{"id":1864472,"date":"2026-04-03T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1864472"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:00:16","slug":"matzah-is-the-medium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1864472","title":{"rendered":"Matzah Is the Medium"},"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\">Matzah Is the Medium<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Remembering Melvin Edwards, art shows to see in LA and New York, and lessons from Houston\u2019s Project Row Houses.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/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=\"2026-04-03\">April 3, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Happy Passover! As matzah appears on Seder tables across the world this week, artist Emily Drew Miller approaches the flatbread as a printmaking tool. Her collagraph series tenderly explores Jewish heritage and political consciousness in all its fractures and layers. Staff Reporter Isa Farfan has the story.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we also remember the unflinching life and work of sculptor Melvin Edwards, who died on Monday at 88 years old and leaves behind a singular political vocabulary in steel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to check out our Los Angeles and New York guides to help plan your April in art, plus Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia\u2019s weekly dispatch on news in the art world this week \u2014 including improbable artworks made from beloved, gelatinous PEEPS, just in time for Easter.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/matzah-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><figcaption><span>Works in the ongoing <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Mazot<\/em><\/i><span> series (photos courtesy Emily Drew Miller)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"an-artist-embraces-the-metaphorical-cracks-of-matzah\">An Artist Embraces the Metaphorical Cracks of Matzah<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c\u200aThe fractures in these images reflect how disconnected a lot of Jewish people feel from each other right now,\u201d Emily Drew Miller told <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>. | Isa Farfan<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-1.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>Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join an immersive, two-week session and transform your studio practice. Online or in-person.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/me-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Melvin Edwards with \u201cFragment Dimension\u201d (1962\u201363), c. 1963 (\u00a9 2026 Melvin Edwards; photo by and courtesy Melvin Edwards)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"melvin-edwards-who-sculpted-a-new-vocabulary-for-political-art-dies-at-88\">Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88<\/h3>\n<p>His innovative abstractions evoked both the art historical canon and the haunting afterlives of Atlantic slavery. | Cat Dawson<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-guides\">Art Guides<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/chris-ellis-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Chris \u201cDAZE\u201d Ellis, \u201cGem Spa in the 80s\u201d (2025) on display at PPOW Gallery (photo Hrag Vartanian\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"15-shows-to-see-in-new-york-city-this-april\">15 Shows to See in New York City This April<\/h3>\n<p>Margaret Curtis\u2019s deconstruction of American myth, quotidian objects by Marsden Hartley, and Wendy Red Star\u2019s bead-inspired installation are among our picks. | Hrag Vartanian, Hakim Bishara, Seph Rodney, and Valentina Di Liscia<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-april\">10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This April<\/h3>\n<p>David Alekhuogie\u2019s defiant collage, Hannah Tishkoff\u2019s visual poetry, an iconic Angeleno printmaking studio, portraits of Palestinian journalists, and more. | Matt Stromberg<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"books\">Books<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-2-1-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Emilio Mart\u00ednez Poppe, installation view of<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\"> Civic Views<\/em><\/i><span> in the Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard, curated by Jameson Paige, 2025 (photo Albert Yee, courtesy Mural Arts Philadelphia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"nine-lessons-on-my-path-from-engagement-to-leadership\">Nine Lessons on My Path From Engagement to Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>My career has been defined by a steady effort to collapse silos: between curatorial and educational work, between institutions and communities, between what museums have been and what they might yet become. | Ryan N. Dennis<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/5.png\" 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>Vilcek Foundation to Award $200,000 in Grants to Nonprofits Uplifting Immigrant Contributions<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The foundation invites grant applications from mission-aligned nonprofit organizations in the arts and sciences by April 30, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/abuelas-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Puppets dedicated to the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina (\u00a9 Nahuel Ignacio S\u00e1nchez Painequir)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-frieze-partners-with-the-whitney\">Art Movements: Frieze Partners With &#8230; the Whitney?