Dolores Huerta Is the GOAT
A show rewrites the narrative of the farmworkers' movement, a permanent home for Ruth Asawa in San Francisco, the museum reviving New York's downtown performance scene, and the discovery of a 7.9-inch Ancient Roman phallus.
At 96 years old, Dolores Huerta is the face of the 20th-century farmworkers’ rights movement. A relentless advocate of human dignity, she has always been its most persuasive symbol, but as monuments to United Farm Workers co-founder Cesar Chavez come down unceremoniously after abuse allegations, Huerta ascends as an emblem of hope and light. In Los Angeles, a new exhibition reflects “Huerta’s own emphasis on everyday people in the farmworker movement rather than demagogues,” writes Renée Reizman today, proving that the historic labor struggle “doesn’t need Chavez as its main character.”
New Yorkers, here's a riddle for you: Where can you spot a family of shrimp, a hot air balloon, a glamorous swan, and not one but two faux Fabergé eggs? Why, Manhattan's Easter Bonnet Parade, of course. See the costumes and couture from a most eclectic 2026 edition of the annual festival below.
Or step into Cinga Samson’s haunting paintings, guided by critic John Yau, who calls his latest works “an unexpected world we will never understand, even as we keep looking and looking.”
— Valentina Di Liscia, senior editor
LA Artists Honor Dolores Huerta’s Defiant Spirit
In honor of the labor leader’s 96th birthday, over 30 Los Angeles artists pay homage to her lifelong fight for the rights and dignity of everyday people. | Renée Reizman
Byron Kim: A Little Deepness at James Cohan’s 48 Walker Street Gallery
A Little Deepness brings together early large-scale skyscapes with an entire year of Byron Kim’s landmark ongoing Sunday Paintings series. Together, these works celebrate a lifelong dedication to the close observation of the natural world, offering an intimate and expansive portrait of an artist for whom abstraction has long expressed the interconnectivity of the universe.
News
- San Francisco is welcoming a new permanent exhibition space dedicated to Ruth Asawa this May, further entwining the artist’s legacy within the city on the centenary of her birth.
- A 7.9-inch Ancient Roman phallus figure was found in a forgotten collection of 16,000 boxes containing various archaeological finds at the Valkhof Museum in the Netherlands.
From Our Critics
The Unbearable Strangeness of Being
In Cinga Samson’s haunted paintings, we do not know what we are looking at, or where we are. | John Yau
Opinion
The Museum Breathing Life Into New York’s Downtown Performance Scene
The Leslie-Lohman is figuring out how to collect art while connecting with the basic needs of the city’s queer community. | Tavia Nyong’o
Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds
The first US museum exhibition to focus on the artist’s late work, produced in response to the fascism of the 1930s. On view at the Jewish Museum through July 26, 2026.
Easter in NYC
Peep the Wildest Costumes of This Year’s Easter Bonnet Parade
The decorous fashion show has evolved into a rambunctious and all-inclusive pageant of New York’s crafters, artists, and street performers. | Cecily Parks
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From the Archive
Ruth Asawa’s Life and Legacy, in Both Art and Education
Marilyn Chase’s new biography sheds light on Asawa’s contributions to San Francisco’s public schools and its artistic community at large. | Eva Recinos
