{"id":1890020,"date":"2026-04-17T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1890020"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:00:59","slug":"lacma-got-a-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1890020","title":{"rendered":"LACMA Got a Makeover"},"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\">LACMA Got a Makeover<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Photos from the revamped LA museum, impressions from MoMA PS1&#8217;s \u201cGreater New York,\u201d Artnet and Artsy lay off dozens of workers, and a Lebanese artist\u2019s balm for collective wounds.<\/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=\"2026-04-17\">April 17, 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>The courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Queens was buzzing during Wednesday night\u2019s opening of <em>Greater New York<\/em>, now in its sixth edition. Our team shares first impressions from the expansive show, which included more than 50 New York City artists at the beginning of their careers.<\/p>\n<p>More below, including Matt Stromberg\u2019s visit to the new LACMA building, a profile of Lebanese performance artist Rawya El Chab, a review of Winnie Wong&#8217;s new book on Canton trade portraitists and the Western obsession with the lone genius artist, and our Required Reading and Art Movement columns with the latest in our field and beyond. As always, thank you for reading.<\/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\/LACMA-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Alexander Calder\u2019s newly restored fountain \u201cThree Quintains (Hello Girls)\u201d (1964) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (photo Matt Stromberg\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"lacma%E2%80%99s-new-building-invites-you-to-chart-your-own-path\">LACMA\u2019s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path<\/h3>\n<p>Some visitors may feel unmoored by the museum\u2019s open plan and free-floating associations, but others will welcome the unconventional approach. | Matt Stromberg<\/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\/on-the-beach-newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"14173x7972\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The first comprehensive catalogue of artworks by acclaimed modernist painter Marsden Hartley is now freely available on the internet in association with Bates College Museum of Art.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/ADDA-newsletter-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>The ADAA art fair (photo Scott Rudd Productions, courtesy ADAA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a surprising twist, the ADAA art fair will now benefit the Whitney Museum after abruptly terminating its longstanding partnership with the Henry Street Settlement social services organization last year<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/image-45.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Greater New York 2026<\/em><\/i><span> (photo Hrag Vartanian\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"moma-ps1%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cgreater-new-york%E2%80%9D-is-gritty-stunning-and-gutting\">MoMA PS1\u2019s \u201cGreater New York\u201d Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting<\/h3>\n<p>The survey, which happens every five years, rejects the out-of-towner\u2019s glossy surfaces in favor of the view from inside. | Hrag Vartanian,\u00a0Lisa Yin Zhang,\u00a0Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-unnameable-artists-of-the-canton-trade-system\">The Unnameable Artists of the Canton Trade System<\/h3>\n<p>In a book on Qing-era trade portraitists whose names are lost to history, Winnie Wong shows us how our restless pursuits of authenticity guide us into pitfalls of our own making. | Nanase Shirokawa<\/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\/tutto-boetti-newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"14173x7972\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Tutto Boetti 1966\u20131993<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><em class=\"italic\">Tutto Boetti\u00a01966\u20131993<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0at Magazzino Italian Art offers a multifaceted view of Alighiero Boetti\u2019s artistic research, tracing its development from early experiments in Turin in the 1960s to the large-scale works of his maturity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"performance\">Performance <\/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\/Untitled-8.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>El Chab uses paper cutouts of tanks, boats, and human figures to explain the history of colonialism in Lebanon. (photo Austin Pogrob) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"rawya-el-chab-tends-to-the-wounds-of-lebanon%E2%80%99s-civil-war\">Rawya El Chab Tends to the Wounds of Lebanon\u2019s Civil War<\/h3>\n<p>The latest segment of her performance series \u201cCrossing the Water\u201d chronicles life under military occupation after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. | Anna Oakes<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/artsy-artnet.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Artsy and Artnet CEO Jeffrey Yin (left) and Chairman Andrew Wolff (right) (photos courtesy Beowolff Capital)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-dozens-laid-off-at-artnet-and-artsy\">Art Movements: Dozens Laid Off at Artnet and Artsy<\/h3>\n<p>Also, the Denver Art Museum\u2019s new associate curator of Native Arts, the Toronto Biennial of Art, and Marilyn Minter chats with Monica Lewinsky.