Is It Time Gauguin Got Canceled?
From your colleague Margo Squire, an article about a new exhibition on Paul Gauguin:
Shared Articles
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.
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
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
Marc Chagall research
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, some new research on artist Marc Chagall:
Marc Chagall – New Research 9-14-2019
Here is a link to a video on The Marc Chagall Research Project.
Hózhó: Navajo Beauty, Navajo Weavings
From your colleague Susan Arndt, a curriculum guide for an exhibition on Navajo weavings, titled Hózhó: Navajo Beauty, Navajo Weavings.
Opinion: Who Will Teach Us How to Feel?
From your colleague Judy Ericksen, an opinion piece from NYT on the list of 25 artworks that define the contemporary age:
Who Will Teach Us How to Feel?
Article on artist Melissa Cody
From your colleague Lynn Brofman, an article on artist Melissa Cody:
And here is a link to her current work on display, Deep Brain Stimulation from 2011.
Monuments Men tour
If you were interested in pulling together a tour linked to World War II and the Monuments Men, check out the links below to a great blog on the objects in our collection that are connected to this period of history:
Honoring the Monuments Men, art saviors of World War II, with a self-guided tour at the MIA (Part I)
Rovezzano’s bust of St. John the Baptist is on the right in this 1945 photo of Nazi war loot in the Alt Aussee salt mines. ©TopFoto / The Image Works
Hearts of Our People: Teachers’ Guide
The teachers’ guide developed for Hearts of Our People has some excellent information on objects within our permanent collection:
Here are the objects covered in the guide:
Hohokom artist, Bowl
Ancestral Pueblo artist, Pot
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) or Dakhóta artist, Dance Blanket
Maȟpíya Boğá wiŋ (Nellie Two Bear Gates), Suitcase
Jamie Okuma, Adaptation II
Dyani White Hawk, Untitled (Quiet Strength I)
Frank Bowling
From Ann Isaacson, an article about the current demand for Frank Bowling’s work:
Boston’s MFA Bans Two Patrons and Plans Unconscious Bias Training
From your colleague Judy Ericksen, a story about students of color encountering unconscious bias and racist remarks while visiting the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston:
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Bans Two Patrons and Plans Unconscious Bias Training