{"id":1781169,"date":"2026-02-19T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1781169"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:00:22","slug":"this-is-not-my-la-art-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1781169","title":{"rendered":"This Is Not My LA Art World"},"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\">This Is Not My LA Art World<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Helene Schjerfbeck\u2019s penetrating self-portraits at The Met, Pride flag artist\u2019s foundation sues the Trump administration, and remembering Henrike Naumann.<\/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=\"2026-02-19\">February 19, 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>We&#8217;re just a week away from Frieze LA, when East Coast dealers and local artists alike descend upon the Santa Monica Airport, but this isn&#8217;t Ren\u00e9e Reizman&#8217;s first rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>Since the critic and artist moved to the area almost 15 years ago, she&#8217;s witnessed blue-chip New York galleries set up shop and sideline the irreverent, DIY spaces that shape the local art scene. Without these spaces, Reizman writes, she would not have discovered what art can be outside of the white cube. Her ode to the Angeleno artist-run organizations that prioritize experimentation and community over mainstream commercial appeal, from Chinatown&#8217;s Plot to Altadena&#8217;s Trade School, couldn&#8217;t come at a better time.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/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\/barbara-c-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Barbara Carrasco\u2019s mural \u201cL.A. History: A Mexican Perspective\u201d (1981) (photo Matt Stromberg\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"la%E2%80%99s-art-scene-is-not-a-new-york-outpost\">LA\u2019s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost<\/h3>\n<p>During Reizman&#8217;s early years working in the entertainment industry in LA, she sought refuge at Machine Project, an avant-garde art space in Echo Park. For her, its success &#8220;proved that an ecosystem of artists who thrived without gallery representation or a commercial audience was possible.&#8221; Though the space closed in 2018, its spirit lives on in other artist-run organizations that are up against a growing number of East Coast galleries opening second homes.<\/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-announcment-post-01-1.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 Museum at FIT Presents \u201cArt X Fashion\u201d<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition explores the entangled and shifting relationship between fine art and fashion, tracing parallel aesthetics from 18th-century Rococo to postmodernism.<\/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\/marka-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Victor \u201cMarka27\u201d Qui\u00f1onez\u2019s exhibition <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Ni de Aqu\u00ed, Ni de All\u00e1 <\/em><\/i><span>during its previous run at the Boston University Art Galleries (photo by Tim Correira, courtesy BU)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate students at the University of North Texas have withdrawn their thesis shows in solidarity with Victor \u201cMarka27\u201d Qui\u00f1onez, whose exhibition with artworks critical of ICE was abruptly shuttered by the school last week.<\/li>\n<li>The foundation of artist Gilbert Baker, who designed the Pride flag in 1978, is suing the Trump administration for ordering the flag&#8217;s removal from Stonewall National Monument, among other interventions at national parks.<\/li>\n<li>After months of protests, Brooklyn Navy Yard evicted a drone manufacturer that contracts with Customs and Border Patrol, the Israeli military, and an Israeli weapons manufacturer.<\/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\/helene-schj-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Helene Schjerfbeck, \u201cSelf-Portrait\u201d (1912), oil on canvas (photo Finnish National Gallery \/ Yehia Eweis, courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-self-invention-of-helene-schjerfbeck\">The Self-Invention of Helene Schjerfbeck<\/h3>\n<p>The Finnish artist\u2019s first major exhibition in the US is a moving and harrowing document of her growth, as well as the psychic and physical ravages of aging. | Bridget Quinn<\/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\/RieserHeintjes_Elements-38-Strontium-1-1.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>Inside Pratt SCPS: Where Practice Meets the Spotlight<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/henrike-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Henrike Naumann in 2019 (photo by the artist via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>CC BY-SA 4.0<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-henrike-naumann-lamonte-mclemore-and-frederick-wiseman\">Remembering Henrike Naumann, LaMonte McLemore, and Frederick Wiseman<\/h3>\n<p>This week, we honor Germany\u2019s representative at the Venice Biennale, a singer and photographer, and a documentarian of the lives of institutions. | Lisa Yin Zhang<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler on Denva Gallant&#8217;s &#8220;All About Love From a Black Medieval Angel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I enjoyed reading your