New York: The Universal Allure of NYC’s Bodega Cats

We've all been there. Drunk and hungry at 3am, waiting expectantly under harsh bodega lights for some

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We’ve all been there. Drunk and hungry at 3am, waiting expectantly under harsh bodega lights for something you probably wouldn’t order in the light of day. Luckily, the cute kittens and (sometimes more aggressive) cats that guard our beloved corner stores rarely judge. Staff writer Hakim Bishara reports on @Bodegacats_, a social media tribute to these beloved feline friends, started by Rob Hitt. Also newsworthy: New York City museums will be allowed to increase their capacity to 50% starting April 26. Elsewhere in the realm of institutions, we’ve got reviews of El Museo’s triennial devoted to Latinx artists across the country; a Melissa Joseph show; upcoming film and performance programming; and much more.— Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews

The Universal Allure of New York’s Bodega Cats Since 2012, Rob Hitt has been documenting domesticated cats in bodegas across the city on social media. Hakim Bishara

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Art & Film in NYC

Dave McKenzie Brings His Methodical Approach to the Whitney Museum’s Facade Debuting May 1, McKenzie’s Disturbing the View takes its inspiration from New York’s “squeegee men.” Dessane Lopez Cassell

The Museum of the Moving Image Reopens With New Programming If you’re comfortable sitting in a theater again, See It Big: The Return! presents movies that deserve to be watched on a big screen. Dan Schindel

Latest Reviews

El Museo’s Triennial Gathers Works That Defy Pervasive Stereotypes Mapped onto Latinx Art Amid the museum’s complicated past, this first triennial offers some hope for the future. Valentina Di Liscia

John Giorno's Beautifully Disgruntled Poem-Paintings Giorno sets up your expectations and then pulls the rug out. John Yau

Melissa Joseph’s Felted Tributes to Family Archives Joseph’s work exudes both playfulness and gravity, evoking fond memories while channeling the sorrow of the last year. Billy Anania

Clare Grill’s Untranslatable Paint Grill’s diaphanous brushstrokes and floating forms express a world in a state of unavoidable change. John Yau

Closing Soon

Matt Bollinger, “Super Bowl Sunday” (2021), Flashe and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 inches (image courtesy Zürcher Gallery, New York / Paris)

Matt Bollinger: Furlough through April 29 at Zürcher Gallery Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves: The x in florxal is silent when spoken through May 1 at Artists Space Tiffany Sia: Slippery When Wet through May 1 online and at Artists Space Zi Yi Wang, A thing like you and me through May 1 at Olympia Ahrong Kim: i_love_myself through May 8 at Kristen Lorello

On View in NY Museums

David Hammons: Body Prints, 1968–1979 through May 23 at the Drawing Center Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America through June 6 at the New Museum 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 Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life through September 6 at MoMA PS1 Off the Record through September 27 at the Guggenheim Museum Kusama: Cosmic Nature through October 31 at the New York Botanical Gardens

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