{"id":1717938,"date":"2026-01-30T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1717938"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:00:30","slug":"becoming-caravaggio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1717938","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Caravaggio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main class=\"gh-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Becoming Caravaggio<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Mass layoffs at the MFA Boston, the Newark Museum of Art gets a new director, and why we can never get enough of Caravaggio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\" title=\"hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-01-30\">January 30, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Last week, I called John Marciari, curator of the Morgan Library &amp; Museum\u2019s new exhibition on Caravaggio\u2019s masterpiece \u201cThe Boy with a Basket of Fruit\u201d (c. 1593), from my living room. It was the eve of a massive winter snowstorm, and I was looking glumly out the window, which, in true New York fashion, faces only other apartments.<\/p>\n<p>Marciari brought me to a very different place: the luxurious, languid heat of late-summer Rome, in one of the final years of the 16th century. There, an ordinary boy has been made to hold a heavy basket of fruit for far longer than he\u2019d like in a hot, airless studio, and a young, unknown painter is on the precipice of greatness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In our interview, Marciari fills me in on the life and influence of this \u2014 shall we say, <em>colorful<\/em> character; Rome\u2019s burgeoning and surprisingly modern gallery system (think 1960s New York); and what it\u2019s like to essentially live with a Caravaggio. No fair. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor <\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/caravaggio1200-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1003\" height=\"564\" title=\"caravaggio1200-2-1\"><figcaption><span>Caravaggio, &#8220;Boy with a Basket of Fruit&#8221; (c. 1593) (photo Lisa Yin Zhang\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-moment-caravaggio-became-caravaggio\">The Moment Caravaggio Became Caravaggio<\/h3>\n<p>Even an Old Master was young once. A Morgan Library exhibition about Caravaggio\u2019s \u201cBoy with a Basket of Fruit\u201d is a portrait of an artist as a young man \u2014\u00a0ambitious, talented, and maybe a little petty. \u201cHe\u2019s not a perfect artist yet,\u201d curator Marciari told me. But this work is the first in a sequence tracing the arc of an unknown provincial painter&#8217;s transformation into one of the undisputed giants of Western art history.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nycedc-habg-rfp2025-hyperallergicannouncementad-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"nycedc-habg-rfp2025-hyperallergicannouncementad-1-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Request for Proposals: Operator for the Harlem African Burial Ground Cultural Education Center<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Learn about this opportunity to develop a cultural education center at the historic East Harlem site during informational sessions in January and February.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-117-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-117-1\"><figcaption><span>The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (image via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>; <\/span><span>CC BY 4.0<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston lays off 33 workers, a 6.3% staff reduction, citing a $13 million projected deficit. A union representative said the unit is \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d about the impact of the staff cuts on affected and remaining workers.  <\/li>\n<li>The Newark Museum of Art names Lisa Funderburke as its new leader. She joins New Jersey&#8217;s largest fine art museum after nine years at the helm of the Artist Communities Alliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-118-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-118-1\"><figcaption><span>Michelle Segre, &#8220;Nebula,&#8221; detail (2025) (photo Adam Reich, courtesy the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"michelle-segre%E2%80%99s-impermanent-worlds\">Michelle Segre\u2019s Impermanent Worlds<\/h3>\n<p>By remaining open to time and its effects, Segre\u2019s art defies the idea of permanence often associated with both sculpture and empire. | John Yau<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment <\/h2>\n<p>Laurie Phillips on Sheila Dickinson&#8217;s &#8220;For Dyani White Hawk, Love Is an Act of Resistance&#8221;: <\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I live in the Twin Cities so I got to experience the Dyani White Hawk show in person. What a privilege to let my body absorb her work and the work of her family and the community members she hires to help her. As the writer of this article points out, it&#8217;s a safe space to sit and feel the love Dyani is putting out in the world. I&#8217;m glad you covered this important show.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commenting privileges are reserved\u00a0for paid members.\u00a0Join us today!