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“Mira Lehr: High Water Mark”Mannello Museum of American Art What the museum says: “A ‘high water mark’ indicates a literal measurement for the highest point the water level reaches in a given area at a particular time. However, alternate meanings of the term suggest maximum value in various other sectors of life. It seems fitting, […] More
“Now Olowu turns his cosmopolitan eye to Chicago. Drawing from the city’s public and private art collections, including works in the MCA’s collection, Olowu curates a show that reimagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography. Moving away from traditional exhibition formats, Olowu combines photographs, paintings, sculptures, and films in dense and […] More
“When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Art and Migration”Minneapolis Institute of Art What the museum says: “By choice or by force. With great success or great struggle. People move or are uprooted, for many reasons. The world is currently witness to the highest levels of movement on record; the United Nations estimates that one out of […] More
The artist Bryan Zanisnik used to equate suffering with success. Living in New York as an artist isn’t easy for most people, and even though Zanisnik was receiving institutional shows and critical acclaim, he was still a self-proclaimed “nervous wreck,” always on the cusp of financial ruin. “I think there was maybe some fantasy of […] More
“Art in the Age of Anxiety”Sharjah Art Foundation What the museum says: Art in the Age of Anxiety’ conjures the bombardment of information, misinformation, emotion, deception, and secrecy that invades online and offline life in the age of digital technology. It aims to illuminate the ‘post-digital’ condition—the manners and behaviors found in a world altered by […] More
How can we think about art at a time like this? The artist Jacolby Satterwhite, who has survived cancer and lost his mother three years ago, might ask instead, how can we not? The multidisciplinary artist’s practice has long been informed by his most personal experiences, including confronting his own mortality. In an exclusive interview […] More
“Van Eyck. An Optical Revolution”Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) What the museum says: “The exhibition unravels the myths about the artist and considers his technique, his oeuvre and his influence from a fresh perspective… In order to contextualize Van Eyck’s optical revolution, his paintings will be shown alongside works by his most talented contemporaries from Germany, […] More
“Studio 54: Night Magic”Brooklyn Museum What the museum says: “‘Studio 54: Night Magic’ traces the radiant history, social politics, and trailblazing aesthetics of the most iconic nightclub of all time. Behind the velvet rope, partygoers of all backgrounds and lifestyles could come together for nights of music, dazzling lights, and the popular song and dance ‘the […] More
