{"id":1749818,"date":"2026-02-04T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1749818"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:00:08","slug":"sva-chairs-appalling-epstein-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1749818","title":{"rendered":"SVA Chair&#8217;s Appalling Epstein Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<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\">SVA Chair&#8217;s Appalling Epstein Emails<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">David A. Ross resigns for his ties with the convicted pedophile, shows to see in LA this spring, the role of plastic in contemporary art, and our monthly opportunities listings. <\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/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=\"2026-02-04\">February 4, 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>&#8220;It is depressing to see how you are once again being dragged through the mud. I\u2019m still proud to call you a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a line from a correspondence between David A. Ross,\u00a0chair of the MFA art practice program at New York\u2019s\u00a0School of Visual Arts, and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just a snippet of a sickening chain of emails between the two men, revealed with the last release of Epstein files. The two also discussed the idea of an exhibition about &#8220;girls and boys ages 14\u201325, where they look nothing like their true ages.&#8221; Epstein suggested titling it &#8220;Statutory.&#8221; Ross sounded thrilled. \u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Ross resigned yesterday from his post at SVA, after pressure from students and alumni. I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;ll be missed. Get all the details below. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-9-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>David A. Ross (photo By Lea Suzuki\/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David A. Ross, chair of the School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA Art Practice Department for 17 years and former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, has resigned from his post following the Department of Justice&#8217;s release of his extensive email exchanges with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In July 2009, when Epstein was released from prison, Ross told him in an email that &#8220;it was an undeserved punishment.&#8221;<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/Hyperallergic-Announcement---F-C_-All-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Vilcek Foundation Awards Five Immigrants $250,000 for Fashion Documentation<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Tanya Mel\u00e9ndez-Escalante, Diego Bendezu, Jalan and Jibril Durimel, and Natalie Nudell received the 2026 Vilcek Prizes in Fashion &amp; Culture for their contributions to fashion representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"remembering-a-community-stalwart\">Remembering a Community Stalwart <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-10-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Roberta Fallon in 2013 (photo via <\/span><span>Facebook<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Philadelphia art community mourns the death of Roberta Fallon, a beloved artist and co-founder of the digital publication\u00a0<em>Artblog<\/em>. She was 76.\u00a0\u201cRoberta remained optimistic. She saw an art world that was better than the real one, and she gave us an alternative history,\u201d Art writer Annette Monnier told\u00a0<em>Hyperallergic.\u00a0<\/em><\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-7.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1412\"><figcaption><span>Julia Fish, &#8220;Threshold, Trace 3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0after Apparition, Hermitage spectrum &#8211; red, SouthWest\u00a0\u2013\u00a0one&#8221; (2025) (photo courtesy David Nolan Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mystery-is-embedded-in-julia-fish%E2%80%99s-architectural-art\">Mystery Is Embedded in Julia Fish\u2019s Architectural Art<\/h3>\n<p>The artist transforms the act of looking into an intricate modality that visualizes the interplay of geometry and architecture, prismatic light and musical notes. | John Yau<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"where-would-contemporary-art-be-without-plastic\">Where Would Contemporary Art Be Without Plastic?<\/h3>\n<p>A new anthology on plastics in art reveals the philosophical conundrums and contradictions at the heart of a material the world relies on. | Louis Bury<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-guide\">Art Guide<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-8-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Arshile Gorky, \u201cUntitled (Mojave)\u201d (1941\u201342) (\u00a9 2025 The Arshile Gorky Foundation \/ Artists Rights Society (ARS); photo by Museum Associates\/LACMA, courtesy the Arshile Gorky Foundation and Hauser &amp; Wirth)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-spring\">15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring<\/h3>\n<p>It may not feel like it right now on the East Coast, but spring is just around the corner. This season, LA institutions are planning retrospectives on iconic local artists and group shows that explore the link between material, spirituality, and community. Among those are shows mining Arshile Gorky\u2019s road trip with Isamu Noguchi, Steve Arnold\u2019s queer baroque aesthetics, Chicano photography, photography in the Black Arts Movement, and more. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"opportunities-this-month\">Opportunities This Month<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/DP143102-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<p>Residencies, fellowships, grants, open calls, and jobs from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the Rubin Museum, and more in our February 2026 list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/iran1200-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><figcaption><span>One of many artworks in solidarity with Ahoo (Mahla) Daryaei, a doctoral student at Tehran\u2019s Azad University who was arrested for stripping down to her underwear to protest Iran&#8217;s Islamic dress code (image courtesy\u00a0<\/span><span>Hamed Shamloo<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-gestural-feminism-of-iranian-women\">The Gestural Feminism of Iranian Women<\/h3>\n<p>The student who stripped her clothes to protest the country\u2019s oppressive dress code fits into an evolving movement of body-based feminist activism. | Pamela Karimi<\/p>\n<hr>\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\">SVA Chair&#8217;s Appalling Epstein Emails<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">David A. Ross resigns for his ties with the convicted pedophile, shows to see in LA this spring, the role of plastic in contemporary art, and our monthly opportunities listings. <\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/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=\"2026-02-04\">February 4, 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>&#8220;It is depressing to see how you are once again being dragged through the mud. I\u2019m still proud to call you a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a line from a correspondence between David A. Ross,\u00a0chair of the MFA art practice program at New York\u2019s\u00a0School of Visual Arts, and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just a snippet of a sickening chain of emails between the two men, revealed with the last release of Epstein files. The two also discussed the idea of an exhibition about &#8220;girls and boys ages 14\u201325, where they look nothing like their true ages.