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A Cameroonian Artist Explores the Ambazonian Fight for Post-colonial Freedom
In his Afro-Expressionist paintings and installations, Adjani Okpu-Egbe ruminates on native resistance in Cameroon and the colonial propaganda promoted in mainstream media. | Billy Anania
The Coexistence of Beauty and Evocations of Race and Power
“Behold” here, in this exhibition, is an invitation to see the intertwining of aesthetic concerns and the rigors of political and historical exploration. | Seph Rodney
Addie Wagenknecht’s Fraying of America
In her solo exhibition, the artist creates an installation that is many things but unified is not one of them. | Hrag Vartanian
Betsy Damon’s Pioneering Ecofeminist Practice
Curated by Monika Fabijanska, Betsy Damon — Passages: Rites and Rituals pulls Damon’s performance practice out from oblivion. | Ksenia M. Soboleva
For Shigeko Kubota, Video Lived in the Moment of Its Transmission
The Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective exhibition Liquid Reality showcases how Kubota turned video art into sculpture. | Justin Kamp
A Rare Series of Watercolors by Hilma af Klint Is on View in Manhattan
Tree of Knowledge, a suite of eight paintings by the beloved artist and spiritualist, is up at David Zwirner Gallery. | Valentina Di Liscia
Forgivable Lies, Three Painters Keep You Guessing
In a psychological context, confabulation refers to obvious falsehoods invented by individuals to fill gaps in their memory. In art, it’s more nuanced. | Peter Malone
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CLOSING SOON
Emily Eveleth, “Boudoir” (detail, 2021), oil on panel, 26 x 18 inches (courtesy Emily Eveleth/Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY)
Emily Eveleth
Miles McEnery Gallery through November 27
Lennart Anderson: A Retrospective
NYSS Gallery through November 28
With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985 at Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, through November 28
