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Can we still say happy new year? Either way, 2021 has sure started off with a bang (or a raging, insurrectionist thud). Luckily, we’ve rounded up plenty of exhibitions and films worth checking out to soothe the spirits and offer some ample distraction from the news cycle.

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Your NYC Art Guide for January

Emily Mason, “Untitled (‘Vermont’)” (© Artist Rights Society, image courtesy the Emily Mason and Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation and Miles McEnery Gallery)

New year, new energy, right? Regardless of how many resolutions you’ve managed to stick to, finding more ways to immerse yourself in art is always a worthy goal.

This month, we’re highlighting several more exhibitions in NYC, many of which are available online or by appointment.

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An Expansive View of Asian Identity at the Asia Society Triennial

Though it occasionally stumbles, the first iteration of We Do Not Dream Alone signals a promising commitment to prolonged investment in art from the Asian diaspora in New York.

Lisa Yin Zhang

With a Room of Her Own, Emily Mason’s Ethereal Abstractions Bloomed

Mason’s expansive Chelsea studio became her tuning fork — the barometer she used to check that colors and shapes were humming at the right frequency.

Karen Chernick

A Tribute to the Filmmaker Sam Pollard

A Chronicler of Black Life, From Civil Rights to Post-Katrina New Orleans

Film at Lincoln Center is presenting works by editor, producer, director, and professor Sam Pollard.

Dan Schindel | January 15-22

Now on View

Danny Lyon’s Visions of a New York That No Longer Exists

Shot in 1967, Lyon’s photographs offer a more nuanced and human perspective of the destruction of the old lower Manhattan, one that is often paved over by history books.

Hannah Feniak | through January 17

The Swirling, Sensual Dystopias of TARWUK

At Martos Gallery, the collaborative duo imparts the solace of companionship among the cracks and crags of their mythical wasteland.

Billy Anania | through January 23

What's Happening?

The National Civil Rights Museum, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the Smithsonian, and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker have joined the widespread condemnations of the mob attack on the United States Capitol.
A Confederate flag was discovered tied to the entrance of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan on the morning of January 8.

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