For art historian Sarah Lewis, omission is just as telling as visibility. In her book The Unseen Truth, one of our top reads of 2024, she mines the role of visual culture in codifying American racism that’s been hiding in plain sight.
For art historian Sarah Lewis, omission is just as telling as visibility. In her book The Unseen Truth, one of our top reads of 2024, she mines the role of visual culture in codifying American racism that’s been hiding in plain sight. Read the full conversation below about her work and the way art shapes racial regimes, made all the more relevant by the recent election. “What we’re seeing today is part of an old playbook,” she explains.
Another revelatory dialogue today draws our attention toward an unsung profession: creative arts therapy. Staff Writer Isa Farfan spoke with four providers across the United States about the crucial yet underfunded practice of art therapy, just as a bill in the New York legislature that would allow art therapists to reach more patients by billing Medicaid hangs in the balance.
Also today, take a listen to the latest episode of the Hyperallergic Podcast with legendary feminist artist Joyce Kozloff, featuring her early work in the Pattern & Decoration movement and a snarky Clement Greenberg. More below, as always, from a remembrance of ABC No Rio Director Steven Englander to Reko Rennie’s syncretic blends of Aboriginal iconography and street art. — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | |
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| | | “When it comes to the unspeakable facts in the history of America, it’s largely the artists who’ve been willing to show us what others would not,” the art historian said in an interview with Hyperallergic. | Folasade Ologundudu |
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PODCAST | | | | The feminist artist reflects on her work in the groundbreaking Pattern and Decoration Movement, her grand public artwork, and continued political activism against war and misogyny. |
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LATEST REVIEWS | | | | The artist challenges binaristic distinctions between “traditional” Aboriginal and contemporary art through works drawn from his expansive two-decade career. | Sophia Cai |
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| | | The filmmaker seems out of his depth in Theater of Thought, too willing to let his subjects make questionable claims without pushing back or delving deeper. | Dan Schindel |
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FEATURED OPPORTUNITY | Taft Museum of Art – 2026 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence | Seeking a painter and dynamic educator committed to social justice for a two-week residency in Cincinnati, Ohio. This initiative celebrates the 40th year of the Duncanson Program and the 175th anniversary of Taft’s renowned Duncanson Murals. It includes a $10,000 honorarium.
Deadline: January 31, 2025 | taftmuseum.org
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