> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/four-new-york-city-art-shows-to-see-september-30-2025/ - Published: 2025-09-30T21:01:37.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:37:11.000Z - Description: From sapphic art related to the sea to generations of Black women ceramicists, some of our favorite shows touch on identity and community. - Author: Natalie Haddad - Tags: Guide, New York, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:41 (2025) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/09/lorna.jpg) Lorna Simpson, “Ice 8” (2018), ink and acrylic on gessoed wood (photo Julia Curl/*Hyperallergic*) Some of our favorite shows this week allude to communal histories and identities in innovative and beautiful ways. While John Yau looks at Indian-American artist Sangram Majumdar’s exploration of his dual heritage, Alexandra M. Thomas visits a group exhibition that presents the ways that Black women have shaped and advanced the art of ceramics over generations. Alexis Clements takes in another group show that addresses community, this one connecting imagery about the sea with a sapphic sensibility. Meanwhile, at The Met, Julia Curl finds a treasure trove of references for the “art history nerds” among us in Lorna Simpson’s current survey. Whether or not you see yourself in any of these communities, these shows are great starting points to expand your horizons and all are visually and conceptually impressive. —*Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor* --- ### Sangram Majumdar: The Sleep of Reason [**Nathalie Karg Gallery**](https://nathaliekarg.com/exhibitions/94-the-sleep-of-reason-sangram-majumdar/press%5Frelease%5Ftext/?ref=hyperallergic.com), 127 Elizabeth Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan Through October 6 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/09/sangram-majumdar-the-collaborators-i.jpg) Sangram Majumdar, “Collaborators I” (2025), oil on canvas (image courtesy Nathalie Karg Gallery) "\[Majumdar's\] approach seems to be driven by the desire to hold together the many different aspects of his dual Indian-American identity, along with his recognition that it is difficult to separate the personal from the political." —*John Yau* [Read the review](https://hyperallergic.com/indian-american-artist-sangram-majumdar-self-in-pieces/). --- ### Lorna Simpson: Source Notes [**Metropolitan Museum of Art**](https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/lorna-simpson-source-notes?ref=hyperallergic.com), 1000 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan Through November 30 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/09/img_0761-1.jpg) Lorna Simpson, “Night Fall” (2023), ink and screenprint on gessoed fiberglass (photo Julia Curl/*Hyperallergic*) "The painted screenprints collage together archival images from *Ebony* and *Jet* magazines, fusing these touchstones of Black culture with images of Arctic glaciers and, more recently, the rocky forms of meteorites." —*Julia Curl* [Read the review](https://hyperallergic.com/lorna-simpson-source-notes-the-met/). --- ### Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art [**Ford Foundation Gallery**](https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/the-ford-foundation-center-for-social-justice/ford-foundation-gallery/exhibitions/body-vessel-clay-black-women-ceramics-contemporary-art/?ref=hyperallergic.com), 320 East 43rd Street, Midtown, Manhattan Through December 6 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/09/leigh.jpg) Simone Leigh, stoneware sculpture from *Village* series (2023–24) (photo Alexandra M. Thomas/*Hyperallergic*) "Beginning with \[Ladi Dosei\] Kwali’s pots … the exhibition demonstrates how Black women’s ceramics embody continuity, carrying histories across generations." —*Alexandra M. Thomas* [Read the review](https://hyperallergic.com/how-black-women-ceramicists-shaped-art-history-ford-foundation-gallery/). --- ### She Sells Seashells [**Alice Austen House Museum**](https://aliceausten.org/she-sells-sea-shell/?ref=hyperallergic.com), 2 Hylan Boulevard, Shore Acres, Staten Island Through February 21, 2026 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/09/aa9.jpg) JEB, “Lazing on the Dock” (1980) (photo Alexis Clements/*Hyperallergic*) "Many of the works in the show, curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley, focus on the figurative, evoking the freedom of the body by the sea — scarcely clothed, outside the built environment, at ease." —*Alexis Clements* [Read the review](https://hyperallergic.com/alice-austen-house-museum-sapphic-siren-song/).