The NEA announced its latest string of grant recipients this week, with $35.6 million earmarked for a range of projects that “demonstrate the vitality of the humanities across our nation” according to Shelly C. Lowe, the endowment’s chairwoman, and “support humanities programs and opportunities for underserved students and communities.”
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New York – Abraham Cruzvillegas: “Little Song” at Kurimanzutto Through June 16th, 2023
May 26th, 2023
Abraham Cruzvillegas, Little Song (Installation View), via Kurimanzutto
On view at Kurimanzutto’s New York exhibition space this month, artist Abraham Cruzvillegas brings forth his second solo project in the city with a new body of sculptural pieces created in his studio in Mexico City in the last year. The show, which takes over the gallery’s larger exhibition space in the city, integrations the artist’s signature approach and trademark color motifs, paying tribute to the work of Brazilian post-war art while engaging with the aritst’s own iterative exploration of historical and material interests. Read More »
New York – Trevor Paglen: “You’ve Just Been F*cked by PSYOPS” at Pace Gallery Through July 22nd, 2023
May 25th, 2023
Trevor Paglen, Because Physical Wounds Heal… (2022), via all images Pace
On view from May 12 to July 22 in New York, artist Trevor Paglen opens his first solo presentation with Pace in New York with a selection of new photography, sculpture, video, and other work, in a thematic presentation that examines the enduring effects of military and CIA influence operations on American culture. The show serves as the conceptual nucleus of a multifaceted project by the artist that also includes a Web3 project, set to be released by Art Blocks x Pace Verso on April 5, and related “speculative reality work” launching this spring. Read More »
New York – Chris Burden: “Cross Communication” at Gagosian Through June 24th, 2023
May 24th, 2023
Chris Burden, Cross Communication (Installation View), all images via Gagosian
Exploring artist Chris Burden’s early work as a pioneer of both multi-media engagements with technology, and their interlocking investigations of performance and the presence of the body within the media network, Gagosian is currently presenting Cross Communication, an exhibition of relics, films, and video works by the artist, plus other materials that document his early performances. Read More »
New York – Dustin Yellin: “Cave Painting” at Venus Over Manhattan Through June 3rd, 2023
May 23rd, 2023
Dustin Yellin, Beneath the Wheel (2023), via Venus Over Manhattan
On this month in New York, artist Dustin Yellin presents a solo exhibition of new work at Venus Over Manhattan, exploring the imagery and structures of the natural world in relation to interconnected narratives around technological landscapes, human perception, and systemic modes of meaning-making and understanding. Comprising a series of new paintings, Cave Painting represents an important shift to painting for the artist whose practice in recent years has focused most notably on sculpture. Read More »
Los Angeles – Guan Xiao: ”From Leaves to Shields” at David Kordansky Through June 16th, 2023
May 22nd, 2023
Guan Xiao, FEET, V7V bow (2023), all images via David Kordansky
This month in Los Angeles, artist Guan Xiao presents a body of works at the David Kordansky space that trace the lineages and connections between disparate imagery and iconography sourced from the digital realm. Emphasizing hybrid narratives, expressive approaches and an expanded sense of possibility for art-making in the contemporary era, the show is a striking look at the possibilities for making as we move deeper into the 21st Century. Read More »
AO On-Site – NADA New York at 548 W 22nd St, May 19th – 21, 2023
May 19th, 2023
Kambel Smith at Shrine, all images via Art Observed
This weekend marks a return of the New Art Dealers Alliance art fair to New York City, a longtime staple of the New York art fair calendar, and an event known for its range of exploratory and expressive new work from emerging artists, smaller galleries and new projects. For those looking for new insights and fresh perspectives on contemporary art practice, its hard to ignore the call of the fair, which reprises its role as a central tentpole of a weekend of fairs, even as the city’s string of fairs has split up between several weeks this May. Read More »
AO On-Site – New York: Frieze New York 2023 at The Shed, May 18th – 21st, 2023
May 17th, 2023
Damien Hirst at White Cube, all images via Art Observed
Returning this year to The Shed in New York City’s recently redeveloped Hudson Yards, the 2023 edition of Frieze New York is now open, with a range of shows and projects spread throughout the exhibition space that include ambitious solo projects, surveys of gallery rosters, and focused, historical presentations that underscore the fair’s place as both a site for discovery, and one of the premier selling events of the yearly art world calendar. With a range dealers on hand from New York and around the globe, the fair signals something of a scale-back from the sizable expanses of the versions held at Randalls Island, yet nevertheless presents a dynamic and immersive program.
TONO, A NEW FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO TIME-BASED WORKS, DEBUTS IN MEXICO CITY
May 15th, 2023Diego Vega Solorza, Dorje (2019), via Pablo Astorga
On April 18 in Mexico City, TONO, a new festival dedicated to time-based work, held its inaugural two-week program. Partnering with museums and galleries around the city, TONO presented a range of experimental performance art, video installations, and dance performances by local, regional, and international artists. With each performance filled completely at capacity with a diverse audience including collectors from Mexico City and New York, other curators and artists, and students, the festival laid its foundations as an invaluable space for stimulating dialogues surrounding the relationship between various time-based mediums in the contexts of one another. Read More »
AO On-Site – Independent NY at Spring Studios, May 11th – 14th, 2023
May 12th, 2023
Alina Perez at Deli, all images via Art Observed
Art-lovers descended upon Spring Studios in TriBeca this week for the much anticipated opening of Independent Art Fair, which opened its latest edition in New York the week before Frieze New York’s annual run. The fair has garnered a reputation as a reliable source of fresh talent, and its continued residence at Spring Studios emphasized its staying power and impact amongst a crowded few weeks of events.
New York – Eva Rothschild: “Arms Folded and Unfolded” at 303 Gallery Through May 25th, 2023
May 9th, 2023
Eva Rothschild, Sweet Spot (2023), via 303 Gallery
This month in New York, 303 Gallery presents Arms Folded and Unfolded, its fourth exhibition of new work by artist Eva Rothschild. Continuing and expanding her engagement with three-dimensional forms, spatial investigations and the subtle lines between aesthetic and utilitarian values, the artist’s work here is a striking extension of an already expansive body of work.