If you were looking for more proof that nothing is sacred anymore, check this out: The oldest-known marble tablet of the Ten Commandments is heading to auction at Sotheby's.
If you were looking for more proof that nothing is sacred anymore, check this out: The oldest-known marble tablet of the Ten Commandments is heading to auction at Sotheby’s. That’s not even the worst part. It was also used as a paving stone for 30 years. Staff Reporter Rhea Nayyar has more exciting details below.
In other news, San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum announces a “sabbatical” for at least one year to address its financial woes, while pro-Palestine activists protest outside a World Jewish Congress gala at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
Also today, sociologist Erin E. O’Connor on how Hurricane Helene’s disruption of mining activity in North Carolina affected the field of glass art, war and diaspora in the work of late artist Yong Soon Min, Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg’s homage to trees in a Los Angeles exhibition, and the second installment of Noah Fischer’s comics series about the artists and activists fighting for housing affordability in NYC. And there’s more, as usual.
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| | | One activist was taken into custody during the action, which targeted the organization’s support for Israel amid its attacks on Gaza. | Isa Farfan |
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LATEST REVIEWS | | | | An exhibition showcases the late artist’s lifelong commitment to considering the relationship between the unremitting Korean War and her own diasporic identity. | Sigourney Schultz |
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| | | Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg pay homage to the ongoing human quest for knowledge by documenting its evolution through timelines inscribed in fallen tree fragments. | David S. Rubin |
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| | | | The apparent humor in Wurm’s current retrospective in Vienna camouflages a cultural and historical pessimism that recurs in his art. | Andrea Scrima |
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MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC | | | | Studio glass practitioners pride themselves on rejecting industry, but the cyclone laid bare the movement’s entwinement with mining. | Erin E. O’Connor |
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| | | | Meet the artists, activists, and organizers on the front lines of the housing justice movement in New York City. Part two of a series. | Noah Fischer |
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Russian painter of angels | Washington Post Frank Auerbach (1931–2024)
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British animator and illustrator | Guardian Walter Dahn (1954–2024)
German photographer, painter, and sound artist | Sprüth Magers Bruce Degen (1945–2024)
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Tajik artist, writer, and critic | Hyperallergic Judith Jamison (1943–2024)
Dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Philadelphia Inquirer Benedict Rubbra (1938–2024)
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