&#8221; Epstein suggested titling it &#8220;Statutory.&#8221; Ross sounded thrilled. \u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Ross resigned yesterday from his post at SVA, after pressure from students and alumni. I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;ll be missed. Get all the details below. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-9-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>David A. Ross (photo By Lea Suzuki\/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David A. Ross, chair of the School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA Art Practice Department for 17 years and former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, has resigned from his post following the Department of Justice&#8217;s release of his extensive email exchanges with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In July 2009, when Epstein was released from prison, Ross told him in an email that &#8220;it was an undeserved punishment.&#8221;<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/Hyperallergic-Announcement---F-C_-All-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Vilcek Foundation Awards Five Immigrants $250,000 for Fashion Documentation<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Tanya Mel\u00e9ndez-Escalante, Diego Bendezu, Jalan and Jibril Durimel, and Natalie Nudell received the 2026 Vilcek Prizes in Fashion &amp; Culture for their contributions to fashion representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"remembering-a-community-stalwart\">Remembering a Community Stalwart <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-10-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Roberta Fallon in 2013 (photo via <\/span><span>Facebook<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Philadelphia art community mourns the death of Roberta Fallon, a beloved artist and co-founder of the digital publication\u00a0<em>Artblog<\/em>. She was 76.\u00a0\u201cRoberta remained optimistic. She saw an art world that was better than the real one, and she gave us an alternative history,\u201d Art writer Annette Monnier told\u00a0<em>Hyperallergic.\u00a0<\/em><\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-7.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1412\"><figcaption><span>Julia Fish, &#8220;Threshold, Trace 3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0after Apparition, Hermitage spectrum &#8211; red, SouthWest\u00a0\u2013\u00a0one&#8221; (2025) (photo courtesy David Nolan Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mystery-is-embedded-in-julia-fish%E2%80%99s-architectural-art\">Mystery Is Embedded in Julia Fish\u2019s Architectural Art<\/h3>\n<p>The artist transforms the act of looking into an intricate modality that visualizes the interplay of geometry and architecture, prismatic light and musical notes. | John Yau<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"where-would-contemporary-art-be-without-plastic\">Where Would Contemporary Art Be Without Plastic?<\/h3>\n<p>A new anthology on plastics in art reveals the philosophical conundrums and contradictions at the heart of a material the world relies on. | Louis Bury<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-guide\">Art Guide<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-8-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Arshile Gorky, \u201cUntitled (Mojave)\u201d (1941\u201342) (\u00a9 2025 The Arshile Gorky Foundation \/ Artists Rights Society (ARS); photo by Museum Associates\/LACMA, courtesy the Arshile Gorky Foundation and Hauser &amp; Wirth)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-spring\">15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring<\/h3>\n<p>It may not feel like it right now on the East Coast, but spring is just around the corner. This season, LA institutions are planning retrospectives on iconic local artists and group shows that explore the link between material, spirituality, and community. Among those are shows mining Arshile Gorky\u2019s road trip with Isamu Noguchi, Steve Arnold\u2019s queer baroque aesthetics, Chicano photography, photography in the Black Arts Movement, and more. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"opportunities-this-month\">Opportunities This Month<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/DP143102-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<p>Residencies, fellowships, grants, open calls, and jobs from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the Rubin Museum, and more in our February 2026 list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/iran1200-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><figcaption><span>One of many artworks in solidarity with Ahoo (Mahla) Daryaei, a doctoral student at Tehran\u2019s Azad University who was arrested for stripping down to her underwear to protest Iran&#8217;s Islamic dress code (image courtesy\u00a0<\/span><span>Hamed Shamloo<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-gestural-feminism-of-iranian-women\">The Gestural Feminism of Iranian Women<\/h3>\n<p>The student who stripped her clothes to protest the country\u2019s oppressive dress code fits into an evolving movement of body-based feminist activism. | Pamela Karimi<\/p>\n<hr>\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>&#8220;It is depressing to see how you are once again being dragged through the mud. I\u2019m still proud to call you a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a line from a correspondence between David A. Ross,\u00a0chair of the MFA art practice program at New York\u2019s\u00a0School of Visual Arts, and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just a snippet of a sickening chain of emails between the two men, revealed with the last release of Epstein files. The two also discussed the idea of an exhibition about &#8220;girls and boys ages 14\u201325, where they look nothing like their true ages.