In the middle of a pandemic, museums cannot exactly stage highly anticipated exhibitions that would normally have drawn snaking lines of tourists around city blocks. Packed galleries as a metric of success? Those have evaporated amid uncertainty that could continue for months or more, as strict social-distancing measures remain in place. And with damaged endowments and investment […] More
“Derrick Adams: Buoyant”through August 23 at the Hudson River Museum 511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, New York What the museum says: “Executed between 2016 and 2019, the ‘Floaters’ series is a collection of vividly painted portraits depicting Black people in various states of rest and play, buoyantly floating on calm waters. Relaxed bodies, some with a gentle […] More
South African interdisciplinary artist Faith XLVII just released a new print entitled “410 BC – 340 BC”. It is a part of the 7.83hz Series in which raw intimacy is explored within abandoned buildings. In this series the earth’s resonance serves as a metaphor for our collective actions, which contribute to an overall reverberation that we can call […] More
“This Sacred Vessel (pt.2)”through August 23at Arsenal Contemporary Art, New York What the gallery says: “Arsenal Contemporary Art New York is pleased to present ‘This Sacred Vessel (pt. 2).’ After exploring how the relevance of landscape painting is informed by ecological anxiety in ‘This Sacred Vessel (pt. 1),’ this new iteration turns to the long-established heritage […] More
Over the past week, cultural institutions around the world, including the Guggenheim, the Jewish Museum, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, have been confronted with a series of open letters from current and former staff members calling for an end to institutional racism. These issues are nothing new, and Black artists have long been […] More
“Collect Wisely: The Exhibition”Online at Sean Kelly, New York What the gallery says: “In this interregnum, we have paused to reflect and think more intently about not just what we value, but our own core values. With galleries, museums, cultural, performing, and visual arts institutions shuttered, we believe strongly that art will continue to inspire and […] More
“Szabolcs Bozó: Big Bang”Online and in person through August 1, 2020at Semiose, Paris What the gallery says: “What is art , what can it do, what’s the point of it all? These are the sort of idle questions that get batted around in normal times, but from the vantage point where I write these words—in New York City, […] More
Berlin’s Jewish Museum is among the largest and most famous of its kind in the world. Yet the permanent exhibition, unlike the acclaimed Daniel Libeskind building that houses it, has long been considered old-fashioned and clunky—in short, always something of a disappointment. Since January 2019, the Libeskind galleries, which were frequented by more than 11 […] More
