The Precarious Lives of LA Artists

July 15, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, Philadelphia Museum of Art workers organize a massive rally, a New York gallery and artist are accused of profiting from Black trauma, the new generation of land artists in the US, an artist census in Los Angeles, contemporary art in Las Vegas, and more.

Also, John Yau writes about the drawings of Rick Barton and Julia Curl reviews Justine Kurland's SCUMB Manifesto, in which she slices the male canon to pieces.

And congratulations! The world population is expected to reach eight billion in November. But will it continue growing? Find out the answer in Required Reading.

— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief

Discovering Rick Barton

I am not alone when I say that I had never heard of Barton before his exhibition opened at the Morgan Library & Museum. | John Yau

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THE LATEST

LAAC Newspaper (photo by and courtesy Josh Schaedel)

The first Los Angeles Artist Census newspaper juxtaposes informational graphics about artists’ quality of life with personal reflections.

Trade unionists and art workers rallied on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in support of the PMA Union’s campaign for a fair contract.

A digital exhibition of Meghan Boody’s 2014 photographs sparks concerns over White saviorism and the exploitation of Black trauma for profit.

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COMMUNITY & ECOLOGY

Chronicling Contemporary Art in Las Vegas

An online platform creates a community around southern Nevada’s transitory creative life, but there’s a problem with its name. | Brent Holmes

New Generation of Land Artists Embodies a Call for Action

From sites to studios to systems, the nature of earthworks has changed since the 1960s and ’70s. | Lynn Trimble

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Justine Kurland Cuts the Male Canon to Pieces

In SCUMB Manifesto,Kurland slices up her collection of photo books by men to create collages that subvert the male gaze. | Julia Curl

Required Reading

This week, the global population approaches eight billion, Hermès is coming to Brooklyn, how to live longer, and much more. | Hakim Bishara

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TRANSITIONS

Harold Ancart is now represented by Gagosian Gallery.

Shirin Fozi was named Paul and Jill Ruddock Associate Curator in the Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Loie Hollowell is now represented by Jessica Silverman Gallery along with Pace Gallery.

Eileen Jeng Lynch was appointed director of curatorial programs at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

Amanda Sroka was appointed senior curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

James D. Thornton was elected board chair at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Virginia K. Adams, Sam Callard, and Paul L. Oostburg Sanz were named trustees.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

The Frist Art Museum is the 2022 recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts’s Ellsworth Kelly Award. The $45,000 grant will support a solo exhibition of artist Shahpour Pouyan.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) announced the recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program; 99 artists across New York State were awarded a total of $661,000. A list of recipients can be found here.

Talia Beale, Malu Luecking, Shao Qi Tan, Antoinette Yetunde Oni, and Qiongzi Zhu are the recipients of this year’s MullenLowe NOVA Awards, which highlight emerging talent from the graduating class of Central Saint Martins in London.

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