How can galleries and museums successfully negotiate relationships of power? Farah Nayeri’s "Takedown" takes us through. More this week: the rise of studio photography in East Africa, pictures of the supernatural, and San Francisco's shadowy past.
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November 14, 2022 If art is power, as Farah Nayeri’s Takedown consistently shows, then how can galleries and museums successfully negotiate relationships of power? | David Carrier SPONSORED MUSES & AGENCY Ruth Millington tells the story of the women (and nine men) who have been portrayed in various paintings considered “masterpieces.” | Hall W. Rockerfeller Isolde Brielmaier’s book I Am Sparkling illustrates how Parekh’s studio became a place for sitters to assert their agency in a changing world. | Mallory Cohen Become a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a Member ECHOES ON FILM Mimi Plumb’s photos of 1980s and ’90s San Francisco look at the dissonance between an expanding metropolis and its surrounding environment. | Zach Ritter Shannon Taggart’s book SÈANCE pictures the supernatural occurrences in the lives of Spiritualists, seekers, mediums, and other occult practitioners. | Sarah Rose Sharp |
