Art Review

An Exhibition That Looks to the Bronx for Inspiration

“Working Knowledge” is deeply attuned to the Bronx community it emerges from — an attentiveness that greatly enhances its significance.

Alexandra M. Thomas

May 12, 2025 — 4 min read

Installation view of Zainab Aliyu, American Artist, and The School for Poetic Computation’s “The Bronx Dictionary of Dark Matters” (2020– ongoing) in Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures at the Bronx Museum (all photos Alexandra M. Thomas/Hyperallergic)

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