article, Ms. Gallant. Thank you! It reminded me of Sun Ra&#8217;s quote, &#8220;It is true that black is beautiful. It\u2019s not ugly, the way you\u2019ve been taught. Black is beautiful. It has many attributes. Although people associate it with death. So what? What\u2019s greater than death? It proves its majesty every day. Everything bows down to death. \u2026 If black folks could prove that they\u2019re good buddies with death, nobody would touch you on the planet. Nobody. When they see you coming they\u2019d get out your way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I also read this article thinking about why do we build hierarchies, and are they absolutely necessary for human societies to function, because human history has repeatedly taught us that &#8220;the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.&#8221;<\/p><\/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>2026 DAG Visual Art Prize<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>The DAG Foundation is accepting applications for its annual $20,000 Visual Art Prize, which supports innovative, mid-career artists in the US as they explore new directions and build thriving, sustainable careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: March 18, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>dagfoundation.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=\"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\/1978-pride-flag-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1388\" height=\"781\"><figcaption><span>A man poses with one of the two original eight-color rainbow flags flying at United Nations Plaza during San Francisco Gay Freedom Day 1978, this one with stars in the canton. (photo by Crawford Barton, Crawford Barton Collection (1993-11), GLBT Historical Society)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"revel-in-the-first-pride-flag-long-assumed-lost-in-san-francisco\">Revel in the First Pride Flag, Long-assumed Lost, in San Francisco<\/h3>\n<p>The first Rainbow Flag, designed by artist and activist Gilbert Baker, was raised in 1978. | Valentina Di Liscia<\/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\">This Is Not My LA Art World<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Helene Schjerfbeck\u2019s penetrating self-portraits at The Met, Pride flag artist\u2019s foundation sues the Trump administration, and remembering Henrike Naumann.<\/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=\"2026-02-19\">February 19, 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>We&#8217;re just a week away from Frieze LA, when East Coast dealers and local artists alike descend upon the Santa Monica Airport, but this isn&#8217;t Ren\u00e9e Reizman&#8217;s first rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>Since the critic and artist moved to the area almost 15 years ago, she&#8217;s witnessed blue-chip New York galleries set up shop and sideline the irreverent, DIY spaces that shape the local art scene. Without these spaces, Reizman writes, she would not have discovered what art can be outside of the white cube. Her ode to the Angeleno artist-run organizations that prioritize experimentation and community over mainstream commercial appeal, from Chinatown&#8217;s Plot to Altadena&#8217;s Trade School, couldn&#8217;t come at a better time.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/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\/barbara-c-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Barbara Carrasco\u2019s mural \u201cL.A. History: A Mexican Perspective\u201d (1981) (photo Matt Stromberg\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"la%E2%80%99s-art-scene-is-not-a-new-york-outpost\">LA\u2019s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost<\/h3>\n<p>During Reizman&#8217;s early years working in the entertainment industry in LA, she sought refuge at Machine Project, an avant-garde art space in Echo Park. For her, its success &#8220;proved that an ecosystem of artists who thrived without gallery representation or a commercial audience was possible.&#8221; Though the space closed in 2018, its spirit lives on in other artist-run organizations that are up against a growing number of East Coast galleries opening second homes.<\/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-announcment-post-01-1.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 Museum at FIT Presents \u201cArt X Fashion\u201d<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition explores the entangled and shifting relationship between fine art and fashion, tracing parallel aesthetics from 18th-century Rococo to postmodernism.<\/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\/marka-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Victor \u201cMarka27\u201d Qui\u00f1onez\u2019s exhibition <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Ni de Aqu\u00ed, Ni de All\u00e1 <\/em><\/i><span>during its previous run at the Boston University Art Galleries (photo by Tim Correira, courtesy BU)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate students at the University of North Texas have withdrawn their thesis shows in solidarity with Victor \u201cMarka27\u201d Qui\u00f1onez, whose exhibition with artworks critical of ICE was abruptly shuttered by the school last week.<\/li>\n<li>The foundation of artist Gilbert Baker, who designed the Pride flag in 1978, is suing the Trump administration for ordering the flag&#8217;s removal from Stonewall National Monument, among other interventions at national parks.