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Honoring Julio Le Parc, exploring art exhibitions in Seattle’s vacated homes, and more updates.
What is the final tribute to a house? In Seattle, one of the country’s priciest cities, a group of artists answers with a fleeting exhibition. Amanda Manitach describes the moving performances, video art, and temporary displays that occupy deserted homes just before they are demolished. Artists are revitalizing old buildings, standing against gentrification with creativity and care.
Today, we also celebrate the visionary illusions and egalitarian art of Julio Le Parc, who has passed away at 97. Further details on his legacy are shared below, along with a guide to summer art exhibitions in Los Angeles. Additionally, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art now offers a complimentary membership program for SNAP beneficiaries.
—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor
Seattle Artists Revive Homes Destined for Demolition
In Seattle’s Greenwood area, the project Once Removed, created by gallerists Zoë Hensley and Sammy Skidmore, provides a platform for artists to temporarily reimagine empty homes marked for demolition. Unlike the commercial gallery space where they usually operate—focused on tangible art forms like glass, sculpture, and painting—this initiative highlights artists who work with transient materials and concepts unsuitable for typical galleries: wax, cornstarch, charcoal, and flickering video, reflecting the temporary nature of the houses themselves.
“We want to create a small whirlpool in the current of gentrification, allowing these homes a final moment of life before they disappear,” Hensley shared with Hyperallergic in an interview. | Amanda Manitach
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- Lucian Freud’s renowned nude painting of model Sue Tilley, “Sleeping by the Lion Carpet” (1995–96), is expected to attract bids up to $47 million at Sotheby’s in London this June.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed free memberships for NY SNAP recipients via their “Explorer” program, which includes benefits like faster entry and exclusive previews.
- Julio Le Parc, the Franco-Argentine artist known for turning viewers into active participants and challenging art-world hierarchies, has died at the age of 97.
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It’s a joy to read this article. As a painter, reader, and amateur writer, it’s exciting to learn that the next books I choose will feature beautifully painted covers.
Jo Ford on Tara Anne Dalbow’s “The Painted Book Cover Is Back”
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