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September 30, 2021 • View in browserGood morning. 🌤️ Today, a lock of Beethoven’s hair is among the treasures being showcased by the New York Public Library, two mermaid museums emerge in the US, and John Yau writes about the current Philip Guston exhibition in New York. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief Philip Guston’s Unblinking EyeI cannot think of another American artist who went as far as Guston did without a safety net. | John Yau SPONSORED Field RecordingsGeary presents an exhibition of paintings by Alan Prazniak, in Manhattan and Millerton, New York. I’m after a critical pointlessness, the odd way through a composition without a center. To understand how the quietest part of the painting is as vital as the loudest, and the small ways that they’re held together. WHAT'S HAPPENING New danger to underwater life as medical waste used during the pandemic reaches the seas. Şebnem Coşkun is among the winners of the Nature Conservancy's 2021 photo contest, featuring images of landscape, wildlife, people, and water. Both self-funded women-led projects, two mermaid museums emerge at opposite ends of the United States. LATEST IN ART Neglected 20th-Century Women Photographers Begin to Get Their DueThe exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum aims to move beyond Euro-American historical narrative. | Julia Curl SPONSORED At Haverford College, an Exhibition Inspired by a 19th-century Uyghur PoemIn The Contest of the Fruits, the art collective Slavs and Tatars investigates language, politics, religion, humor, resilience, and resistance in a pluralistic world. Learn more. Adventure and Spirituality Collide in Joseph E. Yoakum’s Visionary ArtYoakum had said repeatedly that the drawings were “spiritual unfoldments,” meaning that faith guided his patterns and passages. | Debra Brehmer Pulling the Caribbean into Conceptual FocusThe exhibition, The Other Side of the Pentaprism, looks at the ways that Bahamians and the greater Caribbean culture sees itself. | Seph Rodney ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC A New Documentary Explores the Life of Unheralded Civil Rights Activist Pauli MurrayFilmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen talk to Hyperallergic about Murray’s archives and holding themselves accountable as white women biographing a Black figure. | Bedatri D. Choudhury SPONSORED New Arts Faculty at SMFA at Tufts Boost the Curriculum’s Social Justice PerspectivesA group of 10 renowned interdisciplinary artists and educators have joined the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University as full-time faculty. Learn more. A Lock of Beethoven’s Hair and Maya Angelou’s Papers Are Among NYPL’s TreasuresThe exhibition, on view for the next 75 years, features 250 rare items from the library's collection. | Valentina Di Liscia How the Art Writing Program at SVA Thrived for 16 YearsIt took five years to build the program I envisioned. My only real model for such an endeavor was something called the Poetics Program in San Francisco. | David Levi Strauss IN OUR STORE Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth AsawaIn this compelling biography, author Marilyn Chase brings Ruth Asawa's story to life, drawing on her extensive archives and weaving together many voices — family, friends, teachers, and critics — to offer a complex and fascinating portrait of the sculptor. Join Our CommunityBecome a Hyperallergic Member and join over 5,000 readers committed to sustaining independent arts journalism. Become a MemberIN MEMORIAM Shan Gray (1956-2021) Sarah Belchetz-Swenson (1938–2021) Melvin Van Peebles (1932–2021) Alemayehu Eshete (1941–2021) Pee Wee Ellis (1941–2021) MOST POPULAR Danish Artist Runs Away With Museum's Cash and Calls It ArtFinding Zinat Mahal, the Last Dowager Empress of Mughal IndiaThe Rich History of Women in Design, From 1900 to NowA Washed-up Porn Star Wreaks Trumpian Mayhem in His HometownFor Inspiration, Betye Saar Turns to Her Doll Collection
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