Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for November 2020
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
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Required Reading
This week, ethical art careers, Vic Berger's surrealist Trump video portrait, computer-generated influencers, Jeffrey Gibson's hybrid exhibition, white supremacy and white marble, and more.
Music
Adrianne Lenker Finds Quiet Joy in Sorrow
Lenker indulges no domestic rural fantasies. Her songs instead teem with danger and magic.
Books
A Dictionary Takes Us Through the Fascinating History of Symbols
Juan Eduardo Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols has been an invaluable resource for decoding symbols since it was first published in 1958.
Art
The Evolution of Instagram Activism
Many activist graphics on Instagram are deeply indebted to the visual language developed by W.E.B. Du Bois in his data portraits and the long history of visual activism.
Art
Howard Hodgkin Gushes Forth
Howard Hodgkin: Memories — the first show of any importance since the artist’s death — seems to open him up as never before.
Art
Cézanne’s Hard Truths
For Cézanne, stone represented structure incarnate.
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Peter Saul, American Gadfly
Before he turned 30, it was clear that Saul had found his subject: an American society deeply rooted in consumerism, pervasive racism, and toxic masculinity.
Art
How a Futurist Hungarian Arts Movement Offers New Means of Autonomy
Hungarofuturism, an Eastern European movement directly inspired by Afrofuturism, collapses perceptions of national and individual identity, monuments, and historical sites.
News
Black Artists Paint Biden-Harris Murals in Cities Across US
The Democratic presidential nominees commissioned eight Black artists to create murals in their communities that urge participation in the upcoming election.
News
Forensic Architecture and Bellingcat Map Police Brutality at Black Lives Matter Protests
The organizations verified over 1,000 pieces of video evidence showing hundreds of attacks on civilians and journalists during this year’s demonstrations.
Art
Rodney McMillian Deftly Treads the Line Between Politics and Aesthetics
In Body Politic, McMillian unveils the insidious racial exclusion and oppression in Abstract Expressionism and landscape painting.