&#8221; Epstein suggested titling it &#8220;Statutory.&#8221; Ross sounded thrilled. \u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Ross resigned yesterday from his post at SVA, after pressure from students and alumni. I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;ll be missed. Get all the details below. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-9-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>David A. Ross (photo By Lea Suzuki\/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David A. Ross, chair of the School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA Art Practice Department for 17 years and former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, has resigned from his post following the Department of Justice&#8217;s release of his extensive email exchanges with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In July 2009, when Epstein was released from prison, Ross told him in an email that &#8220;it was an undeserved punishment.&#8221;<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/Hyperallergic-Announcement---F-C_-All-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Vilcek Foundation Awards Five Immigrants $250,000 for Fashion Documentation<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Tanya Mel\u00e9ndez-Escalante, Diego Bendezu, Jalan and Jibril Durimel, and Natalie Nudell received the 2026 Vilcek Prizes in Fashion &amp; Culture for their contributions to fashion representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"remembering-a-community-stalwart\">Remembering a Community Stalwart <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-10-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Roberta Fallon in 2013 (photo via <\/span><span>Facebook<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Philadelphia art community mourns the death of Roberta Fallon, a beloved artist and co-founder of the digital publication\u00a0<em>Artblog<\/em>. She was 76.\u00a0\u201cRoberta remained optimistic. She saw an art world that was better than the real one, and she gave us an alternative history,\u201d Art writer Annette Monnier told\u00a0<em>Hyperallergic.\u00a0<\/em><\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-7.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1412\"><figcaption><span>Julia Fish, &#8220;Threshold, Trace 3\u00a0\u2013\u00a0after Apparition, Hermitage spectrum &#8211; red, SouthWest\u00a0\u2013\u00a0one&#8221; (2025) (photo courtesy David Nolan Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mystery-is-embedded-in-julia-fish%E2%80%99s-architectural-art\">Mystery Is Embedded in Julia Fish\u2019s Architectural Art<\/h3>\n<p>The artist transforms the act of looking into an intricate modality that visualizes the interplay of geometry and architecture, prismatic light and musical notes. | John Yau<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"where-would-contemporary-art-be-without-plastic\">Where Would Contemporary Art Be Without Plastic?<\/h3>\n<p>A new anthology on plastics in art reveals the philosophical conundrums and contradictions at the heart of a material the world relies on. | Louis Bury<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-guide\">Art Guide<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-8-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Arshile Gorky, \u201cUntitled (Mojave)\u201d (1941\u201342) (\u00a9 2025 The Arshile Gorky Foundation \/ Artists Rights Society (ARS); photo by Museum Associates\/LACMA, courtesy the Arshile Gorky Foundation and Hauser &amp; Wirth)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"15-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-spring\">15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring<\/h3>\n<p>It may not feel like it right now on the East Coast, but spring is just around the corner. This season, LA institutions are planning retrospectives on iconic local artists and group shows that explore the link between material, spirituality, and community. Among those are shows mining Arshile Gorky\u2019s road trip with Isamu Noguchi, Steve Arnold\u2019s queer baroque aesthetics, Chicano photography, photography in the Black Arts Movement, and more. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"opportunities-this-month\">Opportunities This Month<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/DP143102-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<p>Residencies, fellowships, grants, open calls, and jobs from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the Rubin Museum, and more in our February 2026 list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/iran1200-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><figcaption><span>One of many artworks in solidarity with Ahoo (Mahla) Daryaei, a doctoral student at Tehran\u2019s Azad University who was arrested for stripping down to her underwear to protest Iran&#8217;s Islamic dress code (image courtesy\u00a0<\/span><span>Hamed Shamloo<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-gestural-feminism-of-iranian-women\">The Gestural Feminism of Iranian Women<\/h3>\n<p>The student who stripped her clothes to protest the country\u2019s oppressive dress code fits into an evolving movement of body-based feminist activism. | Pamela Karimi<\/p>\n<hr>\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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/02\/Hyperallergic-Announcement---F-C_-All.jpg\" alt=\"Vilcek Foundation Awards Five Immigrants $250,000 for Fashion Documentation\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Vilcek Foundation Awards Five Immigrants $250,000 for Fashion Documentation<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Tanya Mel\u00e9ndez-Escalante, Diego Bendezu, Jalan and Jibril Durimel, and Natalie Nudell received the 2026 Vilcek Prizes in Fashion &amp; Culture for their contributions to fashion representation.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The Vilcek Foundation<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/01\/Hyperallergic-3.48.38---PM-1.jpg\" alt=\"Onassis AiR Opens Applications for 2026\u201327 Residencies in Athens\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/01\/PrattManhattanGallery_RugLifeLevchenya.jpg\" alt=\"Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents \u201cRugLife\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/01\/NYCEDC-HABG-RFP2025-HyperallergicAnnouncementAd-1.jpg\" alt=\"Request for Proposals: Operator for the Harlem African Burial Ground Cultural Education Center\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/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<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/sva-chairs-appaling-epstein-emails\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; 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