{"id":1781165,"date":"2026-02-18T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1781165"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:00:44","slug":"lunar-new-year-ramadan-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1781165","title":{"rendered":"Lunar New Year-Ramadan Resolutions"},"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\">Lunar New Year-Ramadan Resolutions<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The British Museum in hot water over using &#8220;Canaan&#8221; instead of Palestine in labels, Ocean Vuong&#8217;s photography, Lunar New Year celebrations in NYC, and Seph Rodney on the need for art that gives us an &#8220;elsewhere to imagine.&#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=\"2026-02-18\">February 18, 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>Happy Lunar New Year and Ramadan to our readers who celebrate. May this be a year of peace, health, and prosperity for us all. May it also be a year when artists can make a living from their work, when autocrats are overthrown, when traffickers and their accomplices are brought to justice, when art ceases to be an investment tool, and when bad-faith art writing sponsored by billionaires vanishes from this world. Enjoy reading! <\/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-84-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Sarula Bao, Think!Chinatown\u2019s Lantern Residency artist, holds up her handcrafted puppet to celebrate the Year of the Horse on Mott Street in Manhattan. (photo Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"chinatown-sets-the-year-of-the-fire-horse-aglow\">Chinatown Sets the Year of the Fire Horse Aglow<\/h3>\n<p>All along Mott Street yesterday, Manhattan&#8217;s Chinatown rang in Lunar New Year with dragon dancers, confetti, and sparklers. Prancing above the crowd was artist Sarula Bao&#8217;s embroidered puppet in honor of the Year of the Fire Horse, crafted as part of the annual Lantern Residency organized by nonprofit Think!Chinatown. &#8220;I wanted to include some traditional Chinese New Year motifs that are most associated with luck and prosperity, such as mandarins, fish, coins, and the <em>yuanbao<\/em>, which was historically used as currency,\u201d the artist said.<\/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\/Feb2026_RISDCE_Hyperallergic.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Creative Courses and Certificates in a Format That Works for You<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join the creative community at\u00a0<\/span><span>Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education<\/span><span>\u00a0from anywhere in the world. With in-person and online courses for adult students, along with flexible online certificate programs, you can pursue your passion, launch a career in art and design, or try something new.<\/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-85-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Pro-Palestine activists and climate advocates rally at the British Museum on June 1, 2024. (photo by Kristian Buus\/In Pictures via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The British Museum acknowledges that it has updated certain displays in its Middle East Galleries with terms such as &#8220;Canaan,&#8221; amid news reports accusing the institution of erasing Palestinian history.<\/li>\n<li>Turner Prize winner Tai Shani says she has withdrawn a forthcoming monograph with Phaidon, the fine art book publisher owned by Leon Black, in the wake of graphic sexual assault accusations against the private equity billionaire detailed in the latest tranche of Epstein files.<\/li>\n<li>A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore historical slavery exhibits at Philadelphia&#8217;s President\u2019s House site, citing George Orwell&#8217;s <em>1984<\/em> in the ruling against their removal.<\/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\/_OTP3844-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Piero Penizzotto, \u201cKings of Comedy (Chris, Imani, Bernard, Calvin, D\u2019re)\u201d (2024)(photo by Oriol Tarridas, courtesy The Artist &amp; Primary Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"we-must-do-more-than-simply-depict-our-lives\">We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives<\/h3>\n<p>The best work in the Bronx Museum\u2019s biennial indicates aspirations beyond this time and place. | Seph Rodney<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ocean-vuong-is-a-legitimately-good-photographer\">Ocean Vuong Is a Legitimately Good Photographer<\/h3>\n<p>One might assume that his photography is the nepo baby of his writing, but this is genuinely a great show. | Julia Curl<\/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\/peterwaite_1200x628.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Peter Waite: Social Memory, Paintings 1987-2025<\/strong><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Absence is a presence in paintings by artist Peter Waite. Large-scale architectural scenes capture the beauty and poignancy of overlooked corners, faded surfaces, and traces of life that remain when people are gone. On view through March 15, 2026, at The Wadsworth in Hartford, Connecticut.