{"id":1799829,"date":"2026-02-27T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1799829"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:00:50","slug":"the-battle-of-berlinale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1799829","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Berlinale"},"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 Battle of Berlinale<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Gaza overshadows the German film festival, accusations of theft at the High Museum, three Community columns, and Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a new movie. <\/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=\"2026-02-27\">February 27, 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>Remember when Berlin prided itself as a haven for persecuted artists and writers? Now, those artists and writers are scolded and silenced if they dare express their opinions about Gaza. It&#8217;s also painful to watch cinema legends like Wim Wenders tarnish their legacy with unintelligent statements like, \u201cWe have to stay out of politics.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He said that on the opening day of the Berlinale, the latest battleground between artists and pro-Israel groups and politicians. Staff writer Rhea Nayyar reports today on how Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle found herself in the eye of the storm, despite the festival&#8217;s best efforts to keep everyone&#8217;s mouth shut.  <\/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-119-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1108\" height=\"623\"><figcaption><span>Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle (courtesy British Film Institute)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"how-the-berlinale-turned-into-a-horror-show-of-german-censorship\">How the Berlinale Turned Into a Horror Show of German Censorship<\/h3>\n<p>Amid speculation that Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle could be ousted as the event executives navigate the next steps, hundreds of film professionals have come to her defense in an open letter regarding<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the festival\u2019s institutional independence.<\/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\/SusanKleckner.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x676\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Haverford College\u2019s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering feminist, filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist.<\/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\/size\/w1200\/2026\/02\/judy-baca1200.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Judy Baca Denies Misusing $5M Grant for Iconic LA Mural\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\"><figcaption><span>Artist Judy Baca (photo by Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Artist-activist Judy Baca denies allegations by 10 of her former employees that she used a grant awarded to her nonprofit organization for her personal art business. <\/li>\n<li>The chief operating officer<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>at the High Museum of Art<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in Atlanta resigns after an independent review determines that $600,000 had been stolen from the institution<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-120.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"diaries-of-a-chairwoman\">Diaries of a Chairwoman<\/h3>\n<p>Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a film that critiques mass culture\u2019s conflation of femininity with consumerism and envy. | Eileen G\u2019Sell<\/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-1-2.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=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Natalie Timm on Emma Cieslik\u2019s \u201cProtesters Dressed as Marie Antoinette Roast &#8216;Melania&#8217; Film at Kennedy Center\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Yes! If I could be there, I would be there.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"collectors-who-make-a-difference\">Collectors Who Make a Difference <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-121.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1056\"><figcaption><span>Edward Mitchell Bannister,\u00a0\u201cUntitled (Walking in the Woods)\u201d (1880s) Portland Museum of Art, Maine, David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Collection (image courtesy Petegorsky\/Gipe Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"david-driskell%E2%80%99s-gifts-to-black-art\">David Driskell\u2019s Gifts to Black Art<\/h3>\n<p>A new exhibtion<em>\u00a0<\/em>at the Portland Museum of Art is a compact tribute to an artist and scholar with deep ties to Maine, one who assembled one of the foremost collections of African-American art in the United States.\u00a0Carl Little reports from the show. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-122.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1303\"><figcaption><span>Photojournalist Firdous Nazir captured moments of prayer during the start of the holy month in Srinagar, Kashmir. (photo by Firdous Nazir\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>How to make art with a full-time job, portraits of Black marronage, artists vs. algorithms, US men\u2019s hockey team acts up (again), snow sculptures in NYC, and more links from around the internet.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-new-curator-at-the-frick\">Art Movements: New Curator at the Frick<\/h3>\n<p>Aaron Wile will be a senior curator at the institution. Plus, the Venice Biennale announces its full list, and the Bezoses are chairing the Met Gala in this week&#8217;s roundup of industry news.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-view-from-the-easel\">A View From the Easel<\/h3>\n<p>Sofie Koenig from Bloomington, Indiana, explores the personality of oil paint, and Marissa Robin Abendano from New York finds inspiration in conversations with strangers in Central Park. Your Studio could be next! <\/p>\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>The Vilcek Foundation \u2013 2026 Open Call for Grants<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>US-based nonprofits that celebrate immigrants in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services are invited to apply for grants of $5,000 to $20,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: April 30, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>vilcek.org\/grants<\/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<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 Battle of Berlinale<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Gaza overshadows the German film festival, accusations of theft at the High Museum, three Community columns, and Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a new movie. <\/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=\"2026-02-27\">February 27, 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>Remember when Berlin prided itself as a haven for persecuted artists and writers? Now, those artists and writers are scolded and silenced if they dare express their opinions about Gaza. It&#8217;s also painful to watch cinema legends like Wim Wenders tarnish their legacy with unintelligent statements like, \u201cWe have to stay out of politics.