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February 1, 2022 β’ View in browserGood morning. π€οΈ Today, RISD students design outfits for astronauts, the graphic novel Maus is a bestseller again after a Tennessee school board voted to ban it, and check out our guides to the best art shows in NYC and LA this month. And join us tonight (Tuesday, February 1, at 7 pm EST) for our conversation with La Tanya S. Autry, the second recipient of the Emily H. Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators. We will be discussing why curation is not neutral, what we should consider when we think about curating images of marginalized communities, and much more. RSVP is free and required. Also, I wanted to share that last month we had the highest traffic ever at Hyperallergic with over two million readers. Thank you to you, our readers and members, for your continued support of the publication and our mission to bring you independent reporting, opinions, and reviews that keep you informed about art today. The best is yet to come. β Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief Smithsonian Offers Jeff Bezos Unusual Naming Rights with $200MA written agreement between the two sides lacks a βMorals Clause,β barring the museum from removing the billionaireβs name if scandal hits. | Jasmine Liu IN OTHER NEWS RISD students design microgravity socks, footwear, and other utilitarian apparel for NASA astronauts. Sales of Art Spiegelmanβs graphic novel Maus on Amazon have soared since news emerged about its banning in Tennessee last week. Nearly 200 workers at the American Museum of Natural History move to unionize, citing COVID-19 safety and compensation among their top concerns. SPONSORED The Morgan Library & Museum Presents Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poetβs Work In CommunityNow on view in New York City, this exhibition celebrates the life and work of American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win a Pulitzer Prize. Learn more. HAPPENING TONIGHT Beholding Black Lives & Curating With Care: A Conversation With La Tanya S. Autry, Cultural Organizer and CuratorJoin us tonight at 7 pm (EST) for a special event with La Tanya S. Autry as she discusses her curatorial project Beholding, Black World Making and her Hyperallergic email exhibition, which will feature behind-the-scenes reflections on the projectβs development alongside work by artist Sheila Pree Bright. The conversation will explore Black peopleβs modes of defying ongoing precarity while loving one another, focusing in particular on artist images and information, activism and organizing, and scholarship rooted in Black liberation and anti-colonial pedagogies. SPONSORED The National Portrait Gallery Announces New Online Programs to Kick Off 2022Upcoming PORTAL lectures will explore topics like abolitionism and the representation of women in science through the lens of portraiture. Register to attend the next program on February 8. Learn more. FEBURARY ART GUIDES In New York, lend an ear to a sonic fusion of orchestral music and noise from a concrete plant, watch furniture spring to life in protest or pleasure, and dance in a glittery reimagining of San Franciscoβs first Black-owned gay bar. A number of talented Los Angeles artists are having important solo shows this month, including contemporary artists EJ Hill and Ulysses Jenkins, key figures of the Chicano art movement, Carlos Almaraz and Richard Duardo, and more. NEW YORKLOS ANGELESSPONSORED Apply for Rent-free Studio Space in Brooklyn Through the Sharpe-Walentas Studio ProgramThe residency program awards 17 visual artists a year of rent-free studio space in New York City. Applications are due by February 15. Learn more. ART & MORE Mauricio Lasanskyβs βNazi Drawingsβ Confront the Unthinkable EvilLasanskyβs series drew massive crowds when it toured major museums between 1967 and 1970. | Lauren Moya Ford The Desperation and Quiet Resolve of #DayintheLife TikToksThe genre originated in the first lockdown, when we learned to entertain ourselves with β and fix our gazes on β the minutiae of daily life. | Marek Makowski Become a member today to support our independent journalism. MOST POPULAR Hannah Lee's Dreamlike RealismThe Zombie Life of Venezuelan MuseumsWaiting for the "Drop": Crypto-art and SpeedThe Politics of βSanta Fe Styleβ Modernist ArchitectureForest Lawn, the Bucolic Cemetery With an Unusual Art Collection
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