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December 11, 2019
Best of 2019: Our Top NYC Art Shows
Here are our favorite New York City exhibitions of 2019 — excluding Brooklyn, for which we have a separate list — brought to you by the writers and editors of Hyperallergic.
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Events
Best of 2019: Our Top 10 Brooklyn Art Shows
Here are our favorite Brooklyn shows of 2019, brought to you by the writers and editors of Hyperallergic.
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Don’t Cry Cause It’s Over: A Program of Queer Experimental Shorts Reframes Loss
This Saturday, Anthology Film Archives presents Representations of Leaving: Queer Death and Heavens, a program of experimental shorts focused on experiences of loss, rebirth, and queer utopia.
Dessane Lopez Cassell | Film Archives, Dec 14, 7 pm
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News
Lincoln Center Scraps Richard Lippold’s Chandelier Sculpture in $550M Renovation Plans
Preservationists have voiced their concerns about eliminating Lippold’s “Orpheus and Apollo,” one of the original pieces of public artworks at Lincoln Center, installed in 1962.
Documentary Filmmakers Challenge the Trump Administration Over Visa Requirements
The International Documentary Association and the Doc Society have filed a lawsuit over the new policy that visa applicants register their social media profiles.
Hands Down, This 89-Year-Old Collector Has the Coolest Apartment in NYC
From Bruce Nauman to Do-Ho Suh sculptures, Henry Buhl’s SoHo loft is decorated entirely with artworks about one thing: hands.
Reviews
The Last Works of Matthew Wong
It seems that Wong was in touch with his deepest feelings and they came through in all of his art; this is what makes him special.
John Yau | Karma, through January 5
Ebony G. Patterson Transforms the Gallery Into a Garden
At Hales New York, Patterson’s collages meditate on the entropy and delicate elegance of our natural and built environments.
Alexandra M. Thomas | Hales New York, through Dec 20
The Pioneering Painted Sculptures of Melvin Edwards
Edwards’s sculptures, on display at Alexander Grey Associates in New York, establish him as a master of his various crafts with with an acute sense of rhythm and movement.
Laura Raicovich | Alexander Gray, through December 14
A Truly Rebellious Artist
Is Joanne Greenbaum making fun of collectors’ tastes, or is she enlarging the definition of art? The fact that you cannot tell is what is so great about her work.
John Yau | Rachel Uffner Gallery, through January 12
Drawing as Refuge
Pete Schulte’s drawings at first seem to be easily apprehended and quickly digested, but they demand a deeper reflection on choices and motives.
Thomas Micchelli | McKenzie Fine Art, through December 21
How Martin Scorsese Seeks Revelation in Documentary
Film Forum’s new series Scorsese Nonfiction brings an under-discussed facet of the director’s career into focus.
Michael Joshua Rowin | Film Forum, through December 17
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