{"id":1761747,"date":"2026-02-05T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1761747"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:00:47","slug":"when-will-moma-dump-leon-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1761747","title":{"rendered":"When Will MoMA Dump Leon Black?"},"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\">When Will MoMA Dump Leon Black?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">New horrific allegations against the museum trustee, artists push against ICE, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art says goodbye to &#8220;PhAM.&#8221;  <\/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=\"2026-02-05\">February 5, 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>In March 2021, we published an open letter signed by over 150 artists and art workers calling on the Museum of Modern Art in New York to cut ties with its then-chairman, private equity billionaire Leon Black, for his close relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. It worked, kind of. Black stepped down from his role, but still sits on the museum&#8217;s board of trustees to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some devastating sexual abuse allegations were leveled against Black, including particularly heartbreaking ones in the recently released files. Black denies the allegations. MoMA is not lifting a finger. Read the full story below.   <\/p>\n<p>But I won&#8217;t leave you on that grim note. Please read Alicia Eler&#8217;s report on how Minneapolis artists are employing the full power of their creativity and community to fight against the ICE invasion of their city. Their message is loud and clear: Get the hell out.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim 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-18.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\"><figcaption><span>Mary LeGarde (Fort Williams First Nation, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa)&#8217;s \u201cICE OUT\u201d bead earrings (image courtesy Mary LeGarde)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"in-minneapolis-artists-mobilize-to-crush-ice\">In Minneapolis, Artists Mobilize to Crush ICE<\/h3>\n<p>After ICE agents murdered Renee Good in broad daylight on January 7, Minnesotan printmaker Art Price was furious but determined to put his resources to work. &#8220;I said, &#8216;What do I have as a resource?&#8217; I have presses and I have ink,&#8221; he recalls. He&#8217;s one of dozens of artists who are mobilizing against ICE&#8217;s occupation of Minneapolis, using beads, ink, and posters as tools of community-building and resistance.<\/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\/1-2400-x-1350-1.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>The Rubin\u2019s Annual Grant Program Funds Himalayan Art and Research<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The 2026 grant cycle opens February 16. Submit a letter of intent by March 6.<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-19.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1659\" height=\"1000\"><figcaption><span>Another lesson in \u201cif it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it.\u201d (edit Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>After a disastrous rebrand and internal turmoil, the Philadelphia Museum of Art decided to return to its old name. Farewell, &#8220;PhAM&#8221;! <\/li>\n<li>The latest tranche of Epstein files includes new details and gruesome descriptions of alleged abuse by MoMA trustee Leon Black. Among them is a disturbing diary entry by an alleged victim.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Palestinian residents in the Occupied West Bank village of Sebastia have expressed outrage at Israel&#8217;s plan to seize the town and neighboring archaeological site as part of a plan convert the area into a\u00a0tourist attraction for Jewish settlers.<\/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-14.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1103\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Deborah Jack&#8217;s video installation &#8220;a sea desalts, creeping in the collapse&#8230; in the expanse&#8230;a rhizome looks for reason&#8230; whispers an elegy instead&#8221; (2024) (photo Stacy J. Platt\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"deborah-jack%E2%80%99s-immersive-elegy-for-water\">Deborah Jack\u2019s Immersive Elegy for Water<\/h3>\n<p>The artist critiques the legitimacy of cartography, empire, and ecological adaptation. | Stacy J. Platt<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"in-memoriam\">In Memoriam<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-15-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Richard Gorman with his work (undated) (photo courtesy Kerlin Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-richard-gorman-seyni-awa-camara-and-bj%C3%B6rn-roth\">Remembering Richard Gorman, Seyni Awa Camara, and Bj\u00f6rn Roth<\/h3>\n<p>An Irish colorist, a Senegalese sculptor, the steward of a family art dynasty, a beloved Philadelphia art blogger, and two Florida Highwaymen are among the community members we honor this week. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler and Damien Davis\u2019s \u201cAfter the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">It&#8217;s a shame that the systems around academic publishing undermines the academy&#8217;s engagement with your brilliance, Damien. I&#8217;ve not read anything that you have written that has not been sharper than a tack in its analysis. Thank you, and Hyperallergic for having the good sense to engage you. Your article reminded me of Kaisha S. Johnson&#8217;s Medium article from back in 2020. See here. Alas, where does the lacuna of power exist to compel not change, but transformation? Change that sticks. After all, white allies serve a purpose, too, but what about the white folx who get it and aspire to level up to accomplice status? Where do we find them? How do we prepare them?