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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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”