Histories are at the heart of some of our favorite shows, from queer video art to the cultural and familial traditions invoked by Candida Alvarez and Thomas Holton.
Natalie Haddad
Natalie Haddad is Reviews Editor at Hyperallergic and an art writer and historian. Natalie holds a PhD in Art History, Theory and Criticism from the University of California San Diego and focuses on World War I and Weimar-era German art. Natalie has written extensively on modern and contemporary art and has contributed essays to various art publications.
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Memory Becomes Form in the Art of Candida Alvarez
Abstraction and representation bleed into one another in the same way that memories momentarily coagulate into images before dissolving again.
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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From Saya Woolfalk’s hyperrealism to Ben Shahn’s Social Realism, our favorite shows at the moment are all about building and improving worlds.
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Magali Lara Stitches Together the Personal and Political
A survey of work by the pioneering Mexican feminist artist reimagine landscapes and home interiors as sites of political and emotional tension.
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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From Julia Margaret Cameron to Chloe Dzubilo, to 150 years of the Art Students League of New York, “visionary” is a theme in the shows below.
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For Chloe Dzubilo, Art and Advocacy Were Inseparable
As an HIV-positive trans woman and advocate, Dzubilo faced challenges that should have been history by the early 2000s, yet persist today.
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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Whether it’s Hilma af Klint finding the soul in nature or a new perspective on chinoiserie at The Met, the shows below are about seeing things differently.
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Ecological Art That’s Literally Alive
The artworks in Spora, unfolding over three years at the Swiss Institute, linger in the mind, its interconnections multiplying like spores.
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When Hilma af Klint Found the Soul in Plants
Her Nature Studies invoke the promise of something greater, a direct line from the material world to the spiritual experience that art is presumed to offer.
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Five Art Books for Your July Reading List
A new translation of a beloved Argentine comic, artists over 50 tell their stories, diasporic Puerto Rican art history, and more to enjoy by the seaside (or your A/C).
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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Spirituality, magic, and transformation are recurring themes in some of our favorite exhibitions on view, from Mestre Didi to Renée Stout.
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The Spiritual Modernism of Mestre Didi
The Brazilian artist and Candomblé priest established an international art practice that foregrounded diasporic African perspectives.