"When the State Archives of Venice opened to the public as an exhibition venue for the first time in its history last week, artist Dayanita Singh wasn't sure whether people would come. "We couldn't afford PR," she shared with Hyperallergic Editor-at-Large Hrag Vartanian, noting how she mounted her "photo-pillars" without institutional funding, relying instead on the "friendship economy." Lo and behold, visitors did come, a testament to Singh's singular approach to image-making and the living archive."
"Unmoored from the anchors of deep pockets that often hinder imagination, the artist brought her images of archival documents to an unusual venue in the Italian city."
"Rare early Basquiat works from the precipice of the artist's career are included in the upcoming Brooklyn exhibition Our Friend, Jean."
"Archeologists discovered a papyrus with lines from Homer's Iliad buried with mummified remains in the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus."
Dayanita Singh mounted “photo-pillars” in Venice without institutional funding, relying on a “friendship economy” rather than public relations. The State Archives of Venice opened to the public as an exhibition venue for the first time, and Singh’s work was presented there as a living archive. The newsletter also points to additional art coverage, including an interview with Keith Mayerson and upcoming coverage of NYC art fairs. It highlights news about rare early Basquiat works in a Brooklyn exhibition, protests against a plan to alter a federal building’s exterior, and an archaeological discovery of a papyrus containing lines from Homer’s Iliad buried with mummified remains in Oxyrhynchus.
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