Abbas Malakar 4/23/25 Abbas Malakar 4/23/25

Review of vanessa german’s “GUMBALL”

Sculptures made of crystals, porcelain, and poetry outline german’s process of spirituality and vulnerability.

Lodoe Laura 4/22/25 Lodoe Laura 4/22/25

Ramón Saturnino: “Aquí no es así”

Ramón Saturnino’s first solo exhibition approximates the architecture of the Mexico-USA border.

Editorial Team 4/21/25 Editorial Team 4/21/25

Editors’ Selects: April 2025

Highlight exhibitions in New York City and beyond.

Lydia Nobles 4/20/25 Lydia Nobles 4/20/25

Familiars Dance Among the Inverted

At All Street Gallery, Annu Yadav’s solo show, Gold God Meat, dazzles audiences with ritual, rupture, and reclamation.

Theodora Bocanegra Lang 4/19/25 Theodora Bocanegra Lang 4/19/25

Sealed Spirits

Curses and spirits embed themselves in Emma Rose Schwartz’s new exhibition at Derosia.

Catherine Sawoski 4/18/25 Catherine Sawoski 4/18/25

Outside the Box

Files boxes labeled with lesbian innuendos begin our surreal and sensual trip through the queer archives.

Xuezhu Jenny Wang 4/18/25 Xuezhu Jenny Wang 4/18/25

Review: While Being Plasmic Membranes

In exploring metamorphosis as a bio-social constant, the artist blurs the line between body and objecthood.

Shreya Ajmani 4/17/25 Shreya Ajmani 4/17/25

Memory as Medium: A Conversation with Dominique Fung

Now one of the art world’s rising stars, Dominique Fung returns home for her first Hong Kong show at MASSIMODECARLO.

Spencer Klink 4/16/25 Spencer Klink 4/16/25

Eroding the Nature-Culture Divide

A group exhibition at Murmurs LA maps feminist ecologies as envisioned by nine female artists.

Katya Borkov 4/14/25 Katya Borkov 4/14/25

Veils of Velvet: Decoding Lior Modan’s Reliefs

Lustrous, ephemeral, and mysterious velvet reliefs subtly reveal the ambiguous spaces between reality, memory, and feeling.

Amanda SRGE_Lindsay 4/13/25 Amanda SRGE_Lindsay 4/13/25

Yetunde Sapp Uncovers Unsung Labor in American Music

An artist uncovers archival family histories and American music legends.

Robin Waart 4/13/25 Robin Waart 4/13/25

Something Like

Each iteration of Jagudajev’s structural conceit is a redeal of a deck in which performers, participants, and the cards themselves keep changing hands.

Abbas Malakar 4/13/25 Abbas Malakar 4/13/25

Troy Montes Michie: “Black on the Face of the Moon”

Troy Montes Michie patchworks archival and personal media in an investigation of the self and its constituent identities.

A.E. Chapman 4/12/25 A.E. Chapman 4/12/25

A Thousand Kisses Deep: Joyce Wieland at MMFA

“Heart On” generates dialogue on care and identity as North America reckons with conversations on unity and division, accountability and erasure.

Katya Borkov 4/11/25 Katya Borkov 4/11/25

Archive and Absence: Ohan Breiding

Breiding examines violence in resource extraction through the lens of the archive at A.I.R. Gallery.

Meinzer 4/10/25 Meinzer 4/10/25

Envisioning Breath: Recording Air Pollution Through Clay Forms

Ceramic works visually represent data corresponding to air quality, poverty, and health disparities across New York City neighborhoods.

IMPULSE Editorial 4/10/25 IMPULSE Editorial 4/10/25

Face to Face: April 2025

Join IMPULSE journalists at artist studios this month.

Tahney Fosdike 4/8/25 Tahney Fosdike 4/8/25

Migration in Dialogue – Becky Ho

The actor shares, “Literal blood, sweat, and tears went into this visa.”

Emma Thibodeaux-Thompson 4/7/25 Emma Thibodeaux-Thompson 4/7/25

Art at a Time Like This: “A Cycle of Renewing Energy”

Co-founders Barbara Pollack and Anne Verhallen talk about the non-profit’s 5-year anniversary and where they’re headed next.

Christina Elia 4/6/25 Christina Elia 4/6/25

Coralina Rodriguez Meyer on Reclaiming Memory

A space transformed explores the womb, Indigenous knowledge systems, and BIPOC bodies within the American medical complex.