New York
March 11, 2020
Letter from the editor:
As COVID-19 continues to spread, it’s worth taking some time to not only wash your hands (frequently, please) but also to stay in the loop about what precautions your favorite arts and cultural institutions are taking to keep us safe. Our staff writer Valentina Di Liscia has been keeping a running list of how the latest coronavirus is impacting the art world, including the cancellation of the upcoming Annual Symposium of Latin American Art and a recent petition started by CUNY students, calling for classes to be cancelled or transferred online out of safety concerns. See here for more information and daily updates.
On the note of health, Valentina also shares news that the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation have partnered to offer a “new medical emergency aid program for artists.”
Looking to take your mind off the apocalyptic headlines? See here for a fun take on the recent Armory Week fairs by Valentina and fellow staff writer Hakim Bishara. (You can find our full coverage here.) At the movies, Serena Scateni composed a thoughtful consideration of Satoshi Kon’s beloved anime film Tokyo Godfathers, recently restored and now back in theaters. Hakim also shares news of a recent Hudson Valley exhibition devoted to the revered abstractionist Hilma Af Klint. Her work is so special, an exhibition of it drew record crowds at the Guggenheim last year.
You can find more information about some of the most exciting exhibitions coming up by picking up one of our spring art guides around town (also online here). Our Marketing Manager Alexandra Bowditch has helpfully prepared a guide of where to find them here.
Dessane Lopez Cassell
Hilma af Klint Has Arrived in the Hudson Valley
From botanical sketches to art inspired by af Klint’s spiritual practice, lesser-known works by the Swedish artist arrived at the Lightforms Art Center.
Hakim Bishara | Lightforms Art Center, through June 29
Event Pick
Artists Remind Us that Sex Work Is Work
The Sex Workers’ Pop-Up brings together installations, performances, and conversations from an exciting group of international artists, many of whom are or were sex workers themselves.
Dessane Lopez Cassell | 9 W 8th St, through March 16
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News
A New Medical Emergency Grant for Artists
The Rauschenberg Emergency Grants will provide artists with up to $5,000 for a number of unforeseen medical expenses.
New York Spring 2020 Art Guides and Where to Find Them
You can pick up a print edition of our guide at any of the following locations.
Manhattan Museum Will Renovate and Alter Landmarked Church, Prompting Backlash
Some community members have opposed the Children’s Museum of Manhattan plans to relocate to a former church on the Upper West Side.
Color Field, Then and Now
I fear that the visual culture in which these works were admired is now one of those distant “you had to be there” moments, which are impossible to reconstruct.
David Carrier | Guggenheim, through August 2
Satoshi Kon’s Sensitive Story of People on the Margins of Society
Recently restored and back in theaters, the 2003 anime film Tokyo Godfathers looks tenderly at street dwellers, who are often ignored in art and the media.
Serena Scateni | Metrograph, March 11 & March 13-15
A Major Korean Painter Begins to Get His Due
While postwar Korean artists are celebrated in the West, the strongest painters of the next generation remain under-known.
John Yau | Tina Kim Gallery, through April 4
Spring/Break Art Show Is a Work of Art Worth Diving Into
Titled In Excess, this year’s Spring/Break is brimming with projects that deepen and extend a feeling of immersion by being hallucinatory, obsessive, and ravishing.
Seph Rodney
Visiting the 2020 Armory Show Amid Ominous Headlines
From art about environmental recklessness to Caribbean post-coloniality, Armory kicked off the spring art fair season in spite of growing coronavirus concerns.
Dessane Lopez Cassell
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