New York

November 9, 2022

Welcome to this week’s list of recommended shows to see in New York City! At NMAI, three Native photojournalists highlight aspects of Native life rarely acknowledged in broader US society, while at the New Museum, a show opening this week will feature the work of Theaster Gates.

Visit the full list of recommended shows in NYC this season.

Also this week, Valentina Di Liscia dives further into the disappearance of “Casa Cueva” (whose model is currently on view at the Noguchi Museum), and Jasmine Liu highlights the work of artist duo Lily & Honglei at two Chinatown parks across the city.

NEW EXHIBITIONS 

rod jones ii: this must be the place to be

Encompassing an elaborate braided tapestry, a series of fabric dolls, and multimedia found object sculptures, rod jones’s heterogeneous mixed-media installation references the artist’s mother’s hair salon as a space of liberation.

Cue Art Foundation (cueartfoundation.org)
137 West 25th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan; through Jan. 7, 2023

Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the Field

From the impact of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation to egregious US government regulations to one community’s genesis through tragedy, three Native photojournalists highlight aspects of Native life rarely acknowledged in broader US society. 

National Museum of the American Indian (americanindian.si.edu)
1 Bowling Green, Financial District, Manhattan; through Mar. 12, 2023

OPENING SOON

Theaster Gates: Young Lords and Their Traces

Gates’s first New York museum survey spans two decades of tar paintings, architectural installations, archival collections, and more as he draws upon his background in urban planning to create social sculptures and interdisciplinary performances that reinvest in Black cultural spaces.

New Museum (newmuseum.org)
235 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan; Nov.10–Feb. 5, 2023

Jimmy DeSana: Submission

Queer icon Jimmy DeSana contorted his own body to reveal its true elasticity. His first museum retrospective shows how the East Village-based artist embodied the 1970s No Wave movement, which was often described as “anti-art.” 

Brooklyn Museum (brooklynmuseum.org)
200 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, Brooklyn; Nov. 11–Apr. 16, 2023

Jack Whitten

The artist’s achromatic Greek Alphabet series (1975–78), in which he experimentally dragged “processors” or “developers” — rakes, saws, and combs — over painted canvases laid over strings or wire, marked an important moment in his move away from gestural painting. 

Dia Beacon (diaart.org)
3 Beekman Street, Beacon, New York; Nov. 18–Jul.10, 2023

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CLOSING THIS MONTH 

Tomashi Jackson: SLOW JAMZ

Immersive video collages and more address topics including the legislative history of school desegregation in the US and the experiences of Black, Shinnecock, and Latinx families on Long Island’s East End.

Neuberger Museum of Art (purchase.edu)
735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York, through Nov. 27

Leilah Babirye, Hugh Hayden, Dozie Kanu, Tau Lewis, and Kiyan Williams: Black Atlantic

Site-responsive sculptures along the Brooklyn waterfront explore multivalent visions of Blackness and diasporic identities linked to legacies of the transatlantic slave trade.

Brooklyn Bridge Park (publicartfund.org)
Piers 1, 2, and 3, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn; through Nov. 27

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The Contentious History of a Lost Cave House in Mexico City

The disappearance of “Casa Cueva,” a model of which is on view at the Noguchi Museum, pitted two great artists against each other in one of the most divisive episodes in Mexican contemporary art history. | Valentina Di Liscia

Scan These Artworks and They Will Come to Life

Visitors to two Chinatown parks in New York can scan colorful banners that turn into lively animations about Chinese heritage and immigrant narratives. | Jasmine Liu