{"id":1717949,"date":"2026-02-02T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1717949"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:00:45","slug":"the-limits-of-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1717949","title":{"rendered":"The Limits of Solidarity"},"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\">The Limits of Solidarity<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Damien Davis on the day after the strike, a report on galleries and street vendors in Tribeca, and the real story of photographer Eug\u00e8ne Atget.<\/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-500-1.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\" title=\"hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500-1\"><\/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=\"2026-02-02\">February 2, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Rage, sympathy, and fear for individuals at risk of persecution, deportation, and state-sanctioned murder fill our hearts and our news feeds. We celebrate those who are willing to take a stand in this dangerous and oppressive landscape, when even speaking up can feel like a risk. But is participating in a one-day strike enough? And how is solidarity practiced on the day after?<\/p>\n<p>Two stories in today&#8217;s newsletter prompt readers to ask difficult questions. The first is an in-depth report about tensions between art galleries and street vendors in a Manhattan art hub. The other is artist Damien Davis&#8217;s opinion piece about the art world&#8217;s performative allyship. These pieces invite us to think beyond good intentions and toward the more uncomfortable truth of what accountability and change truly demand.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Valentina Di Liscia, senior 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\/dsc_1547.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Tribeca Galleries Discuss Reporting Street Vendors, Drawing Criticism\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" title=\"dsc_1547\"><figcaption><span>A group of prominent galleries is located on Broadway below Canal Street in Lower Manhattan, where street vendors were recently targeted by ICE raids. (photo Isa Farfan\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"tribeca-galleries-discuss-reporting-street-vendors-drawing-criticism\">Tribeca Galleries Discuss Reporting Street Vendors, Drawing Criticism<\/h3>\n<p>A group of galleries in Tribeca met in January to discuss \u201cissues of safety and accessibility\u201d related to street vendor presence on and near Broadway, raising concerns among activists who say these sellers \u2014 many of them immigrants \u2014 are already under threat from local and federal officials. Staff Writer Isa Farfan spoke with street vendor advocates and local galleries for this deeply reported story, which illuminates the need for more education and information when it comes to the most vulnerable members of our community.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"after-the-strike-will-art-galleries-be-allies\">After the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?<\/h3>\n<p>Remember the black squares of 2020, shared on social media as a gesture of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement? Recent posts from arts organizations loudly announcing their participation in Friday&#8217;s anti-ICE strike reminded Damien Davis of these and other often \u201cfrictionless\u201d acts of allyship. In a much-needed opinion, he asks: \u201cWill anything still be different after the news cycle passes and the next show opens?\u201d <\/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\/onassis-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"onassis-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Onassis AiR Opens Applications for 2026\u201327 Residencies in Athens<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Participants receive an artist\u2019s fee, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, mentoring, and other resources to support their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/10-atget_the-making-of-a-reputation-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1480\" height=\"833\" title=\"10-atget_the-making-of-a-reputation-1\"><figcaption><span>Eug\u00e8ne Atget, &#8220;\u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts, Monument Henri Regnault&#8221; (1903) (photo courtesy the International Center of Photography)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"eug%C3%A8ne-atget-readymade-icon\">Eug\u00e8ne Atget, Readymade Icon<\/h3>\n<p>An exhibition retells the story of his discovery by Berenice Abbott, leaving out the details of a life defined by failure. | Julia Curl<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"james-castle-was-a-world-unto-himself\">James Castle Was a World Unto Himself<\/h3>\n<p>These works feel almost metaphysically transportive \u2014 like a universe bound by a different set of rules that\u2019s a pleasure to explore. | Lisa Yin Zhang<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"claude-cahun%E2%80%99s-survival-guide-for-the-ages\">Claude Cahun\u2019s Survival Guide for the Ages<\/h3>\n<p>A new translation of the French artist\u2019s 1930 memoir is a kaleidoscopic collection of dialogues, sketches, and Blakean proverbs. | Joyelle McSweeney<\/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\/9_girolamo_spring2025-3.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"9_girolamo_spring2025-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Explore Low and Full Residency MFA Options at Maine College of Art &amp; Design<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Built on a commitment to one-on-one mentoring, the MFA in Studio Art offers an interdisciplinary approach that inspires students to think across traditional academic boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Sandy Sanders on Valentina Di Liscia&#8217;s \u201cAnother NFT Platform Bites the Dust\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Worthless is as worthless does. How is it possible to be so moved past rationality and common sense by Neo Tulip Bubbles? And the product never even approaches the beauty of a tulip? With the PTB attempting to vault over the obstacle of physical reality with virtual reality &#8220;products&#8221;, like crypto, NFTs, insane valuations, digital cash, digital everything, humanity is being delivered a reaffirmation of real, live, physical reality. It can&#8217;t move in that direction fast enough for me. