Magritte, Constable, Trump's Smithsonian Wrath
In a Hyperallergic weekly roundup, senior editor Valentina Di Liscia highlighted recent coverage ranging from Michael Glover’s review of an Elizabeth I exhibition to Rhea Nayyar’s piece on Surrealist references in a World Cup soccer jersey and Isa Farfan’s report on a new White House document criticizing the Smithsonian more than a year after President Trump ordered an investigation into what he called “race-centered ideology.” The post also noted that contributor Noah Fischer won a Society of Professional Journalists award for a comic about housing and displacement co-published with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Among the news items summarized were a July 5 jewel heist at a museum in France in which thieves stole 27 pieces of jewelry valued at about €4 million (approximately $4.5 million), and the destruction in Austin of a “Black Artists Matter” street artwork following an order from Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The article also promoted a Hyperallergic membership offer priced at $5.33 per month under a summer promotion.
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