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-119-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-119-1\"><figcaption><span>Marah Al-Za&#8217;anin, an 18-year-old Palestinian artist, has transformed a tent in Gaza City&#8217;s Al-Rimal neighborhood into a studio. (photo Saeed Jaras\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>An 18-year-old painter in Gaza, Zohran\u2019s documentarian, anti-ICE art sleds in Minnesota, the brilliance of \u201cHeated Rivalry,\u201d hidden reggaet\u00f3n history, and more links from around the internet.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-the-brooklyn-museums-new-top-contemporary-art-curator\">Art Movements: The Brooklyn Museum&#8217;s New Top Contemporary Art Curator<\/h3>\n<p>Robert Wiesenberger is the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s new senior curator. Plus, the Newark Museum, Grey Art Museum, and the Clark Art Institute get new directors.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-view-from-the-easel\">A View From the Easel<\/h3>\n<p>This week, Sasha Lynn Roberts watches the sunrise as she paints in Pupukea, Hawaii, and Arleene Correa Valencia watches the sunset as she embroider canvas in Napa, California. Your studio could be next! <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Becoming Caravaggio<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Mass layoffs at the MFA Boston, the Newark Museum of Art gets a new director, and why we can never get enough of Caravaggio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\" title=\"hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-01-30\">January 30, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Last week, I called John Marciari, curator of the Morgan Library &amp; Museum\u2019s new exhibition on Caravaggio\u2019s masterpiece \u201cThe Boy with a Basket of Fruit\u201d (c. 1593), from my living room. It was the eve of a massive winter snowstorm, and I was looking glumly out the window, which, in true New York fashion, faces only other apartments.<\/p>\n<p>Marciari brought me to a very different place: the luxurious, languid heat of late-summer Rome, in one of the final years of the 16th century. There, an ordinary boy has been made to hold a heavy basket of fruit for far longer than he\u2019d like in a hot, airless studio, and a young, unknown painter is on the precipice of greatness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In our interview, Marciari fills me in on the life and influence of this \u2014 shall we say, <em>colorful<\/em> character; Rome\u2019s burgeoning and surprisingly modern gallery system (think 1960s New York); and what it\u2019s like to essentially live with a Caravaggio. No fair. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor <\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/caravaggio1200-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1003\" height=\"564\" title=\"caravaggio1200-2-1\"><figcaption><span>Caravaggio, &#8220;Boy with a Basket of Fruit&#8221; (c. 1593) (photo Lisa Yin Zhang\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-moment-caravaggio-became-caravaggio\">The Moment Caravaggio Became Caravaggio<\/h3>\n<p>Even an Old Master was young once. A Morgan Library exhibition about Caravaggio\u2019s \u201cBoy with a Basket of Fruit\u201d is a portrait of an artist as a young man \u2014\u00a0ambitious, talented, and maybe a little petty. \u201cHe\u2019s not a perfect artist yet,\u201d curator Marciari told me. But this work is the first in a sequence tracing the arc of an unknown provincial painter&#8217;s transformation into one of the undisputed giants of Western art history.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nycedc-habg-rfp2025-hyperallergicannouncementad-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"nycedc-habg-rfp2025-hyperallergicannouncementad-1-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Request for Proposals: Operator for the Harlem African Burial Ground Cultural Education Center<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Learn about this opportunity to develop a cultural education center at the historic East Harlem site during informational sessions in January and February.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-117-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-117-1\"><figcaption><span>The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (image via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>; <\/span><span>CC BY 4.0<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston lays off 33 workers, a 6.3% staff reduction, citing a $13 million projected deficit. A union representative said the unit is \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d about the impact of the staff cuts on affected and remaining workers.  <\/li>\n<li>The Newark Museum of Art names Lisa Funderburke as its new leader. She joins New Jersey&#8217;s largest fine art museum after nine years at the helm of the Artist Communities Alliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-118-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-118-1\"><figcaption><span>Michelle Segre, &#8220;Nebula,&#8221; detail (2025) (photo Adam Reich, courtesy the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"michelle-segre%E2%80%99s-impermanent-worlds\">Michelle Segre\u2019s Impermanent Worlds<\/h3>\n<p>By remaining open to time and its effects, Segre\u2019s art defies the idea of permanence often associated with both sculpture and empire. | John Yau<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment <\/h2>\n<p>Laurie Phillips on Sheila Dickinson&#8217;s &#8220;For Dyani White Hawk, Love Is an Act of Resistance&#8221;: <\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I live in the Twin Cities so I got to experience the Dyani White Hawk show in person. What a privilege to let my body absorb her work and the work of her family and the community members she hires to help her. As the writer of this article points out, it&#8217;s a safe space to sit and feel the love Dyani is putting out in the world. I&#8217;m glad you covered this important show.