There’s movement on the Upper West Side: the Theodore Roosevelt statue at the American Museum of Natural History, long protested for its racist composition, is finally being removed. Staff writer Valentina Di Liscia has the full story.

Further downtown, Rachell Morillo delves into the eclectic photographs of Ming Smith, who’s thankfully been getting more of her due these days. Don’t miss her solo show, now in it’s final week at Nicola Vassell Gallery, Chelsea’s newest space.

In that same vein, fellow editor Natalie Haddad dives into the under-sung sculptures and drawings of Rosemary Mayer, now nearing the end of a run at Gordon Robichaux. As Haddad writes, Mayer’s works are “at once ethereal and unruly.”