to search and honor our past histories.β | Elaine Velie Fred Wilson Summons Ghosts of the Past to Confront the Racism of the PresentWilson's installation challenges not just outwardly violent historical figures but subtle colonial aesthetics still embedded in the cityβs more liberal public monuments. | Billy Anania SPONSORED Rebecca Ward: distance to venus Opens at SITE Santa FeBrooklyn-based artist Rebecca Ward explores the landscape of queer motherhood in a new solo exhibition at New Mexicoβs SITE Santa Fe. Read more. The Real Story Behind Banksyβs βParkingβ Mural in LAMuch coverage of the upcoming sale of the building that houses the mural portrays it as a covert intervention into the urban fabric, but the reality, like most things Banksy, is more complicated. | Matt Stromberg SPONSORED Tate Online Conference Presents Research on Artwork, Archive, and RecordFocusing on the conservation and management of contemporary art, particularly works that unfold over time, the conference wraps on September 16 with a performance by Guillermo GΓ³mez-PeΓ±a. Learn more. ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC Energy Interests in Utah Threaten βWorldβs Longest Art GalleryβSince the discovery of natural gas reserves near Nine Mile Canyon two decades ago, conservationists have found themselves at odds with regional energy companies. | Scotti Hill SPONSORED The Otherworldly Work of the Transcendental Painting Group Opens at the Crocker Art MuseumNow on view in Sacramento, this traveling exhibition explores an oft-overlooked group of 20th-century artists who pursued spiritual illumination in the American Southwest. Learn more. Miami, Chonga Girls, and Claiming an Aesthetics of ExcessAuthor Jillian Hernandez theorizes the intersecting formations of gender, class, and race in relation to the self-presentation of Black and Latina women and girls. | Alicia Eler Marina AbramoviΔ, Mobs, and the Cult of the HeroThe internet can be a crucible for both cruelty and the complexities of trying to counter it. What if we let the heroes stay dead? | A. V. Marraccini Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberMOST POPULAR The Misgendering of Joan of Arc52 Artists Challenges the Meaning of "Women's Art"Nan Goldin Documentary Wins Top Prize at VeniceBird Photographer of the Year Winners Capture Feathered WondersTrue Stories From the Armory Show
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