A Contemporary Master of the Brushstroke

David Reed has figured out how to bring illusionism back into an abstract painting while remaining committed to paint-as-paint.

John Yau | Gagosian, through February 22

Event Pick

A Film Series Spotlights Stories of Black Brazilians From Women Directors

Co-presented by Cinema Tropical and the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), Visions of Resistance presents narratives of resilience and uprising.

Valentina Di Liscia | Museum of the Moving Image, Feb 8-9

Accepting Applications Now: SVA MA Curatorial Practice

SVA offers merit-based support scholarships and is accepting applications now for September 2020. Learn more and apply at macp.sva.edu.

News

Recovery Efforts Begin After Fire Ravages Museum of Chinese in America Archives

Tens of thousands of unique cultural items were severely damaged. The museum launched a fundraising campaign, and Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to secure temporary locations for tenants displaced by the fire.

Artist Tobias Madison Pleaded Guilty to Assault and Harassment of His Former Girlfriend

He agreed in a plea deal to attend a 26-week in-person batterers intervention program in Basel, Switzerland and to abide by a full and final order of protection.

Reviews

Powerful Images of Pleasure and Experimentation Celebrate Queer Bodies

MoMA’s screening series “Now We Think as We Fuck”: Queer Liberation to Activism argues for the inclusion of less respectable films in the queer canon.

Caden Mark Gardner | MoMA, through January 28

50 Artists Remind Us That “Abortion Is Normal”

The second half of a recent exhibition organized to raise awareness and funding in support of accessible, safe, and legal abortion opened this past Tuesday at Arsenal Contemporary.

Marisa Crawford | Arsenal Contemporary, through Feb 1

Staging the Work of Ballet Amid Noguchi’s Expressive Sculptures

For Contract and Release, choreographed by Brendan Fernandes, three dancers assume their positions amid a selection of Noguchi’s works that allude to the human form and proceed to slowly perform a prescribed set of tasks.