Weekend: Woman Artists for Revolution, Alix Bailey, Joyce Pensato, Aimé Césaire, Don Lee Choi

If, as expected, justice is not served in the impeachment trial of an ex-president, it’s helpful to b

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If, as expected, justice is not served in the impeachment trial of an ex-president, it’s helpful to be reminded that the short-lived activist group, Women Artists for Revolution, began working toward “a vision of American artistic and communal life […] that’s economically supportive, culturally rich, and socially just” — as Kate Silzer puts it in this weekend’s issue — more than 50 years ago. As we attempt to move forward, it is also helpful to be reminded “that the limitations of a society are often limitations of the imagination.” Please consider joining our community of readers by becoming a member of Hyperallergic today.— Thomas Micchelli, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend

The Story of Women Artists for Revolution, a Movement Against Patriarchy W.A.R. existed for a brief yet prolific period, from 1969 to 1971, igniting a robust movement against New York City’s patriarchal art industry. Kate Silzer

Alix Bailey’s Unfashionable Pursuit Painting, as a verb, is a way of living in time, of inhabiting a state of solitude, even when you are with other people. John Yau

SPONSORED Voices in Contemporary Art Announces VoCA Journal’s New Issue on Access and the Arts The digital publication’s tenth issue provides tools, tips, and conceptual frameworks to guide artists and art workers in bringing access to the work they do.

The Commanding, Flamboyant Joyce Pensato Pensato favored pop culture flotsam marred by the real world, which she transmuted into adventurous artworks dealing with raw, real world concerns. Gregory Volk

Dante: Our Medieval Contemporary Why is Dante the Florentine still present with us 700 years after his death? Michael Glover

The Modernist Poet Who Took on Colonialism Since Aimé Césaire’s death in 2008 at the age of 94, as democracies devolve into autocracies, his Discourse on Colonialism remains prescient about the barbarity that informs civilization. Tim Keane

Don Mee Choi’s Language of History Just as collage artists might paste a scrap of newsprint or a piece of rattan chair-bottom to their canvas, documentary poets form their poetic work from public records, firsthand accounts, and newspaper reports. Mark Scroggins

SPONSORED The California Studio at UC Davis Is Accepting Applications for Artists in Residence Individuals have until February 19, 2021 to apply for 10-week, quarter-long teaching artist residencies in fall 2021 or spring 2022.

Required Reading This week, a newly uncovered Aztec sculpture, hi-res images of the Raphael Cartoons and the Bayeux Tapestry, COVID in Yemen, comedy’s alt-right problem, and more. Hrag Vartanian

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