hi there,

this is a little late because of the holidays, travel, omicron, whatever. but i say the new year starts whenever you want/need it to! here is an end of 2021/start of 2022 art email for you.

i always enjoy "year in review" type articles, it makes me feel like i was part of something (or totally out of the loop if i don't remember anything on the list!). here's a good one from my old pal the new yorker:

The Year the Art Scene Rebounded, Expanded, and Surrendered to N.F.T.s | The New Yorker

As the city reopened, the art world saw legacy-changing donations for the Met and the Brooklyn Museum, and a seismic shift in Tribeca’s gallery scene.

here are some more art and art-adjacent things you might enjoy:

i can't explain how much i loved this animated fruit rap battle based on a uighur poem... p.s. the navigation buttons on this page are on the bottom left and right (i didn't see them at first)

hi, welcome to the first edition of the grapefruits sometimes art mail! these are a few articles i have read and found interesting recently.

first up, a feature by Léuli Eshrāghi about curating indigenous artists at university of british columbia's museum of anthropology. i appreciated this super direct critique of the way institutions keep reproducing cringey old eurocentric fantasies of pacific island and coastal cultures. it also features work by natalie ball, whose work is so good. check it out here

natalie ball, "bang bang" 2019