From local concerns in the Bronx to global issues in Queens, plus a trip to see Indigenous art in New Jersey, our favorite art is far-reaching right now.
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New York City Shows to See This Week
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Claudia Alarcón, and Nanette Carter are three of the artists whose work we’re enjoying, among many shows that pack a punch.
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Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
From historical shows about labor to investigations of color to John Singer Sargent’s renderings of hands, we’re enjoying a variety of art this week.
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Indigenous Humor and Resistance Shines at The Photography Show
The most striking works on view at this New York fair channel political urgency into personal explorations, embracing sincere introspection.
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Memes Blame JD Vance for Pope Francis’s Passing
The disgraced VP has been catapulted into the meme-o-sphere yet again due to the suspicious proximity of his visit to the Vatican and the Pope’s death.
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Five New York City Art Shows We Love This Week
Among our favorite shows at the moment are ones that feature strong, talented women, like Patty Chang, Myrlande Constant, and Amy Sherald.
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I Attended My First “Plant Funeral” in New York City
With my plastic container of dirt in hand, I entered the Lower East Side arts space Chinatown Soup and joined a crowd teeming with shriveled leaves, moldy roots, and wilted stems.
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The Most Joyful Hats of NYC’s Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival
From artwork tributes to miniature landmarks, this year’s event brought together the quirky, camp, and fantastical in what one participant called “a love-fest.”
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What’s at the Heart of Our Tarot Fascination?
An exhibition at the Warburg Institute proposes that tarot brings forth a smart mixture of play and ancient wisdom that might help us juggle our reality.
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Clara Peeters’s Still Lifes Are Even Better Than the Real Thing
In her paintings, the 17th-century Dutch painter captured a pure, crystalline moment of time with unnerving verisimilitude.
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Move Over, Jeff Koons, There’s a New Balloon Sculpture in Town
CJ Hendry’s massive inflatable installation, Keff Joons, transforms a seemingly unassuming Brooklyn warehouse into an air-filled rainbow playground.
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Required Reading
This week: Lee Bul’s headless sentinels, Tracy Chapman on reissuing “Fast Car,” Viet Thanh Nguyen on the imperialism of American literature, biomorphic seawall designs, and more.