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commenting privileges are reserved\u00a0for paid members.\u00a0Join us today!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/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\/photod_1-52-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"On Being a Somali Artist in Minnesota\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"photod_1-52-2\"><figcaption><span>Ifrah Mansour, \u201cWeaving Abundance\u201d (2024) (photo courtesy Bakar Elmi)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"on-being-a-somali-artist-in-minnesota\">On Being a Somali Artist in Minnesota<\/h3>\n<p>Violence has a way of turning familiar places into guarded ground. And yet, I ask not what has been taken, but what we will continue to build from what remains. | Ifrah Mansour<\/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\">The Limits of Solidarity<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Damien Davis on the day after the strike, a report on galleries and street vendors in Tribeca, and the real story of photographer Eug\u00e8ne Atget.<\/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-500-1.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\" title=\"hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500-1\"><\/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=\"2026-02-02\">February 2, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Rage, sympathy, and fear for individuals at risk of persecution, deportation, and state-sanctioned murder fill our hearts and our news feeds. We celebrate those who are willing to take a stand in this dangerous and oppressive landscape, when even speaking up can feel like a risk. But is participating in a one-day strike enough? And how is solidarity practiced on the day after?<\/p>\n<p>Two stories in today&#8217;s newsletter prompt readers to ask difficult questions. The first is an in-depth report about tensions between art galleries and street vendors in a Manhattan art hub. The other is artist Damien Davis&#8217;s opinion piece about the art world&#8217;s performative allyship. These pieces invite us to think beyond good intentions and toward the more uncomfortable truth of what accountability and change truly demand.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Valentina Di Liscia, senior 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\/dsc_1547.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Tribeca Galleries Discuss Reporting Street Vendors, Drawing Criticism\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" title=\"dsc_1547\"><figcaption><span>A group of prominent galleries is located on Broadway below Canal Street in Lower Manhattan, where street vendors were recently targeted by ICE raids. (photo Isa Farfan\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"tribeca-galleries-discuss-reporting-street-vendors-drawing-criticism\">Tribeca Galleries Discuss Reporting Street Vendors, Drawing Criticism<\/h3>\n<p>A group of galleries in Tribeca met in January to discuss \u201cissues of safety and accessibility\u201d related to street vendor presence on and near Broadway, raising concerns among activists who say these sellers \u2014 many of them immigrants \u2014 are already under threat from local and federal officials. Staff Writer Isa Farfan spoke with street vendor advocates and local galleries for this deeply reported story, which illuminates the need for more education and information when it comes to the most vulnerable members of our community.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"after-the-strike-will-art-galleries-be-allies\">After the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?<\/h3>\n<p>Remember the black squares of 2020, shared on social media as a gesture of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement? Recent posts from arts organizations loudly announcing their participation in Friday&#8217;s anti-ICE strike reminded Damien Davis of these and other often \u201cfrictionless\u201d acts of allyship. In a much-needed opinion, he asks: \u201cWill anything still be different after the news cycle passes and the next show opens?\u201d <\/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\/onassis-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"onassis-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Onassis AiR Opens Applications for 2026\u201327 Residencies in Athens<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Participants receive an artist\u2019s fee, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, mentoring, and other resources to support their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/10-atget_the-making-of-a-reputation-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1480\" height=\"833\" title=\"10-atget_the-making-of-a-reputation-1\"><figcaption><span>Eug\u00e8ne Atget, &#8220;\u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts, Monument Henri Regnault&#8221; (1903) (photo courtesy the International Center of Photography)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"eug%C3%A8ne-atget-readymade-icon\">Eug\u00e8ne Atget, Readymade Icon<\/h3>\n<p>An exhibition retells the story of his discovery by Berenice Abbott, leaving out the details of a life defined by failure. | Julia Curl<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"james-castle-was-a-world-unto-himself\">James Castle Was a World Unto Himself<\/h3>\n<p>These works feel almost metaphysically transportive \u2014 like a universe bound by a different set of rules that\u2019s a pleasure to explore. | Lisa Yin Zhang<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"claude-cahun%E2%80%99s-survival-guide-for-the-ages\">Claude Cahun\u2019s Survival Guide for the Ages<\/h3>\n<p>A new translation of the French artist\u2019s 1930 memoir is a kaleidoscopic collection of dialogues, sketches, and Blakean proverbs. | Joyelle McSweeney<\/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\/9_girolamo_spring2025-3.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"9_girolamo_spring2025-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Explore Low and Full Residency MFA Options at Maine College of Art &amp; Design<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Built on a commitment to one-on-one mentoring, the MFA in Studio Art offers an interdisciplinary approach that inspires students to think across traditional academic boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Sandy Sanders on Valentina Di Liscia&#8217;s \u201cAnother NFT Platform Bites the Dust\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Worthless is as worthless does. How is it possible to be so moved past rationality and common sense by Neo Tulip Bubbles? And the product never even approaches the beauty of a tulip? With the PTB attempting to vault over the obstacle of physical reality with virtual reality &#8220;products&#8221;, like crypto, NFTs, insane valuations, digital cash, digital everything, humanity is being delivered a reaffirmation of real, live, physical reality. It can&#8217;t move in that direction fast enough for me. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commenting privileges are reserved\u00a0for paid members.\u00a0Join us today!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/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\/photod_1-52-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"On Being a Somali Artist in Minnesota\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"photod_1-52-2\"><figcaption><span>Ifrah Mansour, \u201cWeaving Abundance\u201d (2024) (photo courtesy Bakar Elmi)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"on-being-a-somali-artist-in-minnesota\">On Being a Somali Artist in Minnesota<\/h3>\n<p>Violence has a way of turning familiar places into guarded ground. And yet, I ask not what has been taken, but what we will continue to build from what remains. | Ifrah Mansour<\/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>Rage, sympathy, and fear for individuals at risk of persecution, deportation, and state-sanctioned murder fill our hearts and our news feeds. We celebrate those who are willing to take a stand in this dangerous and oppressive landscape, when even speaking up can feel like a risk. But is participating in a one-day strike enough? And how is solidarity practiced on the day after?<\/p>\n<p>Two stories in today&#8217;s newsletter prompt readers to ask difficult questions. The first is an in-depth report about tensions between art galleries and street vendors in a Manhattan art hub. The other is artist Damien Davis&#8217;s opinion piece about the art world&#8217;s performative allyship. These pieces invite us to think beyond good intentions and toward the more uncomfortable truth of what accountability and change truly demand.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Valentina Di Liscia, senior 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\/dsc_1547.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Tribeca Galleries Discuss Reporting Street Vendors, Drawing Criticism\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"795\" title=\"dsc_1547\"><figcaption><span>A group of prominent galleries is located on Broadway below Canal Street in Lower Manhattan, where street vendors were recently targeted by ICE raids. (photo Isa Farfan\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"tribeca-galleries-discuss-reporting-street-vendors-drawing-criticism\">Tribeca Galleries Discuss Reporting Street Vendors, Drawing Criticism<\/h3>\n<p>A group of galleries in Tribeca met in January to discuss \u201cissues of safety and accessibility\u201d related to street vendor presence on and near Broadway, raising concerns among activists who say these sellers \u2014 many of them immigrants \u2014 are already under threat from local and federal officials. Staff Writer Isa Farfan spoke with street vendor advocates and local galleries for this deeply reported story, which illuminates the need for more education and information when it comes to the most vulnerable members of our community.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"after-the-strike-will-art-galleries-be-allies\">After the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?<\/h3>\n<p>Remember the black squares of 2020, shared on social media as a gesture of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement? Recent posts from arts organizations loudly announcing their participation in Friday&#8217;s anti-ICE strike reminded Damien Davis of these and other often \u201cfrictionless\u201d acts of allyship. In a much-needed opinion, he asks: \u201cWill anything still be different after the news cycle passes and the next show opens?\u201d <\/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\/onassis-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"onassis-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Onassis AiR Opens Applications for 2026\u201327 Residencies in Athens<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Participants receive an artist\u2019s fee, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, mentoring, and other resources to support their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/10-atget_the-making-of-a-reputation-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1480\" height=\"833\" title=\"10-atget_the-making-of-a-reputation-1\"><figcaption><span>Eug\u00e8ne Atget, &#8220;\u00c9cole des Beaux-Arts, Monument Henri Regnault&#8221; (1903) (photo courtesy the International Center of Photography)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"eug%C3%A8ne-atget-readymade-icon\">Eug\u00e8ne Atget, Readymade Icon<\/h3>\n<p>An exhibition retells the story of his discovery by Berenice Abbott, leaving out the details of a life defined by failure. | Julia Curl<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"james-castle-was-a-world-unto-himself\">James Castle Was a World Unto Himself<\/h3>\n<p>These works feel almost metaphysically transportive \u2014 like a universe bound by a different set of rules that\u2019s a pleasure to explore. | Lisa Yin Zhang<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"claude-cahun%E2%80%99s-survival-guide-for-the-ages\">Claude Cahun\u2019s Survival Guide for the Ages<\/h3>\n<p>A new translation of the French artist\u2019s 1930 memoir is a kaleidoscopic collection of dialogues, sketches, and Blakean proverbs. | Joyelle McSweeney<\/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\/9_girolamo_spring2025-3.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\" title=\"9_girolamo_spring2025-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Explore Low and Full Residency MFA Options at Maine College of Art &amp; Design<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Built on a commitment to one-on-one mentoring, the MFA in Studio Art offers an interdisciplinary approach that inspires students to think across traditional academic boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Sandy Sanders on Valentina Di Liscia&#8217;s \u201cAnother NFT Platform Bites the Dust\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Worthless is as worthless does. 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