Art
Art That’s Too Lovely to Make Its Politics Convincing
Elias Sime's work at James Cohan gallery reclaims and transforms e-waste into art. While an act of conscience, I can’t help but think that the work is swamped by its own aesthetics.
Seph Rodney
Art
Two Different Artists Marvel at the Modern Means of Travel
At Richard Taittinger Gallery, painter Nirveda Alleck and sculptor Eric van Hove evoke the mechanics of the modern world.
Art
A View into the Living Room of America
If there ever was one American psychic space, soul, or ethos, it forked a long time ago into divergent streams you can see in this show.
Performance
A Performance Overwhelms the Audience with Racism in an Attempt to Heal
A show at 3-Legged Dog relies on the premise that the patient — the nation — is so ill, the most barbaric form of intervention is necessary: bloodletting.
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The Body as a Field for Graphic Experiments
A show in Harlem takes on the human form with some surprising results.
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Serenity and a Few Surprises at the TEFAF New York Spring Fair
There's something confident about this old-school European fair — the exhibitors let the game come to them.
Performance
A Timely Performance of MLK’s Final Sermon Takes Viewers to Church
The Drum Major Instinct, a performance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final sermon, sought to evoke that feeling of being in church on a Sunday morning.
Art
Photographs that Suspend Us Between Sky and Water
Aspects of Ori Gersht's images are fused and inverted, reflections made into a world I can visually swim in.
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Enigmatic Sculptures of Dangerous Embraces
Entang Wiharso’s solo exhibition at Marc Straus Gallery is filled with nightmarish allegories and provocative entanglements.
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Parsing a Performance Art Festival in Terms of Labor and Ritual
The exuberant and enigmatic artists at the International Festival of Performance Art in Fort-de-France either approached performance as physical labor or abstract ritual.
Art
A Sports-Inspired Exhibit That’s Not Quite a Slam Dunk
March Madness at Fort Gansevoort cleverly presents the appurtenances of sports: the equipment, trophies, and objects that adorn athletic bodies.
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A New Performance Art Festival in Martinique Is Refreshingly Themeless
At the International Festival of Performance Art in Fort-de-France, performers are given free reign to do what they want without thematic direction or much curatorial oversight.