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March 9, 2022 • View in browser

“Women’s Work” as an Aesthetic Provocation

While I cheered at the idea that a largely forgotten woman Dadaist was finally getting her due, I couldn’t help but wonder why the art world’s recognition of Sophie Taeuber-Arp has been so spotty. | Ela Bittencourt

The New Bend Nods to Gee’s Bend but Strays From Quilting

I was left wondering whether more of a connection could be made between some of the artists and artworks and the artists of Gee’s Bend. | Daria Simone Harper 

Jenny Dubnau Captures a Momentary Encounter

With her portraits, Jenny Dubnau seems to be drawn to that psychologically charged instant of the momentary encounter. | John Yau

Bits and Pieces of Our Mortality

The images in Vik Muniz’s exhibition Scraps tempts that implicit human tendency to fill in the blanks, complete that which is partial, fragmentary. | Seph Rodney

Rashaad Newsome’s Riveting Artistic Universe Continues to Expand

Using projections, artworks, spoken word, music, and dance, Newsome continues to push the boundaries of his artistic vision. | Hrag Vartanian

A “Boobs-Eye View” and Other Perspectives on the Body

In Danica Lundy’s paintings it seems that I can see two places at once, inside and outside my body. | John Yau

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CLOSING SOON

David Diao: Berlin Chair in Pieces
Postmasters through March 12

Labyrinth of Forms: Women and Abstraction, 1930-1950
Whitney Museum of American Art through March 13

Elmer Bischoff/Tom Burckhardt: A Dialogue
George Adams Gallery through March 19