Art Review
Helina Metaferia Takes Back the Museum
The Ethiopian-American artist creates her own artifacts to highlight a lineage of Black female activism.
Newark
News
Harriet Tubman Monument Unveiled in New Jersey
Newark residents were also invited to share their personal stories of liberation for a permanent audio piece that complements the sculpture.
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Announcement
The Newark Museum of Art Presents Jazz Greats: Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection
Photographers Antony Armstrong Jones, Milt Hinton, Chuck Stewart, Barbara Morgan, and more capture a breadth of legendary and local musicians and performance artists. On view through August 21.
Art
The Breakthrough Retrospective of Carlos Villa
After an early career as a minimalist, Villa’s turn toward cultural expression was influenced by his study of Oceanic and African art to fill in the lacuna of Filipino art in art historical narratives.
News
Over 75 Historians and Curators Denounce “Senseless Monetization” of Newark Museum Collection
Among the letter’s signatories are past presidents of the Association of Art Museum Directors.
Art
Norman Bluhm's Sensual Spiritualism
Norman Bluhm transformed the vocabulary we associate with the gestural branch of Abstract Expressionism into something that others of the so-called Second Generation did not pursue, much less attain.
Announcement
18th Annual Newark Arts Festival Brings Art, Music, and More to Newark, October 10-13
The theme 'Year of the Woman' will be interpreted through over 500 participating artists, over 100 events and happenings, 20+ galleries and pop-ups, and over 10,000 attendees.
Art
Feminist Sculptures That Don’t Pull Punches
Zoe Buckman takes issue with the voice of command, teasing out how patriarchal authority permeates our ideas of femininity and the ways we deal with women’s bodies.
Art
Captivated by the Performance of Black Masculinity
Zachary Fabri’s exhibition at the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art is a deliberation on what it is to be a black man, always performing, even when one doesn’t intend to perform.
Art
A Step in the Right Direction for the Display of Native American Art
The Newark Museum has rehung its exceptional collection of works by America's indigenous artists, providing more contextualizing information, while also letting objects speak to each other across eras and regions.
Art
An Abandoned Cubicle Complex Filled with Art
NEWARK, NJ — I've been to so many art gallery shows in the New York City area that they start to blur. But the latest show in the Gateway Project, a series of pop-up group exhibitions in downtown Newark, NJ, put a jolt in my step.
Interview
Upcycled: A Conversation With Willie Cole
When I first made contact with Willie Cole it was to request that he submit a piece for an exhibition I curated, Art Enology. Here I was, a novice curator, reaching out to a living legend for an exhibition that was launching in a mere three months. I never expected him to say yes. I just wanted him