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Your Concise New York Art Guide for July 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including Lee Lozano, Cindy Sherman, Tokuko Ushioda, Anas Albraehe, and more. | Billy Anania
IN THE NEWS
The Leslie-Lohman Museum receives $3.6M from NYC’s Department of Cultural Affairs to fund a transformative expansion project.
The Met Museum is raising its general admission fee to $30.
Daniel H. Weiss, the president and CEO of the Met Museum, will step down from his role in 2023.
WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEK
Clay maquette for “Cutting Through Mountains to Bring in Water” (1958), artist Liu Shiming depicted on the right (image courtesy Godwin-Ternbach Museum)
Passages: Sculpture by Liu Shiming
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, opening July 6
This retrospective showcases 62 works from the Chinese sculptor's five-decade career, from his post-Revolution beginnings to Rodin-inspired surrealism.
Eva Hesse: Expanded Expansion
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, opening July 8
A new Hesse exhibition leans into the Post-Minimalist sculptor’s flair for the absurd, which she often used to critique traditional formalism.
Dr. Charles Smith
White Columns, opening July 8
More than 30 new figurative sculptures comprise his first solo show in New York City, hearkening to his experience exploring the legacies of slavery and sculpture as a remedy to personal trauma.
Ajay Kurian: Missing Home
47 Canal through July 9
The mounted foam core sculptures of Missing Home are cerebral and celestial, merging ancient Indian sculpture techniques with Rorschach test imagery to reveal microcosmic worlds.
REVIEWS & HIGHLIGHTS
Woomin Kim Quilts the Nomadic Side of Global Capitalism
Her works, depicting objects from Korean markets, invite viewers to marvel at what can be achieved with fabric. | John Yau
How Jean-Michel Basquiat Rose to Be King of the Art World
The art establishment was never quite sure what to do with a self-taught artist like Basquiat, who owed as much to bebop and William S. Burroughs’s cut-up technique as he did to African influences. | Mark Dery
Crypto Believers Look for “Utility” at NFT.NYC
With a fresh Ethereum wallet ready to scoop up freebies, I attended the world’s largest conference dedicated to that controversial wart on the Zeitgeist, the “non-fungible token.” | Todd Fine
Reuben Kadish’s Enduring Portraits of Human Anguish
Kadish’s fossil-like heads, forms, and figures remind us that every civilization, including our own, eventually collapses. | Tim Keane
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CLOSING SOON
Installation view of From Confucius to Christ at Yeh Art Gallery (image courtesy Yeh Art Gallery)
Kate Casanova: Gut Feeling
Yi Gallery through July 9
Baseera Khan: I Am an Archive
Brooklyn Museum through July 10
From Confucius to Christ
Yeh Art Gallery through July 14
Stacey Davidson: Boatload
FiveMyles through July 17
ON VIEW IN MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
Zulu Padilla: Everything Is Migrating
The Compound Cowork through July 23
Woomin Kim: The Shijang Project
Susan Inglett Gallery through July 29
From Student to Master: Tokuko Ushioda and Her Teachers
Alison Bradley Projects through July 29
Lee Lozano: All Verbs & Cindy Sherman 1977–1982
Hauser & Wirth through July 29
Ani Liu: Ecologies of Care
Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space through July 30
Between Worlds
Kentler International Drawing Space through July 31
Tuçe Yasak: Light Is Generous
FiveMyles through July 31