<\/h3>\n<p>Also, the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts director retires, the Speed Museum\u2019s newest residents, and \u201cpeep\u201d this art!<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Calida Rawles paints Blackness and water, the artists who shaped Fire Island, translating literature during the Tehran blackout, why weather apps suck, and more from around the internet.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Jozanne Rabyor on Lakshmi Rivera Amin&#8217;s &#8220;A View From the Easel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">A choice pair, and when I clicked on the site, those fabulous faces behind Jade Van Der Mark&#8217;s sofa lifted my spirits before I read a word. I hope they get their pig!<\/p>\n<p>I also hope Lex Marie gets their degree and more space to work. Personally, I&#8217;ll treasure their observation that &#8220;the ideas themselves do not have to shrink just because the space is smaller.&#8221; Brilliant, and methinks it applies to making art and so much more!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"opportunities-this-month\">Opportunities This Month<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-2.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>John Singer Sargent, \u201cAn Artist at His Easel\u201d (1914) (image courtesy the Art Institute of Chicago)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Banff Centre, the Vilcek Foundation, and more in our April 2026 list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<p>Receive this list of opportunities in your inbox each month. Sign up here!<\/p>\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\">Matzah Is the Medium<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Remembering Melvin Edwards, art shows to see in LA and New York, and lessons from Houston\u2019s Project Row Houses.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/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=\"2026-04-03\">April 3, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Happy Passover! As matzah appears on Seder tables across the world this week, artist Emily Drew Miller approaches the flatbread as a printmaking tool. Her collagraph series tenderly explores Jewish heritage and political consciousness in all its fractures and layers. Staff Reporter Isa Farfan has the story.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we also remember the unflinching life and work of sculptor Melvin Edwards, who died on Monday at 88 years old and leaves behind a singular political vocabulary in steel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to check out our Los Angeles and New York guides to help plan your April in art, plus Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia\u2019s weekly dispatch on news in the art world this week \u2014 including improbable artworks made from beloved, gelatinous PEEPS, just in time for Easter.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/matzah-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><figcaption><span>Works in the ongoing <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Mazot<\/em><\/i><span> series (photos courtesy Emily Drew Miller)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"an-artist-embraces-the-metaphorical-cracks-of-matzah\">An Artist Embraces the Metaphorical Cracks of Matzah<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c\u200aThe fractures in these images reflect how disconnected a lot of Jewish people feel from each other right now,\u201d Emily Drew Miller told <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>. | Isa Farfan<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-1.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>Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join an immersive, two-week session and transform your studio practice. Online or in-person.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/me-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Melvin Edwards with \u201cFragment Dimension\u201d (1962\u201363), c. 1963 (\u00a9 2026 Melvin Edwards; photo by and courtesy Melvin Edwards)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"melvin-edwards-who-sculpted-a-new-vocabulary-for-political-art-dies-at-88\">Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88<\/h3>\n<p>His innovative abstractions evoked both the art historical canon and the haunting afterlives of Atlantic slavery. | Cat Dawson<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-guides\">Art Guides<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/chris-ellis-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Chris \u201cDAZE\u201d Ellis, \u201cGem Spa in the 80s\u201d (2025) on display at PPOW Gallery (photo Hrag Vartanian\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"15-shows-to-see-in-new-york-city-this-april\">15 Shows to See in New York City This April<\/h3>\n<p>Margaret Curtis\u2019s deconstruction of American myth, quotidian objects by Marsden Hartley, and Wendy Red Star\u2019s bead-inspired installation are among our picks. | Hrag Vartanian, Hakim Bishara, Seph Rodney, and Valentina Di Liscia<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-april\">10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This April<\/h3>\n<p>David Alekhuogie\u2019s defiant collage, Hannah Tishkoff\u2019s visual poetry, an iconic Angeleno printmaking studio, portraits of Palestinian journalists, and more. | Matt Stromberg<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"books\">Books<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-2-1-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Emilio Mart\u00ednez Poppe, installation view of<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\"> Civic Views<\/em><\/i><span> in the Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard, curated