“I’ll just say this about the 2024 New York Mets,” longtime radio announcer Howie Rose said this past Saturday, as the team’s magical run came to a hard-fought, bittersweet end. “They made this 70-year-old feel 15 again.” You might not be a sports fan, but still, you might’ve noticed that the palette of your commute has skewed a little more blue-and-orange than typical, or you might’ve glimpsed the crowd celebrating the New York Liberty’s historic victory through the dim windows of a bar on your walk home this weekend. In reviews, Livia Caligor writes about a similar feeling: of being a part of something even if you don’t fully understand it, of encountering something that brings you back. Growing up in East Harlem, she walked past Manny Vega’s mosaics and murals daily, but it wasn’t until she visited his exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York that she began to grasp the cultural and aesthetic history that underpins that everyday art. And Irene Lee writes in spare and gorgeous prose on artist Emily Nelligan, who knew a place so intimately she felt no need to landmark her depictions of it — a connection so deeply rooted, it is more felt than seen. That’s a blessing. “Feeling rooted in the world has become a rare occurrence,” Natalie Haddad writes in our mid-month guide to what to see around the city. One highlight is a show of the incredibly named Lady Shalamar Montague, whose life story recalls Anna Delvey and whose work recalls Egon Schiele. She was, as Haddad puts it, “enticed by the colorful side of life.” — Lisa Yin Zhang, Associate Editor | |
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| | | As mid-October rolls around, we’re enjoying some serious and not-so-serious art by Carrie Mae Weems, Mala Iqbal, Lady Shalamar Montague, and others. | Natalie Naddad |
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SPONSORED | | | | Join us for a fright-filled night at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in NYC. Watch a series of Indigenous short films in the horror, sci-fi, and thriller genres for free on Friday, October 25, at 7pm. For mature audiences. Learn more | Film still of The Moogai (2024), directed by Jon Bell (courtesy of Causeway Film and No Coincidence Media) |
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | | | | He has taken appropriation art, which often consists of commonplace acts of citation, quotation, and parody, and set it in a new direction. | John Yau |
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WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? | | | This one goes out to my fellow pigeon-lovers: artist Iván Argote’s new 16-foot-tall sculpture is now perched on the High Line. Shopping cart rides and thirsty churches? Read Rhea Nayyar’s account of the Art in Odd Places festival. Tomorrow, Oct. 23, artists Erika Harrsch, Ana de Orbegoso, and Yapci Ramos are holding a conversation and guided visit of their exhibition, Triad Dialog, at Instituto Cervantes. [Instagram] Tomorrow through Saturday, Oct. 23–26, the Vera List Center is hosting a forum on history-making, which includes free dinners, lectures, and parties. [veralistcenter.org] A moveable feast comes to SoHo — the first in a series of queer salons is happening this Thursday, Oct. 24. [andreageyerstudio.notion.site] This Thursday, Oct. 24, Joseph M. Pierce will be speaking on how Indigenous artists are rethinking embodiment. [tisch.nyu.edu] Queens-heads: Fall Craft Night is happening this Thursday, Oct. 24, at Astoria Art Center. Come paint a pumpkin. [Instagram] Lux magazine is holding a double-issue launch party, featuring a convo about masculinity influencers, dancing, and tattoos (?) on Friday, Oct. 25. [Instagram] Early voting opens this Saturday — Oct. 26, mark your calendars. This Saturday, Oct. 26, Erica Cardwell, Miatta Kawinzi, and Madjeen Isaac will be in conversation about home, diaspora, and inheritance at Smackmellon. [Instagram] Calling all Timothy Chalamet look-alikes — there might just be $50 on the line for one of you this Sunday, Oct. 27. [X]
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