October 22, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, Judy Chicago’s troll cloud engulfs a crowd, NYU acquires 200 works by downtown artists, and Seph Rodney reviews Dawoud Bey.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Did Judy Chicago Just Troll Us?

For most of the audience of “Forever de Young” the first brilliant puffs of smoke quickly blended into an evil-smelling, enveloping orange-green tarnish cloud. | Larissa Archer

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The Mandala Lab Opens at the Rubin Museum

Discover the power of transforming difficult emotions in an interactive space for social, emotional, and ethical learning. Learn more.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

Deborah Kass, Jim and Joe, 1993. Silkscreen on canvas, 40 x 55 in. Cottrell-Lovett Collection. Promised gift, NYU Art Collection (courtesy of Grey Art Gallery, NYU)

200 works by prominent New York artists have been acquired by the Grey Art Gallery at NYU.

The Laundromat Project will be distributing $50k to five POC-led organizations through their “People-Powered Challenge” campaign.

The Ford Foundation invests $50M in their Global Fellowship program with the intention of supporting 240 leaders over the next 10 years.

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New Exhibitions at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Highlight Work by Indigenous Artists

Art by Athena LaTocha, Wendy Red Star, Marianne Nicolson, Anita Fields, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith & Neal Ambrose-Smith, and more is on view through January 2022. Learn more.

BEYOND ART

The Voices Dawoud Bey Hears

Unless you were already familiar with Bey's documentary work, the horror he refers to might not be recognizable to you. | Seph Rodney

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Wrightwood 659 Conjures Long-lost Icons of American Architecture

Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright memorializes Chicago’s Garrick Theatre and Buffalo’s Larkin Building, which were razed to build a parking lot and a truck stop. Learn more.

Shimon Attie Resurrects “Hitler on Ice” With Afro-Brazilian Dance

The intention behind the seemingly bizarre combination was, according to Attie, “to give visual form to the shared American and Brazilian reality of nationalistic divisions that defines our political present.” | Luke Williams

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The School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois Offers Fully Funded Grad Programs

Significant financial support packages come in the form of fellowships and graduate appointments, which include tuition waivers and stipends. Learn more.

Beer With a Painter: Janice Nowinski

“I am trying to keep the immediacy of my emotional experience while I’m painting.” | Jennifer Samet

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Minneapolis College of Art and Design Launches Online Master’s Degree in Creative Leadership

This master of arts degree complements MCAD’s graduate programs in fine arts, sustainable design, and graphic and web design. Learn more.

The Cerebral Art of Wrestling

Wrestling is less a physical act than a psychological space in Mark Yang’s paintings. | Natalie Haddad

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AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Cameron Granger, Jacob Mason-Macklin, and Qualeasha Wood were named participants in the Studio Museum’s 2021–22 Artist-in-Residence program.

Misha Ilin was announced as the Fall Artist-Organizer-in-Residence of Washington Project for the Arts.

TRANSITIONS

Jared Katz was appointed associate curator of the Americas and Africa of the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame.

Ming Smith is now represented by Nicola Vassell Gallery.

Drew Thompson was appointed associate professor of visual culture and Black studies at the Bard Graduate Center and Bard College.

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