by Jameson Paige, 2025 (photo Albert Yee, courtesy Mural Arts Philadelphia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"nine-lessons-on-my-path-from-engagement-to-leadership\">Nine Lessons on My Path From Engagement to Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>My career has been defined by a steady effort to collapse silos: between curatorial and educational work, between institutions and communities, between what museums have been and what they might yet become. | Ryan N. Dennis<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/5.png\" 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>Vilcek Foundation to Award $200,000 in Grants to Nonprofits Uplifting Immigrant Contributions<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The foundation invites grant applications from mission-aligned nonprofit organizations in the arts and sciences by April 30, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/abuelas-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Puppets dedicated to the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina (\u00a9 Nahuel Ignacio S\u00e1nchez Painequir)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-frieze-partners-with-the-whitney\">Art Movements: Frieze Partners With &#8230; the Whitney?<\/h3>\n<p>Also, the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts director retires, the Speed Museum\u2019s newest residents, and \u201cpeep\u201d this art!<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Calida Rawles paints Blackness and water, the artists who shaped Fire Island, translating literature during the Tehran blackout, why weather apps suck, and more from around the internet.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Jozanne Rabyor on Lakshmi Rivera Amin&#8217;s &#8220;A View From the Easel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">A choice pair, and when I clicked on the site, those fabulous faces behind Jade Van Der Mark&#8217;s sofa lifted my spirits before I read a word. I hope they get their pig!<\/p>\n<p>I also hope Lex Marie gets their degree and more space to work. Personally, I&#8217;ll treasure their observation that &#8220;the ideas themselves do not have to shrink just because the space is smaller.&#8221; Brilliant, and methinks it applies to making art and so much more!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"opportunities-this-month\">Opportunities This Month<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-2.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>John Singer Sargent, \u201cAn Artist at His Easel\u201d (1914) (image courtesy the Art Institute of Chicago)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Banff Centre, the Vilcek Foundation, and more in our April 2026 list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<p>Receive this list of opportunities in your inbox each month. Sign up here!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Happy Passover! As matzah appears on Seder tables across the world this week, artist Emily Drew Miller approaches the flatbread as a printmaking tool. Her collagraph series tenderly explores Jewish heritage and political consciousness in all its fractures and layers. Staff Reporter Isa Farfan has the story.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we also remember the unflinching life and work of sculptor Melvin Edwards, who died on Monday at 88 years old and leaves behind a singular political vocabulary in steel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to check out our Los Angeles and New York guides to help plan your April in art, plus Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia\u2019s weekly dispatch on news in the art world this week \u2014 including improbable artworks made from beloved, gelatinous PEEPS, just in time for Easter.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/matzah-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><figcaption><span>Works in the ongoing <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Mazot<\/em><\/i><span> series (photos courtesy Emily Drew Miller)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"an-artist-embraces-the-metaphorical-cracks-of-matzah\">An Artist Embraces the Metaphorical Cracks of Matzah<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c\u200aThe fractures in these images reflect how disconnected a lot of Jewish people feel from each other right now,\u201d Emily Drew Miller told <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>. | Isa Farfan<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-1.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>Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Join an immersive, two-week session and transform your studio practice. Online or in-person.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/me-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\"><figcaption><span>Melvin Edwards with \u201cFragment Dimension\u201d (1962\u201363), c. 1963 (\u00a9 2026 Melvin Edwards; photo by and courtesy Melvin Edwards)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"melvin-edwards-who-sculpted-a-new-vocabulary-for-political-art-dies-at-88\">Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88<\/h3>\n<p>His innovative abstractions evoked both the art historical canon and the haunting afterlives of Atlantic slavery. | Cat Dawson<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"art-guides\">Art Guides<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/chris-ellis-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Chris \u201cDAZE\u201d Ellis, \u201cGem Spa in the 80s\u201d (2025) on display at PPOW Gallery (photo Hrag Vartanian\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"15-shows-to-see-in-new-york-city-this-april\">15 Shows to See in New York City This