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Idris Khan Makes US Museum Debut at the Milwaukee Art Museum

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Artworks spanning Khan’s career trace his exploration of the lyrical, symbolic, and physical meanings of repetition.

https://hyperallergic.com/881548/idris-khan-us-museum-debut-milwaukee-art-museum/

Required Reading

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This week, women of color in architecture, shady government comic books, a beloved cherry blossom tree’s last bloom, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/880975/required-reading-675/

Gaza’s Last Contemporary Art Space Decimated by Israel

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Shababeek for Contemporary Art stood just a few feet away from Al-Shifa Hospital, recently raided by Israeli forces.

https://hyperallergic.com/891253/gazas-last-contemporary-art-space-decimated-by-israel/

A View From the Easel

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“At times I just sit and have a tea and go into my thoughts for a while; I don’t allow myself to do this at home or anywhere else.”

https://hyperallergic.com/882324/a-view-from-the-easel-228/

Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents “The Apex Is Nothing”

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Featuring a diverse lineup of artists including Ellen Lesperance, Xylor Jane, and Melvin Way, this exhibition explores the intersection of abstract art and structural models.

https://hyperallergic.com/881533/pratt-manhattan-gallery-the-apex-is-nothing/

With Less Glitter, Arcmanoro Niles’s Illusory Spaces Gleam

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While his paintings follow the rules of linear perspectives, Niles uses the materiality of the paint itself to pull viewers into the compositions.

https://hyperallergic.com/882026/with-less-glitter-arcmanoro-niless-illusory-spaces-gleam/

Italian Heritage Group Decries “Biennalization” of Venice

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Italia Nostra says a new sculptural display in Venice’s public square distracts from the city’s existing cultural heritage and infrastructure in need of conservation.

https://hyperallergic.com/882347/italian-heritage-group-decries-biennalization-of-venice/

This Phone App Lets You Capture a Solar Eclipse

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Scientists at Western Kentucky University are inviting the public to snap photos of the dazzling phenomenon to gather data about the sun’s shape and internal structure.

https://hyperallergic.com/880672/this-phone-app-lets-you-capture-solar-eclipse-april-2024/

The Richard Serra Sculpture That Was Just Too Much for Paris

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How did the artist's massive “Clara-Clara” (1983) end up in the backyard of a former water treatment facility on the city’s outskirts?

https://hyperallergic.com/881675/the-richard-serra-sculpture-that-was-just-too-much-for-paris/

Nicole Eisenman’s First Major Survey Comes to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

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What Happened showcases Eisenman’s ability to take on contemporary events with a style, vision, and anarchic sense of humor entirely her own.

https://hyperallergic.com/880841/nicole-eisenman-first-major-survey-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago/

Opportunities in April 2024

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Residencies, grants, and open calls from Davidson College, the Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

https://hyperallergic.com/880623/opportunities-april-2024/

12 Graphic Novels to Read This Spring

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Get your comic fix with moving, witty, poignant books by Ai Weiwei, Tessa Hulls, Julia Wertz, Mattie Lubchansky, and more.

https://hyperallergic.com/881264/12-graphic-novels-to-read-spring-2024/

A San Francisco Art Pioneer’s Collaged Dream Worlds

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With the layers of his collaged "paste-ups," Jess pulls us into an oneiric world, at once delightful and perplexing, magical and sublime.

https://hyperallergic.com/880772/san-francisco-art-pioneer-jess-collaged-dream-worlds/

Newly Discovered Gecko Species Named After Vincent van Gogh

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Cnemaspis vangoghi, found in the forests of Tamil Nadu, reminded scientists of "The Starry Night" (1889).

https://hyperallergic.com/881656/newly-discovered-gecko-species-named-after-vincent-van-gogh/

Berlin Museum Removes All Artwork Depicting Rivers or Seas

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The German media praised the move, accusing several international bodies of water of antisemitism.

https://hyperallergic.com/881440/berlin-museum-removes-all-artwork-depicting-rivers-or-seas/

After Low Attendance, Whitney Biennial Releases Open Call for “Controversial” Artwork

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Dwindling visitor numbers signaled “an urgent need for measured controversy, neither too inflammatory nor too trite,” the museum said.

https://hyperallergic.com/881123/after-low-attendance-whitney-biennial-releases-open-call-for-controversial-artwork/

Upper East Side Galleries Celebrate Historic Members of the National Association of Women Artists

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Lincoln Glenn Gallery and Graham Shay 1857 team up to honor 20th century female sculptors and painters for the organization’s 135th anniversary.

https://hyperallergic.com/880307/upper-east-side-galleries-celebrate-historic-members-of-the-national-association-of-women-artists/

Matthias Grünewald’s Gruesome Good Friday

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The 16th-century “Isenheim Altarpiece” confronts us with the reality of suffering, violence, and death in a century where violence is both omnipresent and obscured.

https://hyperallergic.com/880308/matthias-grunewalds-gruesome-good-friday/

Required Reading

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This week, a Birkin bag lawsuit, Central Park’s sidewalks, political neutrality in history classrooms, the Broad’s costly expansion, and much more.

https://hyperallergic.com/879467/required-reading-674/

A View From the Easel

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“My studio space doubles as a place of meditation, allowing me to enter a state of flow where ideas move freely and barriers dissolve.”

https://hyperallergic.com/880897/a-view-from-the-easel-227/