<\/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>Blaise Tobia on Sarah E. Bond&#8217;s \u201cHow White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The Chroma exhibition was fascinating and I look forward to reading the book. Coincidentally, shortly after having seen Chroma, I was in Trieste and came upon the city&#8217;s memorial to art historian Johann Winckelmann, who is buried there. Winckelmann was an important proponent of &#8220;white&#8221; classical sculpture and architecture, even in the face of substantial evidence to the contrary that already existed in the 18th century. Further, as an adopted Philadelphian, I want to point out that the north pediment of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, done in 1937, features a fully polychromed set of classical figures that might be seen as anticipating current art historical trends.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commenting privileges are reserved\u00a0for paid members.\u00a0Join us today!<\/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\/image-80-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span> Times Square in April, 2020 (photo Seph Rodney\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"representation-alone-will-not-save-us\">Representation Alone Will Not Save Us<\/h3>\n<p>We love representation, the power of signifying, and the incisiveness of well-argued critique, but by themselves, these tools won\u2019t effect structural change. | 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\">Lunar New Year-Ramadan Resolutions<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The British Museum in hot water over using &#8220;Canaan&#8221; instead of Palestine in labels, Ocean Vuong&#8217;s photography, Lunar New Year celebrations in NYC, and Seph Rodney on the need for art that gives us an &#8220;elsewhere to imagine.&#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=\"2026-02-18\">February 18, 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>Happy Lunar New Year and Ramadan to our readers who celebrate. May this be a year of peace, health, and prosperity for us all. May it also be a year when artists can make a living from their work, when autocrats are overthrown, when traffickers and their accomplices are brought to justice, when art ceases to be an investment tool, and when bad-faith art writing sponsored by billionaires vanishes from this world. Enjoy reading! <\/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-84-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Sarula Bao, Think!Chinatown\u2019s Lantern Residency artist, holds up her handcrafted puppet to celebrate the Year of the Horse on Mott Street in Manhattan. (photo Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"chinatown-sets-the-year-of-the-fire-horse-aglow\">Chinatown Sets the Year of the Fire Horse Aglow<\/h3>\n<p>All along Mott Street yesterday, Manhattan&#8217;s Chinatown rang in Lunar New Year with dragon dancers, confetti, and sparklers. Prancing above the crowd was artist Sarula Bao&#8217;s embroidered puppet in honor of the Year of the Fire Horse, crafted as part of the annual Lantern Residency organized by nonprofit Think!Chinatown. &#8220;I wanted to include some traditional Chinese New Year motifs that are most associated with luck and prosperity, such as mandarins, fish, coins, and the <em>yuanbao<\/em>, which was historically used as currency,\u201d the artist said.<\/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\/Feb2026_RISDCE_Hyperallergic.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Creative Courses and Certificates in a Format That Works for You<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join the creative community at\u00a0<\/span><span>Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education<\/span><span>\u00a0from anywhere in the world. With in-person and online courses for adult students, along with flexible online certificate programs, you can pursue your passion, launch a career in art and design, or try something new.<\/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-85-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Pro-Palestine activists and climate advocates rally at the British Museum on June 1, 2024. (photo by Kristian Buus\/In Pictures via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The British Museum acknowledges that it has updated certain displays in its Middle East Galleries with terms such as &#8220;Canaan,&#8221; amid news reports accusing the institution of erasing Palestinian history.<\/li>\n<li>Turner Prize winner Tai Shani says she has withdrawn a forthcoming monograph with Phaidon, the fine art book publisher owned by Leon Black, in the wake of graphic sexual assault accusations against the private equity billionaire detailed in the latest tranche of Epstein files.<\/li>\n<li>A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore historical slavery exhibits at Philadelphia&#8217;s President\u2019s House site, citing George Orwell&#8217;s <em>1984<\/em> in the ruling against their removal.<\/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\/_OTP3844-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Piero Penizzotto, \u201cKings of Comedy (Chris, Imani, Bernard, Calvin, D\u2019re)\u201d (2024)(photo by Oriol Tarridas, courtesy The Artist &amp; Primary Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"we-must-do-more-than-simply-depict-our-lives\">We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives<\/h3>\n<p>The best work in the Bronx Museum\u2019s biennial indicates aspirations beyond this time and place. | Seph Rodney<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ocean-vuong-is-a-legitimately-good-photographer\">Ocean Vuong Is a Legitimately Good Photographer<\/h3>\n<p>One might assume that his photography is the nepo baby of his writing, but this is genuinely a great show. | Julia Curl<\/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\/peterwaite_1200x628.