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New YorkNovember 9, 2022Welcome to this week’s list of recommended shows to see in New York City! At NMAI, three Native photojournalists highlight aspects of Native life rarely acknowledged in broader US society, while at the New Museum, a show opening this week will feature the work of Theaster Gates. Visit the full list of recommended shows in NYC this season. Also this week, Valentina Di Liscia dives further into the disappearance of “Casa Cueva” (whose model is currently on view at the Noguchi Museum), and Jasmine Liu highlights the work of artist duo Lily & Honglei at two Chinatown parks across the city. NEW EXHIBITIONS rod jones ii: this must be the place to beEncompassing an elaborate braided tapestry, a series of fabric dolls, and multimedia found object sculptures, rod jones’s heterogeneous mixed-media installation references the artist’s mother’s hair salon as a space of liberation. Cue Art Foundation (cueartfoundation.org) Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the FieldFrom the impact of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation to egregious US government regulations to one community’s genesis through tragedy, three Native photojournalists highlight aspects of Native life rarely acknowledged in broader US society. National Museum of the American Indian (americanindian.si.edu) SPONSORED Catch LOVETRAIN2020 at BAMAcclaimed choreographer Emanuel Gat comes to BAM with an ecstatic new work set to the music of British duo Tears For Fears. This exuberant ode to the ’80s includes favorites like “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” OPENING SOON Theaster Gates: Young Lords and Their TracesGates’s first New York museum survey spans two decades of tar paintings, architectural installations, archival collections, and more as he draws upon his background in urban planning to create social sculptures and interdisciplinary performances that reinvest in Black cultural spaces. New Museum (newmuseum.org) SPONSORED Powerhouse Arts Introduces Wide-Format Latex Printing ServicesThe Brooklyn art organization’s new digital print format enables the production of images up to 10 feet wide and 100 feet long on a wide variety of media. Learn more. Jimmy DeSana: SubmissionQueer icon Jimmy DeSana contorted his own body to reveal its true elasticity. His first museum retrospective shows how the East Village-based artist embodied the 1970s No Wave movement, which was often described as “anti-art.”Brooklyn Museum (brooklynmuseum.org) Jack WhittenThe artist’s achromatic Greek Alphabet series (1975–78), in which he experimentally dragged “processors” or “developers” — rakes, saws, and combs — over painted canvases laid over strings or wire, marked an important moment in his move away from gestural painting. Dia Beacon (diaart.org) Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberCLOSING THIS MONTH Immersive video collages and more address topics including the legislative history of school desegregation in the US and the experiences of Black, Shinnecock, and Latinx families on Long Island’s East End. Neuberger Museum of Art (purchase.edu) Leilah Babirye, Hugh Hayden, Dozie Kanu, Tau Lewis, and Kiyan Williams: Black Atlantic Site-responsive sculptures along the Brooklyn waterfront explore multivalent visions of Blackness and diasporic identities linked to legacies of the transatlantic slave trade. Brooklyn Bridge Park (publicartfund.org) MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC The Contentious History of a Lost Cave House in Mexico CityThe disappearance of “Casa Cueva,” a model of which is on view at the Noguchi Museum, pitted two great artists against each other in one of the most divisive episodes in Mexican contemporary art history. | Valentina Di Liscia Scan These Artworks and They Will Come to LifeVisitors to two Chinatown parks in New York can scan colorful banners that turn into lively animations about Chinese heritage and immigrant narratives. | Jasmine Liu
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