| It’s almost 60 degrees and sunny — about 15 degrees warmer than it probably should be, a somewhat terrifying forecast for the future. But after the brutal winter we’ve endured, why don’t we direct our gaze away from the gift horse’s mouth and toward the verdant pasture it’s grazing on instead? Does that metaphor work? I don’t even care, really — I’m drunk off that hint of spring. And what better way to spend a mostly 50-something-degree week than by hitting some spots on our behemoth of a spring guide? I suggest you start with the Outdoors in the City section, because, speaking from experience, this weather isn’t gonna last. In a very spring-like show of plenty, we’ve got not only the 70-ish exhibitions in our guide to recommend you, but another seven in reviews. Before we’re plunged into freezing temperatures again (and I cannot emphasize this enough, it will happen), why not take a page out of the book of Rudy Burckhardt — a “serious artist who never took himself too seriously,” John Yau writes in his review — and find yourself as a flaneur in the crowd? Head to the Whitney, where Christine Sun Kim will make the air come alive with the previously unperceived associations of everything around you — the linework in physical movement, the music of everyday situations. It’s a long walk up to Gagosian’s Upper East Side location, but trust me, even Midtown’s splendorous during the thaw between frosts. Setsuko’s feline fiefdom is worth it. Make like a cat and find some sunlight, metaphoric or literal, to lounge in. — Lisa Yin Zhang, Associate Editor | | |
|
|
|
| You’re currently a free subscriber to Hyperallergic. To support our independent arts journalism, please consider joining us as a paid member. | | Become a Member |
|
|
|
 | | Your guide to this season’s must-see museum exhibitions and art events in and around New York City. |
|
|
|
SPONSORED |  | | | | Opening April 16, Proscenium — a massive, site-intentional work created in 2000 by light artist Stephen Antonakos — will animate the vast, darkened space of the Neuberger Museum of Art’s Theater Gallery with vibrant, saturated color, glowing light, and calligraphic line. “Visual experience is inner experience,” said Antonakos.
Learn more | Stephen Antonakos, Proscenium (2000) Neon and painted raceways. Overall 20’6” x 189’, Collection Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY. Museum purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Stefan D. Abrams. EL 02.2001.01 (© Stephen Antonakos Studio, LLC, photo © Jim Frank) |
|
|
|
 | | Sylvia Sleigh, Kenneth Tam, Christine Sun Kim, Paul Gardère, and Rudy Burckhardt are ideal for anyone who desires a glimpse into an artist’s personal life and worldview. | Natalie Haddad, Hrag Vartanian, Lisa Yin Zhang, and John Yau |
|
|
|
UPCOMING EVENTS |  | | Join Hrag Vartanian, artist Lee Quiñones, PPOW Gallery Co-Founder Wendy Olsoff, and MCNY Curator Sean Corcoran for a discussion on the evolution of graffiti as an art form and the lasting influence of visionary artist and collector Martin Wong. Monday, March 10, at 7pm in NYC. | | The 2024 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin. Thursday, February 27, from 5 to 6:30pm. |
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Paul Mpagi Sepuya: TRANCE at Bortolami | | “In these photographic fictions, we sometimes feel that we’ve captured that object of desire — but only for an instant, before we realize we’ve fallen victim to Sepuya’s dazzling techniques of mirroring and misdirecting.” |
|
|
|
CLOSING SOON |  | Natalie Haddad | | Etel Adnan: This Beautiful Light at White Cube through Mar 1 | | “How many visitors had been raised, like myself, in the diaspora, surrounded by pictures and stories of a bygone Lebanon, grown-ups mythologizing the landscape so that it seemed eternal to a child, the sun-bleached buildings and Roman ruins radiating an otherworldly light?” |
|
|
|
WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? |  | -
A survey of Amy Sherald, portraitist of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, is coming to the Whitney Museum soon. -
MoMA’s Doc Fortnight Festival is on through Friday, March 7 — here’s what to see. -
A symposium on the late Etel Adnan at various locations starts this Thursday the 27th and ends Sunday March 1st. [poetryproject.org] -
Three orgs are partnering to host a night of poetry, performance, and music honoring the life of poet Nikki Giovanni. (Fri Feb 28) [eventbrite.com] -
Anthology Film is screening some of Gordon Matta-Clark’s films. (Sat Mar 1–Sun Mar 2) [anthologyfilmarchives.org] -
Vintage, designer, and handmade things will be for sale an estate sale in Williamsburg. (Sat Mar 1–Sun Mar 2) [eventbrite.com] -
There’ll be a party (and Oscars watch party) for mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. (Sun Mar 2) [secure.actblue.com]
|
|
|
|
| You’re currently a free subscriber to Hyperallergic. To support our independent arts journalism, please consider joining us as a paid member. | | Become a Member |
|
|
|
This email was sent to newsletter@newslettercollector.com
|
|
|
|
|
