Is It Time Gauguin Got Canceled?
From your colleague Margo Squire, an article about a new exhibition on Paul Gauguin:
Research Resources
Yayoi Kusama
From your colleague Manju Parikh:
Kusama Arrives. Is It Worth Your Time to Wait in Line?
Here is a link to our Kusama painting on display:
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/109120/untitled-kusama-yayoi
This is a short video from the Tate:
‘The Hare With Amber Eyes’ Comes Home
From your colleague Jean London, an article in the NYT:
An exhibition in Vienna puts the figurine at the center of Edmund De Waal’s 2010 memoir on show, and tells the story of a family forced from their home by prejudice.
When Lee Krasner Harnessed the Power of the Sun on Canvas
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short Sotheby’s video about artist Lee Krasner:
When Lee Krasner Harnessed the Power of the Sun on Canvas
Mark Rothko: Pioneer of Abstraction
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video on Mark Rothko from Sotheby’s:
F.B.I. Recovers Nazi-Looted Painting From New York Museum
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a recent story on looted art:
F.B.I. Recovers Nazi-Looted Painting From New York Museum
Cy Thao Hmong Migration
From your colleague Joy Yoshikawa:
Swoon Installation at Fine Art Print Fair
From your colleague Jean London, an article on the artist Swoon:
‘Disabled’: Just #SayTheWord
From Juline Chevalier, an article from NPR on the movement #SayThe Word:
Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
From Manager of Community Programs Krista Pearson, a resource roundup:
Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
‘Lakota America’
From your colleague Jean London, a new book recommendation, from a NYT Review:
‘Lakota America’ Puts the Tribe of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse Front and Center
Article on William Edmondson
From ARTnews. an article referencing the problematic history of William Edmondson’s sculpture at MoMA:
The Artist Wasn’t Present: On MoMA’s Fumbled First Showing of Black American Art
IPE Fall required training
Here is a video of the museum updates from the start of the session:
Here is the PowerPoint for the training:
These are some supporting materials from the training:
Restoring Indigenous Perspectives
Cultural Fluency Fall 2019 revised 1page
For those who attended one of the October sessions (A, B, C, or D), we would appreciate receiving your feedback of the session through this short form:
For those who were unable to attend one of the sessions in October, we have a discussion form (4 brief sections) to complete in order to fulfill the training requirement. To answer the first two questions about Image 1, you will need to read the short article, “Restoring Indigenous Perspectives” by Jaclyn Roessel (link above). After reading, please complete the discussion form. Here is a link to that form:
Graciela Iturbide
Here is some additional information shared by Debbi Hegstrom on the photographs of muxes in Graciela Iturbide’s exhibition:
Here is Graciela Iturbide’s website:
http://www.gracielaiturbide.org/en/
Nick Cave article
From your colleague Judy Ericksen, a great recent profile n the New York Times of artist Nick Cave:
Nick Cave Is the Most Joyful, and Critical, Artist in America
Unpacking the Museum with Daliya Jokondo
This training took place on September 26, 2019:
Accessibility rack card/Accessibility at Mia
From Debbi Hegstrom, a PDF of the accessibility rack card currently available by the first floor elevator by the Mia store.
Accessibility_Rack Card-LRGprint
If you open the PDF, you will find the live links to verbal descriptions and social narratives on the artsmia website. To get to the general Accessibility information on artsmia, click this link.
The Remarkable Story of Titian and Tintoretto’s Return to Venice
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short Sotheby’s video on works by Titian and Tintoretto:
The Remarkable Story of Titian and Tintoretto’s Return to Venice
Wenzel Friedrich chair
From your colleague Susan Arndt, “I found this catalog of his from the period. It was digitized from the Winterthur Library of Americana collection. You can flip through it and find our design of the chair and footstool, read the descriptions and see other designs.”