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Eyes on the Whitney Biennial. coverage Whitney Biennale Opening March 20, it hits digital newsstands, also known as inboxes, and reviews are pouring in. From wondering how much contributing artists get paid (it's not a lot) to why the art world hates the event, critical eyes are focusing on the influential exhibition. . brings us to art News Senior Editor Alex Greenberger, who guides us through what he calls “the most challenging Whitney Biennial in several editions, and also the best since 2017,” which “seems to herald a new kind of body art.” This is a remarkable achievement, given that the series has had to deal with discontent over wars, and domestic issues that have been highlighted in the US presidential election battle. Greenberger notes curators Chrissy Iles And just me It veered toward a show that was “light on loud, explicit political statements and heavy on conceptual art about changing bodies.”
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Policy changes. Federal and state culture ministers met in Germany yesterday to discuss joint constitutional and administrative options to reduce anti-Semitism and racism in the arts, according to the British Daily Mail. DPA for Monopol magazine . Culture ministers as well as municipal umbrella groups agreed on “strategies against anti-Semitic, racist and other inhumane content in the publicly funded cultural sector” on Wednesday, as well as “decisive opposition to those who represent the ideology of hatred for Israel and anti-Israelism.” “The High.” This initiative comes amid many disagreements in the art world over how powerful institutions deal with the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Los Angeles-based artist Alison is delightful It was chosen before International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the City of Paris to create a public artwork for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. [Artnet News]
the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA) Removed a photo of the Palestinian-American researcher and activist Edward Said by Charles Gaines During a fundraising event, it was then reportedly reinstalled once the event was over, raising questions. [Hyperallergic]
the Seattle University in Washington Received the largest art donation ever to an American university, worth $300 million, plus another $25 million for a new museum, from a private collector. Richard Hedren. The collection includes more than 200 works of art dating back to the 15th century. [Artnet News]
Researchers have discovered 10 shipwrecks About the Greek island of Kasos, including objects spanning the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Ottoman periods. As for the goods discovered over a period of 4 years, they came from the countries of the Mediterranean, Africa, and the coasts of Asia Minor. [Heritage Daily]
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History of photography. With the world's speculation about Kate Middletonphotoshop secret, BBC”Fiona Macdonald reminds us how Photoshop-like techniques have been used for centuries, with the help of a paintbrush or two. In particular, she looks at how the 1865 portrait of Abraham Lincoln It turned out to be fake. “Photography lost its innocence many years ago,” he writes. Hany Farid, professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In fact, a photo studio in the late 19th century was run by a photojournalist Matthew Brady Regularly processed photographs. His studio prints of old Mexican War era heroes have been reissued with new heads. Updated beardless photos of men like Lincoln, Lee, and Jackson Harold Holzer Tell Bonnie L. Bates In Civil War Book Review. It helps explain how Lincoln's head from an earlier photograph in about 1865 was “sewn” onto the body of an engraving by Alexander Ritchie features a pro-slavery Southern politician John Calhouneffectively merging their bodies.
