The Sao Paulo Bienal has announced its first round of projects, focused around a range of solo shows opening months before the main exhibition.  Projects include a show of work by Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Clara Ianni, Deana Lawson, and a never-before-realized Hélio Oiticica performance to be staged at the opening of the main group show.
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Art News profiles recent work by LaToya Ruby Frazier documenting the closure of a GM plant in Ohio and the resulting protests. “When I saw the news, I was moved because I understood the calamity that this was going to create,” she says. “I knew they were going to reduce these workers to statistics based on shares and stocks, and no one was going to pay attention to their livelihood.”
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The Dia Art Foundation will offer free admission across all New York City sites starting in September 2020. “Our inaugural season will take full advantage of our revitalized and light-filled exhibition spaces at Dia:Chelsea,” says director Jessica Morgan. “It will also reflect the evolution of our program, which today embraces a broader stable of artists and perspectives while still exploring the formal pillars central to artists working at the time of Dia’s establishment.”
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