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He said that on the opening day of the Berlinale, the latest battleground between artists and pro-Israel groups and politicians. Staff writer Rhea Nayyar reports today on how Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle found herself in the eye of the storm, despite the festival&#8217;s best efforts to keep everyone&#8217;s mouth shut.  <\/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-119-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1108\" height=\"623\"><figcaption><span>Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle (courtesy British Film Institute)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"how-the-berlinale-turned-into-a-horror-show-of-german-censorship\">How the Berlinale Turned Into a Horror Show of German Censorship<\/h3>\n<p>Amid speculation that Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle could be ousted as the event executives navigate the next steps, hundreds of film professionals have come to her defense in an open letter regarding<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the festival\u2019s institutional independence.<\/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\/SusanKleckner.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x676\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Haverford College\u2019s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering feminist, filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist.<\/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\/size\/w1200\/2026\/02\/judy-baca1200.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Judy Baca Denies Misusing $5M Grant for Iconic LA Mural\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\"><figcaption><span>Artist Judy Baca (photo by Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Artist-activist Judy Baca denies allegations by 10 of her former employees that she used a grant awarded to her nonprofit organization for her personal art business. <\/li>\n<li>The chief operating officer<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>at the High Museum of Art<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in Atlanta resigns after an independent review determines that $600,000 had been stolen from the institution<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-120.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"diaries-of-a-chairwoman\">Diaries of a Chairwoman<\/h3>\n<p>Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a film that critiques mass culture\u2019s conflation of femininity with consumerism and envy. | Eileen G\u2019Sell<\/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-1-2.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=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Natalie Timm on Emma Cieslik\u2019s \u201cProtesters Dressed as Marie Antoinette Roast &#8216;Melania&#8217; Film at Kennedy Center\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Yes! If I could be there, I would be there.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"collectors-who-make-a-difference\">Collectors Who Make a Difference <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-121.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1056\"><figcaption><span>Edward Mitchell Bannister,\u00a0\u201cUntitled (Walking in the Woods)\u201d (1880s) Portland Museum of Art, Maine, David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Collection (image courtesy Petegorsky\/Gipe Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"david-driskell%E2%80%99s-gifts-to-black-art\">David Driskell\u2019s Gifts to Black Art<\/h3>\n<p>A new exhibtion<em>\u00a0<\/em>at the Portland Museum of Art is a compact tribute to an artist and scholar with deep ties to Maine, one who assembled one of the foremost collections of African-American art in the United States.\u00a0Carl Little reports from the show. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-122.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1303\"><figcaption><span>Photojournalist Firdous Nazir captured moments of prayer during the start of the holy month in Srinagar, Kashmir. (photo by Firdous Nazir\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>How to make art with a full-time job, portraits of Black marronage, artists vs. algorithms, US men\u2019s hockey team acts up (again), snow sculptures in NYC, and more links from around the internet.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-new-curator-at-the-frick\">Art Movements: New Curator at the Frick<\/h3>\n<p>Aaron Wile will be a senior curator at the institution. Plus, the Venice Biennale announces its full list, and the Bezoses are chairing the Met Gala in this week&#8217;s roundup of industry news.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-view-from-the-easel\">A View From the Easel<\/h3>\n<p>Sofie Koenig from Bloomington, Indiana, explores the personality of oil paint, and Marissa Robin Abendano from New York finds inspiration in conversations with strangers in Central Park. Your Studio could be next! <\/p>\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>The Vilcek Foundation \u2013 2026 Open Call for Grants<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>US-based nonprofits that celebrate immigrants in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services are invited to apply for grants of $5,000 to $20,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: April 30, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>vilcek.org\/grants<\/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<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>Remember when Berlin prided itself as a haven for persecuted artists and writers? Now, those artists and writers are scolded and silenced if they dare express their opinions about Gaza. It&#8217;s also painful to watch cinema legends like Wim Wenders tarnish their legacy with unintelligent statements like, \u201cWe have to stay out of politics.