Iranian Artist Speaks Her Heart
Hyperallergic’s weekend roundup “Iranian Artist Speaks Her Heart,” introduced by editor-in-chief Hakim Bishara, centers on a text by Iranian artist Leila Seyedzadeh, who lives in New York and writes about her emotions as Tehran faces “unceasing bombardment.” The issue also reports on the New Museum’s reopening on Manhattan’s Lower East Side after a multi-year closure, including Aaron Short’s look at the business side of an OMA-designed, $82 million expansion and editors’ mixed reactions from a press preview. Additional news items include an open letter from nearly 200 Venice Biennale participants urging organizers to exclude Israel, the New York Academy of Art’s plan to donate $65,900 in Jeffrey Epstein-linked funds to a survivor-support organization, and a Seattle arrest tied to $240,000 in damage to glass sculptures at Chihuly Garden and Glass.
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