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Onassis AiR Residency Program 2026-27<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Participants in Onassis AiR\u2019s artistic research and residency program in Athens, Greece, receive an artist\u2019s fee, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, mentoring, and other resources to support their work. Read more on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: March 3, 2026, at 12pm (UTC+2) |\u00a0<\/span><span>onassis.org<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-17.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><figcaption><span>Hew Locke,\u00a0&#8220;Ambassador 4,&#8221; detail (2022) (\u00a9 Hew Locke, image courtesy John Hammond) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"what-hew-locke-carries\">What Hew Locke Carries<\/h3>\n<p>With his haunting exhibition, Passages, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds. | Seph Rodney<\/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\">When Will MoMA Dump Leon Black?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">New horrific allegations against the museum trustee, artists push against ICE, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art says goodbye to &#8220;PhAM.&#8221;  <\/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=\"2026-02-05\">February 5, 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>In March 2021, we published an open letter signed by over 150 artists and art workers calling on the Museum of Modern Art in New York to cut ties with its then-chairman, private equity billionaire Leon Black, for his close relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. It worked, kind of. Black stepped down from his role, but still sits on the museum&#8217;s board of trustees to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some devastating sexual abuse allegations were leveled against Black, including particularly heartbreaking ones in the recently released files. Black denies the allegations. MoMA is not lifting a finger. Read the full story below.   <\/p>\n<p>But I won&#8217;t leave you on that grim note. Please read Alicia Eler&#8217;s report on how Minneapolis artists are employing the full power of their creativity and community to fight against the ICE invasion of their city. Their message is loud and clear: Get the hell out.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim 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-18.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\"><figcaption><span>Mary LeGarde (Fort Williams First Nation, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa)&#8217;s \u201cICE OUT\u201d bead earrings (image courtesy Mary LeGarde)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"in-minneapolis-artists-mobilize-to-crush-ice\">In Minneapolis, Artists Mobilize to Crush ICE<\/h3>\n<p>After ICE agents murdered Renee Good in broad daylight on January 7, Minnesotan printmaker Art Price was furious but determined to put his resources to work. &#8220;I said, &#8216;What do I have as a resource?&#8217; I have presses and I have ink,&#8221; he recalls. He&#8217;s one of dozens of artists who are mobilizing against ICE&#8217;s occupation of Minneapolis, using beads, ink, and posters as tools of community-building and resistance.<\/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\/1-2400-x-1350-1.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>The Rubin\u2019s Annual Grant Program Funds Himalayan Art and Research<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The 2026 grant cycle opens February 16. Submit a letter of intent by March 6.<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-19.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1659\" height=\"1000\"><figcaption><span>Another lesson in \u201cif it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it.\u201d (edit Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>After a disastrous rebrand and internal turmoil, the Philadelphia Museum of Art decided to return to its old name. Farewell, &#8220;PhAM&#8221;! <\/li>\n<li>The latest tranche of Epstein files includes new details and gruesome descriptions of alleged abuse by MoMA trustee Leon Black. Among them is a disturbing diary entry by an alleged victim.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Palestinian residents in the Occupied West Bank village of Sebastia have expressed outrage at Israel&#8217;s plan to seize the town and neighboring archaeological site as part of a plan convert the area into a\u00a0tourist attraction for Jewish settlers.<\/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-14.