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Peter Waite: Social Memory, Paintings 1987-2025<\/strong><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Absence is a presence in paintings by artist Peter Waite. Large-scale architectural scenes capture the beauty and poignancy of overlooked corners, faded surfaces, and traces of life that remain when people are gone. On view through March 15, 2026, at The Wadsworth in Hartford, Connecticut.<\/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>Blaise Tobia on Sarah E. Bond&#8217;s \u201cHow White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The Chroma exhibition was fascinating and I look forward to reading the book. Coincidentally, shortly after having seen Chroma, I was in Trieste and came upon the city&#8217;s memorial to art historian Johann Winckelmann, who is buried there. Winckelmann was an important proponent of &#8220;white&#8221; classical sculpture and architecture, even in the face of substantial evidence to the contrary that already existed in the 18th century. Further, as an adopted Philadelphian, I want to point out that the north pediment of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, done in 1937, features a fully polychromed set of classical figures that might be seen as anticipating current art historical trends.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commenting privileges are reserved\u00a0for paid members.\u00a0Join us today!<\/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\/image-80-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span> Times Square in April, 2020 (photo Seph Rodney\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"representation-alone-will-not-save-us\">Representation Alone Will Not Save Us<\/h3>\n<p>We love representation, the power of signifying, and the incisiveness of well-argued critique, but by themselves, these tools won\u2019t effect structural change. | 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>Happy Lunar New Year and Ramadan to our readers who celebrate. May this be a year of peace, health, and prosperity for us all. May it also be a year when artists can make a living from their work, when autocrats are overthrown, when traffickers and their accomplices are brought to justice, when art ceases to be an investment tool, and when bad-faith art writing sponsored by billionaires vanishes from this world. Enjoy reading! <\/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-84-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Sarula Bao, Think!Chinatown\u2019s Lantern Residency artist, holds up her handcrafted puppet to celebrate the Year of the Horse on Mott Street in Manhattan. (photo Rhea Nayyar\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"chinatown-sets-the-year-of-the-fire-horse-aglow\">Chinatown Sets the Year of the Fire Horse Aglow<\/h3>\n<p>All along Mott Street yesterday, Manhattan&#8217;s Chinatown rang in Lunar New Year with dragon dancers, confetti, and sparklers. Prancing above the crowd was artist Sarula Bao&#8217;s embroidered puppet in honor of the Year of the Fire Horse, crafted as part of the annual Lantern Residency organized by nonprofit Think!Chinatown. &#8220;I wanted to include some traditional Chinese New Year motifs that are most associated with luck and prosperity, such as mandarins, fish, coins, and the <em>yuanbao<\/em>, which was historically used as currency,\u201d the artist said.<\/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\/Feb2026_RISDCE_Hyperallergic.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Creative Courses and Certificates in a Format That Works for You<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join the creative community at\u00a0<\/span><span>Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education<\/span><span>\u00a0from anywhere in the world. With in-person and online courses for adult students, along with flexible online certificate programs, you can pursue your passion, launch a career in art and design, or try something new.<\/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-85-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Pro-Palestine activists and climate advocates rally at the British Museum on June 1, 2024. (photo by Kristian Buus\/In Pictures via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The British Museum acknowledges that it has updated certain displays in its Middle East Galleries with terms such as &#8220;Canaan,&#8221; amid news reports accusing the institution of erasing Palestinian history.<\/li>\n<li>Turner Prize winner Tai Shani says she has withdrawn a forthcoming monograph with Phaidon, the fine art book publisher owned by Leon Black, in the wake of graphic sexual assault accusations against the private equity billionaire detailed in the latest tranche of Epstein files.<\/li>\n<li>A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore historical slavery exhibits at Philadelphia&#8217;s President\u2019s House site, citing George Orwell&#8217;s <em>1984<\/em> in the ruling against their removal.