Art
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
From historical shows about labor to investigations of color to John Singer Sargent’s renderings of hands, we’re enjoying a variety of art this week.
Lisa Yin Zhang
Lisa Yin Zhang is Associate Editor at Hyperallergic, based in Queens, New York.
Art Review
The Tender Specificity of John Singer Sargent
What comes through most strongly in the Met Museum exhibition is his humanistic bent: Sargent loved people, and it shows.
Art
Five New York City Art Shows We Love This Week
Among our favorite shows at the moment are ones that feature strong, talented women, like Patty Chang, Myrlande Constant, and Amy Sherald.
Art Review
Patty Chang Looks Into the Abyss
The artist meditates on motherhood, and more broadly, on empathy, connection, and violence across space, species, and time.
Art
Jennie C. Jones Transforms The Met Into an Instrument
The artist’s rooftop commission extends her translations between music and the physical world across sculptural forms inspired by the museum’s collection.
Art
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
Our favorite shows of the week all center individual creators, from big names like Tatlin and Kafka to contemporary artists like Judy Linn.
Art
Vladimir Tatlin’s Ukraine Dreaming
The first North American exhibition of one of Ukraine’s most important artists reclaims his legacy while the country weathers Russia’s war.
Books
Six Art Books to Read This April
The role of dreams in Latin American art, Gertrude Abercrombie’s homegrown surrealism, essays on Celia Paul, new catalogs and monographs, and more.
Art
New York City Shows We Love Right Now
The exhibitions below, featuring such artists as Deborah-Joyce Holman and Luis Fernando Benedit, ask viewers to spend time with art that’s slower to reveal itself.
Art Review
Artists Meditate on the Rose as a Symbol
The injunction of a group show centered around the multivalent flower is to wander the field and pluck what suits you.
Satire
Brooklyn Museum Announces “Pay What We Wish” Admissions
The policy is the museum’s newest attempt to shift its financial burden onto its lowest-ranking staff and the public.
Satire
You’ve Heard of “The Scream,” Now Get Ready for “The Ick”
Much like the iconic piece, a suite of five “never-before-seen” works tackles big emotions.