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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.