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September 3, 2021 • View in browserTGIF, right? We've got you covered this long weekend with a mix of fun, light, and reported pieces. Don't miss Matt Stromberg's profile of Ron Athey and his irreverent and heartfelt performances. And Hyperallergic's editor in chief, Hrag Vartanian, doesn't beat around the bush when he says, "Kaws is terrible." — Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor Ron Athey, Transgressive Performance ArtistThe Los Angeles-based artist gets his first major US museum show after working on the cultural fringes for decades. | Matt Stromberg SPONSORED 3 Days of Endless Discoveries from Renowned International Galleries at The Armory ShowEncounter artworks from the most exciting modern and contemporary artists, September 10-12 at the Javits Center, the new home of The Armory Show at 429 11th Avenue. Buy your timed tickets today and use promo code "hyper” for a 25% discount exclusively for Hyperallergic readers. LATEST IN ART A Resplendent Self-portrait by Tourmaline Enters Getty CollectionIn “Summer Azure,” Tourmaline rockets upward into a cloudy blue sky, holding an astronaut helmet to her head. | Cassie Packard Marcia Schvartz Paints Argentina’s UnseenSchvartz paints an unflinching portrait of the working class, of barrio culture, of women involved in the innocent yet staunchly political act of simply being. | Valentina Di Liscia Kaws Is Terrible, But Thankfully ForgettableNo one encompasses that soulless supersizing of pop culture as clearly as Kaws. | Hrag Vartanian MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC The Photographers Who Captured Russia on the Eve of Its RevolutionSergey Prokudin-Gorsky and Maxim Dmitriev documented drastically different facets of Russia in the late 1800s and early 1900s. | Billy Anania The Missed Queerness of The Green Knight AdaptationWe should be able to see on the big screen just how badass, freethinking, and intercultural the premodern world really was. | Tamar Boyadjian Opportunities in September 2021From collaborative grants to open calls and experimental residencies, a list of opportunities that artists, writers, and art workers can apply for this month. Support HyperallergicSign up and join a community over 5,000 readers committed to sustaining independent arts writing. Become a MemberIN OUR STORE Network of Above SocksStep into a work of art with these seamless combed cotton socks featuring Wassily Kandinsky's "Network of above" (1927). MOST POPULAR A COVID-19 Mask That Kills the Virus? Scientists Say YesWhat “All the Rapes in the Met Museum” Tell Us About Sexual Violence in Art HistoryComputer-Generated New Yorker Cartoons Are Delightfully WeirdDrake's Next Album Cover Is Comically Bad — and Designed by Damien HirstAlice Neel Didn't Work Alone
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