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At a Mexico City museum, farmworker unions demanded the painting of the Mexican Revolution leader be destroyed. Their protest escalated to a clash with LGBTQ activists, amounting to violence and use of homophobic slurs. View in browser | hyperallergic.comDecember 13, 2019Farmworker Unions and LGBTQ Activists Clash Over Nude Portrait of Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano ZapataAt a Mexico City museum, farmworker unions demanded the painting of the Mexican Revolution leader be destroyed. Their protest escalated to a clash with LGBTQ activists, amounting to violence and use of homophobic slurs. Valentina Di LisciaBest of 2019: Our Top 20 United States Art ShowsOur favorite US shows of 2019, brought to you by the writers and editors of Hyperallergic. An Artist Activates Histories Through MemoryIn Zineb Sedira’s work, archival material is not dead and past, but is active, suggesting that there is no such thing as “frozen in time.” Ksenia M. SobolevaThe Directors Mixing Fact and Fiction at the Forefront of New Chilean CinemaIn a charged political moment, hybrid documentaries speak to Chilean identity and struggle better than any other form of filmmaking. Jaime GrijalbaSPONSOREDDeadline Extended! CAA Annual Conference Early Registration ends 12/18he CAA Annual Conference returns to Chicago, February 12-15, 2020. Attend over 300 sessions and professional development workshops, as well as dozens of receptions, parties, and special tours at local museums and cultural institutions. Register now to lock in the lowest rate! NewsAs TikTok’s Popularity Rises, Concerns Arise Over App’s Censorship and SecurityThe app is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, which has been accused of censoring users for posting content about issues including the persecution of Uighur Muslims and Hong Kong. Maurizio Cattelan’s Banana Sold Three Editions Before It Was Eaten; Rijksmuseum Receives 24 Mapplethorpe PhotosAlso, the top-grossing painting at Art Basel Miami Beach was a Marc Chagall sold by Hammer Galleries for over $2 million, and more. Purple Rain and She’s Gotta Have It Among 2019 Picks for National Film RegistrySince 1988, the National Film Registry has added an annual set of 25 films in order to “ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America’s film heritage.” Dalit Musicians Are Playing A New TuneThrough their music, artists like Ginni Mahi and The Casteless Collective have protested the ways Dalits have been maltreated and marginalized in Hindu culture, often called “untouchables.” SPONSOREDapexart Announces Winners of Its Latest NYC Open Call for 2020-21Four proposals were selected from 512 submissions, rated by over 400 jurors who cast over 14,000 votes. The winners will be presented as part of the organization’s 2020-21 Exhibition Season. A Look Inside Centre Pompidou’s Recent Partnership With Shanghai’s West Bund MuseumWith this collaboration, the French have a foothold in Shanghai and should focus less on disseminating “expertise” and more on opportunities to learn. Andrew StookeAbraham Cruzvillegas’s Sculptures Echo the Precariousness of PlaceCruzvillegas’s forms embody the precariousness and hope, if not the danger, of contemporary notions of borders, and the forces at work that make them porous or impenetrable. Laura RaicovichSPONSOREDEbony G. Patterson, Jill Downen, Lavar Munroe, and Adrian Cox Earned MFAs From WashU. You Could, Too.The Sam Fox School’s MFA in Visual Art program is a dynamic environment where emerging artists thrive. Join us. Apply by February 3, 2020. A Master Class in Frustration: Notes on Cunningham From a Critic and Dance LoverI’ve studied dance nearly my whole life. I understand well the ways it can be inscrutable and transcendent. More often than not, the new documentary reveals how little dance is understood, and the pitfalls of trying to represent it. Laila PedroMost Popular on HyperallergicBest of 2019: Our Top NYC Art ShowsBest of 2019: Our Top 20 Los Angeles Art ShowsA Question Artists HateMemes and Banannigans From Art Basel Miami BeachIt’s Official, Classic Blue Is the Color of 2020Comics from the archive...The Once-Mystical Energy of San Francisco’s Art and Poetry SceneRevisiting the work of Jess, Robert Duncan, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who just turned 100 years old. Nathan GelgudForward this newsletter to a friend! If this email was forwarded to you, click here to subscribe |
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