Francis Newton Souza “Straddles Several Traditions but Serves None”
Souza’s embodied and individualistic approach to painting remains stylistically unrestrained.
Misha Ilin’s Fossilized Fragments, Surreal and Shimmering
Pale Grass Blue at Hamiltonian Artists investigates how trauma born from excesses of political authority and control permeate lived spaces.
Gabriela Salazar’s Diaristic “No Shoulder”
Efraín López presents Salazar’s solo exhibition, featuring drawings and sculpture to reveal the intricacies of documenting the everyday.
Ephemeral Encounters
Video artist Yuge Zhou sees beauty in landscapes and fleeting moments of simultaneity.
“I’ll Be Your Mirror”: A Group Show at Zepster Gallery Looks Inward
OBSESSED delves into the quandary of authenticity within the contemporary digital (ir)reality.
The Bare Decadence of “Bad Girls”
Bad Girls at OCDChinatown enacts an irreverent love for the feminine entanglements of the everyday.
Monstrosity as Symptom in Celine Song’s “Family”
In a site-specific work by the Past Lives creator, surrealism and incest are the only options.
Frank WANG Yefeng: Failing Toward Liberation
Avatopology opens up discussions around digital nomadism, the creative potential of archives, and the satisfaction of unknowability.
Takoua Ben Mohamed Confronts Anti-Muslim Prejudice in Rome Through Comics
An Italo-Tunisian artist and author opens up about the struggles around citizenship, media representation, and the long journey ahead.
New York Is More Alive Than Ever, NOW!
A group exhibition curated by Saam Niami and Gabrielle Richardson at 25 Allen Street reminds us what community looks like.
Marjorie Van Cura’s Lines of Resistance
An artist captures the tenacious energy of protests, heralding the urgency of collective action.
“Harmony and Dissonance” Opens at the Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim’s new Orphism exhibition expands our understanding of the century-old movement.
Global Dialogue – Azadeh Nia
Nia discusses juggling painting and parenthood and the memories of a currently inaccessible life and family in her hometown.
Yongqi Tang’s Visceral Paintings of Violence and Healing
The Open Venus at Latitude Gallery embodies the abject realities of bodily transformation.
Migration in Dialogue – Kathie Halfin
Raised in both Ukraine and Israel, Halfin moved to Brooklyn in her adulthood. The fiber artists feels that not one place represents her; all three do.
Intimacy as Theoretical Framework at Iowa
A two-person show at a Brooklyn apartment gallery explores interconnection and closeness.
Naomi Nakazato Conjures Forgotten Futures at Olympia
Reflecting on rituals of mourning, Nakazato delineates the in-between space of queer and biracial existence through repetitive acts of mapping, translating, and cloning.
FAO’s Artful Celebration of the Amazon and the Risk of Tokenism
Lucas Memmola installation commissioned by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization calls for further scrutiny.
On Identity and Intimacy With Jeanette Spicer
A striking photo book depicts the lesbian experience through the lens of daughterhood.
From Night to Day: Concordia Studio Explores the Passage of Time Through Landscape
Montserrat Miranda Ayejes interviews Danielle Juliao and Martin Isaza, who hope to support emerging Latin American artists.