Art Review
Lotus L. Kang’s Hopeful Doom Scrolling
The artist challenges the expectation that continual creation and a predetermined morbid fate are contradictory.
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Guide
New York City Shows to See Right Now
Repurposed objects by Kiah Celeste and Yuji Agematsu and re-imagined architecture by feminist architect Phyllis Birkby are among our favorite artworks this week.
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Protest Targets Whitney Museum Board Ties After Canceled Performance
Demonstrators pointed to museum trustees’ links to Zionist entities and weapons used by Israel against Palestinians.
Art Review
Queer Artists Make Fantasy Architecture a Reality
Phyllis Birkby harnessed her knowledge and lesbian feminist politics to encourage countless people to reimagine their built environments.
Art Review
Kiah Celeste Coaxes Life From Objects
Her gorgeous, tactile sculptures are not just symbolic of human lives, but reflections of embodiment in all of its fragility and resilience.
Art Review
Xingzi Gu Shows the Vulnerability of Youth
The androgynous adolescents in Gu’s paintings are people who have interior lives but are not always sure which way to go.
Art Review
The Hunter MFA Show Is One of the Best Shows of the Year
Across painting, sculpture, installation, and video, these five group shows are excellent — no qualifiers about “student work” needed.
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School of Visual Arts Faculty Are Officially Unionized
Nearly 1,200 faculty members at the New York arts and design institution will be represented by the new union after a two-thirds vote in favor.
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Hit by Federal Grant Losses, NYC Culture Orgs Ask for More City Funding
Arts and culture advocates, from museum workers to school teachers, rallied outside City Hall this week for higher baselines in the 2026 budget.
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Columbia Students Honor Mahmoud Khalil in Unofficial Commencement
The recent graduate who was arrested by immigration forces in March was front and center at the “People’s Graduation” in uptown Manhattan.
Art Review
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
From ceramic alligators to Nordic traditions, artists focusing on personal concerns and identity are making some fascinating work.
Art Review
Transforming Sites of Violence, One Stitch at a Time
Photographer Spandita Malik invited nine women in North India to embroider their own portraits, reclaiming domestic spaces as liberated havens for their inner worlds.