While some in the New York art world may yearn for a return normalcy (whatever that means amid a pand
| While some in the New York art world may yearn for a return normalcy (whatever that means amid a pandemic and a national reckoning on racist violence), there are also many who remain committed to disrupting the systems which have led us to such a precarious state. Case in point, the artist-activist groups behind the recent guerrilla projections on the Guggenheim Museum facade, in solidarity with unionized staffers. More on this action below.Further downtown, Alexandra Thomas spends some time with an incisive exhibition of Joiri Minaya’s work. The exhibition, she says, “exerts Minaya’s demand for a visual politic that flirts with beauty, ecology, and the desire to be seen, without capitulating to the pull of exoticization.” Today is the last day to catch the show, so don’t miss it!Bedatri Choudhury popped over to Chelsea recently to check out the boldly feminine paintings of Hiba Schahbaz. In her new large-scale works, delicateness is decidedly political.Last but not least, Danilo Machado previews the forthcoming Billie Zangewa exhibition at Lehmann Maupin. A first in New York for the closely-watched Johannesburg-based artist, the exhibition will include Zangewa’s tender silk collages, which revel in Black domestic intimacy.– Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, ReviewsP.S. If you haven’t already, remember to register to vote by October 9! | |
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| Artists Project Messages on Guggenheim Museum Ahead of Reopening |
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| | A guerrilla projection on the Guggenheim Museum’s facade (image courtesy of the Illuminator) |
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| The artist-activist groups Artists for Workers and the Illuminator projected messages on the Guggenheim Museum’s facade in solidarity with the museum’s unionized workers.Some of the messages read: “Fair Contract”, “Seeking New Management”, “Open for Racism”, “$1.4 Million Dollar Director Salary”, and “Austerity Wages for Workers”. |
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| In Other NewsThat unusual digital clock in Union Square has been temporarily transformed into a Climate Clock that broadcasts the time remaining to an all-out climate catastrophe.A new exhibition called “Ministry of Truth: 1984/2020” will present works from 20 artists on 20 billboards around NYC, providing “a platform for artists to comment on the current state of US politics and increasing polarization just in time for the election.” |
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| | Mel Chin’s billboard imagery for “Ministry of Truth: 1984/2020” (image courtesy of SaveArtSpace) |
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| | Honoring Motherhood and the Mundane Wings of Change, the forthcoming New York debut of Billie Zangewa, will bring together a selection of the artist’s tender silk collages, which revel in Black domestic intimacy. Danilo Machado |
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| Stream a Film Series About the Housing Crisis |
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| GaHee Park's Cool Nudes There is a coolness to the way Park paints her figures, as well as a sculptural attention paid to form and surfaces. John Yau |
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| Did You Know Helen Keller Was a Socialist? The documentary Her Socialist Smile reconstructs Keller from an icon of vague, feel-good platitudes to the fiercely political woman she truly was. Bedatri D. Choudhury |
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| Meet the NYC Art Community |
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| Robert Kobayashi: Moe’s Meat Market at Susan Inglett, through November 7“Kobayashi subverted the stereotype of cheap production by elevating a painted object fashioned of recycled tin into the realm of art.” – John Yau Martha Tuttle: A stone that thinks of Enceladus at Storm King, through November 9“Tuttle lets the installation stand as the answer to its own questions, even if it can feel that much is left unsaid.” – Louis Bury Hope Wanted at New York Historical Society, through November 29“As budgets continue to remain tight for many across the city, Hope Wanted offers a crucial free opportunity to ruminate on not just on art, but also local history in the making.” – Dessane Lopez Cassell Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde at MoMA, through January 2“An extremely sociable, very private man who had a complicated love life, he knew many of the leading artistic and literary figures in Paris during his long lifetime.” – David Carrier Judd at MoMA, through January 9“In 1984, I met Donald Judd but did not know it. I thought I was talking with John Chamberlain.” – John Yau |
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