<\/li>\n<li>After months of protests, Brooklyn Navy Yard evicted a drone manufacturer that contracts with Customs and Border Patrol, the Israeli military, and an Israeli weapons manufacturer.<\/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\/helene-schj-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Helene Schjerfbeck, \u201cSelf-Portrait\u201d (1912), oil on canvas (photo Finnish National Gallery \/ Yehia Eweis, courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-self-invention-of-helene-schjerfbeck\">The Self-Invention of Helene Schjerfbeck<\/h3>\n<p>The Finnish artist\u2019s first major exhibition in the US is a moving and harrowing document of her growth, as well as the psychic and physical ravages of aging. | Bridget Quinn<\/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\/RieserHeintjes_Elements-38-Strontium-1-1.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>Inside Pratt SCPS: Where Practice Meets the Spotlight<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/henrike-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Henrike Naumann in 2019 (photo by the artist via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>CC BY-SA 4.0<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-henrike-naumann-lamonte-mclemore-and-frederick-wiseman\">Remembering Henrike Naumann, LaMonte McLemore, and Frederick Wiseman<\/h3>\n<p>This week, we honor Germany\u2019s representative at the Venice Biennale, a singer and photographer, and a documentarian of the lives of institutions. | Lisa Yin Zhang<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler on Denva Gallant&#8217;s &#8220;All About Love From a Black Medieval Angel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I enjoyed reading your article, Ms. Gallant. Thank you! It reminded me of Sun Ra&#8217;s quote, &#8220;It is true that black is beautiful. It\u2019s not ugly, the way you\u2019ve been taught. Black is beautiful. It has many attributes. Although people associate it with death. So what? What\u2019s greater than death? It proves its majesty every day. Everything bows down to death. \u2026 If black folks could prove that they\u2019re good buddies with death, nobody would touch you on the planet. Nobody. When they see you coming they\u2019d get out your way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I also read this article thinking about why do we build hierarchies, and are they absolutely necessary for human societies to function, because human history has repeatedly taught us that &#8220;the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.&#8221;<\/p><\/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>2026 DAG Visual Art Prize<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>The DAG Foundation is accepting applications for its annual $20,000 Visual Art Prize, which supports innovative, mid-career artists in the US as they explore new directions and build thriving, sustainable careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: March 18, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>dagfoundation.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=\"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\/1978-pride-flag-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1388\" height=\"781\"><figcaption><span>A man poses with one of the two original eight-color rainbow flags flying at United Nations Plaza during San Francisco Gay Freedom Day 1978, this one with stars in the canton. (photo by Crawford Barton, Crawford Barton Collection (1993-11), GLBT Historical Society)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"revel-in-the-first-pride-flag-long-assumed-lost-in-san-francisco\">Revel in the First Pride Flag, Long-assumed Lost, in San Francisco<\/h3>\n<p>The first Rainbow Flag, designed by artist and activist Gilbert Baker, was raised in 1978. | Valentina Di Liscia<\/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>We&#8217;re just a week away from Frieze LA, when East Coast dealers and local artists alike descend upon the Santa Monica Airport, but this isn&#8217;t Ren\u00e9e Reizman&#8217;s first rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>Since the critic and artist moved to the area almost 15 years ago, she&#8217;s witnessed blue-chip New York galleries set up shop and sideline the irreverent, DIY spaces that shape the local art scene. Without these spaces, Reizman writes, she would not have discovered what art can be outside of the white cube. Her ode to the Angeleno artist-run organizations that prioritize experimentation and community over mainstream commercial appeal, from Chinatown&#8217;s Plot to Altadena&#8217;s Trade School, couldn&#8217;t come at a better time.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/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\/barbara-c-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Detail of Barbara Carrasco\u2019s mural \u201cL.A. History: A Mexican Perspective\u201d (1981) (photo Matt Stromberg\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"la%E2%80%99s-art-scene-is-not-a-new-york-outpost\">LA\u2019s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost<\/h3>\n<p>During Reizman&#8217;s early years working in the entertainment industry in LA, she sought refuge at Machine Project, an avant-garde art space in Echo Park. For her, its success &#8220;proved that an ecosystem of artists who thrived without gallery representation or a commercial audience was possible.