New York: Mary Lum, Contemporary Iranian Art

New York

February 9, 2022 • View in browser

Walking for Art

The visual stutter of Mary Lum’s artwork invites us to enunciate the staccato repetitions of sounds we hear and see when we walk through the city. | John Yau

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Contemporary Iranian Art That Doesn’t Shy Away from Politics

Fighting the Western perception of Iran as a hostile war zone, Mohammed Afkhami began collecting artworks by Iranian artists to highlight the country’s rich cultural production. | Ksenia M. Soboleva

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The Morgan Library & Museum Presents Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poet’s Work In Community

Now on view in New York City, this exhibition celebrates the life and work of American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win a Pulitzer Prize. Learn more.

The Troublesome History of America’s Public Monuments

A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society revises the assumption that the current debate about controversial public monuments is in any way new. | Jasmine Liu

Pompeii’s Long-buried Frescoes Come Back to Life

Pompeii in Color at New York University presents a scintillating close read on the fresco art of the lost city’s villas. | Sarah Rose Sharp

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