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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?” View in browser | hyperallergic.comJanuary 24, 2020Judy Chicago’s Collaboration With Dior Is Beautiful, but Its Feminist Ambitions Are QuestionableJudy 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 BenderThe Unbridled, Exceptional Techniques of Nicolas MoufarregeIt’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 RodneyAn 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 BoydNewsAmy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley’s Portraits of the Obamas Get a National TourStarting 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 TightensThe 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 ComplaintAt 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 CompletelyThe 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 $2.5MAlso, 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 WorldThe festival’s program is especially robust this year, featuring films about the Hong Kong protests, abortion helpline volunteers, and more. Susannah GruderMoMA’s Dave Kehr on Film Preservation and Why There’s Never Enough MoneyThe veteran critic and curator speaks to Hyperallergic about the museum’s festival of film restoration and the changing tides in the field. Vikram MurthiMost Popular on HyperallergicA Nightmarish Restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece Wool Go Down in Meme HistoryActress Ellen Barkin Reveals She Was Assaulted by Carl Andre in the Late '70sHans Haacke Gets Hacked by Activists at the New MuseumHow Did Famous Creative People Spend Their Days?An Art Movement Unapologetic About Love and PleasureComics from the archive...Neanderthals Were Artists TooThe discovery of the oldest cave paintings thus found suggests that Neanderthals may have been the first artists on Earth. Jack SjogrenGet the latest film reviews more from Hyperallergic Forward this newsletter to a friend! If this email was forwarded to you, click here to subscribe |
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