If you thought Christianity was always averse to queer people and art, think again.
If you thought Christianity was always averse to queer people and art, think again. In fact, it was quite the opposite until the 19th century, historian Katherine Kelaidis explains in an illuminating piece today. It’s worth your time. In the news, Philadelphia’s defunct University of the Arts files for bankruptcy, while a Michigan art dealer is sentenced to prison for swindling elderly collectors. Also, check out the Filipino cafe that took “hole in the wall” to the next level. There’s more, including our Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang on an exhibition featuring Asian artists from Latin America and the Caribbean, Olivia McEwan on a show of unsung women painters at Tate Britain, Shameekia Shantel Johnson on a new book charting the places that shaped Malcolm X’s life and views, and much more. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor | |
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| | | Contrary to what tradwives might have you think, the church was once a safe haven from anti-queerness. | Katherine Kelaidis |
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IN THE NEWS | | | A Michigan art dealer accused of swindling seniors out of $1.6M in a photography consignment scheme has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison. UArts has filed for bankruptcy, just a few month after the college abruptly announced it would shutter its doors due to a perilous financial state. The Imam Ali Religious Arts Museum in Tehran, Iran, is missing 30 paintings after they were lent out for an offsite exhibition that reportedly never happened. |
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LATEST IN ART | | | | What’s clear in Now You See Us is that the artists were excluded from the canon because of sociopolitical factors, not artistic merit. | Olivia McEwan |
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SPONSORED | | | | Apply for this annual competition and festival that transforms Lake City, South Carolina, into a living art gallery. Learn more |
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| | | The Appearance at New York’s Americas Society succeeds in showcasing art by Asian artists in Latin America and the Caribbean without essentializing their identities. | Lisa Yin Zhang |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | | A new essay collection contextualizes the activist’s life through the physical spaces that nurtured him, like Yuri Kochiyama’s apartment-turned-community center. | Shameekia Shantel Johnson |
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SPONSORED | | | | The first museum exhibition for the Sacramento-based photographer showcases his bold, campy, colorful photographs. Learn more |
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| | | No doors, no windows, no seating — just drinks being passed through a gaping opening in a concrete wall. | Maya Pontone |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE | | | | We know from historical records that the female-born French saint presented as a man with short black hair. Why, then, is she so damn feminine in artistic portrayals? | Billie Anania |
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