| Good afternoon. First, we’re pleased to present our summer guide to museum exhibitions and other long-running noncommercial shows to see around the city. Highlights include surveys, such as those of Amy Sherald, Jack Whitten, and Consuelo Kanaga, and shows that offer a way into the lesser-known practices of well-known artists like Lorna Simpson, Beauford Delaney, Hilma af Klint, and John Singer Sargent. But don’t miss others distinctly rooted in the city’s culture, like one at the Bronx Museum dedicated to South Bronx community-building, and another at the Queens Museum that draws from the visual vernacular of Jackson Heights phone repair shops. Which is all to say, there’s a lot going on.
Such as, for instance, Juneteenth! Tons of museums are hosting events to observe the holiday, including the Brooklyn Children’s Museum and the Museum of Moving Image in Astoria. Celebration is in the air — or maybe that’s love, or maybe those are in some ways the same. Read below for our Pride Month piece on the Leslie-Lohman Museum, the world’s first LGBTQ+ art museum. And Vermeer’s Love Letters, an exhibition at the Frick of three of the Dutch master’s paintings, goes on view tomorrow. It’s an invitation to fall in love again — with the painter, with the city. — Lisa Yin Zhang, Associate Editor | | |
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| | Our list of long-running museum and noncommercial exhibitions includes John Singer Sargent, Jane Austen, Lorna Simpson, and so many more. |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Join TAAC on Governors Island for a series of exhibitions and programs in which artists, curators, medical professionals, and environmental experts respond to island ecologies. Learn more |
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| | In the face of discrimination, harassment, and the AIDS crisis, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art became a beacon for queer creativity. | Rhea Nayyar |
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| EXHIBITION REVIEW | | | | | Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist at the Katonah Museum of Art | | “[The figures] contend against the centrifugal force of a world that, perhaps like ours, spins at over 1,000 miles per hour, and they struggle for their own motion, for agency in a realm that would be unbothered to leave them behind.” |
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WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? | | The Architectural League of New York is hosting a publication launch and conversation related to its New City Critics program at a83 gallery tonight. (Tues Jun 17) [urbanomnibus.net] Black-Owned Brooklyn is hosting the fourth annual Juneteenth Food Festival at the Weeksville Heritage Center. (Thurs Jun 19) [instagram.com] Alvin Ailey-Fordham BFA in dance program will present performances made in collaboration with Saya Woolfalk at her exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design. (Thurs Jun 19) [madmuseum.org] Brooklyn Children’s Museum is hosting its Juneteenth celebration at Shirley Chisholm Circle in Brower Park in Crown Heights. (Thurs Jun 19) [brooklynkids.org] The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is also celebrating via a day honoring Louis Armstrong, including screenings, music, a scavenger hunt, and more. (Thurs Jun 19) [movingimage.org] Storefront for Art & Architecture is hosting Act I of Public Works, a series of commissions related to civic infrastructure in the city, with performances and talks. (Sat Jun 21) [storefront.nyc] Miffy’s turning 70 at the Queens Botanical Garden, with a meet & greet, crafts, books, drinks, and snacks (Sat Jun 21) [feverup.com] Trans Joy Pride Palooza, NY’s largest trans art bazaar market, is happening at Culture Lab in Long Island City this weekend. (Sat Jun 21) [instagram.com] Artist Sharon Y. Li is hosting a block carving and card printing workshop at Liz’s Book Bar. (Sun Jun 22) [eventbrite.com] Hal Bromm Gallery’s hosting Queer Show Pride Night, with a curator-guided tour of its exhibition and a celebration. (Tues Jun 24) [halbromm.com] |
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