While some in the New York art world may yearn for a return normalcy (whatever that means amid a pandemic and a national reckoning on racist violence), there are also many who remain committed to disrupting the systems which have led us to such a precarious state. Case in point, the artist-activist groups behind the recent guerrilla projections on the Guggenheim Museum facade, in solidarity with unionized staffers. More on this action below.

Further downtown, Alexandra Thomas spends some time with an incisive exhibition of Joiri Minaya’s work. The exhibition, she says, “exerts Minaya’s demand for a visual politic that flirts with beauty, ecology, and the desire to be seen, without capitulating to the pull of exoticization.” Today is the last day to catch the show, so don’t miss it!

Bedatri Choudhury popped over to Chelsea recently to check out the boldly feminine paintings of Hiba Schahbaz. In her new large-scale works, delicateness is decidedly political.

Last but not least, Danilo Machado previews the forthcoming Billie Zangewa exhibition at Lehmann Maupin. A first in New York for the closely-watched Johannesburg-based artist, the exhibition will include Zangewa’s tender silk collages, which revel in Black domestic intimacy.

P.S. If you haven’t already, remember to register to vote by October 9!

The artist-activist groups Artists for Workers and the Illuminator projected messages on the Guggenheim Museum’s facade in solidarity with the museum’s unionized workers.

Some of the messages read: “Fair Contract”, “Seeking New Management”, “Open for Racism”, “$1.4 Million Dollar Director Salary”, and “Austerity Wages for Workers”.

That unusual digital clock in Union Square has been temporarily transformed into a Climate Clock that broadcasts the time remaining to an all-out climate catastrophe.

A new exhibition called “Ministry of Truth: 1984/2020” will present works from 20 artists on 20 billboards around NYC, providing “a platform for artists to comment on the current state of US politics and increasing polarization just in time for the election.”

After New York, Seattle, and Portland were designated as “anarchist jurisdictions” by the Department of Justice, artists and activists had fun embracing the label.

Administrative workers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music have ratified their first union contract with a margin of over 90%. The group has been fighting for a union for roughly two years.

Over 140 objects from Keith Haring’s personal collection, including works by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, will be sold by Sotheby’s to benefit New York’s LGBT Center.

Robert Kobayashi: Moe’s Meat Market at Susan Inglett, through November 7

Martha Tuttle: A stone that thinks of Enceladus at Storm King, through November 9

Hope Wanted at New York Historical Society, through November 29

Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde at MoMA, through January 2

Judd at MoMA, through January 9