 October 5, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. 🌧️ Today, comedian John Oliver tells the truth about museums' shady dealings with trafficked antiquities on his late-night show (and quotes twice from Hyperallergic's reporting). It's good to see a discussion about this topic on mainstream TV. Also today, a rare masterpiece by Artemisia Gentileschi goes on view at an Oslo museum, archaeologists dig up a 2,000-year-old Hercules statue in Greece, school children react to a screening of a new film about Emmett Till, and more. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor  John Oliver Roasts Museums in Episode on Looted ArtThe episode focused on Western museums’ hesitant repatriation efforts and auction houses’ questionable consignment practices. | Elaine Velie SPONSORED  We Are Beside Ourselves On View Through November 18The James Gallery at CUNY and The Racial Imaginary Institute present a collaborative exhibition that explores new ways to form a “we.” Artists include Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Claudia Rankine and John Lucas, Hong-An Truong, and others. Learn more. Follow The James Gallery on Twitter and Instagram. Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., 2022, UV-laminated archival inkjet print mounted on Dibond, 18 x 32 inches, Edition 1 of 3 IN THE NEWS  A team of professors and students found the statue in the ancient city of Philippi. (all images via Greek Ministry of Sports and Culture)
SPONSORED  Alexandre Arrechea’s Landscape and Hierarchies Features Works Inspired by Sports and NatureThis exhibition marks 20 years of Arrechea’s solo career with watercolors, sculptures, and multimedia installations created specifically for ArtYard in Frenchtown, New Jersey. Learn more. LATEST IN ART  Lesser-Know Masterpiece by Artemisia Gentileschi Goes on ViewA painting now on view at the Nasjonalmuseet captures Judith and her maidservant in the moment after slaying Holofernes and before their escape, as though veritably peering out of frame. | Sarah Rose Sharp SPONSORED  Apply to SVA’s MA in Curatorial PracticeThe New York-based, globally linked, and practice-focused curatorial program for professionals at the School of Visual Arts offers the opportunity to create three funded exhibitions. Learn more.  The Politics of the Air We BreatheInspired by Charles Babbage’s idea of air as “atmospheric memory,” In the Air considers air as a common space that belongs to and affects the whole of humanity. | Anna Souter  Peter Acheson Trades Heroism for HumilityIn an age dominated by narcissism and material excess, Acheson's anti-heroic position as an admirer of other artists should be something that we reflect upon. | John Yau SPONSORED  After Three Years, Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair Returns In PersonCatch a broad range of artists, publishers, antiquarian booksellers, and more from October 13 through 16 at the fair’s historic first location in Chelsea. Learn more. MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC  New Emmett Till Film Moves and Rouses NYC StudentsThe student screening of Till emphasized an important aim of the film: to educate young people about the fierce love and activism of Mamie Till-Mobley, which played no small part in igniting the Civil Rights Movement. | Jasmine Liu  A View From the EaselThis week, artist studios in Harlem, Tennessee, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin SPONSORED ANNOUNCEMENTS
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