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Art Militant: Family Matriarchs, Fiber, and Afro-Caribbean Identity in Destyni Swoope’s Work

April 22, 2025

Ahead of two major shows, Destyni Swoope shares how she honors Afro-Caribbean roots, family matriarchs, and unity through vibrant, fiber-infused multimedia homescapes.

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A New Chapter For Peter Harrington Brings Rare Book Legacy to New York

April 22, 2025

Peter Harrington, a London-based rare book dealer, opens its first U.S. gallery in New York City, coinciding with the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.

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Art Militant: Nicholas Bailey Uses Photography as a Means of Resilience

April 17, 2025

Photographer Nicholas Bailey merges his corporate expertise with creative expression through his ongoing photography project Black Magic, a visual celebration of Black identity, culture, and everyday joy.

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CJ Hendry’s Balloon-Free Tribute to Jeff Koons in New Exhibition

April 10, 2025

In Keff Joons, CJ Hendry playfully reimagines Jeff Koons’s balloon sculptures—without using a single balloon—inviting visitors into a playful interaction.

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Art Militant: Ryan Clarke's Exploration of Music, Culture, and Earth’s Passage of Time in the Black Community

April 7, 2025

Ryan Clarke's "Living Equipment" brings together a series of conversations, listening sessions, and performances devoted to the radical resonances of Black electronic music. Presented with Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought.

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Art Militant: Seeing The Black Woman Through Arielle Gray’s Subjects

April 1, 2025

Arielle Gray’s work tells the story of emotion, isolation and the mere existence of a Black Woman through portraiture photography with no interest in creating a monolithic meaning behind herself and subjects.

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Feminist Elina Chauvet's Red Thread Weaves Reflections on Domestic Labor and Violence

March 28, 2025

Chauvet’s exhibit challenges patriarchal narratives, using red thread on textiles to critique societal pressures on women in a pop up exhibition by MAD54 and Galería 1204.

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Art Militant: An Interview w. Annu Yadav on Modern Esotericism

March 26, 2025

Annu Yadav, The Encounter / Bridled, Courtesy of the artist

At first glance, one might perceive the work of painter and designer Annu Yadav as if you’re in a ‘fever dream’ but it's quite the contrary. Her vivid elaborate, large scale paintings that often include beings wedged between alt...

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In the Studio with Gisela McDaniel On Her Practice “Talking Story” and Research

March 25, 2025

art currently visits McDaniel’s studio in Brooklyn, and discuss the extensive research that goes behind her studies on healing and reclamation through audio, space, and consensual artifacts as seen in her portraiture paintings.

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Art Militant: An Interview w. Jeffrey Melo "A Painter's Life"

March 18, 2025

As part of a new column “Art Militant” led by cultural producer Murphy Phi, he writes on New York based artist Jeffrey Melo as he shows new works in group show “Carved In Cover, Bound By Love” at Tanya Weddimere Gallery.

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