<\/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\/_OTP3844-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Piero Penizzotto, \u201cKings of Comedy (Chris, Imani, Bernard, Calvin, D\u2019re)\u201d (2024)(photo by Oriol Tarridas, courtesy The Artist &amp; Primary Gallery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"we-must-do-more-than-simply-depict-our-lives\">We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives<\/h3>\n<p>The best work in the Bronx Museum\u2019s biennial indicates aspirations beyond this time and place. | Seph Rodney<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ocean-vuong-is-a-legitimately-good-photographer\">Ocean Vuong Is a Legitimately Good Photographer<\/h3>\n<p>One might assume that his photography is the nepo baby of his writing, but this is genuinely a great show. | Julia Curl<\/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\/peterwaite_1200x628.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Peter Waite: Social Memory, Paintings 1987-2025<\/strong><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Absence is a presence in paintings by artist Peter Waite. Large-scale architectural scenes capture the beauty and poignancy of overlooked corners, faded surfaces, and traces of life that remain when people are gone. On view through March 15, 2026, at The Wadsworth in Hartford, Connecticut.<\/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>Blaise Tobia on Sarah E. Bond&#8217;s \u201cHow White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The Chroma exhibition was fascinating and I look forward to reading the book. Coincidentally, shortly after having seen Chroma, I was in Trieste and came upon the city&#8217;s memorial to art historian Johann Winckelmann, who is buried there. Winckelmann was an important proponent of &#8220;white&#8221; classical sculpture and architecture, even in the face of substantial evidence to the contrary that already existed in the 18th century. Further, as an adopted Philadelphian, I want to point out that the north pediment of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, done in 1937, features a fully polychromed set of classical figures that might be seen as anticipating current art historical trends.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commenting privileges are reserved\u00a0for paid members.\u00a0Join us today!<\/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\/image-80-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span> Times Square in April, 2020 (photo Seph Rodney\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"representation-alone-will-not-save-us\">Representation Alone Will Not Save Us<\/h3>\n<p>We love representation, the power of signifying, and the incisiveness of well-argued critique, but by themselves, these tools won\u2019t effect structural change. | 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\/PrintFair-209-2.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair Returns to Powerhouse Arts This Spring\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair Returns to Powerhouse Arts This Spring<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Over 50 exhibitors, hands-on programming, and a juried print exhibition make up the fair\u2019s expanded second edition. April 9\u201312, 2026.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Powerhouse Arts<\/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\/Hyperallergic-announcment-post-01.jpg\" alt=\"The Museum at FIT Presents \u201cArt X Fashion\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">The Museum at FIT Presents \u201cArt X Fashion\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">This exhibition explores the entangled and shifting relationship between fine art and fashion, tracing parallel aesthetics from 18th-century Rococo to postmodernism.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The Museum at FIT<\/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\/RieserHeintjes_Elements-38-Strontium-1.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Pratt SCPS: Where Practice Meets the Spotlight\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Inside Pratt SCPS: Where Practice Meets the Spotlight<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Discover what happens when working creatives, career pivoters, and lifelong makers plug into art and design education at Pratt\u2019s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Pratt Institute SCPS<\/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\/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<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/lunar-new-year-ramadan-resolutions\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter Lunar New Year-Ramadan Resolutions The British Museum in hot water over using &#8220;Canaan&#8221; instead of Palestine in labels, Ocean Vuong&#8217;s photography, Lunar New Year celebrations in NYC, and Seph Rodney on the need for art that gives us an &#8220;elsewhere to imagine.&#8221; Hyperallergic February 18, 2026\u2014 4 min read Happy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,69],"class_list":["post-1781165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-hyperallergic-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1781165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1781165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1781165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1781165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}