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March 18, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. 🌤️ Today, we have a new comic from artists in Ukraine, reviews of Harriet Korman, David Byrne, and William Hogarth, and the Museum of Modern Art has renewed its contract with the NYPD — this comes after workers had asked the museum to end its association with the New York police department during the BLM protests in 2020, which they did at the time. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief The War in Our Country and on Our PhonesWhen we communicate with relatives and acquaintances in Russia it can feel like we're living in parallel worlds. | Anya Ivanenko and Jenya Polosina WHAT'S HAPPENING The MoMA ramps up police presence, renewing a contract it had with the NYPD before the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. A centuries-old sarcophagus, ancient tombs, and other sculptures are found buried beneath the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Support critical aid efforts in Ukraine through various art fundraisers, from online print sales to in-person concerts. SPONSORED LATEST REVIEWS A Hogarth Survey Has Good Intentions but Misses the MarkWhy assemble the most significant grouping of Hogarths from far and wide without indicating why calling out the faults in historical artworks is important to our understanding of our world today? | Olivia McEwan SPONSORED Black Mountain College Prize Awarded to Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam RahmanianBlack Mountain College Museum + Arts Center launches an international prize for the most innovative artists working in the spirit of BMC today. Learn more. The Deeply Satisfying Pleasures of Harriet Korman’s PaintingsWalter Pater famously said, “All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.” Korman’s paintings exist in a musical state. | John Yau David Byrne's Hopeful DrawingsByrne's drawings makes me wonder what else art is for, but to remind us that what we call “being reasonable” is too often our expedient alibi for not using our imagination. | Tim Keane SPONSORED Discover the Secret Sauce to Transformational Experiences at the University of Texas at DallasArt. Technology. Communication. Emergence. Culture. Blend until wonderful. Learn more. Bard Graduate Center Welcomes Submissions for Horowitz Book PrizeThe Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize is awarded annually to the best book on the decorative arts, design history, or material culture of the Americas. Learn more. MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC In San Marcos, A Homecoming for Bill HutsonHutson's textured work honors and challenges his city across mediums in a long-overdue exhibition. | Lauren Moya Ford Required ReadingThis week, an ancient animal is named after President Biden, sportwashing, blood art in museums, almost the world's biggest potato, and more. | Hrag Vartanian Become a member today to support our independent journalism. IN OUR STORE The Maiden SocksRegardless of how you interpret the intertwined subjects of Gustav Klimt's "The Maiden" (1913), once you adorn your feet with these romantic purple-blue hues, you'll find yourself philosophizing about life, the future, fantasy, and beyond. Step into more wearable adaptations of iconic paintings! TRANSITIONS Bonhams has acquired the US auction house Skinner. Stefanie Hessler was appointed director of the Swiss Institute. Nathan Young and Michelle Svenson have been appointed artistic program producers at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. AWARDS & ACCOLADES Frida Escobedo was chosen to design the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Modern and Contemporary wing. rafa esparza is the recipient of the Pérez Art Museum Miami’s Fourth Annual Pérez Prize. Francis Kéré was awarded the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Esteban Ramón Pérez, Miller Robinson, and dana washington-queen were named the 2022 Los Angeles Artadia Awards recipients. MOST POPULAR 15 Things Museums Do That Piss Me OffHong Kong Painter Wesley Tongson and the Lineage of Chinese Landscape ArtArcheologists Find Evidence of a "Lost" Continent Linking Europe and AsiaStreet Photography That Highlights the Female GazeRobert Ryman's Joyful Last Paintings
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