This week we lost a trailblazer in Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.
This week we lost a trailblazer in Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. The artist, an enrolled Salish member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation who passed away at 85 on January 24, was a tireless advocate for Native artists and rights, mixing humor and critique in her sociopolitical artworks. In other news, the Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art have agreed to comply with Trump’s orders to ban federally funded DEI programs, and artist Ai Weiwei responds to AI chatbot DeepSeek’s silence on China's suppression of dissent. But don’t despair — we also learned that The Louvre plans to devote an entire room to the Mona Lisa. Our news team imagined how it could look. In reviews, AX Mina visits an annual exhibition supporting local businesses in Chinatown, while John Yau discusses the “ascetic sensuality” of artist Myron Stout. Meanwhile, Nancy Zastudil takes us into the historic Fechin House in New Mexico and I headed north to see a dazzling installation by Sonia Boyce in Toronto. Make sure to read our excerpt from Imani Perry’s new book Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, a complex and thoughtful look at the color blue and its role in Black history. You’ll be glad you made time for this beautiful study. And learn about underrepresented craft histories and artists from our 2024 Craft Archive Fellows, organized in collaboration with the Center for Craft. The first three essays in this series of fascinating histories are online now. Happy reading! — Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor | |
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| | | Manet’s portrait of Jeanne Duval reveals how racism trains us to see colors in particular and sometimes contradictory ways. | Imani Perry |
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CRAFT HISTORIES | | | | Jonkonnu is not just a festival, but a living archive of intersectional Black life that can only be brought to life through those willing to preserve it. | Denali Jöel
There is more to the history of H. Wilson and Co. Pottery and related sites than folklore holds. | Earline Green
How did three humble cabins in an old oak forest in Kentucky in 1898 evolve into a thriving textile arts community today? | Jenna Richards and Michelle Amos | | | | The 2024 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin. |
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SPONSORED | | | | Indigenous artists offer perspectives on the art of Chicagoland in this new exhibition at The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. Learn more |
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LATEST REVIEWS | | | | Shimmering with color and sound, her exhibition Feeling Her Way at the Art Gallery of Ontario feels both expansive and enveloping. | Natalie Haddad
Stout achieved an ascetic sensuality in his geometric abstractions, a paradoxical synthesis of restraint and hedonism that is unmatched by any of his contemporaries. | John Yau
By creating still life photographs from the everyday items of a historic Taos family, Zimmerman inserts herself and viewers into the personal history of others. | Nancy Zastudil
In an already trying year, the art in From Chinatown, With Love is a reminder that community will help us get through the tremendous challenges. | AX Mina |
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IN & OUTSIDE NYC | | | | The exhibition-as-memoir of Linda Griggs, a group show as history lesson, Odili Donald Odita’s vibrant abstractions, and more. | Taliesin Thomas
A new list released by the Department of Cultural Affairs highlights dozens of free or pay-what-you-wish museums and institutions. | Rhea Nayyar
At 68th Street–Hunter College station, a new trio of mosaics by professor Lisa Corinne Davis is a dizzying exploration of the art of cartography. | Isa Farfan |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | | Hyperallergic looks back at the visual expressions that defined the movement as Palestinians return to the devastated region after a temporary ceasefire deal. | Isa Farfan and Rhea Nayyar
Why aren’t galleries supposed to issue 1099s to their artists? And what should you do if they send you one? | Hannah Cole
Donald Trump’s move to revive “traditional” architecture in federal buildings betrays his ignorance of its elitist roots. | Katherine Keladis
With a new museum slated to open this spring, Svay Sareth and Yim Maline of the Blue Art Center want young Cambodians to experience art as a path to freedom. | M. T. Anderson and Erin L. Thompson
The calligrapher, illustrator, and mother to Andy Warhol lived with her son in New York City for decades, supporting and even collaborating with him on artistic projects. | Ed Simon
This week: Celia Paul’s transportive brush, yoga-washing, the mythology of American orphanhood, one grandma’s Lunar New Year photoshoot, the science of laughter, and more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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