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Tania Bruguera\u2019s museum manifesto in stained glass, Molly Crabapple on AI\u2019s art heist, Rachel Corrie\u2019s mother speaks out, remembering Ashaji, right-wing knitters, and more.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Willa Lewis on Rhea Nayyar&#8217;s \u201cRare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I was thunderstruck by the fact that [Wifredo Lam&#8217;s \u201cPortrait of a Boy\u201d] was painted in Cuenca, Spain, an ancient city of remarkable geography and architecture. The place is mystical and I was thrilled to think that Lam had been and worked there. And there&#8217;s no better place for it to land than the Hispanic Society (bless them for keeping &#8220;society&#8221; in the name, unlike, well, you know). A jewel in upper Manhattan that doesn&#8217;t get enough press or visitation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/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\/facemask-monalisa-daily-newsletter-04142026-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1050\"><figcaption><span>Thinking of skipping the fairs this year? You\u2019re not alone. (edit Shari Flores\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-problems-do-i-need-to-go-to-art-fairs\">Art Problems: Do I Need to Go to Art Fairs?<\/h3>\n<p>Are the fairs worth the back pain and steep ticket prices? Paddy Johnson has the answer.<\/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\">LACMA Got a Makeover<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Photos from the revamped LA museum, impressions from MoMA PS1&#8217;s \u201cGreater New York,\u201d Artnet and Artsy lay off dozens of workers, and a Lebanese artist\u2019s balm for collective wounds.<\/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=\"2026-04-17\">April 17, 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>The courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Queens was buzzing during Wednesday night\u2019s opening of <em>Greater New York<\/em>, now in its sixth edition. Our team shares first impressions from the expansive show, which included more than 50 New York City artists at the beginning of their careers.<\/p>\n<p>More below, including Matt Stromberg\u2019s visit to the new LACMA building, a profile of Lebanese performance artist Rawya El Chab, a review of Winnie Wong&#8217;s new book on Canton trade portraitists and the Western obsession with the lone genius artist, and our Required Reading and Art Movement columns with the latest in our field and beyond. As always, thank you for reading.<\/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\/LACMA-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Alexander Calder\u2019s newly restored fountain \u201cThree Quintains (Hello Girls)\u201d (1964) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (photo Matt Stromberg\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"lacma%E2%80%99s-new-building-invites-you-to-chart-your-own-path\">LACMA\u2019s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path<\/h3>\n<p>Some visitors may feel unmoored by the museum\u2019s open plan and free-floating associations, but others will welcome the unconventional approach. | Matt Stromberg<\/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\/on-the-beach-newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"14173x7972\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The first comprehensive catalogue of artworks by acclaimed modernist painter Marsden Hartley is now freely available on the internet in association with Bates College Museum of Art.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/ADDA-newsletter-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>The ADAA art fair (photo Scott Rudd Productions, courtesy ADAA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a surprising twist, the ADAA art fair will now benefit the Whitney Museum after abruptly terminating its longstanding partnership with the Henry Street Settlement social services organization last year<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/image-45.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Greater New York 2026<\/em><\/i><span> (photo Hrag Vartanian\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"moma-ps1%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cgreater-new-york%E2%80%9D-is-gritty-stunning-and-gutting\">MoMA PS1\u2019s \u201cGreater New York\u201d Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting<\/h3>\n<p>The survey, which happens every five years, rejects the out-of-towner\u2019s glossy surfaces in favor of the view from inside. | Hrag Vartanian,\u00a0Lisa Yin Zhang,\u00a0Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-unnameable-artists-of-the-canton-trade-system\">The Unnameable Artists of the Canton Trade System<\/h3>\n<p>In a book on Qing-era trade portraitists whose names are lost to history, Winnie Wong shows us how our restless pursuits of authenticity guide us into pitfalls of our own making. | Nanase Shirokawa<\/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\/tutto-boetti-newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"14173x7972\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Tutto Boetti 1966\u20131993<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><em class=\"italic\">Tutto Boetti\u00a01966\u20131993<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0at Magazzino Italian Art offers a multifaceted view of Alighiero Boetti\u2019s artistic research, tracing its development from early experiments in Turin in the 1960s to the large-scale works of his maturity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"performance\">Performance <\/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\/Untitled-8.