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In Defense of Jonathan Yeo’s King Charles Portrait

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Just like Velázquez’s last portrait of King Philip IV of Spain, Yeo’s blood-red painting signifies the imminent downfall of a monarch.

https://hyperallergic.com/916983/in-defense-of-jonathan-yeo-king-charles-portrait/

In a T293 Exhibition, Yongqi Tang Copes With Eros/Thanatos in a Baroque Neapolitan Church

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Nestled in the niches of a centuries-old church in Naples, Italy, three artworks by Yongqi Tang explore the instincts to create and destroy.

https://hyperallergic.com/916309/yongqi-tang-copes-with-eros-thanatos-baroque-neapolitan-church-t293/

Renaissance Painting of Virgin and Child Kissing Heads to Auction

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The restoration of Quinten Massys’s “Madonna of the Cherries” reveals exquisite details of an endearing (and maaaybe a little creepy) family moment.

https://hyperallergic.com/917469/renaissance-painting-of-virgin-and-child-kissing-heads-to-auction/

Remembering the Rebellious Spirit of Joe Zucker

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More than any other artist of his generation, Zucker rejected the conventions associated with Abstract Expressionism, particularly its subjectivity.

https://hyperallergic.com/917109/remembering-the-rebellious-spirit-of-joe-zucker/

A Cold, Hard Tour of Brutalist New York City

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With stops at the Salt Shed and the Tribeca Synagogue, the tour was among the highlights of Jane’s Walks, an ongoing series of curated strolls across the city.

https://hyperallergic.com/915404/a-cold-hard-tour-of-brutalist-new-york-city/

Maine College of Art & Design Announces 2024 MFA Visiting Artist Summer Lecture Series

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Students work with a roster of renowned Visiting Artists during an eight-week summer intensive for MECA&D’s MFA in Studio Art.

https://hyperallergic.com/915631/maine-college-of-art-design-presents-2024-visiting-artist-summer-lecture-series/

Elias Rischmawi Preserves Memory Against Erasure

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What happens when home traverses miles — when it’s caught in the sway between one’s homeland and the land one makes a home of?

https://hyperallergic.com/916913/elias-rischmawi-preserves-memory-against-erasure/

The Disrupted Realism of the New King Charles Portrait

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The viral painting mirrors a contemporary movement that allows for improvisation and often fuses representation and abstraction in unexpected ways.

https://hyperallergic.com/916286/the-disrupted-realism-of-the-new-king-charles-portrait/

Open Call: The 6th VH AWARD for Emerging Asian Media Artists

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Five emerging media artists will each receive a $25,000 production grant and participate in an online residency program with Eyebeam. The Grand Prix recipient will be awarded an additional $25,000.

https://hyperallergic.com/915129/open-call-6th-vh-award-emerging-asian-media-artists/

Artist Kehinde Wiley Accused of Sexual Assault

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Joseph Awuah-Darko claims the portrait painter assaulted him on two occasions at a dinner in Ghana in 2021, allegations Wiley denies.

https://hyperallergic.com/916735/artist-kehinde-wiley-accused-of-sexual-assault/

New Docuseries Digs Up Pompeii’s Lost Histories

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Pompeii: The New Dig on PBS follows a group of archaeologists involved in the largest excavation at the ancient site in a generation.

https://hyperallergic.com/916348/new-bbc-docuseries-digs-up-pompeii-lost-histories/

Hundreds Attend Historic “Counter-Commencement” for Columbia Students at NYC Cathedral

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The ceremony was organized by members of the university faculty in a repudiation of leadership’s decision to send police to arrest pro-Palestine demonstrators.

https://hyperallergic.com/915966/hundreds-attend-historic-counter-commencement-for-columbia-students-in-nyc/

Striking Parsons Students Withdraw Artwork From Thesis Exhibition

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A dozen students are staging an alternative BFA show in Brooklyn amid Students for Justice in Palestine’s ongoing strike against the New School.

https://hyperallergic.com/916337/striking-parsons-students-withdraw-artwork-from-thesis-exhibition/

School of Visual Arts Students Hold Moment of Silence for Gaza Children

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At an exhibition opening in the school’s Flatiron gallery, students read the names of young Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks.

https://hyperallergic.com/916244/school-of-visual-arts-students-hold-moment-of-silence-for-gaza-children/

Top Art Patrons Discussed Deploying NYPD Against Columbia Students

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Private chats obtained by the Washington Post show how art-world stakeholders sought to influence Mayor Eric Adams and Columbia leadership.

https://hyperallergic.com/915897/top-art-patrons-discussed-deploying-nypd-against-columbia-students/

Enhance Your Practice With SVA Continuing Education Courses, Workshops, Residencies

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The School of Visual Arts Continuing Education in NYC offers a diverse range of more than 200 online and on-campus courses and over 10 artist residency programs.

https://hyperallergic.com/914809/sva-continuing-education-courses-workshops-residencies-summer-2024/

Spray-Painting “Me Too” on a Courbet Is Not the Feminism We Need

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Deborah De Robertis’s protest performance signifies precisely what is wrong with current feminist discourse.

https://hyperallergic.com/915905/deborah-de-robertis-spray-painting-metoo-on-a-courbet-is-not-the-feminism-we-need/

Man Ray’s Beguiling and Bemusing Filmscapes

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Man Ray’s Return to Reason film series anticipated the extent to which the motion picture would inform how we curate and call up memory.

https://hyperallergic.com/915718/man-ray-beguiling-and-bemusing-filmscapes-return-to-reason/

Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Sells for $28.5M, Shattering Records

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The Surrealist work, acquired by Argentinian museum founder Eduardo F. Costantini, makes Carrington the most valuable UK-born woman artist on the public market.

https://hyperallergic.com/915725/leonora-carrington-masterpiece-sells-for-28-5-million-shattering-records/

After Shift to Indigenous Governance, Forge Project Names New Fellows

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The six artists, musicians, and advocates will each receive a $25,000 grant and a three-week residency this summer in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) Valley.

https://hyperallergic.com/915393/after-shift-to-indigenous-governance-forge-project-names-new-fellows/