January 24, 2020
Judy Chicago’s Collaboration With Dior Is Beautiful, but Its Feminist Ambitions Are Questionable
Judy Chicago’s collaboration with the fashion house, a runway-installation called The Female Divine, includes a woven catwalk carpet and 21 banners embroidered with questions including “What if Women Ruled the World?”
Abbey Bender
The Unbridled, Exceptional Techniques of Nicolas Moufarrege
It’s not just that Moufarrege broke rules key to representational fidelity; he did it so elegantly that the rules thereafter seem like arbitrary ways of holding back a sensibility best left unrestrained.
Seph Rodney
An Art Fair Where You can Buy a Steer and a Painting in the Same Venue
“It’s not cowboy art, it’s not parlor art, it is a nuanced view of the American landscape,” said one artist at the Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale, where collectors gather see art that connects them to a person, a memory, or a community they value.
Kealey Boyd
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Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley’s Portraits of the Obamas Get a National Tour
Starting in June 2021, the official portraits of Michelle and Barack Obama will leave the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC to tour five cities across the country.
A Chinese Independent Film Festival Shutters “Indefinitely” As Government Censorship Tightens
The country’s largest independent film festival, China Independent Film Festival, announced, “We believe it is impossible to locally organise a film festival with a purely independent spirit.”
Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO Apologizes for Mishandling of Sexual Misconduct Complaint
At a town hall meeting with staffers, the museum’s CEO Timothy Rub promised to follow his words with improved actions, but some workers find his statements terse and insufficient.
Ancient Utah Rock Art at Risk of Disappearing Completely
The federal government rejected the nomination of ancient Moab-area rock art to the National Register of Historic Places. The team of archaeologists plans to resubmit the sites for listing on the registry, though it will take thousands of hours and significant manpower.
Museu de Arte São Paulo Acquires 296 Artworks by Women; Howard University Receives Donation Worth $2.5M
Also, the Getty Museum purchased a Joseph Wright of Derby painting after the UK failed to find a buyer, the Aaron Siskind Foundation donated over 8,000 photographs to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and more.
Sundance’s Documentary Shorts Offer Brief but Powerful Glimpses Around the World
The festival’s program is especially robust this year, featuring films about the Hong Kong protests, abortion helpline volunteers, and more.
Susannah Gruder
MoMA’s Dave Kehr on Film Preservation and Why There’s Never Enough Money
The veteran critic and curator speaks to Hyperallergic about the museum’s festival of film restoration and the changing tides in the field.
Vikram Murthi
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