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>El Chab uses paper cutouts of tanks, boats, and human figures to explain the history of colonialism in Lebanon. (photo Austin Pogrob) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"rawya-el-chab-tends-to-the-wounds-of-lebanon%E2%80%99s-civil-war\">Rawya El Chab Tends to the Wounds of Lebanon\u2019s Civil War<\/h3>\n<p>The latest segment of her performance series \u201cCrossing the Water\u201d chronicles life under military occupation after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. | Anna Oakes<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/artsy-artnet.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Artsy and Artnet CEO Jeffrey Yin (left) and Chairman Andrew Wolff (right) (photos courtesy Beowolff Capital)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-dozens-laid-off-at-artnet-and-artsy\">Art Movements: Dozens Laid Off at Artnet and Artsy<\/h3>\n<p>Also, the Denver Art Museum\u2019s new associate curator of Native Arts, the Toronto Biennial of Art, and Marilyn Minter chats with Monica Lewinsky.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Tania Bruguera\u2019s museum manifesto in stained glass, Molly Crabapple on AI\u2019s art heist, Rachel Corrie\u2019s mother speaks out, remembering Ashaji, right-wing knitters, and more.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Willa Lewis on Rhea Nayyar&#8217;s \u201cRare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I was thunderstruck by the fact that [Wifredo Lam&#8217;s \u201cPortrait of a Boy\u201d] was painted in Cuenca, Spain, an ancient city of remarkable geography and architecture. The place is mystical and I was thrilled to think that Lam had been and worked there. And there&#8217;s no better place for it to land than the Hispanic Society (bless them for keeping &#8220;society&#8221; in the name, unlike, well, you know). A jewel in upper Manhattan that doesn&#8217;t get enough press or visitation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/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\/facemask-monalisa-daily-newsletter-04142026-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1050\"><figcaption><span>Thinking of skipping the fairs this year? You\u2019re not alone. (edit Shari Flores\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-problems-do-i-need-to-go-to-art-fairs\">Art Problems: Do I Need to Go to Art Fairs?<\/h3>\n<p>Are the fairs worth the back pain and steep ticket prices? Paddy Johnson has the answer.<\/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>The courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Queens was buzzing during Wednesday night\u2019s opening of <em>Greater New York<\/em>, now in its sixth edition. Our team shares first impressions from the expansive show, which included more than 50 New York City artists at the beginning of their careers.<\/p>\n<p>More below, including Matt Stromberg\u2019s visit to the new LACMA building, a profile of Lebanese performance artist Rawya El Chab, a review of Winnie Wong&#8217;s new book on Canton trade portraitists and the Western obsession with the lone genius artist, and our Required Reading and Art Movement columns with the latest in our field and beyond. As always, thank you for reading.<\/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\/LACMA-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Alexander Calder\u2019s newly restored fountain \u201cThree Quintains (Hello Girls)\u201d (1964) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (photo Matt Stromberg\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"lacma%E2%80%99s-new-building-invites-you-to-chart-your-own-path\">LACMA\u2019s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path<\/h3>\n<p>Some visitors may feel unmoored by the museum\u2019s open plan and free-floating associations, but others will welcome the unconventional approach. | Matt Stromberg<\/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\/on-the-beach-newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"14173x7972\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The first comprehensive catalogue of artworks by acclaimed modernist painter Marsden Hartley is now freely available on the internet in association with Bates College Museum of Art.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/ADDA-newsletter-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>The ADAA art fair (photo Scott Rudd Productions, courtesy ADAA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a surprising twist, the ADAA art fair will now benefit the Whitney Museum after abruptly terminating its longstanding partnership with the Henry Street Settlement social services organization last year<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/image-45.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Greater New York 2026<\/em><\/i><span> (photo Hrag Vartanian\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"moma-ps1%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cgreater-new-york%E2%80%9D-is-gritty-stunning-and-gutting\">MoMA PS1\u2019s \u201cGreater New York\u201d Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting<\/h3>\n<p>The survey, which happens every five years, rejects the out-of-towner\u2019s glossy surfaces in favor of the view from inside. | Hrag Vartanian,\u00a0Lisa Yin Zhang,\u00a0Rhea Nayyar<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-unnameable-artists-of-the-canton-trade-system\">The Unnameable Artists of the Canton Trade System<\/h3>\n<p>In a book on Qing-era trade portraitists whose names are lost to history, Winnie Wong shows us how our restless pursuits of authenticity guide us into pitfalls of our own making. | Nanase Shirokawa<\/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\/tutto-boetti-newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"14173x7972\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Tutto Boetti 1966\u20131993<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><em class=\"italic\">Tutto Boetti\u00a01966\u20131993<\/em><\/i><span>\u00a0at Magazzino Italian Art offers a multifaceted view of Alighiero Boetti\u2019s artistic research, tracing its development from early experiments in Turin in the 1960s to the large-scale works of his maturity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"performance\">Performance <\/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\/Untitled-8.