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Plus, the largest survey of Arthur Jafa’s work is coming to New York.
Carmen Maria Machado, known for her well-received short story collection Her Body and Other Parties and the memoir In the Dream House, is a Cuban-American writer who originally studied photography in college. She has frequently collaborated with visual artists. Today, she shares insights with Associate Editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin about her role as a guest curator for painter Rocío García’s exhibit at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Machado hopes the exhibition will encourage reflection on both state power and interpersonal power dynamics.
In other news, the New Museum will host a major survey of Arthur Jafa’s work, a significant Indigenous art acquisition is underway in Phoenix, and the latest edition of Beer With a Painter features Palestinian-American artist Samia Halaby.
This weekend, I’ll be speaking at Legacy Lab New Mexico at the Albuquerque Museum on a topic important to us at Hyperallergic—how artists can make a lasting impact. If you’re attending, I look forward to meeting you.
—Valentina Di Liscia, senior editor
What Carmen Maria Machado Wants You to Know About Power
For The Object of Power is Power, a title inspired by George Orwell’s 1984, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in Soho has enlisted author Carmen Maria Machado to work with Head Curator Stamatina Gregory on a solo exhibition featuring paintings by Cuban artist Rocío García.
As I wandered through the shadowy gallery, it was clear that Machado had found a kindred spirit in García. Her large-scale canvases tell their own stories, exploring the same themes of sexuality and power that Machado has long examined in her writing. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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Health, Technology, Art, and Design Intersect at UC Davis Graduate Showcase
On view at the Manetti Shrem Museum through June 20, the multidisciplinary exhibition features projects by 20 arts graduate students.
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The Bennett Prize Opens Fifth Call for Entries
Women figurative realist painters can enter to win $75,000 and a traveling solo exhibition. Applications are open through September 19.
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(1) ‘ethical AI’ 😂 (2) ‘In reality, it has more in common with our theme parks like Disneyland, with their meticulous crafting of “experience.”’ well said! & also related to the theme-parkization of art one sees ( here in the UK & I guess in the US too) in those horrible ‘immersive’ Van Gogh &c. money spinners …(3) ‘It was exhilarating. It was mesmerizing. I felt like I was going to be sick.’ Nice comic timing!
Michael Szpakowski on “My Queasy, Forest-Scented Stroll Through LA’s New AI Art Museum”
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