Round Up of the Week of the April 12
/The Producer’s picks for this week’s news relevant to the photography, art, design and production industries
Anticipatory Obedience: The Precarious State of Trans Photography in the U.S.
Trans people have historically been on the margins – threatened by healthcare policies and ostracised by social norms. The arts have been a place to find communal solace, a space to express concerns safely whilst finding joy.
A Bronze Tribute to Motherhood Rises in Prospect Park
The new sculpture by artist Molly Gochman channels abstraction to honor and memorialize caregivers of all forms.
Reframing power and rethinking insurrection with Thaddé Comar
One degree removed from the media, the French-Swiss photographer is making work questioning the power of images
TEFAF New York Is a Cabinet of Curiosities
From lesser-known Meret Oppenheim works to Anna Weyant’s jewel-box paintings, this over-the-top New York fair is rich with gems waiting to be discovered.
A Late Feminist Sculptor Who Plumbed the History of Human Migration
Mary Ann Unger’s massive biomorphic artworks, now on view in New York City, are shockingly prescient and powerful now more than ever.