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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
The American artist Kara Walker poses questions about slavery’s history and legacy with a major UK commission. ...
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
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Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
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Saturday, February 27th, 2016

The Somnambulist: Charles Yuen’s Painterly Waking Dreams

On view at Bushwick’s Studio 10 through Sunday

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

The Past is a Foreign Country: On Photos by Peter Hujar and Chris Killip

Two shows chronicle lost worlds, people from the past and the lives they lead.

Martha Diamond, Untitled, 2002. Oil on panel, 12 x 10 inches. Courtesy of Alexandre Gallery
Saturday, February 20th, 2016

An Awesome Pursuit of Variety: Martha Diamond’s Little Pictures

A show of recent paintings was her first at Alexandre Gallery

Friday, February 19th, 2016

Sensing Absent Bodies: Amanda Turner Pohan at FiveMyles

New work by the perfumer and sculptor makes absent bodies sensible through scent, sight, and touch.

Mary Lucier, Color Phantoms with Automatic Writing, 2015. Installation, as seen in "From Minimalism into Algorithm," 2016, at the Kitchen, New York. Courtesy the Kitchen, New York. Photo Jason Mandell
Saturday, February 13th, 2016

In a Distant Temporal Realm: Mary Lucier at the Kitchen

part of “From Minimalism into Algorithm” celebrating 45th anniversary

Sunday, February 7th, 2016

Then and Now: Two Shows by Mark Grotjahn

Two simultaneous shows examine the early and recent work, and his rising status in the market.

Friday, February 5th, 2016

Something Old, Something New: Glitter and Glam at Berry Campbell

A show of paintings playing with the vagaries of imagery and language.

Gio Sumbadze, Soviet period bath building, 2015. Photo-Tex, 36 x 48 inches, Tskaltubo. Courtesy of the artist and Rail Curatorial Projects.
Thursday, February 4th, 2016

“A Sanctuary for Weeds”: Social Ecologies at the Gallery at Industry City

A group show curated by Greg Lindquist gathers an array of artists addressing the environment

Lisa Gwilliam & Ray Sweeten (DataSpaceTime), still from “Oculus 2 (Assumption)”, 2015. 2-channel browser-based grids of animated GIFs, custom code, dimensions variable, duration approximately 8 minutes 30 seconds. Courtesy of the artists
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

The Third Element: DataSpaceTime at Microscope

Information as raw material: duo Lisa Gwilliam and Ray Sweeten on view in Bushwick

Sunday, January 31st, 2016

Secret World: The Art of Martin Wong

The East Village artist, who died in 1999, gets a retrospective at the Bronx Museum of the Arts