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He said that on the opening day of the Berlinale, the latest battleground between artists and pro-Israel groups and politicians. Staff writer Rhea Nayyar reports today on how Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle found herself in the eye of the storm, despite the festival&#8217;s best efforts to keep everyone&#8217;s mouth shut.  <\/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-119-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1108\" height=\"623\"><figcaption><span>Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle (courtesy British Film Institute)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"how-the-berlinale-turned-into-a-horror-show-of-german-censorship\">How the Berlinale Turned Into a Horror Show of German Censorship<\/h3>\n<p>Amid speculation that Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle could be ousted as the event executives navigate the next steps, hundreds of film professionals have come to her defense in an open letter regarding<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the festival\u2019s institutional independence.<\/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\/SusanKleckner.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x676\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Haverford College\u2019s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering feminist, filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist.<\/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\/size\/w1200\/2026\/02\/judy-baca1200.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Judy Baca Denies Misusing $5M Grant for Iconic LA Mural\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\"><figcaption><span>Artist Judy Baca (photo by Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Artist-activist Judy Baca denies allegations by 10 of her former employees that she used a grant awarded to her nonprofit organization for her personal art business. <\/li>\n<li>The chief operating officer<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>at the High Museum of Art<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in Atlanta resigns after an independent review determines that $600,000 had been stolen from the institution<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-120.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"diaries-of-a-chairwoman\">Diaries of a Chairwoman<\/h3>\n<p>Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a film that critiques mass culture\u2019s conflation of femininity with consumerism and envy. | Eileen G\u2019Sell<\/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-1-2.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=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Natalie Timm on Emma Cieslik\u2019s \u201cProtesters Dressed as Marie Antoinette Roast &#8216;Melania&#8217; Film at Kennedy Center\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Yes! If I could be there, I would be there.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"collectors-who-make-a-difference\">Collectors Who Make a Difference <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-121.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1056\"><figcaption><span>Edward Mitchell Bannister,\u00a0\u201cUntitled (Walking in the Woods)\u201d (1880s) Portland Museum of Art, Maine, David C. and Thelma G. 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(photo by Firdous Nazir\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>How to make art with a full-time job, portraits of Black marronage, artists vs. algorithms, US men\u2019s hockey team acts up (again), snow sculptures in NYC, and more links from around the internet.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-new-curator-at-the-frick\">Art Movements: New Curator at the Frick<\/h3>\n<p>Aaron Wile will be a senior curator at the institution. Plus, the Venice Biennale announces its full list, and the Bezoses are chairing the Met Gala in this week&#8217;s roundup of industry news.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-view-from-the-easel\">A View From the Easel<\/h3>\n<p>Sofie Koenig from Bloomington, Indiana, explores the personality of oil paint, and Marissa Robin Abendano from New York finds inspiration in conversations with strangers in Central Park. Your Studio could be next! <\/p>\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>The Vilcek Foundation \u2013 2026 Open Call for Grants<\/strong><\/b><br \/><span>US-based nonprofits that celebrate immigrants in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services are invited to apply for grants of $5,000 to $20,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline: April 30, 2026 |\u00a0<\/span><span>vilcek.org\/grants<\/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<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\/9ad16803-0fdc-4c8b-94c2-7770578ded09.jpg\" alt=\"IDSVA Extends PhD Program to BA and BFA Applicants\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">IDSVA Extends PhD Program to BA and BFA Applicants<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Earn your PhD in Art Theory, Aesthetics, and Philosophy with the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA).<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA)<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/02\/4.SusanKlecknerUntitled.SusanKlecknerPapersRobertS.CoxSpecialCollectionsandUniversityArchiveResearchCenterUMassAmherstLibraries-1.jpg\" alt=\"Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">This exhibition at Haverford College\u2019s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering feminist, filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Haverford College<\/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\/3.-Paula-Rego-Untitled-2-1999-hi.jpg\" alt=\"Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The fair will bring together 80 exhibitors and an expanded focus on drawings in a nod to the medium\u2019s long-standing relationship with printmaking.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">IFPDA<\/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\/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<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/the-battle-of-berlinale\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter The Battle of Berlinale Gaza overshadows the German film festival, accusations of theft at the High Museum, three Community columns, and Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a new movie. 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