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A group of contemporary artists is using paintings, photos, and other work to stare straight at fatherhood, in all its messy forms. You get immigrant dads, absent dads, adopted dads, and artist dads, plus the complicated love and baggage that can come with any father figure.
2:30 PMHyperallergicA new documentary casts Georgia O’Keeffe as a restless wanderer, always moving and looking, rather than a fixed icon frozen in a few famous images. It spotlights lesser-known work and pushes back on the familiar storylines that reduce her to her relationship with Alfred Stieglitz.
11:00 AMHyperallergicTate Modern thought its big Frida Kahlo exhibition would draw a crowd. It did, and then some. More than 41,000 tickets are already gone for “Frida: The Making of an Icon” ahead of its 25 June opening, making it Tate’s biggest pre-sale ever.
10:00 AMThe Guardian Art and DesignSummary
A group of contemporary artists is using paintings, photos, and other work to stare straight at fatherhood, in all its messy forms. You get immigrant dads, absent dads, adopted dads, and artist dads, plus the complicated love and baggage that can come with any father figure.
Why it matters
These artworks widen the idea of what a father can be, and give people language for experiences that are often hard to say out loud.
Summary
A new documentary casts Georgia O’Keeffe as a restless wanderer, always moving and looking, rather than a fixed icon frozen in a few famous images. It spotlights lesser-known work and pushes back on the familiar storylines that reduce her to her relationship with Alfred Stieglitz.
Why it matters
How we tell an artist’s story shapes what we value in their work, and this one tries to give O’Keeffe her full range back.
Summary
Tate Modern thought its big Frida Kahlo exhibition would draw a crowd. It did, and then some. More than 41,000 tickets are already gone for “Frida: The Making of an Icon” ahead of its 25 June opening, making it Tate’s biggest pre-sale ever.
Why it matters
Blockbuster exhibitions are still a major force, and museums are leaning into that demand to pull in visitors and revenue.
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