Gertrude Abercrombie's Midwest Magic Realists at Milwaukee Art Museum

The Milwaukee Art Museum presents two exhibitions highlighting Gertrude Abercrombie and her circle of 'Magic Realists,' including John Wilde and Marshall Glasier. The shows challenge the myth of individual genius, emphasizing the collaborative and supportive community behind mid-20th-century American Surrealist painting. Critic Debra Brehmer notes that no art movement exists without friendship bonds. Separately, artist Justin Gignac is selling trash souvenirs collected outside Taylor Swift's wedding at Madison Square Garden, including an ovulation test kit and a left AirPod. Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar interviewed Gignac. The newsletter also covers a protest by artist Jonathan Allen, who projected Gaza messages onto Whitney Museum screens, and announces a book review of Simona Supekar's 'The Hidden History of Stock Photography,' which examines racism and sexism in stock imagery and its AI implications. Obituaries honor filmmaker Yervant Gianikian, sculptor Valerie Brathwaite, and painter Jerry Moriarty. An archive piece by Isabella Segalovich traces the history of women's eyebrows in art.