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When Graffiti Met Conceptual Art
“Gordon Matta-Clark: NYC Graffiti 1972/3” has the feel of a time capsule that never veers too far into didacticism, while the art almost makes you feel like you’re there.
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Nanette Carter’s Abstract Balancing Act
In this retrospective, the Montclair-raised artist gives the viewer a look at an artistic language that continues to evolve and shed layers to reveal its essence.
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Pratt’s MFA Exhibition Mirrors These Disjointive Times
The exhibition ruptures space to unlock novel metaphors for the abject moral environment of 2025.
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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Never Backed Down to the Art World
The trailblazing Afro-Indigenous sculptor’s life and everlasting impact are the subject of a long-overdue retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum.
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How Can Queer Artists Escape the Trap of Tokenization?
Amid pervasive uncertainty, queerness emerges as a deliberate unraveling of solidity across the diverse works of eight artists.
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An Artist’s Alluring Paintings About Consumption and Waste
Interested in how consumer society processes food and images, Lori Larusso depicts an increasingly askew consumer-driven world.
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Cara Romero Captures the Continuity of Indigenous Culture
Collaborators rather than mere models for the artist, Romero’s subjects actively shape their own representation and convey the power of artistic reclamation.
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Barbara Mensch Tells the Epic Story of the Brooklyn Bridge
The photographer’s vision of New York appears romantic, but she knows that the people who built it are under constant threat of being swept aside by change.
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Los Angeles Pays Homage to the Cool Trance of Alice Coltrane
An exhibition of the late musician and devoted spiritual leader effectively incorporates music, performance, and visual art.
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The School of Visual Arts MFA Show Is a Portrait of Our Zeitgeist
The artists in this year’s cohort are responding in their own way to our uncertain times, with some offering possibilities for blazing a trail ahead.
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A Collective of Lesbian Activists Is a Fierce Family
A show highlighting work by members of the collective fierce pussy presents them not out on the streets, but communing with one another, like family.
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The Tender Specificity of John Singer Sargent
What comes through most strongly in the Met Museum exhibition is his humanistic bent: Sargent loved people, and it shows.