New York
May 10, 2023

In this issue:

• Our editors pick 20 exhibitions to please your eyes, move your soul, and awaken your mind
• John Yau reviews Mie Yim, critical takes on Bispo do Rosario and Pamela Rosenkranz
• Two film festivals plus an interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• MoMA PS1 is getting a new director, an exhibition of historical restaurant menus, and artful Mother’s Day ideas

20 Art Shows to See in New York This May

This month: Wendy Red Star, Bob Thompson, Daniel Lind-Ramos, art by MFA students, and much more. | Hakim Bishara, Valentina Di Liscia, and Hrag Vartanian 

REVIEWS FROM OUR CRITICS

Mie Yim’s Howls of Uncertainty

Her work derives its power from the instability of not knowing exactly what ground you’re standing on when looking at it. | John Yau

Mie Yim: Nightshade
Apr. 14–May 20
Simone Subal Gallery, 131 Bowery, 2nd floor, Lower East Side (simonesubal.com)

The Divine Message That Made Bispo do Rosario Into an Artist

The Afro-Brazilian artist created over 1,000 works from the confines of a mental institution. Dozens of them are on view in New York City for the first time. | Irini Zervas

Bispo do Rosario: All Existing Materials on Earth
Jan. 25–May 20
Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, Upper East Side (as-coa.org)

Chronicles of an American Abyss

By surveying 150 years of social strife, the artists in Model Home (New York) dispel rosy clichés of the “American ideal.” | Ekin Erkan

Model Home (New York), After Wisconsin Death Trip 
Mar. 16–May 21
Carriage Trade, 277 Grand Street, Chinatown (carriagetrade.org)

Pratt MFA Graduates Contemplate the Mess We’re In

Part 2 of Pratt’s MFA thesis exhibition is all about depicting the toxic capitalist, racist, misogynistic, transphobic status quo in the US. | Daniel Larkin

Making Place: Politics and the Body
Mar. 27–May 5
Pfizer Building, 630 Flushing Avenue, 7th floor, South Williamsburg (pratt.edu)

It’s Selfie Season at Manhattan’s High Line

Artist Pamela Rosenkranz’s glowing pink and red tree sculpture is sure to become an Instagram hit, and that’s okay. | Hrag Vartanian

“Old Tree”
May 2023–Sep. 2024
High Line Plinth, 30th Street and 10th Avenue, Hudson Yards (thehighline.org)

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

60 Films That Say “I Love New York”

A festival opening this week at Film Forum highlights NYC-based, critically acclaimed films throughout the decades, from Scorsese to blaxploitation. | Maya Pontone

New York African Film Festival Returns to Lincoln Center

The 30th edition includes over 50 screenings and artist talks, with many of the films making their United States debut. | Elaine Velie

Apichatpong Weerasethakul on Human Suffering, VR, and the Long Take

The Thai director discusses his dreamlike films in a conversation with Hyperallergic ahead of his career retrospective in New York City. | Dan Schindel

NYC ART NEWS

• Connie Butler, the chief curator of LA’s Hammer Museum, is coming to New York this fall to serve as the new director of MoMA PS1.
   
• A report details disillusionment with the Queens Museum’s residency program and one participant’s alleged experience of harassment.
   
• Artists say the curator of the East Village Art Collection disappeared after charging participation fees for an exhibition that never happened.

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ARTFUL IDEAS

NYC Exhibition Extols the Charm of Restaurant Menus

Henry Voigt, a member of New York City’s Grolier Club, curated A Century of Dining Out from his personal collection of over 10,000 historical menus. | Elaine Velie

Art-Filled Ways to Spend Mother’s Day in NYC

Celebrate your mama or maternal figure with painting workshops, a museum scavenger hunt, drag brunches, and flowers, lots of flowers! | Rhea Nayyar

Now on View: NYC’s Bloated Police Budget

An exhibition organized by the New York Civil Liberties Union harnesses the power of art to illustrate the disastrous effects of over-policing. | Elaine Velie