It may not feel like spring is in the air, but we’re making sure you get a little sunshine with our seasonal New York art guide!
| It may not feel like spring is in the air, but we’re making sure you get a little sunshine with our seasonal New York art guide! Our list of shows to see this spring is out today and there’s something for everyone, from botanical art to giant pigeons. And with some of the shows already open, you can get started right away! Another must-read is Ed Simon’s take on the parallels between Trump’s current attacks on the arts and the Nazi Party’s crusade against what they called “degenerate art” — which included many luminaries of Modernism. In News, Renée Reizman visits the Felix Art Fair in LA as the city recovers from last month's devastating fires. Meanwhile, Rhea Nayyar looks at the controversy surrounding artist Fabián Cháirez’s paintings of sexualized and queer Christian priests and nuns in a Mexico City exhibition, while Isa Farfan pays tribute to curator Richard Flood, who passed away this weekat age 81. Make sure to check out Required Reading and A View From the Easel, too. And mark your calendar for our next event on Monday, March 10, at the Museum of the City of New York, where our Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanianwill moderate a discussionwith legendary graffiti artist Lee Quiñones, PPOW Gallery’s Wendy Olsoff, and curatorSean Corcoran about the exhibition Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection. If you aren't already a Hyperallergic Member, join today to get $10 tickets to this special event.Happy reading! — Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor | | |
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| | Your guide to this season’s must-see museum exhibitions and art events in and around New York City. |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Kelly Sinnapah Mary creates paintings, sculptures, and installations that draw upon the complex interrelationships between folklore, literature, inheritance, history, and the natural world. The Book of Violette represents the latest chapter of an ongoing visual notebook in which the artist explores a rich repository of memories, mythologies, and superstitions. Learn more |
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IN THE NEWS | | | In Mexico City, artist Fabián Cháirez’s exhibition of paintings portraying sexualized and queer Christian priests and nuns has elicited fervent complaints from religious groups and right-wing figures who have held protests at the museum for over a week. |
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UPCOMING EVENT | | | Join Hrag Vartanian, artist Lee Quiñones, PPOW Gallery Co-Founder Wendy Olsoff, and MCNY Curator Sean Corcoran for a discussion on the evolution of graffiti as an art form and the lasting influence of visionary artist and collector Martin Wong. |
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SPONSORED | | | | | The artist’s debut solo exhibition in the United States, “Attila cataract (…),” marks the first time the French Pavilion has traveled to the country. On view at Brown University. Learn more |
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FAIRS & FESTIVALS | | | From Cauleen Smith’s trilogy on volcanos to Philippe Parreno’s intimate exploration of Goya, here’s what to watch. | Dan Schindel |
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| | | The levity of this year’s edition feels purposeful: Not only will the show not be marred by tragedy, but it will also remind attendees of art's potential to express joy. | Renée Reizman |
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| MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | The president’s obsession with cultural control is evidence of a continued fascist creep, and not just another joke exercise in narcissism. | Ed Simon |
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| | | “I'm finding that the plants have started taking over my life and creativity.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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| | | This week: a trip to “Yokofest,” outsmarting surveillance pricing, the Haida Nation reclaims its land, dachshund side-eye paintings, and did Microsoft invent a new type of matter? | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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TRANSITIONS | | Elana Bowsher is now represented by Hannah Hoffman gallery.
Taylor Jackson was appointed chief executive officer of the nonprofit Houston Arts Alliance.
Azita Moradkhani is now represented by Jane Lombard Gallery.
Magdalena Moskalewicz was appointed chief curator and associate director of curatorial affairs at the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Randy Guthmiller was appointed associate director for learning, engagement, and public practice.
Lucia Simek was named executive director of Dallas Contemporary.
Jill Ahlberg Yohe was appointed curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Cafesjian Art Trust Museum in Shoreville, Minnesota. Linnea Seidling was appointed assistant curator of Glass. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | | Jordan Beal won the inaugural French Caribbean and Amazonian Contemporary Art Support Grant, created by the Rubis Mécénat endowment fund, unRepresented fair, and La Station Culturelle, an art center in Fort-de-France, Martinique. |
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