Happy Monday! ☂️ Arts leaders are calling for senior executives at Americans for the Arts to resign,
| Happy Monday! ☂️ Arts leaders are calling for senior executives at Americans for the Arts to resign, how scientists are misusing portraiture, and US Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has blocked bipartisan legislation to establish two new Smithsonian museums dedicated to Latino Americans and American women.And I want to make sure you didn’t miss this excellent article by Cassie Packard about how Swann Galleries in New York has helped to build a market for African American art in the auction world. I remember attending some of the earlier sales just to see the work, but never imagined it would be as influential as it is today.– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief | |
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| How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture |
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| | Detail of Leonardo da Vinci, “Salvator Mundi,” (photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Many scientific studies assume that painted faces are factual representations of the flesh-and-blood countenances to which they refer. This assumption is not only false; it is preposterous, write Yael Rice and Sonja Drimmer in a new piece.They continue:A portrait, like any other kind of art, is the product of intersecting demands and desires. It is governed by the goals of the patron, the preferences of the artist, representational norms of a given time and place, the expectations of the anticipated audience, and its intended location and function. |
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