{"id":1790418,"date":"2026-02-24T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1790418"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:00:03","slug":"the-mount-rushmore-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1790418","title":{"rendered":"The Mount Rushmore of Racism"},"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\">The Mount Rushmore of Racism<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Blizzard shuts down museums in New York, Prince Andrew&#8217;s arrest photo is hung at the Louvre, a beloved hand-drawn calendar in Los Angeles, and a biography of a mountain. <\/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=\"2026-02-24\">February 24, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Can&#8217;t New Yorkers catch a break? Just when the stubborn mounds of filthy snow that haunted us for weeks finally began melting away, we got hit with a blizzard that shut down all art institutions and blanketed the city in white again.  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of whiteness, after forcing his name onto the Kennedy Center and slapping his portraits on the facades of federal buildings, what&#8217;s the one honor that could maybe fill some of the deep hole inside of Trump&#8217;s soul? Seeing his likeness engraved into Mount Rushmore might be it. And you know what, that would be a fitting addition to the monument, whose history is steeped in racist ideology, as a recent book by Matthew Davis\u00a0explains. In his review of the book today, Irvin Weathersby Jr. stresses the importance of revisiting the real history of the monument as we approach the country&#8217;s 250th anniversary. <\/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-98-1-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"966\" height=\"547\"><figcaption><span>Gutzon Borglum and a superintendent inspecting work on the face of Washington on Mount Rushmore on May 31, 1932 (image public domain via the Library of Congress)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"chipping-away-at-the-facade-of-mount-rushmore\">Chipping Away at the Facade of Mount Rushmore<\/h3>\n<p>How do you write a biography of a mountain? Author Matthew Davis deftly weaves together interviews and stories that reveal so much more than a linear narrative of the monument\u2019s history.  <\/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\/JPEG-image-4.jpeg\" 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>Detroit Institute of Arts Reinstalls African American Galleries at the Heart of the Museum<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>African American art history has often been underrepresented. \u201cReimagine African American Art\u201d invites visitors to discover transformative works across two centuries.<\/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-96-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1582\" height=\"890\"><figcaption><span>Former Prince Andrew&#8217;s arrest photo at the Louvre in Paris (via <\/span><span>Instagram<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Activists\u00a0install a photo of former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken after his recent arrest, at the Louvre museum in Paris. The photo is titled, &#8220;He\u2019s Sweating Now.\u201d <\/li>\n<li>A severe winter storm shuts down museums across New York and other East Coast cities.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"a-closer-look\">A Closer Look<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-97-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"><figcaption><span>Nib Geebles&#8217;s \u201cHappy Lion Arts &amp; Gifts, Chinatown\u201d (courtesy Gordon Henderson and Abira Ali)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"artists%E2%80%99-calendar-celebrates-la%E2%80%99s-everyday-landmarks\">Artists\u2019 Calendar Celebrates LA\u2019s Everyday Landmarks<\/h3>\n<p>For 40 years, artists Nib Geebles and Abira Ali have highlighted the unspoken, day-to-day minutiae of their hometown in their locally celebrated calendar, gesturing with tongue-in-cheek to the politics of urban space in a rapidly evolving city. Urban decay is the muse of the 2026 calendar, \u201cUnknown Landmarks,\u201d from strip malls in Highland Park to flower shops in Eagle Rock.\u00a0Sophia Haydon-Khan has the story. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-tell-the-story-of-extraction-in-appalachia\">How to Tell the Story of Extraction in Appalachia<\/h3>\n<p>Lauren O\u2019Neill-Butler writes about Swedish artist and writer Fia Backstr\u00f6m&#8217;s years-long research into environmental degradation in Appalachia and its impact on local communities, resulting in a series of works now on view at the Queens Museum. <\/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\/JPEG-image-3.jpeg\" 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>Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The only US presentation of this exhibition by renowned artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme is on view at The Bell Gallery, Brown University.<\/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>Lowery Sims on Ren\u00e9e Reizman\u2019s \u201cLA\u2019s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thanks so much, Ren\u00e9e, for the reminder of Arlene Raven&#8217;s role in the founding of the Women&#8217;s Building. There was a period there for a while, that her name was left out when ever this project was mentioned. Deeply appreciated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\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-99-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"><figcaption><span>Protesters sprayed the phrase \u201cLAND BACK\u201d on riot shields held by police sent to the action at Mount Rushmore on July 2, 2020. (photo Candi Brings Plenty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mount-rushmore-is-not-my-monument\">Mount Rushmore Is Not My Monument<\/h3>\n<p>For a century, our connection to the Black Hills has been disrupted by this eyesore and those who flock to a place that we see as our relative, our grandfather and grandmother. | Clementine Bordeaux<\/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\">The Mount Rushmore of Racism<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Blizzard shuts down museums in New York, Prince Andrew&#8217;s arrest photo is hung at the Louvre, a beloved hand-drawn calendar in Los Angeles, and a biography of a mountain. <\/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=\"2026-02-24\">February 24, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Can&#8217;t New Yorkers catch a break? Just when the stubborn mounds of filthy snow that haunted us for weeks finally began melting away, we got hit with a blizzard that shut down all art institutions and blanketed the city in white again.  