{"id":1950538,"date":"2026-05-22T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1950538"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:00:12","slug":"why-i-removed-cesar-chavez-from-my-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1950538","title":{"rendered":"Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show"},"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\">Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Elizabeth Ferrer writes candidly about making \u201ca decision I could live with,\u201d Roberto Lugo&#8217;s ode to Puerto Rico, and a new Avedon documentary in Cannes.<\/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=\"2026-05-22\">May 22, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>In three and a half decades as a curator, Elizabeth Ferrer had never faced the need to remove an artwork from an opened exhibition. But a month after she inaugurated a major show of Chicano photography at The Cheech in California, which included a 1969 portrait of Cesar Chavez, horrific allegations of sexual assault against the labor leader hit the front pages of national newspapers. Today in <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>, Ferrer writes candidly about historical revision, a delicate curatorial calculus, and having to make \u201ca decision I could live with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in New York, don&#8217;t miss Roberto Lugo&#8217;s new sculptural series, an ode to Puerto Rico rising joyfully from the urban meadow that is Madison Square Park. Staff Writer Isa Farfan spoke to the artist about his vision for the public artwork (and got some really cute photos with his parents). Cue Bad Bunny\u2019s <em>NUEVAYoL<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catch up on industry news with Art Movements, get smart with Required Reading, and read our review of a new Richard Avedon documentary that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Valentina Di Liscia, senior editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Rodri--guez--George-Delano--California-2-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tI\u2019m a Chicana Curator. This Is Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe decision to remove a portrait of the labor leader from \u201cChicano Camera Culture\u201d at The Cheech was not one I took lightly. | Elizabeth Ferrer\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/05\/art-science.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>Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Artist Janani Balasubramanian and astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell reimagine collaboration through a values-based and joyfully undisciplined practice.<\/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\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/stonewall-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Stonewall National Monument was named one of the most endangered places in the US in an\u00a0annual list\u00a0put out by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Roberto Lugo\u2019s newly unveiled sculptures in Madison Square Park are a majestic tributeto Puerto Rico, his parents, and notable figures like Bad Bunny.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/200126-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA New Richard Avedon Documentary Lets Him Down<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tDirector Ron Howard is a gun for hire, and it shows in this conventional documentary about the famed photographer. | Dan Schindel\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Image--2348-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: a mysterious LA guerrilla artist, Whistler and gold paint, remembering Tot\u00f3 La Momposina, the art of photographing queer nightlife, AI agents turn Marxist, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements: Larry Gagosian Heads to the Big Screen<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe enigmatic art dealer gets the documentary treatment, Pace gets the Brancusi Estate, the Louvre\u2019s new architects, and other industry news.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">&#8220;Would like to see the Sarah Lucas sculpture bookended by an equally bulbous male balloon figure with comparably prominent anatomy, seated atop a toolbox.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mary Lucier on <em>Who\u2019s That Nude Figure on a Washing Machine Outside the New Museum<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/videodrome-monty-python-lede-1.gif\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWelcome to \u201cIt\u2019s the Arts,\u201d with Monty Python<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIt\u2019s the Friday afternoon before Memorial Day Weekend, which means, if you\u2019re anything like me, your brain is somewhere out the window. Why not indulge its wandering weirdness with some Monty Python? | Jillian Steinhauer\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\">Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Elizabeth Ferrer writes candidly about making \u201ca decision I could live with,\u201d Roberto Lugo&#8217;s ode to Puerto Rico, and a new Avedon documentary in Cannes.<\/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=\"2026-05-22\">May 22, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>In three and a half decades as a curator, Elizabeth Ferrer had never faced the need to remove an artwork from an opened exhibition. But a month after she inaugurated a major show of Chicano photography at The Cheech in California, which included a 1969 portrait of Cesar Chavez, horrific allegations of sexual assault against the labor leader hit the front pages of national newspapers. Today in <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>, Ferrer writes candidly about historical revision, a delicate curatorial calculus, and having to make \u201ca decision I could live with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in New York, don&#8217;t miss Roberto Lugo&#8217;s new sculptural series, an ode to Puerto Rico rising joyfully from the urban meadow that is Madison Square Park. Staff Writer Isa Farfan spoke to the artist about his vision for the public artwork (and got some really cute photos with his parents). Cue Bad Bunny\u2019s <em>NUEVAYoL<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catch up on industry news with Art Movements, get smart with Required Reading, and read our review of a new Richard Avedon documentary that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Valentina Di Liscia, senior editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Rodri--guez--George-Delano--California-2-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tI\u2019m a Chicana Curator. This Is Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe decision to remove a portrait of the labor leader from \u201cChicano Camera Culture\u201d at The Cheech was not one I took lightly. | Elizabeth Ferrer\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/05\/art-science.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>Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Artist Janani Balasubramanian and astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell reimagine collaboration through a values-based and joyfully undisciplined practice.<\/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\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/stonewall-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Stonewall National Monument was named one of the most endangered places in the US in an\u00a0annual list\u00a0put out by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Roberto Lugo\u2019s newly unveiled sculptures in Madison Square Park are a majestic tributeto Puerto Rico, his parents, and notable figures like Bad Bunny.