Weekly Welcome to our first weekly email on Saturdays! 🌤️ This week, the Met Gala memes were worth the wait, an antiques collector asks if something can be “racist and also be beautiful,” and reviews of work by Judy Baca, Shahzia Sikander, Jan Wade, Christine Borland, and more. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief Become a Member Kim Kardashian’s Balenciaga-designed body stocking reminded some of Harry Potter’s “Dementors.” SPONSORED The Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture Conversation Series continues with presentations on Hung Liu, African Methodist Episcopal aesthetics, and the Oak Flat conflict. Learn more. NEWS THIS WEEK Ancient Native American art inside Missouri's Picture Cave
(photo by Alan Cressler and courtesy of Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers) The Osage Nation decries the sale of a cave containing Native American art from over 1,000 years ago, calling the auction “truly heartbreaking.” Nate Chastain, head of product at NFT marketplace OpenSea, was asked to resign after a Twitter user posted questionable transactions from his wallet. Mexico City has backtracked its commission of contemporary artist Pedro Reyes to replace its Columbus statue. The Baltimore Museum of Art plans to reimagine itself "from scratch" through its newly announced Mellon Initiative. SPONSORED With over 170,000 original pieces starting at less than $100, this online contemporary art marketplace has something for everyone. Learn more. ART An assortment of Aunt Jemima figurines collected by Kevin Jones and presented in the Blactiquing Space The Blactiquing Space presents differently as the collection of a gay Black man who handles these deeply fraught objects with such emotion, connection, and care... He has not just created a space to show objects; he has created a place to have the most crucial and difficult conversation facing our society in crisis. SPONSORED Remaking the abstract expressionist gesture and minimalist grid, the drawings on view at KAM at the University of Illinois center the artist’s identities as Jewish, feminist, and lesbian. Learn more. Judy Baca, La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra, California (1996), 10 x 30 ft,
located at the University of Southern California Through her collaborative murals, multimedia art, and teaching [Judy Baca] has redefined what it means to work at the intersection of art and activism. Now, for the first time, you can visit a retrospective exhibition that celebrates her impressive career. SPONSORED Over the course of three months, the resident artists in Going to the Meadow will collaborate and create with a curated set of continually changing materials. Learn more. ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC From The Capote Tapes (2019), dir. Ebs Burnough (courtesy Greenwich Entertainment) A Sculptor Who Helped Us Find Community Among Strangers
Kevin Ritter looks at how George Rhoads’s kinetic installations can reinspire interaction and engagement in public spaces. Required Reading
This week, the scourge of immersive exhibitions, the popularity of anti-vax deathbed videos, the pregnant man emoji, Chomsky on Afghanistan, Met Gala commentary, and more. ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC We're proud to carry this beautiful set of notecards, which features 20 different patchwork masterpieces by the acclaimed quilters of Gee's Bend.
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