The Ethereal Everyday of Anthony Cudahy

Good morning. ☀️ Today, Rotimi Fani-Kayode captures images of queer Black life, a visual history of a

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Good morning. ☀️Today, Rotimi Fani-Kayode captures images of queer Black life, a visual history of astrology, and a $5 find at a landfill turned out to be a recording breaking painting by David Bowie.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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The Ethereal Everyday of Anthony Cudahy Bathed in unnatural colors, Cudahy’s portraits carry an oneiric atmosphere. Sebastian Zinn

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Polish politicians sue artist-activists for creating the Atlas of Hate, an interactive map charting the country’s anti-gay zones. Originally purchased for $5 at a landfill, a David Bowie painting smashes records in recent auction.

SPONSORED Exhibitions at CCS Bard Explore Art at Its Most Intimate, Playful, and Defiant Now open in the Hudson Valley, two new exhibitions at the Hessel Museum of Art highlight the intimacy of works on paper and the under-examined Pattern and Decoration movement. Learn more.

Rotimi Fani-Kayode Captures the Abundant Glow of Black Queer Life In Tranquility of Communion, soul-stirring photographs blend Yoruba cosmologies, queer desire, and Baroque theatricality. Alexandra M. Thomas

SPONSORED UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance Presents Robin Frohardt's "The Plastic Bag Store" Designed to take place in a retail storefront, this public art installation addresses our culture of consumption and convenience through humor, puppetry, and craft. Learn more.

On Film

The 58th New York Film Festival, Now on the Big Screen With quarantine restrictions now lifted, the festival’s virtual slate from last year is now getting play in theaters. Dan Schindel

In "Working Girls," Sex Work Is Another Everyday 9–5 A restoration of Lizzie Borden’s landmark 1986 portrait of sex and labor is coming to theaters. Jourdain Searles

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