| Good morning. At a time when our perception of our own identity is so fraught, when endlessly replicated digital avatars prevent us from truly seeing ourselves, the self-portraits of Celia Paul are a haven of clarity and introspection. The British artist known for rendering womanhood, grief, and the sea with equal poignancy says in a new monograph that “painting myself might be like coming home.” Writer and art historian Eliza Goodpasture dives into the publication, which spans five decades of Paul’s work. In the news, the Rhode Island School of Design orders the relocation of a public student art show that included pro-Palestine works to a private building, and a long-unseen Klimt painting of a West African prince resurfaces at an art fair in the Netherlands. Also today, friends and colleagues remember Dorgham Qreiqea, a Palestinian muralist and human rights advocate killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Don’t miss A View From the Easel, Required Reading, and more, below. — Valentina Di Liscia, News Editor | | |
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 | | A new monograph brings the artist’s life into focus as she returns to the same subjects again and again: the women in her family, the British Museum, and the sea. | Eliza Goodpasture |
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ART & MORE |  | | While other Bay Area spaces have silenced Palestinian artists or remained silent themselves, a show at SOMArts Cultural Center asks visitors to take a stand. | Max Blue |
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|  | | This week: The forgotten Bloomsbury artist, Margo Jefferson’s incisive criticism, Elon Musk’s daughter speaks out, the benefits of thinking about aliens, mental health coffees, and more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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HYPERALLERGIC HIGHLIGHTS |  | | “He brings in that random, specific, accidental character of the world, and then he makes it feel like there’s some kind of order to it,” says Friedrich expert Joseph Leo Koerner. | Natalie Haddad |
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|  | | Just like Caspar David Friedrich and the Romanticists, we live in anxious times and hunger for a touch of the sublime. | Hakim Bishara |
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TRANSITIONS | | Keith Sonderling was appointed acting head of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read more on Hyperallergic.
Marina Adams is now represented by Timothy Taylor gallery in collaboration with Thomas Schulte and von Bartha galleries.
The Estate of Young-Il Ahn is now represented by Perrotin gallery.
Stephanie DeVaan and Rafael Soldi were appointed to the board of trustees at the Frye Art Museum.
Maud Page was appointed director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, taking over the role from Michael Brand.
Anna Park is now represented by Lehmann Maupin in collaboration with BLUM gallery.
Precious Okoyomon is now represented byGladstone gallery in collaboration with Mendes Wood DM.
Charles Wylie was appointed curator of photography at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | | Arpita Akhanda won the 2025 Sovereign Asian Art Prize from the Sovereign Art Foundation.
Eric Fischl and April Gornik won the 2025 Medal of Honor for Fine Arts from the National Arts Club.
Sharon X. Liu was selected for the Asymmetry Curatorial fellowship from Asymmetry in London and SculptureCenter in Queens.
Daniela Rivera, L’Merchie Frazier, and Wen-ti Tsen received the inaugural Wagner Arts Fellowship from the Wagner Foundation.
Pétur Thomsen won the Icelandic Art Center’s 2025 Icelandic Art Prize. |
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