April<\/h3>\n<p>Margaret Curtis\u2019s deconstruction of American myth, quotidian objects by Marsden Hartley, and Wendy Red Star\u2019s bead-inspired installation are among our picks. | Hrag Vartanian, Hakim Bishara, Seph Rodney, and Valentina Di Liscia<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-april\">10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This April<\/h3>\n<p>David Alekhuogie\u2019s defiant collage, Hannah Tishkoff\u2019s visual poetry, an iconic Angeleno printmaking studio, portraits of Palestinian journalists, and more. | Matt Stromberg<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"books\">Books<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-2-1-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Emilio Mart\u00ednez Poppe, installation view of<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\"> Civic Views<\/em><\/i><span> in the Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard, curated by Jameson Paige, 2025 (photo Albert Yee, courtesy Mural Arts Philadelphia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"nine-lessons-on-my-path-from-engagement-to-leadership\">Nine Lessons on My Path From Engagement to Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>My career has been defined by a steady effort to collapse silos: between curatorial and educational work, between institutions and communities, between what museums have been and what they might yet become. | Ryan N. Dennis<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/5.png\" 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>Vilcek Foundation to Award $200,000 in Grants to Nonprofits Uplifting Immigrant Contributions<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The foundation invites grant applications from mission-aligned nonprofit organizations in the arts and sciences by April 30, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/abuelas-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Puppets dedicated to the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina (\u00a9 Nahuel Ignacio S\u00e1nchez Painequir)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-frieze-partners-with-the-whitney\">Art Movements: Frieze Partners With &#8230; the Whitney?<\/h3>\n<p>Also, the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts director retires, the Speed Museum\u2019s newest residents, and \u201cpeep\u201d this art!<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Calida Rawles paints Blackness and water, the artists who shaped Fire Island, translating literature during the Tehran blackout, why weather apps suck, and more from around the internet.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Jozanne Rabyor on Lakshmi Rivera Amin&#8217;s &#8220;A View From the Easel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">A choice pair, and when I clicked on the site, those fabulous faces behind Jade Van Der Mark&#8217;s sofa lifted my spirits before I read a word. I hope they get their pig!<\/p>\n<p>I also hope Lex Marie gets their degree and more space to work. Personally, I&#8217;ll treasure their observation that &#8220;the ideas themselves do not have to shrink just because the space is smaller.&#8221; Brilliant, and methinks it applies to making art and so much more!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"opportunities-this-month\">Opportunities This Month<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/JPEG-image-2.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>John Singer Sargent, \u201cAn Artist at His Easel\u201d (1914) (image courtesy the Art Institute of Chicago)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Banff Centre, the Vilcek Foundation, and more in our April 2026 list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.<\/p>\n<p>Receive this list of opportunities in your inbox each month. Sign up here!<\/p>\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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/Copy-of-9.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Join an immersive, two-week session and transform your studio practice. Online or in-person.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">New York Studio School<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/033125_FineArtsBFAPaintingThesisExhibition_MP-22.jpg\" alt=\"Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school\u2019s graduating students. MFA and BFA work is on view this spring in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Pratt Institute<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/roselynnsstudiohyperallergic-1-.JPG\" alt=\"NYU Steinhardt Presents 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">NYU Steinhardt Presents 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Part I: April 1\u201318, Part II: May 6\u201323. On view at 80WSE Gallery in New York\u2019s Greenwich Village. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">NYU Steinhardt<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/03\/RajniPereraandMarigoldSantosEfflorescenceTheWayWeWake2023.Courtesytheartists.PhotoMACLyon-3-.jpg\" alt=\"Take Your Practice Further in a Visual Arts Residency at Banff Centre\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Take Your Practice Further in a Visual Arts Residency at Banff Centre<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Engage with leading contemporary faculty, access exceptional studios, and develop your practice in Banff\u2019s inspiring mountain setting.  <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/matzah-is-the-medium\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter Matzah Is the Medium Remembering Melvin Edwards, art shows to see in LA and New York, and lessons from Houston\u2019s Project Row Houses. 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