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commenting privileges are reserved\u00a0for paid members.\u00a0Join us today!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-119-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-119-1\"><figcaption><span>Marah Al-Za&#8217;anin, an 18-year-old Palestinian artist, has transformed a tent in Gaza City&#8217;s Al-Rimal neighborhood into a studio. (photo Saeed Jaras\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>An 18-year-old painter in Gaza, Zohran\u2019s documentarian, anti-ICE art sleds in Minnesota, the brilliance of \u201cHeated Rivalry,\u201d hidden reggaet\u00f3n history, and more links from around the internet.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-the-brooklyn-museums-new-top-contemporary-art-curator\">Art Movements: The Brooklyn Museum&#8217;s New Top Contemporary Art Curator<\/h3>\n<p>Robert Wiesenberger is the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s new senior curator. Plus, the Newark Museum, Grey Art Museum, and the Clark Art Institute get new directors.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-view-from-the-easel\">A View From the Easel<\/h3>\n<p>This week, Sasha Lynn Roberts watches the sunrise as she paints in Pupukea, Hawaii, and Arleene Correa Valencia watches the sunset as she embroider canvas in Napa, California. Your studio could be next! <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Last week, I called John Marciari, curator of the Morgan Library &amp; Museum\u2019s new exhibition on Caravaggio\u2019s masterpiece \u201cThe Boy with a Basket of Fruit\u201d (c. 1593), from my living room. It was the eve of a massive winter snowstorm, and I was looking glumly out the window, which, in true New York fashion, faces only other apartments.<\/p>\n<p>Marciari brought me to a very different place: the luxurious, languid heat of late-summer Rome, in one of the final years of the 16th century. There, an ordinary boy has been made to hold a heavy basket of fruit for far longer than he\u2019d like in a hot, airless studio, and a young, unknown painter is on the precipice of greatness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In our interview, Marciari fills me in on the life and influence of this \u2014 shall we say, <em>colorful<\/em> character; Rome\u2019s burgeoning and surprisingly modern gallery system (think 1960s New York); and what it\u2019s like to essentially live with a Caravaggio. No fair. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor <\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/caravaggio1200-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1003\" height=\"564\" title=\"caravaggio1200-2-1\"><figcaption><span>Caravaggio, &#8220;Boy with a Basket of Fruit&#8221; (c. 1593) (photo Lisa Yin Zhang\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-moment-caravaggio-became-caravaggio\">The Moment Caravaggio Became Caravaggio<\/h3>\n<p>Even an Old Master was young once. A Morgan Library exhibition about Caravaggio\u2019s \u201cBoy with a Basket of Fruit\u201d is a portrait of an artist as a young man \u2014\u00a0ambitious, talented, and maybe a little petty. \u201cHe\u2019s not a perfect artist yet,\u201d curator Marciari told me. But this work is the first in a sequence tracing the arc of an unknown provincial painter&#8217;s transformation into one of the undisputed giants of Western art history.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nycedc-habg-rfp2025-hyperallergicannouncementad-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"nycedc-habg-rfp2025-hyperallergicannouncementad-1-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Request for Proposals: Operator for the Harlem African Burial Ground Cultural Education Center<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Learn about this opportunity to develop a cultural education center at the historic East Harlem site during informational sessions in January and February.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-117-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-117-1\"><figcaption><span>The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (image via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>; <\/span><span>CC BY 4.0<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston lays off 33 workers, a 6.3% staff reduction, citing a $13 million projected deficit. A union representative said the unit is \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d about the impact of the staff cuts on affected and remaining workers.  <\/li>\n<li>The Newark Museum of Art names Lisa Funderburke as its new leader. She joins New Jersey&#8217;s largest fine art museum after nine years at the helm of the Artist Communities Alliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-118-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-118-1\"><figcaption><span>Michelle Segre, &#8220;Nebula,&#8221; detail (2025) (photo Adam Reich, courtesy the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"michelle-segre%E2%80%99s-impermanent-worlds\">Michelle Segre\u2019s Impermanent Worlds<\/h3>\n<p>By remaining open to time and its effects, Segre\u2019s art defies the idea of permanence often associated with both sculpture and empire. | John Yau<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment <\/h2>\n<p>Laurie Phillips on Sheila Dickinson&#8217;s &#8220;For Dyani White Hawk, Love Is an Act of Resistance&#8221;: <\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I live in the Twin Cities so I got to experience the Dyani White Hawk show in person. What a privilege to let my body absorb her work and the work of her family and the community members she hires to help her. As the writer of this article points out, it&#8217;s a safe space to sit and feel the love Dyani is putting out in the world. I&#8217;m glad you covered this important show.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commenting privileges are reserved\u00a0for paid members.\u00a0Join us today!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-119-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" title=\"image-119-1\"><figcaption><span>Marah Al-Za&#8217;anin, an 18-year-old Palestinian artist, has transformed a tent in Gaza City&#8217;s Al-Rimal neighborhood into a studio. (photo Saeed Jaras\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>An 18-year-old painter in Gaza, Zohran\u2019s documentarian, anti-ICE art sleds in Minnesota, the brilliance of \u201cHeated Rivalry,\u201d hidden reggaet\u00f3n history, and more links from around the internet.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-the-brooklyn-museums-new-top-contemporary-art-curator\">Art Movements: The Brooklyn Museum&#8217;s New Top Contemporary Art Curator<\/h3>\n<p>Robert Wiesenberger is the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s new senior curator. Plus, the Newark Museum, Grey Art Museum, and the Clark Art Institute get new directors.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-view-from-the-easel\">A View From the Easel<\/h3>\n<p>This week, Sasha Lynn Roberts watches the sunrise as she paints in Pupukea, Hawaii, and Arleene Correa Valencia watches the sunset as she embroider canvas in Napa, California. Your studio could be next! <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hyperallergic-3-48-38-pm-1.jpg\" alt=\"Onassis AiR Opens Applications for 2026\u201327 Residencies in Athens\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"hyperallergic-3-48-38-pm-1\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Onassis AiR Opens Applications for 2026\u201327 Residencies in Athens<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Participants receive an artist\u2019s fee, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, mentoring, and other resources to support their work.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Onassis AiR<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/prattmanhattangallery_ruglifelevchenya.jpg\" alt=\"Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents \u201cRugLife\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"prattmanhattangallery_ruglifelevchenya\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents \u201cRugLife\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Sculptural carpets, woven works, and reimagined textiles by 14 contemporary artists examine housing, technology, social justice, and the environment.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Pratt Manhattan Gallery<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nycedc-habg-rfp2025-hyperallergicannouncementad-1.jpg\" alt=\"Request for Proposals: Operator for the Harlem African Burial Ground Cultural Education Center\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"nycedc-habg-rfp2025-hyperallergicannouncementad-1\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Request for Proposals: Operator for the Harlem African Burial Ground Cultural Education Center<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Learn about this opportunity to develop a cultural education center at the historic East Harlem site during informational sessions in January and February.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/madsen_maud_playthegame-1.jpeg\" alt=\"New York Academy of Art Presents \u201cChubb Fellows &amp; Friends\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"madsen_maud_playthegame-1\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">New York Academy of Art Presents \u201cChubb Fellows &amp; Friends\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Featuring past fellows alongside a broader circle of artists linked to the Academy, the show brings together work by Danica Lundy, Dana Schutz, Tschabalala Self, Amy Sherald, and more.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">New York Academy of Art<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p> Source URL: https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/becoming-caravaggio\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Newsletter Becoming Caravaggio Mass layoffs at the MFA Boston, the Newark Museum of Art gets a new director, and why we can never get enough of Caravaggio. 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