Art
Etel Adnan Captured the Light of Many Suns
An artist and poet who traversed multiple cultures, Adnan’s creations are alive with both multiplicity and instability.
New York
Art
Five NYC Shows to Start Your February
Make sure to check out shows by the Guerrilla Girls and Etel Adnan this week, along with a collection of imagined books and other great exhibitions.
Art
Not All Superheroes Wear Capes, Some Don Gorilla Masks
This one-room exhibition is a good reminder of how this anonymous group of artists changed how we saw the art world.
Art
Lubaina Himid Asks Who Gets a Seat at the Table
Those empowered to supervise large swaths of humanity too often dehumanize us, whether through the levers of state, financial, or political power.
Art
What Comes After the End?
John Divola asks us: What am I looking at? Is it real? Where does that distinction now lie, given the technology required to make a photograph now?
Art
Alexis Trice’s Pearls of Longing
In the New York painter’s lyrical scenes, the pearl serves as a metaphor for turning pain into treasure.
Book Review
An Exhibition of Non-Existent Books
It’s clear that this exhibition was put together by a bunch of absolute nerds — and that’s a compliment of the highest order.
Art
Judith Bernstein Warns Us: Never Again!
That Bernstein’s political art is still so relevant is chilling, but like the first time around, it remains a source of comfort that we have her to lead us through.
News
Artists and Galleries Decry Sale of Iconic Chelsea Building
Hundreds of tenants could be displaced from the West 26th Street arts complex established by Gloria Naftali, now on the market for $170M.
Guide
10 Shows to See in Upstate New York This February
The exhibition-as-memoir of Linda Griggs, a group show as history lesson, Odili Donald Odita’s vibrant abstractions, and more.
Art
New NYC Subway Murals Challenge the Authority of Maps
At 68th Street–Hunter College station, a new trio of mosaics by professor Lisa Corinne Davis is a dizzying exploration of the art of cartography.
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Announcement
Pratt Manhattan Gallery Celebrates 10 Years of the Black Dress Project
Black Dress II: Homage continues to explore the contributions of underrepresented Black designers and fashion professionals.