Art Review
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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Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
From historical shows about labor to investigations of color to John Singer Sargent’s renderings of hands, we’re enjoying a variety of art this week.
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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.
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Exhibition at Children’s Museum Decolonizes Color
All That Remains spotlights mostly non-White artists who open up new vistas in how we might relate to color.
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Indigenous Humor and Resistance Shines at The Photography Show
The most striking works on view at this New York fair channel political urgency into personal explorations, embracing sincere introspection.
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Galleries That Play the “Responsibility” Game
This commercial undertaking works hard to present itself with an institutional veneer, making claims that it “fosters a sense of shared responsibility” in the art world.
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The Trailblazing 20th-Century Photographer History Forgot
Consuelo Kanaga, one of the US’s first female photojournalists, counted Alfred Stieglitz, Dorothea Lange, and Berenice Abbott as her peers.
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NYC Subway Mural Evokes Hilma af Klint's Mysticism
An abstract mural by feminist collective Hilma's Ghost draws from tarot archetypes and hero myths to honor the journeys commuters embark on every day.
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The Everyday Lives of Women’s Clothing
Real Clothes, Real Lives shows that women have adapted their attire to accommodate their daily activities with resourcefulness and panache.
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The Contested History of American Labor
An exhibition shows that our beleaguered present is not apocalyptically singular but the continuation of one long, long fight.
Podcast
Lady Pink, the Queen of New York City Graffiti
From the rainforest in Ecuador to the trainyards of the MTA and galleries across continents, this street writing legend’s story is a testament to the power of strong women in art.