Hyperallergic Newsletter: Nolan's Odyssey, Hockney's iPads, Otero Alcántara Freed
After spending five years in a maximum-security facility, Cuban dissident performance artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has been released and subsequently exiled to Miami due to charges of 'contempt, defamation, and public disorder.' In August, the Art Institute of Chicago is set to hand over its custodial services to a private contractor, prompting protests from union members. Residents of New York's Chinatown demonstrated against the Museum of Chinese in America's decision to accept a $35 million grant linked to a borough jail. Following legal disputes, federal authorities altered slavery history displays at a historical park in Pennsylvania. Yuko Kikuchi stepped down from her position at the Victoria and Albert Museum amid allegations of 'racist' conduct. Tate appointed Jessica Morgan as its new director. Dmitriy Popov was sentenced to 20 years for the hate crime murder of dancer O'Shae Sibley.
Key facts
- Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara released after 5 years and exiled to Miami.
- Art Institute of Chicago to outsource custodial staff in August.
- Chinatown residents protest Museum of Chinese in America over jail grant.
- Federal officials replaced slavery exhibits at Pennsylvania historical park.
- Yuko Kikuchi resigned from V&A due to alleged racist behaviors.
- Tate names Jessica Morgan as next director.
- Two painters sue The Hole Gallery for $50,000.
- Goldstein gift 70+ works to Zimmerli Art Museum.
- Dmitriy Popov sentenced 20 years for stabbing O'Shae Sibley.
- Activists sue to stop Frida Kahlo works leaving Mexico.
- New Museum leak shuts down building for weekend.
- NYFA awards $903,000 to 132 artists.
- Joel Christensen reviews Nolan's The Odyssey.
- Olivia McEwan criticizes Hockney's iPad paintings.
- Zendaya wears 3,000-year-old Iranian earrings at London photocall.
- Giant wiener performance in Times Square.
- Jimothy the raccoon celebrated in Seattle.
- Alex Odeh memorial 'The Stolen Dove' launched.
- Sabri Sundos interview on facing catastrophe with flowers.
- Louvre reopens room; Texas artist outdoor collection.
Entities
Artists
- Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
- David Hockney
- Frida Kahlo
- Christine Borland
- Astrid Furnival
- Vicente Matallana
- Patrick Guetta
- Sabri Sundos
- Kyung-Me
- Trevor Winkfield
- Helen Levitt
- John Yau
- Natalie Weis
- Olivia McEwan
- Joel P. Christensen
- Hrag Vartanian
- Rhea Nayyar
- Matt Stromberg
- Samantha Jensen
- Glenn Spiro
- Zendaya
- Christopher Nolan
- Jessica Morgan
- Yuko Kikuchi
- Dmitriy Popov
- O'Shae Sibley
- Anne Goldstein
- Arthur Goldstein
- Curtis Sliwa
- Alex Odeh
- Jimothy (raccoon)
- Nancy Drew
- Rachel Cusk
- Natalie Portman
Institutions
- Hyperallergic
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Museum of Chinese in America
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Tate
- Dia Art Foundation
- The Hole Gallery
- Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
- New Museum
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- New York State Council on the Arts
- Barron London
- CUNY Graduate Center
- BlackStar Film Festival
- Louvre
- Made in L.A.
- Immigrant Artist Biennial
Locations
- Havana
- Cuba
- Miami
- United States
- New York City
- Chinatown
- London
- Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania
- Chicago
- Los Angeles
- Seattle
- Texas
- Mexico
- Europe
- Times Square
- Manhattan