&#8221; Though the space closed in 2018, its spirit lives on in other artist-run organizations that are up against a growing number of East Coast galleries opening second homes.<\/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-announcment-post-01-1.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 Museum at FIT Presents \u201cArt X Fashion\u201d<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition explores the entangled and shifting relationship between fine art and fashion, tracing parallel aesthetics from 18th-century Rococo to postmodernism.<\/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\/marka-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Victor \u201cMarka27\u201d Qui\u00f1onez\u2019s exhibition <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Ni de Aqu\u00ed, Ni de All\u00e1 <\/em><\/i><span>during its previous run at the Boston University Art Galleries (photo by Tim Correira, courtesy BU)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate students at the University of North Texas have withdrawn their thesis shows in solidarity with Victor \u201cMarka27\u201d Qui\u00f1onez, whose exhibition with artworks critical of ICE was abruptly shuttered by the school last week.<\/li>\n<li>The foundation of artist Gilbert Baker, who designed the Pride flag in 1978, is suing the Trump administration for ordering the flag&#8217;s removal from Stonewall National Monument, among other interventions at national parks.<\/li>\n<li>After months of protests, Brooklyn Navy Yard evicted a drone manufacturer that contracts with Customs and Border Patrol, the Israeli military, and an Israeli weapons manufacturer.<\/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\/helene-schj-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Helene Schjerfbeck, \u201cSelf-Portrait\u201d (1912), oil on canvas (photo Finnish National Gallery \/ Yehia Eweis, courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-self-invention-of-helene-schjerfbeck\">The Self-Invention of Helene Schjerfbeck<\/h3>\n<p>The Finnish artist\u2019s first major exhibition in the US is a moving and harrowing document of her growth, as well as the psychic and physical ravages of aging. | Bridget Quinn<\/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\/RieserHeintjes_Elements-38-Strontium-1-1.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>Inside Pratt SCPS: Where Practice Meets the Spotlight<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/henrike-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Henrike Naumann in 2019 (photo by the artist via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>CC BY-SA 4.0<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-henrike-naumann-lamonte-mclemore-and-frederick-wiseman\">Remembering Henrike Naumann, LaMonte McLemore, and Frederick Wiseman<\/h3>\n<p>This week, we honor Germany\u2019s representative at the Venice Biennale, a singer and photographer, and a documentarian of the lives of institutions. | Lisa Yin Zhang<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio C. Cuyler on Denva Gallant&#8217;s &#8220;All About Love From a Black Medieval Angel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I enjoyed reading your article, Ms. Gallant. Thank you! It reminded me of Sun Ra&#8217;s quote, &#8220;It is true that black is beautiful. It\u2019s not ugly, the way you\u2019ve been taught. Black is beautiful. It has many attributes. Although people associate it with death. So what? What\u2019s greater than death? It proves its majesty every day. Everything bows down to death. \u2026 If black folks could prove that they\u2019re good buddies with death, nobody would touch you on the planet. Nobody. When they see you coming they\u2019d get out your way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I also read this article thinking about why do we build hierarchies, and are they absolutely necessary for human societies to function, because human history has repeatedly taught us that &#8220;the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.&#8221;<\/p><\/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>2026 DAG Visual Art Prize<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>The DAG Foundation is accepting applications for its annual $20,000 Visual Art Prize, which supports innovative, mid-career artists in the US as they explore new directions and build thriving, sustainable careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: March 18, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>dagfoundation.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=\"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\/1978-pride-flag-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1388\" height=\"781\"><figcaption><span>A man poses with one of the two original eight-color rainbow flags flying at United Nations Plaza during San Francisco Gay Freedom Day 1978, this one with stars in the canton. (photo by Crawford Barton, Crawford Barton Collection (1993-11), GLBT Historical Society)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"revel-in-the-first-pride-flag-long-assumed-lost-in-san-francisco\">Revel in the First Pride Flag, Long-assumed Lost, in San Francisco<\/h3>\n<p>The first Rainbow Flag, designed by artist and activist Gilbert Baker, was raised in 1978. | Valentina Di Liscia<\/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. 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