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Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Found Dead in Brazil

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According to news reports, his body was found with stab wounds in his residence in Rio de Janeiro.

https://hyperallergic.com/866495/art-dealer-brent-sikkema-found-dead-in-brazil/

Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: January 2024

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A hint for the first mini art crossword of the new year: 2- and 3-Down are both too damn high.

https://hyperallergic.com/866374/hyperallergic-mini-art-crossword-january-2024/

Two Views of a Family Breakfast

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Twenty years after creating his pastel “Lavergne Family Breakfast,” Jean-Etienne Liotard recreated it in oil, and it is astonishing to see how close the two versions are.

https://hyperallergic.com/866021/two-views-of-a-family-breakfast-jean-etinne-liotard-national-gallery-london/

Good Riddance to NFT Avatars on X

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Let’s face it, if Jimmy Fallon is the poster child for your situation, you’re pretty much doomed.

https://hyperallergic.com/866330/good-riddance-to-nft-avatars-on-x/

Open Call: The Noguchi Museum’s Artist Banners 2024

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NYC-based artists who identify as AAPI are invited to submit outdoor banner designs for the museum. The winner will receive a $3,500 honorarium.

https://hyperallergic.com/866046/open-call-the-noguchi-museum-artist-banners-2024/

Artists Pledge to Boycott German Institutions Over Stifling of Pro-Palestine Speech

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Hundreds of cultural figures have decried the nation’s “McCarthyist policies” equating criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism.

https://hyperallergic.com/866166/artists-pledge-to-boycott-german-institutions-over-stifling-of-pro-palestine-speech/

Stéphane Mandelbaum’s Drawings of Human Depravity

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The artist-poet’s drawings tell the story of someone entangled with his own demons and his work to overcome them.

https://hyperallergic.com/865944/stephane-mandelbaum-drawings-of-human-depravity/

Stéphane Mandelbaum’s Drawings of Human Depravity

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The artist-poet’s drawings tell the story of someone entangled with his own demons and his work to overcome them.

https://hyperallergic.com/865944/stephane-mandelbaum-drawings-of-human-depravity/

The Neuberger Museum of Art Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

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One of the most respected academic museums in the US kicks off a yearlong celebration to commemorate this milestone and its commitment to visual arts education.

https://hyperallergic.com/865575/neuberger-museum-of-art-celebrates-50th-anniversary/

Indiana University Cancels Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby’s Exhibition

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Supporters are calling on the school to reinstate what would have been 87-year-old artist's first retrospective in the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/865825/indiana-university-cancels-palestinian-artist-samia-halaby-exhibition/

Street Artists Launch Poster Campaign for Gaza

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Unmute Gaza features downloadable prints based on the work of Gaza-based photojournalists.

https://hyperallergic.com/865761/street-artists-launch-poster-campaign-for-gaza/

The Ephemeral Geography of the Eternal City

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How Romans altered the very geography of their city throughout the centuries.

https://hyperallergic.com/865506/the-ephemeral-geography-of-the-eternal-city/

Lost Early Footage of the Amazon Rediscovered in Czech Archive

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Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo (1918) highlights the 20th-century rubber boom and enslavement of Indigenous people through a propagandic lens.

https://hyperallergic.com/865466/lost-early-footage-of-the-amazon-rediscovered-in-czech-archive/

New York City Ballet Art Series Presents David Michalek

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Michalek’s installation for the company’s 75th Anniversary Season, “SlowDancing/NYCB,” will be on view at three special performances in February.

https://hyperallergic.com/864951/new-york-city-ballet-art-series-presents-david-michalek/

10 Art Shows to See in New York This January

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This month: Kelly Sinnaph Mary, Cynthia Lahti, the Met Museum’s rehung galleries, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/865061/10-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-january-2024/

Musée de la Villa les Camélias Presents Four Decades of Painting by Mitchell Johnson

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La révélation de Meyreuil explores the relationship between the artist’s early work from Europe with recent paintings made in the US.

https://hyperallergic.com/864886/musee-de-la-villa-les-camelias-presents-paintings-mitchell-johnson/

7 Art Books to Start the New Year

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From an artist’s moving children’s book to an index of Indigenous North American type, add these art titles to your 2024 reading list.

https://hyperallergic.com/864641/7-art-books-to-start-the-new-year-january-2024/

Required Reading

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This week, a futuristic bookstore, social media and art amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, ancient Greek napkins made of dough, Claudine Gay’s resignation, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/864907/required-reading-662/

Art Collectors and Patrons Named in Unsealed Epstein Documents

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Among those mentioned are Thomas Pritzker, former chairman of the Art Institute of Chicago, and MoMA trustee Glenn Dubin.

https://hyperallergic.com/865062/art-collectors-patrons-named-in-unsealed-epstein-documents/

Mickey Mouse Is Copyright-Free and the Internet Is Making the Most of It

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People are wasting no time reimagining Steamboat Willie (1928) with often terrifying results.

https://hyperallergic.com/864923/mickey-mouse-is-copyright-free-and-the-internet-is-making-the-most-of-it/