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1103\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Deborah Jack&#8217;s video installation &#8220;a sea desalts, creeping in the collapse&#8230; in the expanse&#8230;a rhizome looks for reason&#8230; whispers an elegy instead&#8221; (2024) (photo Stacy J. Platt\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"deborah-jack%E2%80%99s-immersive-elegy-for-water\">Deborah Jack\u2019s Immersive Elegy for Water<\/h3>\n<p>The artist critiques the legitimacy of cartography, empire, and ecological adaptation. | Stacy J. Platt<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"in-memoriam\">In Memoriam<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-15-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Richard Gorman with his work (undated) (photo courtesy Kerlin Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-richard-gorman-seyni-awa-camara-and-bj%C3%B6rn-roth\">Remembering Richard Gorman, Seyni Awa Camara, and Bj\u00f6rn Roth<\/h3>\n<p>An Irish colorist, a Senegalese sculptor, the steward of a family art dynasty, a beloved Philadelphia art blogger, and two Florida Highwaymen are among the community members we honor this week. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler and Damien Davis\u2019s \u201cAfter the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">It&#8217;s a shame that the systems around academic publishing undermines the academy&#8217;s engagement with your brilliance, Damien. I&#8217;ve not read anything that you have written that has not been sharper than a tack in its analysis. Thank you, and Hyperallergic for having the good sense to engage you. Your article reminded me of Kaisha S. Johnson&#8217;s Medium article from back in 2020. See here. Alas, where does the lacuna of power exist to compel not change, but transformation? Change that sticks. After all, white allies serve a purpose, too, but what about the white folx who get it and aspire to level up to accomplice status? Where do we find them? How do we prepare them?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Onassis AiR Residency Program 2026-27<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Participants in Onassis AiR\u2019s artistic research and residency program in Athens, Greece, receive an artist\u2019s fee, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, mentoring, and other resources to support their work. Read more on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: March 3, 2026, at 12pm (UTC+2) |\u00a0<\/span><span>onassis.org<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-17.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><figcaption><span>Hew Locke,\u00a0&#8220;Ambassador 4,&#8221; detail (2022) (\u00a9 Hew Locke, image courtesy John Hammond) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"what-hew-locke-carries\">What Hew Locke Carries<\/h3>\n<p>With his haunting exhibition, Passages, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds. | Seph Rodney<\/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>In March 2021, we published an open letter signed by over 150 artists and art workers calling on the Museum of Modern Art in New York to cut ties with its then-chairman, private equity billionaire Leon Black, for his close relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. It worked, kind of. Black stepped down from his role, but still sits on the museum&#8217;s board of trustees to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some devastating sexual abuse allegations were leveled against Black, including particularly heartbreaking ones in the recently released files. Black denies the allegations. MoMA is not lifting a finger. Read the full story below.   <\/p>\n<p>But I won&#8217;t leave you on that grim note. Please read Alicia Eler&#8217;s report on how Minneapolis artists are employing the full power of their creativity and community to fight against the ICE invasion of their city. Their message is loud and clear: Get the hell out.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim 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-18.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\"><figcaption><span>Mary LeGarde (Fort Williams First Nation, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa)&#8217;s \u201cICE OUT\u201d bead earrings (image courtesy Mary LeGarde)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"in-minneapolis-artists-mobilize-to-crush-ice\">In Minneapolis, Artists Mobilize to Crush ICE<\/h3>\n<p>After ICE agents murdered Renee Good in broad daylight on January 7, Minnesotan printmaker Art Price was furious but determined to put his resources to work. &#8220;I said, &#8216;What do I have as a resource?&#8217; I have presses and I have ink,&#8221; he recalls. He&#8217;s one of dozens of artists who are mobilizing against ICE&#8217;s occupation of Minneapolis, using beads, ink, and posters as tools of community-building and resistance.<\/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\/1-2400-x-1350-1.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>The Rubin\u2019s Annual Grant Program Funds Himalayan Art and Research<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The 2026 grant cycle opens February 16. Submit a letter of intent by March 6.<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-19.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1659\" height=\"1000\"><figcaption><span>Another lesson in \u201cif it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it.\u201d (edit Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>After a disastrous rebrand and internal turmoil, the Philadelphia Museum of Art decided to return to its old name. Farewell, &#8220;PhAM&#8221;! <\/li>\n<li>The latest tranche of Epstein files includes new details and gruesome descriptions of alleged abuse by MoMA trustee Leon Black. Among them is a disturbing diary entry by an alleged victim.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Palestinian residents in the Occupied West Bank village of Sebastia have expressed outrage at Israel&#8217;s plan to seize the town and neighboring archaeological site as part of a plan convert the area into a\u00a0tourist attraction for Jewish settlers.