Arts & culture journalist. Words @ NYT, T Mag, FT, The Art Newspaper, Artsy.
New York, NY
Joined April 2010
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"Yi's floating forms respond to the air in Turbine Hall in unpredictable ways, with each of the tentacular, bulbous creatures programmed to display its own set of behaviors."
Anicka Yi is profiled by @tessthackara for the @nytimes:
nytimes.com/2021/10/11/arts/…
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Advocates and dealers caution that, while recognition and prices are growing, there are still plenty of barriers to entry for “outsider” artists into the art market, and the risk of exploitation remains high. ow.ly/vW6Y50FNnBS
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“When I do exhibitions, it is always at the back of my mind—will I be treated fairly?”
ActionSpace artist Thompson Hall was interviewed by @tessthackara for @TheArtNewspaper examining neurodiversity in the contemporary art world.
Advocates and dealers caution that, while recognition and prices are growing, there are still plenty of barriers to entry for “outsider” artists into the art market, and the risk of exploitation remains high. ow.ly/vW6Y50FNnBS
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TO LOOK UP / Thank you to @tessthackara & @TheArtNewspaper for covering this topic. Great to see @ProjectArtWorks @Art_etal @TDS_Gallery & Thompson Hall (@THEActionSpace) featured! About the recognition of disabled & neurodivergent artists & how they are treated within the arts.
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Art et al. is featured in the latest issue of The Arts Newspaper examining neurodiversity in the artworld mainstream.
“The pandemic year has brought questions of access and disability rights into new focus, and the artworld is paying attention” - Tess Thackara
#ArtEtAl
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Great to be quoted in this @nytimesarts piece about #art #museums & real community connection, along with colleague @melodybuyukozer. Loved talking with @tessthackara, who has been delving into it with terrific directors & changemakers around the field.
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Thank you @tessthackara and @nytimes for featuring FROM THE LIMITATIONS OF NOW. If you haven’t seen it, get on it. Essential experience. @middlewest @nytimesarts @VisitTulsa @TravelOK
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Who gets a say in the evolution of our cities? @monument_lab and @villagephilly unveil homegrown monuments to the over-overlooked residents of North Philadelphia who have made a big difference in citizens' lives. nyti.ms/3eKPNny
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After San Francisco loses Gagosian, the city's galleries are collaborating to survive. Mega-gallery's closure will not affect Californian city's small but vibrant art scene, local dealers say—this is "not a place that responds to grandiose braggadoci". theartnewspaper.com/news/san…
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We are excited to see a positive shift underway on the #sustainability front. Read about ARTA's commitment to building a greener future: bit.ly/3l7YD0M
MOCA Los Angeles commits to carbon negativity by 2023—and other signs the U.S. art world is beginning to take action against climate change @MOCAlosangeles @TheArtNewspaper @ExtinctionR
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Really good piece by @tessthackara re: Smithsonian's (v. moving) response to Covid-19.
Museum professionals @smithsonian are deciding which objects and stories should be preserved to represent the prolonged and multifaceted crisis that has unfolded over this past year.
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Auction report | The last of @Sothebys marquee livestream evening sales this year was concise and efficient with 25 lots out of 30 auctioned off in just over an hour—@tessthackara shares all the details. ow.ly/UrI550CGIfU
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Dry but important-With ‘Shadow Stalker,’ Lynn Hershman Leeson Tackles Internet Surveillance. She pioneered interactive video and artificial intelligence in art. Now this new-media path-breaker scrutinizes technology’s abuses at the Shed. By @tessthackara nyti.ms/2WTqbvt
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Lynn Hershman Leeson, the artist who explores technology’s potential for abuse of power as much as for its utopian promise, comes to the Shed with "Shadow Stalker" nyti.ms/2pSiNUQ
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Colombian Artist Seeks Justice for the Natural World nytimes.com/2019/10/23/arts/…
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How textiles tell a story of empire and globalisation. At #Frieze London fair, Cosmin Costinas, director of non-profit @ParaSite_HK, curates a section called Woven. By @tessthackara ft.com/content/d65165fa-d548… via @financialtimes
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It's #frieze week! Read about the artists, galleries and collectors shaping the London scene, plus the best new exhibitions, in our (free!) guide ft.com/content/22cbf6ca-e048… ft. @mgerlis @georginaadam @peteraspden @tessthackara @MayaJaggi @garethharr @benoitploiseau @annyleshaw
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A new online spreadsheet is allowing museum workers to disclose their salaries artnews.com/2019/05/31/googl…
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"The role of women art-makers in Native communities has gone widely ignored. Now a bold museum show, by and for these women, is shining a light on 1,000 years of their art." -@nytimes on #HeartsOfOurPeople, opening 6/2 at Mia nyti.ms/2QzUZhz
