Peter Hujar's Contact Sheets on View at Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan has opened 'Hujar:Contact,' an exhibition entirely dedicated to photographer Peter Hujar's contact sheets, which were never intended for public display. This is the Morgan's second solo show of Hujar's work, following its 2013 acquisition of his archive and the 2018 retrospective 'Peter Hujar: Speed of Life.' Julia Curl examines the implications of viewing these contact sheets as 'excerpts of a conversation' that defined Hujar's approach to portraiture. Meanwhile, Coco Fusco reports on jailed Cuban performance artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, whose five-year sentence ended Thursday but whose whereabouts remain unknown. Other stories include new details on the Louvre Museum jewelry heist from two suspects in pre-trial detention, a Melbourne graffiti controversy over 'Pam the Bird,' a feature on the Children's Art Carnival in Harlem at Columbia University's Wallach Art Gallery, and a review of album art projects examining visual design in music.