Art

Five NYC Art Shows to See This Week

See socially and politically engaged art, Trenton Doyle Hancock paired with Philip Guston, plus geometric abstraction and some medieval treasures.

Natalie Haddad, Lisa Yin Zhang, John Yau

March 3, 2025 — 3 min read

A gilded brass reliquary bust of a martyred female saint (Southern Germany or Switzerland, c. 1500), brass with gilding and polychrome, at Luhring Augustine gallery in Manhattan (photo Natalie Haddad/*Hyperallergic*)

A good two-person show can bring out the best of both artists. Trenton Doyle Hancock and Philip Guston at the Jewish Museum may be the city’s most high-profile pairing at the moment. John Yau follows his podcast conversation with Hancock with a review of this spectacular show, but Yau also urges readers to take note of Amanda Church and Jenny Hankwitz at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects — a pairing he calls a “stroke of genius.” Make sure to check out both shows, and round out your art viewing this week with socially conscious works by Tuan Andrew Nguyen and Alex Strada, and an intimate encounter with some medieval treasures at Luhring Augustine in Tribeca. —Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor

Intersection: Abstractions by Amanda Church and Jenny Hankwitz

Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, 208 Forsyth Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Through March 8

Amanda Church, "Untitled (Undressed)" (2024), oil on canvas (photo John Goodrich, image courtesy Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects)

"The pairing of paintings by Amanda Church and Jenny Hankwitz in Intersection was a stroke of genius and another reminder that planar abstraction is thriving, even if the art world seldom focuses on it." —John Yau

Read the full review here.

Treasures of the Medieval World

Luhring Augustine, 17 White Street, Tribeca, Manhattan
Through March 8

Master of the Regensburg Hostienfrevel, "The Pentecost" (c. 1480), oil on spruce panel (photo Natalie Haddad/*Hyperallergic*)

"The rich color and details of each work invite viewers to spend time looking, and the opportunity to have a relaxed, intimate experience with these pieces should not be missed." —NH

Read the full review here.

Collective Mobilities

DeKalb Gallery at Pratt Institute, 331 Dekalb Avenue, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Through March 9

Alex Strada, *Mutual Aid Mobile* (2025) sculptures (courtesy the artist)

"With Collective Mobilities, Alex Strada argues that aesthetic care and dignity are not rewards for attaining basic needs, but something to be found in that dispensation." —Lisa Yin Zhang

Read the full review here.

Tuan Andrew Nguyen: Lullaby of Cannons for the Night

James Cohan Gallery, 291 Grand Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Through March 22

Film still of Tuan Andrew Nguyen, “The Sounds of Cannons, Familiar Like Sad Refrains / Đại Bác Nghe Quen Như Câu Dạo Buồn” (2021), two-channel video, color, sound, 9 min 41 sec (© Tuan Andrew Nguyen 2025; image courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York)

"When people are dehumanized — an essential first front of war, fought right at home, in the theater of the psyche — humanizing an object might, paradoxically, kindle empathy." —LYZ

Read the full review here.

Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston

The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan
Through March 30

Philip Guston, "Riding Around" (1969), oil on canvas; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (© The Estate of Philip Guston)

"In the worlds they have built, where a jalopy is held in by the canvas’s edge, and a red ouroboros encircles a painting, Guston and Hancock can look at the outside world without turning away." —JY

Read the full review here.

Listen to Trenton Doyle Hancock's conversation with John Yau and Hyperallergic's Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian here.