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/200126-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA New Richard Avedon Documentary Lets Him Down<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tDirector Ron Howard is a gun for hire, and it shows in this conventional documentary about the famed photographer. | Dan Schindel\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Image--2348-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: a mysterious LA guerrilla artist, Whistler and gold paint, remembering Tot\u00f3 La Momposina, the art of photographing queer nightlife, AI agents turn Marxist, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements: Larry Gagosian Heads to the Big Screen<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe enigmatic art dealer gets the documentary treatment, Pace gets the Brancusi Estate, the Louvre\u2019s new architects, and other industry news.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">&#8220;Would like to see the Sarah Lucas sculpture bookended by an equally bulbous male balloon figure with comparably prominent anatomy, seated atop a toolbox.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mary Lucier on <em>Who\u2019s That Nude Figure on a Washing Machine Outside the New Museum<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/videodrome-monty-python-lede-1.gif\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWelcome to \u201cIt\u2019s the Arts,\u201d with Monty Python<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIt\u2019s the Friday afternoon before Memorial Day Weekend, which means, if you\u2019re anything like me, your brain is somewhere out the window. Why not indulge its wandering weirdness with some Monty Python? | Jillian Steinhauer\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>In three and a half decades as a curator, Elizabeth Ferrer had never faced the need to remove an artwork from an opened exhibition. But a month after she inaugurated a major show of Chicano photography at The Cheech in California, which included a 1969 portrait of Cesar Chavez, horrific allegations of sexual assault against the labor leader hit the front pages of national newspapers. Today in <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>, Ferrer writes candidly about historical revision, a delicate curatorial calculus, and having to make \u201ca decision I could live with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in New York, don&#8217;t miss Roberto Lugo&#8217;s new sculptural series, an ode to Puerto Rico rising joyfully from the urban meadow that is Madison Square Park. Staff Writer Isa Farfan spoke to the artist about his vision for the public artwork (and got some really cute photos with his parents). Cue Bad Bunny\u2019s <em>NUEVAYoL<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catch up on industry news with Art Movements, get smart with Required Reading, and read our review of a new Richard Avedon documentary that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Valentina Di Liscia, senior editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Rodri--guez--George-Delano--California-2-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tI\u2019m a Chicana Curator. This Is Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe decision to remove a portrait of the labor leader from \u201cChicano Camera Culture\u201d at The Cheech was not one I took lightly. | Elizabeth Ferrer\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/05\/art-science.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>Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Artist Janani Balasubramanian and astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell reimagine collaboration through a values-based and joyfully undisciplined practice.<\/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\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/stonewall-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Stonewall National Monument was named one of the most endangered places in the US in an\u00a0annual list\u00a0put out by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Roberto Lugo\u2019s newly unveiled sculptures in Madison Square Park are a majestic tributeto Puerto Rico, his parents, and notable figures like Bad Bunny.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/200126-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA New Richard Avedon Documentary Lets Him Down<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tDirector Ron Howard is a gun for hire, and it shows in this conventional documentary about the famed photographer. | Dan Schindel\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/Image--2348-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: a mysterious LA guerrilla artist, Whistler and gold paint, remembering Tot\u00f3 La Momposina, the art of photographing queer nightlife, AI agents turn Marxist, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements: Larry Gagosian Heads to the Big Screen<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe enigmatic art dealer gets the documentary treatment, Pace gets the Brancusi Estate, the Louvre\u2019s new architects, and other industry news.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">&#8220;Would like to see the Sarah Lucas sculpture bookended by an equally bulbous male balloon figure with comparably prominent anatomy, seated atop a toolbox.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mary Lucier on <em>Who\u2019s That Nude Figure on a Washing Machine Outside the New Museum<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/videodrome-monty-python-lede-1.gif\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWelcome to \u201cIt\u2019s the Arts,\u201d with Monty Python<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIt\u2019s the Friday afternoon before Memorial Day Weekend, which means, if you\u2019re anything like me, your brain is somewhere out the window. Why not indulge its wandering weirdness with some Monty Python? | Jillian Steinhauer\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/05\/balasubramanian_2400x1350.jpg\" alt=\"Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Artist Janani Balasubramanian and astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell reimagine collaboration through a values-based and joyfully undisciplined practice.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">University of California Press<\/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\/05\/CMoG_Image_5.png\" alt=\"Tough Stuff: Women in The American Glass Studio\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Tough Stuff: Women in The American Glass Studio<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Highlighting works from the 1960s through today, this survey at the Corning Museum of Glass celebrates the legacies of women artists who helped shape the Studio Glass Movement in the US.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Corning Museum of Glass<\/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\/05\/Still-in-Sound_reverbimpulses_CSM.jpg\" alt=\"Still in Sound\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Still in Sound<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Sound artists compose sonic and multisensory interpretations of abstract paintings for this new exhibition at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Clyfford Still Museum<\/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\/05\/1Jai-Perez-in-rehearsal--Photo-by-Daniel-Jackson-for-Embassy--Interactive-.jpg\" alt=\"ArtPhilly Presents \u201cWhat Now: 2026\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">ArtPhilly Presents \u201cWhat Now: 2026\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The five-week city-wide festival will feature over 30 newly-commissioned works created by Philadelphia artists to spark important conversations about the future of the United States.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">ArtPhilly<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/why-i-removed-cesar-chavez-from-my-show\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show Elizabeth Ferrer writes candidly about making \u201ca decision I could live with,\u201d Roberto Lugo&#8217;s ode to Puerto Rico, and a new Avedon documentary in Cannes. 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