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4,000+ Canadian Artists and Cultural Workers Sign Palestine Solidarity Letter
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“As artists, academics, and cultural workers in the settler-colonial state of Canada, we understand that we have a unique responsibility to challenge settler-colonial violence everywhere,” the letter reads.
Remedios Varo in a Sphere of Her Own
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Varo's paintings beckon us to plunge into their vaporous worlds while challenging us to decode intricate scenarios.
https://hyperallergic.com/851649/remedios-varo-in-a-sphere-of-her-own-art-institute-chicago/
Boston Art Book Fair Celebrates Printed Materials, Innovative Arts, and Radical Design
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Presented by Boston Center for the Arts and Bodega, this weekend-long event in November features artist books, prints, workshops, and more by over 140 exhibitors.
The TikTok Creator Making Nostalgia Cool
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Fungkiigrrl’s absurd, retrofuturist TikToks connect us to places and things we know we can never experience again.
https://hyperallergic.com/851965/tiktok-creator-fungkiigrrl-making-nostalgia-cool/
The Story of a Woman Hollywood Tried to Forget
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Aurora Mardiganian survived the Armenian Genocide and found freedom in the United States before realizing that the entertainment system she trusted with her story prioritized profit over her pain.
https://hyperallergic.com/852553/the-story-of-aurora-mardiganian-hollywood-tried-to-forget/
“Scream until you can’t breathe” in Nicholas Galanin’s Interference Patterns at SITE Santa Fe
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An expansive solo exhibition by the multidisciplinary Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist centers Indigenous perspectives and aims to boldly disrupt colonial narratives.
Israeli Artists Denounce Open Letter Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza
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The statement, first published by the Israeli art magazine Erev Rav, takes issue with a letter that did not mention the Hamas attack.
https://hyperallergic.com/852305/israeli-artists-denounce-open-letter-calling-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/
Tompkins Halloween Dog Parade Returns With Biggest Crowd Ever
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The event drew around 600 pawed participants and 15,000 spectators, with pup costumes including a lobster, a subway car, and even NYC’s iconic “rat czar.”
https://hyperallergic.com/852206/tompkins-halloween-dog-parade-returns-with-biggest-crowd-ever/
Deborah Roberts’s Elegy for Lost Innocence
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Roberts centers the beauty and vulnerability of Black children, which is often seized from them at a young age via systemic violence in the United States.
https://hyperallergic.com/852147/deborah-robertss-elegy-for-lost-innocence/
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art Presents Paper Trails
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With the aim of linking sculpture and printmaking, the Santa Fe exhibition features works by artists like Ed Ruscha, Bruce Nauman, Helen Frankenthaler, and Robert Motherwell.
https://hyperallergic.com/851828/zane-bennett-contemporary-art-presents-paper-trails/
Students Call to Fire Art Professor Who Posted Video Mocking Palestine Supporters
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Student groups at Hunter College say Tamy Ben-Tor’s video contributes to “the onslaught of anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and Islamophobic violence.”
Sexual Liberation From Pasolini to Bruce LaBruce
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LaBruce’s The Visitor shows that physical desire can lead the way to something more as his characters redefine themselves in new, potentially radical ways.
https://hyperallergic.com/851996/sexual-liberation-from-pasolini-to-bruce-labruce/
Art Organizations Around the World Go on Strike in Support of Gaza
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Artists, galleries, and museums are closing their doors to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli strikes have killed upwards of 4,200 Palestinian people.
https://hyperallergic.com/851962/art-organizations-around-the-world-go-on-strike-in-support-of-gaza/
Shall I Condemn Myself a Little for You?
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Behind the endless demands to “condemn Hamas” is a strategy to silence and dehumanize Palestinians and their supporters.
https://hyperallergic.com/851975/shall-i-condemn-myself-a-little-for-you/
Required Reading
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This week, censorship of Palestinian journalists, early 2000s fashion’s healing powers, the uncertain future of Barcelona’s beaches, and why is there a sport called “conkers”?
Magdalene Odundo Makes Her Canadian Debut at the Gardiner Museum
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Magdalene Odundo: A Dialogue with Objects is the largest-ever North American presentation of work by the celebrated Kenyan-British artist. Now on view in Toronto.
https://hyperallergic.com/851341/magdalene-odundo-makes-canadian-debut-gardiner-museum-toronto/
Dozens of Artists and Scholars Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
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“We support Palestinian liberation and call for an end to the killing and harming of all civilians,” reads a letter signed by Nan Goldin, Cecilia Vicuña, Barbara Kruger, and others.
The Self-Liberation of Arghavan Khosravi
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The Iranian-American artist creates work that moves beyond cliché to create a new visual language about existing freely in the world.
https://hyperallergic.com/851527/the-self-liberation-of-arghavan-khosravi/
Towards a Better World With Kim Abeles
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Throughout her career, Abeles’s works have involved community outreach and art-making workshops that led to healing and social change.
https://hyperallergic.com/851391/towards-a-better-world-with-kim-abeles/
Miami’s Fountainhead Residency Announces 2024 Selected Artists
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The fully funded residency immerses artists in Miami’s cultural landscape, where they can forge connections to help their careers thrive.
https://hyperallergic.com/851029/miami-fountainhead-residency-2024-selected-artists/