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Guggenheim Museum Names NYU Abu Dhabi Chief as New Director
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Mariët Westermann, the first woman to hold the role, will oversee the New York City museum as well as its controversial forthcoming UAE outpost.
The Material Remains of Memory
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All of the works in Material as Message ask us how we come to remember, through materials that suit the memories they’re trying to preserve.
https://hyperallergic.com/857291/material-as-message-tate-britain/
In Leaked Audio, Queens Museum Director Declines to Issue Statement on Gaza
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Sally Tallant said the museum “is not able to make political statements” in a recording of a meeting shared with Hyperallergic.
Writers Protest NYT Gaza Coverage With Posters of Journalists Killed by Israel
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Members of the group Writers Bloc staged an action during an awards dinner chaired by New York Times President Meredith Kopit Levien.
Hunter College Cancels Screening of Jewish-Led Film Critical of Israel
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Israelism follows two young Jewish Americans whose perception of Israel changes once they see how the nation treats Palestinians.
Taipei Biennial 2023 Announces the Grand Opening of Small World
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Curated by Freya Chou, Reem Shadid, and Brian Kuan Wood, the biennial invites visitors to reorder their relationships with other people and their surroundings.
https://hyperallergic.com/855903/taipei-biennial-2023-grand-opening-small-world/
Documenta Finding Committee Resigns en Masse
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Earlier this week, curator Ranjit Hoskoté stepped down after he was accused of antisemitism for signing a pro-Palestine petition.
https://hyperallergic.com/857086/documenta-finding-committee-resigns-en-masse/
Citing Attendance Slump, SFMOMA Cuts 20 Jobs
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has laid off seven staff members and will not fill 13 open positions, Director Chris Bedford announced last week. Bedford cited a “challenging pandemic recovery,” including a 35% attendance drop for the 2023 fiscal year compared to that of 2019. He also mentioned rising costs and the […]
https://hyperallergic.com/857013/citing-attendance-slump-sfmoma-cuts-20-jobs/
Can Tracey Emin Help Restore the Reputation of the British Museum?
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"I love everything Egyptian," the artist said after she joined the embattled museum’s board of trustees.
https://hyperallergic.com/856838/can-tracey-emin-help-restore-the-reputation-of-the-british-museum/
Apply for the 2025 Arts/Industry Residency at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
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Emerging and established artists working in all media are welcome to apply through February 1, 2024.
https://hyperallergic.com/855258/2025-arts-industry-residency-jmkac/
Parviz Tanavoli’s Art Unlocks Hearts and Souls
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Each symbol in Tanavoli’s Poets, Locks, Cages at the Vancouver Art Gallery holds a special meaning in Sufism, which has inspired his work.
https://hyperallergic.com/855650/parviz-tanavoli-art-unlocks-hearts-and-souls-vancouver-art-gallery/
Ai Weiwei Speaks Out on Cancellation of His London Exhibition
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In a statement to Hyperallergic after Lisson Gallery nixed his show, the artist warned of “soft violence aimed at stifling voices” on the topic of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Years Before Its Opening, Trouble Brews for Documenta 16
One committee member resigned following antisemitism accusations and the other over the Israel-Hamas war.
https://hyperallergic.com/856486/years-before-its-opening-trouble-brews-for-documenta-16/
Apply to SVA’s MA in Curatorial Practice
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The New York-based, globally linked, practice-focused program is for professional curatorial training.
https://hyperallergic.com/855164/apply-sva-curatorial-practice-fall-2024/
Thief Makes Off With $100K Chagall in NYC Gallery Break-In
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A suspect wearing blue gloves carried the framed work down the sidewalk to their car and drove off.
https://hyperallergic.com/856275/thief-makes-off-with-chagall/
The Democratic Power of the Risograph
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The risograph’s handmade aesthetic has become associated with posters, broadsheets, zines, and pamphlets, and has been embraced by small publishers.
https://hyperallergic.com/856227/the-democratic-power-of-the-risograph/
Eiteljorg 2023 Contemporary Art Fellowship Exhibition Opens in Indianapolis
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Works by Ruth Cuthand, Natalie Ball, Sean Chandler, Mercedes Dorame, and Raven Halfmoon are now on view in Unsettle/Converge at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.
https://hyperallergic.com/855210/eiteljorg-art-fellowship-2023-unsettle-converge-indianapolis/
The Mythmaking Apparatus of the US National Parks
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In quiet yet scrupulous detail, Designing Experience asks how the US National Park Service shapes the narratives it tells about this country and the lands it claims.
https://hyperallergic.com/853610/the-mythmaking-apparatus-of-the-us-national-parks/
Activists Take to Guggenheim Museum to Denounce Israeli Airstrikes
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The museum temporarily closed its doors after a group dropped banners depicting Palestinians grieving over the bodies of dead children.
https://hyperallergic.com/856145/activists-take-to-guggenheim-museum-to-denounce-israeli-airstrikes/
Christie’s Pulls Paintings by Lebanese Artist After “Complaints”
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"I did not expect this decision from Christie’s, as they have previously sold similar works of mine," artist Ayman Baalbaki told Hyperallergic.
https://hyperallergic.com/854986/christies-pulls-paintings-by-lebanese-artist-after-complaints/