Fall of Freedom Returns for Midterms as Alice Neel Trial Drawings Head to Auction

Key facts

• Fall of Freedom, a nationwide pro-democracy art and activism group, is returning for a second year with hundreds of events across the United States this weekend, timed to the midterm election.
• Two of Alice Neel's satirical courtroom drawings, depicting a highly publicized McCarthy-era trial, are going to auction.
• Brian Goldstein wrote an opinion piece on Max Bond Jr., the Black architect instrumental in the creation and design of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, who has been overshadowed by David Adjaye.
• A small exhibition at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, titled A Century in the Making, details the building's development and includes a panel headlined "An Architectural Marvel" with a photograph of the winning team: Philip Freelon, J. Max Bond Jr., and David Adjaye.
• Cyra Levenson will lead the Yaddo Artist Residency, Ann Temkin steps down at MoMA, Rose B. Simpson wins the Santa Fe Mayor's award, and Roy Lichtenstein x Alex Da Corte is noted.
• The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is partnering with the Samdani Art Foundation to spotlight Bangladeshi art.
• The Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires is doubling its space with an expansion by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, who is also designing The Met's forthcoming contemporary wing.
• A new book chronicles the Studio Museum in Harlem's 58-year history, with contributions from artists including Dawoud Bey.