Raven Chacon’s Echoes on Park Avenue
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Diné artist on latest projects, art in NYC for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and a Felix Gonzalez-Torres show misses the mark.
It’s a beautiful Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, no matter what the federal government says. In a conversation with Associate Editor Phillip Pyle, Diné musician Raven Chacon discusses his recent improvised performances at the Park Avenue Armory, the “collision” at the heart of all music, and reclaiming the technologies of colonial violence through sound.
Read on for a guide to shows centering Native art around New York City — including Shelley Niro and Sarah Sense, two of my favorite artists — and a critique of a Felix Gonzalez-Torres exhibition that bizarrely glosses over the late artist’s AIDS advocacy and political spirit.
—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor
Raven Chacon Sounds the History of the Land
On Wednesday and Thursday night, sound mixers, synthesizers, pedals, speakers, whistles, a turkey call, and a ceramic horn sat on a table at the center of the Veterans Room in Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory. Serving as the stage for Raven Chacon’s hour-long improvisation sessions for the Armory’s Artists Studio series, the table also offered audiences the rare opportunity to see the prolific artist at play. | Phillip Pyle
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Asian Cultural Council – 2027 Fellowships & Grants
ACC provides artists, arts professionals, and scholars with support for research and cultural exchange between Asia, the US, and within Asia. Read more on Hyperallergic.
Deadline: November 16, 2026 | asianculturalcouncil.org
From the Archive
The Roles of Art and Artists at the Pipeline Protests in North Dakota
Four artists at the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock, North Dakota, have arrived to help stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. I interviewed them about the role of artists and art during protest. | Hrag Vartanian
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