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of whiteness, after forcing his name onto the Kennedy Center and slapping his portraits on the facades of federal buildings, what&#8217;s the one honor that could maybe fill some of the deep hole inside of Trump&#8217;s soul? Seeing his likeness engraved into Mount Rushmore might be it. And you know what, that would be a fitting addition to the monument, whose history is steeped in racist ideology, as a recent book by Matthew Davis\u00a0explains. In his review of the book today, Irvin Weathersby Jr. stresses the importance of revisiting the real history of the monument as we approach the country&#8217;s 250th anniversary. <\/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-98-1-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"966\" height=\"547\"><figcaption><span>Gutzon Borglum and a superintendent inspecting work on the face of Washington on Mount Rushmore on May 31, 1932 (image public domain via the Library of Congress)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"chipping-away-at-the-facade-of-mount-rushmore\">Chipping Away at the Facade of Mount Rushmore<\/h3>\n<p>How do you write a biography of a mountain? Author Matthew Davis deftly weaves together interviews and stories that reveal so much more than a linear narrative of the monument\u2019s history.  <\/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\/JPEG-image-4.jpeg\" 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>Detroit Institute of Arts Reinstalls African American Galleries at the Heart of the Museum<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>African American art history has often been underrepresented. \u201cReimagine African American Art\u201d invites visitors to discover transformative works across two centuries.<\/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-96-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1582\" height=\"890\"><figcaption><span>Former Prince Andrew&#8217;s arrest photo at the Louvre in Paris (via <\/span><span>Instagram<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Activists\u00a0install a photo of former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken after his recent arrest, at the Louvre museum in Paris. The photo is titled, &#8220;He\u2019s Sweating Now.\u201d <\/li>\n<li>A severe winter storm shuts down museums across New York and other East Coast cities.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"a-closer-look\">A Closer Look<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-97-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"><figcaption><span>Nib Geebles&#8217;s \u201cHappy Lion Arts &amp; Gifts, Chinatown\u201d (courtesy Gordon Henderson and Abira Ali)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"artists%E2%80%99-calendar-celebrates-la%E2%80%99s-everyday-landmarks\">Artists\u2019 Calendar Celebrates LA\u2019s Everyday Landmarks<\/h3>\n<p>For 40 years, artists Nib Geebles and Abira Ali have highlighted the unspoken, day-to-day minutiae of their hometown in their locally celebrated calendar, gesturing with tongue-in-cheek to the politics of urban space in a rapidly evolving city. Urban decay is the muse of the 2026 calendar, \u201cUnknown Landmarks,\u201d from strip malls in Highland Park to flower shops in Eagle Rock.\u00a0Sophia Haydon-Khan has the story. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-tell-the-story-of-extraction-in-appalachia\">How to Tell the Story of Extraction in Appalachia<\/h3>\n<p>Lauren O\u2019Neill-Butler writes about Swedish artist and writer Fia Backstr\u00f6m&#8217;s years-long research into environmental degradation in Appalachia and its impact on local communities, resulting in a series of works now on view at the Queens Museum. <\/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\/JPEG-image-3.jpeg\" 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>Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The only US presentation of this exhibition by renowned artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme is on view at The Bell Gallery, Brown University.<\/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>Lowery Sims on Ren\u00e9e Reizman\u2019s \u201cLA\u2019s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thanks so much, Ren\u00e9e, for the reminder of Arlene Raven&#8217;s role in the founding of the Women&#8217;s Building. There was a period there for a while, that her name was left out when ever this project was mentioned. Deeply appreciated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\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-99-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"><figcaption><span>Protesters sprayed the phrase \u201cLAND BACK\u201d on riot shields held by police sent to the action at Mount Rushmore on July 2, 2020. (photo Candi Brings Plenty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mount-rushmore-is-not-my-monument\">Mount Rushmore Is Not My Monument<\/h3>\n<p>For a century, our connection to the Black Hills has been disrupted by this eyesore and those who flock to a place that we see as our relative, our grandfather and grandmother. | Clementine Bordeaux<\/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>Can&#8217;t New Yorkers catch a break? Just when the stubborn mounds of filthy snow that haunted us for weeks finally began melting away, we got hit with a blizzard that shut down all art institutions and blanketed the city in white again.  