Umber Majeed’s work cuts deep for those who saw their diasporic culture meld queasily with early internet culture.
Queens Museum
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This Is the Story of My Resignation From the Queens Museum
It’s a story about power, leverage, and fear during the first Trump administration, and also about the potential for solidarity and love in the second.
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The Crossword Grid’s Geometry of Memory
Cameron Granger pays homage to his grandmother’s rituals of puzzle-solving while rejecting the constrictive grids of urban planning.
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NYC’s Largest Trivia Event Returns to the Queens Museum
After a four-year hiatus, the Panorama Challenge is back for its 13th edition at the museum’s massive model of the city that was created for the 1964 World’s Fair.
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A Maypole Dance for Dogs in Queens
Night and day converge, fantasy and reality, humans and animals, rigor and play in this exhibition that feels like a transportive and unfettered elsewhere.
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Queens Museum Director Declines to Issue Statement on Gaza
Sally Tallant said the museum “is not able to make political statements” in a meeting with workers.
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Artist Says Queens Museum Repurposed Her Structure Without Permission
Xaviera Simmons’s walled display structure, conceived for her solo show at the museum, was painted pink and used in another exhibition.
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Artists Say the Queens Museum Has Failed Them
A group of cultural workers exposed some artists’ disillusionment with the museum’s residency program and one participant’s alleged experience of harassment.
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Suzanne Lacy Continues the Conversation
Lacy’s work is more about making connections than providing content and it is still realized in the act of bringing people together, physically.
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Suzanne Lacy’s Object Lessons on How to Get Things Done
Lacy investigates, questions, confronts, and ultimately pushes her audience in the right direction.
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New LaGuardia Terminal Will Feature Art by Six New York Artists
Long disdained by travelers, the airport will feature new, site-specific artworks as part of an $8 billion refurbishment project.
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NYC Gives $26 Million for Major Queens Museum Expansion
The visual arts institution and educational center is located in the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.