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>El Chab uses paper cutouts of tanks, boats, and human figures to explain the history of colonialism in Lebanon. (photo Austin Pogrob) <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"rawya-el-chab-tends-to-the-wounds-of-lebanon%E2%80%99s-civil-war\">Rawya El Chab Tends to the Wounds of Lebanon\u2019s Civil War<\/h3>\n<p>The latest segment of her performance series \u201cCrossing the Water\u201d chronicles life under military occupation after the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. | Anna Oakes<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/artsy-artnet.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Artsy and Artnet CEO Jeffrey Yin (left) and Chairman Andrew Wolff (right) (photos courtesy Beowolff Capital)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-movements-dozens-laid-off-at-artnet-and-artsy\">Art Movements: Dozens Laid Off at Artnet and Artsy<\/h3>\n<p>Also, the Denver Art Museum\u2019s new associate curator of Native Arts, the Toronto Biennial of Art, and Marilyn Minter chats with Monica Lewinsky.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"required-reading\">Required Reading<\/h3>\n<p>This week: Tania Bruguera\u2019s museum manifesto in stained glass, Molly Crabapple on AI\u2019s art heist, Rachel Corrie\u2019s mother speaks out, remembering Ashaji, right-wing knitters, and more.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Willa Lewis on Rhea Nayyar&#8217;s \u201cRare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I was thunderstruck by the fact that [Wifredo Lam&#8217;s \u201cPortrait of a Boy\u201d] was painted in Cuenca, Spain, an ancient city of remarkable geography and architecture. The place is mystical and I was thrilled to think that Lam had been and worked there. And there&#8217;s no better place for it to land than the Hispanic Society (bless them for keeping &#8220;society&#8221; in the name, unlike, well, you know). A jewel in upper Manhattan that doesn&#8217;t get enough press or visitation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/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\/facemask-monalisa-daily-newsletter-04142026-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1050\"><figcaption><span>Thinking of skipping the fairs this year? You\u2019re not alone. (edit Shari Flores\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"art-problems-do-i-need-to-go-to-art-fairs\">Art Problems: Do I Need to Go to Art Fairs?<\/h3>\n<p>Are the fairs worth the back pain and steep ticket prices? Paddy Johnson has the answer.<\/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\/04\/1_BRITTONpushpullhighres_hoz.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Britton: Second Sleep\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Maria Britton: Second Sleep<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Discarded bedsheets shape portals of reflection, obscuring the past or inviting to imagine what lies beyond in this exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art<\/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\/04\/AlighieroBoettiTuttoc.1988.Embroideryonfabric291_2x48in.-72.4x121.9cm-.CourtesyofMagazzinoItalianArt.PhotobyMarcoAnelli.jpg\" alt=\"Tutto Boetti 1966\u20131993\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Tutto Boetti 1966\u20131993<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">An exhibition of works by Alighiero Boetti at Magazzino Italian Art.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Magazzino Italian Art<\/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\/04\/On-the-Beach-2023.37.1_pt-0817.jpg\" alt=\"The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Online<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The first comprehensive catalogue of artworks by acclaimed modernist painter Marsden Hartley is now freely available on the internet.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Bates College Museum of Art<\/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\/04\/Untitled-6.jpg\" alt=\"The Bennett Prize Opens Fifth Call for Entries\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">The Bennett Prize Opens Fifth Call for Entries<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Women figurative realist painters can enter to win $75,000 and a traveling solo exhibition. Applications are open through September 19. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The Bennett Prize<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/lacma-got-a-makeover\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter LACMA Got a Makeover Photos from the revamped LA museum, impressions from MoMA PS1&#8217;s \u201cGreater New York,\u201d Artnet and Artsy lay off dozens of workers, and a Lebanese artist\u2019s balm for collective wounds. 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