New York: Alice Neel's Anti-capitalist Candor

This week, catch up on goings-on about town with reports about a new program to support local artists

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This week, catch up on goings-on about town with reports about a new program to support local artists and the latest revelations about MoMA’s ties to nefarious philanthropists.In other anti-capitalist news, Daniel Larkin muses on the Marxist proclivities of Alice Neel.Also, 1-54 New York is back, this time outside of the shadow of Frieze Week (we’ve got more on that below too).— Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews

1-54 New York Returns with an Emphasis on Textiles This year’s edition will highlight contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora through both an online platform and an in-person exhibition. Dessane Lopez Cassell

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In the latest Strike MoMA action, artists and activists spotlit Gustavo Cisneros, husband of MoMA trustee Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, and his connections to toxic mining ventures in the Dominican Republic. NYC’s City Artist Corps, a recovery program inspired by the New Deal’s WPA, will pay hundreds of local artists to beautify and activate public spaces across the city with murals, public artworks, performances, and more. Over 100 artists, performers, and art workers gathered in Lower Manhattan to demand immediate city relief for the arts and its workers.

Also: Frieze New York just wrapped this year’s in-person fair at the Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Hyperallergic staff writers Valentina Di Liscia and Hakim Bishara attended opening day, check out their on-the-ground reports.

Latest Reviews

The Anti-capitalist Candor of Alice Neel Neel’s approach defied the conventions of both schlocky social realism and traditional portraiture. Daniel Larkin

SPONSORED Battery Park City Authority Introduces a Glass House to Belvedere Plaza On view through spring 2022, Mildred Howard’s “The House That Will Not Pass For Any Color Than Its Own,” builds on the public art legacy of Manhattan’s Battery Park City.

Deborah Remington’s Singular Place in Art By employing a slow, deliberate process in which control is paramount, Remington shaped her passage in time. John Yau

"The Bomb" Reimagines Discussions Around Nuclear Weapons Filmmakers Smriti Keshari and Eric Schlosser call into question the very notions of “control” or “safety” when it comes to nuclear devices. Rachel Remick

For All the Queer Habibis Out There Curated by the Earl of Bushwick, Queer-y-ing the Arab focuses on the bedroom and private realm. Hrag Vartanian

"Faya Dayi" Tells Stories of Land Kinship in Drought-Ridden Ethiopia Screening at New Directors/New Films, Jessica Beshir’s film floats in the space between documentary and poetry. Natasha Ruwona

Photographs That Bring the Past Into the Present By constructing a highly detailed world based on historical events, Jasper de Biejer gives himself permission to ponder the past. John Yau

Closing Soon

Katherine Bradford, “Mother Joins the Circus – Second Version” (2021), acrylic on canvas, 60 × 72 inches (image courtesy Canada, New York)

Marilyn Lerner: Walking Backward Running Forward – Again through May 13 at Kate Werble Gallery Caetano de Almeida through May 15 at Van Doren Waxter Katherine Bradford: Mother Paintings through May 15 at Canada Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: New York City Regional Exhibition through May 21 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Derek Boshier: Alchemy Alchemy through May 22 at Garth Greenan Gallery John Lees: New Work through May 22 at Betty Cuningham Gallery David Hammons: Body Prints, 1968–1979 through May 23 at the Drawing Center Goodnight House through May 27 at Fort Makers John Giorno through May 28 at Sperone Westwater

On View in NY Museums

Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America through June 6 at the New Museum Disturbing the View through June 12 outside the Whitney Museum (Fridays & Saturdays at 1pm) Michael Rakowitz: Nimrud through June 18 at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College Kenneth Tam: Silent Spikes through June 23 at the Queens Museum Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell through June 27 at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And through July 18 at the Brooklyn Museum Julie Mehretu through August 8 at the Whitney Museum Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life through September 6 at MoMA PS1 Estamos Bien — La Trienal 20/21 through September 26 at El Museo del Barrio Off the Record through September 27 at the Guggenheim Museum Kusama: Cosmic Nature through October 31 at the New York Botanical Gardens Melvin Edwards: Brighter Days through November 28 at City Hall Park

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