Hyperallergic Newsletter: Looted Antiquities, Hujar's Contact Sheets, and Church Biography
The newsletter from Hyperallergic, curated by Hakim Bishara, highlights several significant stories. Erin L. Thompson delves into the reasons behind US museums retaining items from antiquities dealer Phoenix Ancient Art following the Met's return of a Roman bust. Benjamin Moser critiques Victoria Johnson's biography of Frederic Edwin Church, focusing on his landscapes during the era of slavery. Julia Curl analyzes Peter Hujar's contact sheets as snippets of conversation. Additional topics include guerrilla bus advertisements ridiculing Kylie Jenner's Meta glasses, efforts to protect 'Pam the Bird' graffiti in Melbourne, tributes for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a burglary at the Harriet Tubman Museum, Brady Lum's guilty plea for embezzlement, and the Manhattan DA's repatriation of antiquities to Mexico, among others.
Key facts
- Erin L. Thompson reports on looted antiquities from Phoenix Ancient Art held by US museums.
- The Met returned a Roman bust connected to Phoenix Ancient Art.
- Benjamin Moser reviews Victoria Johnson's biography of Frederic Edwin Church.
- Julia Curl reviews Peter Hujar's contact sheets at an exhibition.
- Everyone Hates Elon mocked Kylie Jenner's Meta glasses with bus ads in London.
- Thousands in Melbourne call to preserve 'Pam the Bird' graffiti after an arrest.
- Artists memorialize Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, killed by ICE on July 7.
- Harriet Tubman Museum in Cambridge, Maryland, had a break-in damaging a mural.
- Former High Museum COO Brady Lum pleaded guilty to embezzling over $600,000.
- Manhattan DA repatriated three antiquities to Mexico, one from the Met.
- Trump administration shrank two Utah national monuments by 90%.
- A Cape Town gallery faces allegations of withholding pay and artworks.
- High Line Art seeks public feedback on 62 proposals for 2029-2030 plinths.
- Legionella bacteria found in the Guggenheim Museum's cooling tower.
- Suspects revealed more about the mastermind behind the Louvre jewelry heist.
- Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens released a film on ecosexuality.
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's decennial exhibition features 40 Connecticut artists.
- Children's Art Carnival exhibition at Columbia University's Wallach Art Gallery.
- Poppy DeltaDawn writes on Longaberger baskets and settler colonialism.
- Coco Fusco reports on missing Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.
- Obituaries for Bruno Lucchesi, Pat Oliphant, and Edward Lucie-Smith.
Entities
Artists
- Hakim Bishara
- Erin L. Thompson
- Benjamin Moser
- Victoria Johnson
- Frederic Edwin Church
- Julia Curl
- Peter Hujar
- Kylie Jenner
- Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
- Brady Lum
- Annie Sprinkle
- Beth Stephens
- Coco Fusco
- Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
- Bruno Lucchesi
- Pat Oliphant
- Edward Lucie-Smith
- Keltie Ferris
- Chitra Ganesh
- André Breton
- Raymond Pettibon
- Michael Asher
- Holly EJ Black
- Bridget Quinn
- Divya Mehra
- Renée Reizman
- Tulsa Kinney
- Aaron Short
- Jerry Elengical
- Poppy DeltaDawn
- Patrick Guetta
Institutions
- Hyperallergic
- Headlands Center for the Arts
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Phoenix Ancient Art
- Everyone Hates Elon
- Meta
- Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center
- High Museum of Art
- Manhattan District Attorney's Office
- Guggenheim Museum
- Louvre Museum
- High Line Art
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
- Columbia University's Wallach Art Gallery
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- ICE
Locations
- Northern California
- Marin Headlands
- New York
- London
- Melbourne
- Cambridge, Maryland
- Utah
- Cape Town
- Manhattan
- Woodstock
- Florida
- Argentina
- Palestine
- Cuba