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of whiteness, after forcing his name onto the Kennedy Center and slapping his portraits on the facades of federal buildings, what&#8217;s the one honor that could maybe fill some of the deep hole inside of Trump&#8217;s soul? Seeing his likeness engraved into Mount Rushmore might be it. And you know what, that would be a fitting addition to the monument, whose history is steeped in racist ideology, as a recent book by Matthew Davis\u00a0explains. In his review of the book today, Irvin Weathersby Jr. stresses the importance of revisiting the real history of the monument as we approach the country&#8217;s 250th anniversary. <\/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-98-1-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"966\" height=\"547\"><figcaption><span>Gutzon Borglum and a superintendent inspecting work on the face of Washington on Mount Rushmore on May 31, 1932 (image public domain via the Library of Congress)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"chipping-away-at-the-facade-of-mount-rushmore\">Chipping Away at the Facade of Mount Rushmore<\/h3>\n<p>How do you write a biography of a mountain? Author Matthew Davis deftly weaves together interviews and stories that reveal so much more than a linear narrative of the monument\u2019s history.  <\/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\/JPEG-image-4.jpeg\" 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>Detroit Institute of Arts Reinstalls African American Galleries at the Heart of the Museum<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>African American art history has often been underrepresented. \u201cReimagine African American Art\u201d invites visitors to discover transformative works across two centuries.<\/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-96-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1582\" height=\"890\"><figcaption><span>Former Prince Andrew&#8217;s arrest photo at the Louvre in Paris (via <\/span><span>Instagram<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Activists\u00a0install a photo of former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken after his recent arrest, at the Louvre museum in Paris. The photo is titled, &#8220;He\u2019s Sweating Now.\u201d <\/li>\n<li>A severe winter storm shuts down museums across New York and other East Coast cities.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"a-closer-look\">A Closer Look<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-97-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"><figcaption><span>Nib Geebles&#8217;s \u201cHappy Lion Arts &amp; Gifts, Chinatown\u201d (courtesy Gordon Henderson and Abira Ali)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"artists%E2%80%99-calendar-celebrates-la%E2%80%99s-everyday-landmarks\">Artists\u2019 Calendar Celebrates LA\u2019s Everyday Landmarks<\/h3>\n<p>For 40 years, artists Nib Geebles and Abira Ali have highlighted the unspoken, day-to-day minutiae of their hometown in their locally celebrated calendar, gesturing with tongue-in-cheek to the politics of urban space in a rapidly evolving city. Urban decay is the muse of the 2026 calendar, \u201cUnknown Landmarks,\u201d from strip malls in Highland Park to flower shops in Eagle Rock.\u00a0Sophia Haydon-Khan has the story. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-tell-the-story-of-extraction-in-appalachia\">How to Tell the Story of Extraction in Appalachia<\/h3>\n<p>Lauren O\u2019Neill-Butler writes about Swedish artist and writer Fia Backstr\u00f6m&#8217;s years-long research into environmental degradation in Appalachia and its impact on local communities, resulting in a series of works now on view at the Queens Museum. <\/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\/JPEG-image-3.jpeg\" 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>Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The only US presentation of this exhibition by renowned artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme is on view at The Bell Gallery, Brown University.<\/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>Lowery Sims on Ren\u00e9e Reizman\u2019s \u201cLA\u2019s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thanks so much, Ren\u00e9e, for the reminder of Arlene Raven&#8217;s role in the founding of the Women&#8217;s Building. There was a period there for a while, that her name was left out when ever this project was mentioned. Deeply appreciated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\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-99-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"><figcaption><span>Protesters sprayed the phrase \u201cLAND BACK\u201d on riot shields held by police sent to the action at Mount Rushmore on July 2, 2020. (photo Candi Brings Plenty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mount-rushmore-is-not-my-monument\">Mount Rushmore Is Not My Monument<\/h3>\n<p>For a century, our connection to the Black Hills has been disrupted by this eyesore and those who flock to a place that we see as our relative, our grandfather and grandmother. | Clementine Bordeaux<\/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\/E2017.8-d1-2017-03-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"Detroit Institute of Arts Reinstalls African American Galleries at the Heart of the Museum\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Detroit Institute of Arts Reinstalls African American Galleries at the Heart of the Museum<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">African American art history has often been underrepresented. \u201cReimagine African American Art\u201d invites visitors to discover transformative works across two centuries.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Detroit Institute of 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\/AdDigital-2400X1350-_Hyperallergic.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The only US presentation of this exhibition by renowned artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme is on view at The Bell Gallery, Brown University. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The Bell<\/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\/RedStairwell16x26-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Mitchell Johnson\u2019s Personal Color at Galerie Mercier in Paris\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Mitchell Johnson\u2019s Personal Color at Galerie Mercier in Paris<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Intimate paintings spanning nearly four decades of the artist\u2019s career are on view at the gallery from February 28 to March 21.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Mitchell Johnson<\/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\/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. 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