New York
January 18, 2023
Shirley Jaffe’s Outlier Beginnings
A show of early works by Jaffe challenges viewers to think about the road she pursued in her art, and what it means to go your own way. | John Yau
Shirley Jaffe: The 1950s and 1960s, Works on Paper and a Painting
Dec. 10–Jan. 21, 2023
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 11 Rivington Street, Lower East Side (tibordenagy.com)
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Hsin-Chien Huang Reimagines Virtual Reality at Pratt Manhattan Gallery
In the exhibition The Data We Called Home and an accompanying panel discussion moderated by Barbara London, Huang explores visual arts in the virtual landscape. Learn more.
LATEST REVIEWS
The Singular Vision of Morris Hirshfield
Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered highlights the need for more research on twentieth-century self-taught American artists, who were marginalized by restrictive art historical narratives. | Bryan Martin
Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered
Sept. 23–Jan. 29, 2023
American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square, Upper West Side (folkartmuseum.org)
Girls, Gods, and Rabbits
Leiko Ikemura is concerned with the meeting place of the spiritual and physical, the ineffable and material worlds. | John Yau
Leiko Ikemura: Anima Alma – Works 1981–2022
Nov. 4–Jan. 28, 2023
Fergus McCaffrey, 514 West 26th Street, Chelsea (fergusmccaffrey.com)
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Spring Public Programs at Columbia University School of the Arts Focus on Transformation
Organized around the concept “To Transform,” these NYC programs include conversations, film screenings, readings, and research about work that enacts transformation. Learn more.
Lucio Fontana’s Third Dimension
Nothing was shaped or glazed by Fontana without his consideration of how light could interact, animate, or even mystify form. | Stephanie Buhmann
Lucio Fontana. Sculpture
Nov. 3–Feb. 4, 2023
Hauser & Wirth, 32 East 69th Street, Upper East Side (vip-hauserwirth.com)
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New York City Ballet Art Series Presents DRIFT’s Shylight
The dancing sculpture will be on view at three special performances in January and February. Tickets are on sale now. Learn more.
CRITIC'S PICKS
Gwen Smith: The Chance Whale
Dec. 14–Feb. 1, 2023
Baxter Street at Camera Club of New York, 126 Baxter Street, Chinatown (baxterst.org)
The narrative works made during Gwen Smith’s recent Baxter Street residency portray an “origin story” — one in which the chance of encountering a “white whale” leads the artist to the precipice of personal freedom. A meditation on the life cycle and the process of art-making, The Chance Whale conveys the thrill of the ride.
Afia Prempeh and So Lee: Portals
Dec. 8–Feb. 4, 2023
UniX Gallery, 520 West 24th Street, Chelsea (unixgallery.com)
Two contemporary representational painters turn quaint domestic scenes into metaphysical studies of self-reflection. Prempeh and Lee respectively hail from Ghana and South Korea, but a shared theme emerges in their distorted realism. The works in Portals subtly critique our own complacency and dare us to dream bigger.
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Threads from Border-landia
Nov. 17–Feb. 18, 2023
Ruiz-Healy Art, 74 East 79th Street #2D, Upper East Side (ruizhealyart.com)
Underwood’s latest exhibition, one of two in the United States right now, explores cross-cultural identity intertwined with creative labor. A recent recipient of the Latinx Artist Fellowship, the artist creates vivacious textiles that translate Indigenous, Chicana, and patriotic motifs into critiques of border imperialism.
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Native Photojournalists Showcase Photo Essays at the National Museum of the American Indian
Russel Albert Daniels, Tailyr Irvine, and Donovan Quintero provide insights into contemporary Native life in this New York City exhibition. Learn more.
CLOSING SOON
Living with The Walking Dead
Jun. 25–Jan. 22, 2023
Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria (movingimage.us)
This exhibition explores the origin, production, and cultural impact of the iconic show, featuring original costumes and props, concept art, storyboards, and, of course, the prosthetic makeup used to transform cast members into spine-chilling zombies.
Landscape and Hierarchies
Sept. 17–Jan. 22, 2023
ArtYard, 13 Front Street, Frenchtown, New Jersey (artyard.org)
This solo exhibition by Alexandre Arrechea, curated by Elsa Mora, features work by one of the founding members of Los Carpinteros, a Cuban collective that grappled with issues of history, memory, and political power.
Grace Nkem: Images Will Talk
Dec. 7–Jan. 23, 2023
Gallery Particulier, 281 Maple Street, Prospect Lefferts Gardens (galleryparticulier.org)
Grace Nkem’s vigorous compositions present a culture in flux. Ancient artifacts and human remains are depicted within European cloisters, hinting at repatriation. Presented in a Flatbush townhouse, Images Will Talk admirably redirects surrealism toward its roots in the Global South.
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