<\/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-14.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1103\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Deborah Jack&#8217;s video installation &#8220;a sea desalts, creeping in the collapse&#8230; in the expanse&#8230;a rhizome looks for reason&#8230; whispers an elegy instead&#8221; (2024) (photo Stacy J. Platt\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"deborah-jack%E2%80%99s-immersive-elegy-for-water\">Deborah Jack\u2019s Immersive Elegy for Water<\/h3>\n<p>The artist critiques the legitimacy of cartography, empire, and ecological adaptation. | Stacy J. Platt<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"in-memoriam\">In Memoriam<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-15-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Richard Gorman with his work (undated) (photo courtesy Kerlin Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-richard-gorman-seyni-awa-camara-and-bj%C3%B6rn-roth\">Remembering Richard Gorman, Seyni Awa Camara, and Bj\u00f6rn Roth<\/h3>\n<p>An Irish colorist, a Senegalese sculptor, the steward of a family art dynasty, a beloved Philadelphia art blogger, and two Florida Highwaymen are among the community members we honor this week. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler and Damien Davis\u2019s \u201cAfter the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">It&#8217;s a shame that the systems around academic publishing undermines the academy&#8217;s engagement with your brilliance, Damien. I&#8217;ve not read anything that you have written that has not been sharper than a tack in its analysis. Thank you, and Hyperallergic for having the good sense to engage you. Your article reminded me of Kaisha S. Johnson&#8217;s Medium article from back in 2020. See here. Alas, where does the lacuna of power exist to compel not change, but transformation? Change that sticks. After all, white allies serve a purpose, too, but what about the white folx who get it and aspire to level up to accomplice status? Where do we find them? How do we prepare them?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-grey kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>FEATURED OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Onassis AiR Residency Program 2026-27<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>Participants in Onassis AiR\u2019s artistic research and residency program in Athens, Greece, receive an artist\u2019s fee, a research budget, housing, round-trip travel, mentoring, and other resources to support their work. Read more on\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: March 3, 2026, at 12pm (UTC+2) |\u00a0<\/span><span>onassis.org<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more in\u00a0this month\u2019s list of opportunities\u00a0for artists, writers, and art workers!<\/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:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-17.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><figcaption><span>Hew Locke,\u00a0&#8220;Ambassador 4,&#8221; detail (2022) (\u00a9 Hew Locke, image courtesy John Hammond) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"what-hew-locke-carries\">What Hew Locke Carries<\/h3>\n<p>With his haunting exhibition, Passages, the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds. | Seph Rodney<\/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\/KAPOW-Naoto_Nakagawa_2026_Still_Life_With_Wine_Opener_Lemon_and_Pomegranate.jpg\" alt=\"Naoto Nakagawa 2026 Is on View at KAPOW\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Naoto Nakagawa 2026 Is on View at KAPOW<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The Lower East Side gallery presents new works by an artist who has shown in major US museums since the 1960s. The exhibition is open through February 22.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">KAPOW<\/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\/02\/2024_IDSVAStudentsatVeniceBiennale_photobyChristopherAndrew.jpg\" alt=\"The Biennale Certificate in Philosophy and Art\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">The Biennale Certificate in Philosophy and Art<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) invites creatives from all backgrounds to apply for this four-day summer program in Venice.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA)<\/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\/02\/2026-MVP-Hyperallergic-Announcement-Matthew-Bogdanos-001.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Bogdanos Awarded Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for Repatriation of Stolen Artifacts\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Matthew Bogdanos Awarded Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for Repatriation of Stolen Artifacts<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The leader of the Manhattan DA\u2019s Antiquities Trafficking Unit is acknowledged for his lifelong dedication to recovering and safeguarding looted antiquities.<\/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\/02\/Alex_SCA_IMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs at SFU\u2019s School for the Contemporary Arts\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs at SFU\u2019s School for the Contemporary Arts<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Transform your art practice with access to internationally-recognized faculty and state-of-the-art facilities in downtown Vancouver. 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