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New YorkOctober 19, 2022 • View in browserThe NY Art Book Fair Is a Whole SceneWhat is an art book, anyway? I’m not sure this fair helped me come closer to any kind of definition. And for that, I am grateful. | Valentina Di Liscia From a “Zine Zaddy” baseball cap to a recurring tote bag cryptically printed with the words “Books And,” the opening last night was a whole scene, or as one visitor who didn’t want me to use their name told me: “I’m just here to spy on people.” SPONSORED Discover Art Less Ordinary at The Other Art Fair BrooklynArt reframed — over 120 independent artists, art installations & murals, DJ sets, food trucks, and a refreshing twist on a Gin & Tonic compliments of Bombay Sapphire. Book your tickets for November 3–6. OPENING THIS WEEK Lester Álvarez Meno, Kevin Avila, Roman Gutiérrez Aragoneses, Santiago Díaz M., and Hector Antón, “Biblioteca para lomo-lectores (Library for title-spine readers)” (2018–2019) (courtesy Lester Alvarez Meno) Sin Autorización: Contemporary Cuban Art In recent years, fluctuating domestic policies and foreign relations have galvanized Cuba’s independent art scene. Sin Autorización: Contemporary Cuban Art charts the scene’s evolution through its political and intellectual context. Domesticanx Drawing on the concept of “domesticana” coined by artist, scholar, and critic Amalia Mesa-Bains, Domesticanx considers Mesa-Bains’s Chicana and feminist theory, and Latinx intersectionality, through the private sphere. The intergenerational show features artists who focus on healing, spirituality, and home, while refuting one-dimensional categories. SPONSORED The Public Theater Presents Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the SunDirected by Tony Award nominee Robert O’Hara, this new revival explores Hansberry’s legacy and the women in her play. On view in NYC this fall. Learn more. SUNSET PARK WIDE OPEN Affordable for Now, Sunset Park Rises as a Buzzing NYC Arts HubParticipants of Sunset Park’s open studios this weekend told Hyperallergic why they’ve shifted gears and joined the up-and-coming community. | Rhea Nayyar Up Close and Personal With Four Sunset Park ArtistsFrom surrealist suburban horror to collaborative assemblage, artists brought originality, humor, and curiosity to Sunset Park Wide Open. | Jasmine Liu SPONSORED Join Nuyorican Artist Juan Sánchez in Conversation With Curator Jessamine BatarioTomorrow’s free online event celebrates Sánchez, the recipient of the Artists’ Legacy Foundation’s 2022 Artist Award, and his decades-long multimedia practice rooted in activism. Learn more. GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS Gowanus Artists Open Their Studios Amid Displacement ConcernsMany Gowanus artists said they cherish the ability to work off the beaten path in an area conducive to creative labor — and they hope it remains as such. | Billy Anania Six Artists I Discovered at Gowanus Open StudiosAmid an endless visual feast of colorful wall art, some of this year’s artists showed up with personal ruminations of intimacy and dark reflections on societal norms. | Elaine Velie Support Hyperallergic's independent journalismBecome a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a MemberLATEST REVIEWS Art That Animates the Body in SpaceReal Corporeal makes visitors aware of their own embodiment and addresses how bodies are in constant dialogue with the politics of their environments. | Anna Cahn Jim Weidle and Our Beautiful DespairIn his paintings of ground cover and gravel, Weidle touches on the despair that has replaced optimism in the United States, the sense that the future is bleak. | John Yau Searching for Brazilian Identity Between Performance and LifeThrough regional music and dance Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca affirm as well as explore and subvert Brazilian identity. | Ela Bittencourt Art for the Sun Worshippers in All of UsSun Seekers, by sisters Amy and Jennifer Khoshbin, seems to say: we’ve been cooped up for too long; it’s time to get some fresh air. | Christen Clifford MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC Hidden Cinematic Gem in NYC Shines Again With New TheaterChinatown’s venerated Downtown Community Television Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a state-of-the-art cinema and community hub. | Dan Schindel A Neurodivergent Artist Asserts His AgencyThe power of Mike Hack’s art lies not just in his slyly irreverent interventions but in the fact that these interventions come from within the autistic community. | Madeleine Seidel CLOSING SOON Installation view of Mire Lee: Carriers at Tina Kim Gallery (all photos by Hyunjung Rhee, images courtesy Tina Kim Gallery, New York) Mire Lee: Carriers Tiffany Chung: Terra Rouge & Archaeology for Future Remembrance Aubrey Levinthal: Neighbors, Strangers, Gazers, Bathers Jordan Casteel: In Bloom Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: I have withheld much more than I have written Lisa Oppenheim: Spolia For the Birds Selections from Australia’s Western Desert: From the Collection of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield ON VIEW IN MUSEUMS & GALLERIES Jim Weidle: PAINT – Apply Now! LaJuné McMillian: The Black Movement Library Enrico Riley: Stand Elissa Blount-Moorhead and Bradford Young: Back and Song Another Justice: US is Them Dior + Balenciaga: The Kings of Couture and Their Legacies at The Museum at FIT through November 6 Wangechi Mutu Leilah Babirye, Hugh Hayden, Dozie Kanu, Tau Lewis, and Kiyan Williams: Black Atlantic Tomashi Jackson: SLOW JAMZ
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