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October 25, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. 🌧️ Today in art activism, artists stage a protest for Iranian women's rights at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and climate activists in Europe smear another masterpiece with food, this time using mashed potatoes. Yes, these climate protests are starting to repeat themselves, but which do you prefer: potatoes on a painting or a tornado in your backyard? We also checked in with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union to ask how it felt to return to work after a 19-day strike. Here's a small teaser: The museum welcomed workers back with an ice cream social, which they didn't necessarily appreciate. And if you're a dog lover, you will really enjoy our special coverage of NYC’s Halloween Dog Festival. “Frito Pawlo,” a Welsh corgi Frida Kahlo lookalike, is irresistible. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor Philadelphia Museum Strikers Open Up on “Tense” Return to WorkThe museum welcomed the workers back with an ice cream social, and many of them didn’t appreciate it. | Elaine Velie SPONSORED LATEST NEWS The banners depicted the face of Mahsa Amini and the phrase "Woman, Life, Freedom." (courtesy Anonymous Artists for Iran) An anonymous collective of Iranian artists unfurled protest banners at the Guggenheim in an "action to support the current revolution in Iran." Activists from Letzte Generation throw mashed potatoes at Monet’s “Grainstacks” in another food-on-masterpieces climate change action. Hundreds of dogs poured into Manhattan’s Tompkins Square Park this weekend for the annual Halloween Dog Festival and costume contest. LA’s Getty Museum is exhibitingthe remaining pages from Códice Maya de México, the oldest surviving book of the Americas. SPONSORED Looking at Enheduanna, the World’s First Known Author, and the Women of MesopotamiaThe Morgan Library & Museum presents She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C, on view in New York through February 19, 2023. Learn more. ART & PERFORMANCE Can Commodities Really Critique Commodity Culture?Given a platform to say something — about first-world capitalism, its attendant environmental destruction, or the definition of the self through objects — why not use it? | Natalie Haddad SPONSORED Experiment and Take Risks in Carnegie Mellon’s Top-Ranked Interdisciplinary MFA ProgramAll students receive generous, guaranteed financial support in the form of partial or full tuition scholarships. Attend a Virtual Open House on November 17. Learn more. Digital Theater Is Not Just a Pandemic Fad, Creators SayThe art form continues to survive the return of in-person theatre, but maker-performers struggle with a lack of institutional support. | Mihika Agarwal SPONSORED Cey Adams Celebrates 40 Years of Art and Design at Boston University Art GalleriesAdams’s first career retrospective features over 60 works that showcase his wide-ranging practice, from graffiti and photography to painting and collage. Learn more. MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC The Story of a Man’s Friendship With a CloudThrough its magical realism, The Cloud & the Man posits the power of love in adding a tinge of color to an overlooked, black-and-white life. | Arun A.K. AI Art Is Soft Propaganda for the Global NorthUnsurprisingly, the artistic and ethical shortcomings of AI image generators are tied to their dependence on capital and capitalism. | Marco Donnarumma SPONSORED ANNOUNCEMENTS Paris Photo Celebrates Its 25th AnniversaryThis Year’s Singapore Biennale Is Named NatashaSITE Santa Fe Presents Endless Journey, a Solo Exhibition by New Mexico-Based Artist Max ColePre-Raphaelite Power Couple Makes Their US Debut at the Delaware Art MuseumBoston Art Book Fair Returns This NovemberStudy Performance and Interactive Media Arts at Brooklyn CollegeMOZAIK Philanthropy Announces Open Call in Solidarity With the Movement for Freedom in IranNorton Simon Museum Presents Ink, Paper, Stone: Six Women Artists and the Language of LithographyIN OUR STORE “Matisse’s Model” 1,000 Piece Puzzle x Faith RinggoldSpend a cozy day indoors assembling this quilt painting from Faith Ringgold’s celebrated series The French Collection, which tells the story of a fictional Black American artist and artists’ model in the early 20th century. Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberMOST POPULAR How John Mitchell Shakes Up PortraitureThis Close-Up of an Ant’s Face Will Scar You ForeverNew Yorker Art Critic Peter Schjeldahl Dies at 80Michigan Art Dealer Swindled Seniors in $1.6M Fraud SchemeRare 2,700-Year-Old Stone Carvings Discovered in Iraq
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