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Paulina Freifeld’s Exploration of Memory, Identity, and Survival in Peso Del Peligro

February 28, 2025

Marking her first solo exhibition and Concordia Studio’s first exhibition in Mexico City, Paulina Freifeld’s Peso Del Peligro is full of firsts. On view until February 28, 2025, at Mexico City’s Art Week, the exhibition weaves themes of extinction survival, and displacement into a deeply introspective narrative of cultural and environmental memory.

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Hilma’s Ghost Discusses Their Feminist Homage to the Guggenheim’s Legacy

February 25, 2025

The feminist art collective Hilma’s Ghost hosted a unique series of feminist activations paying tribute to the Guggenheim’s iconic architecture and deeply woven foundation.

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Chief Curator Kate Kraczon on Julien Creuzet’s Reimagined French Pavilion at The Bell

February 20, 2025

art recently speaks with Chief Curator Kate Kraczon about French-Caribbean artist Julien Creuzet's upcoming first solo institutional exhibition at The Bell at Brown University.

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Guerrilla Girls Take On Art World Bias in First NYC Show 'Discrimi-NATION' at Hannah Traore Gallery

February 17, 2025

The legendary feminist-activist collective, The Guerrilla Girls, are stirring things up once again through Discrimi-NATION: Guerrilla Girls on Bias, Money, and Art, at Hannah Traore Gallery.

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Nick Cave Corrects Historical Misinterpretations Through Amalgams and Graphts

February 9, 2025

Nick Cave opens the new Jack Shainman Gallery's new location in Tribeca with his solo exhibition, Amalgams and Graphts.

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Revisiting the Psychological Impact of TV on Arab Artists at Abrons Arts Center

January 30, 2025

Screen Memories, a group exhibition at Abrons Arts Center features video works by Yara Asmar (Lebanon), Mona Benyamin (Palestine), and Huda Takriti (Syria), opens on February 14, marking the United States debut for all three artists.

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New York’s Beloved Owl, Flaco is Honored in New Exhibition at the New York Historical

February 2, 2025

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who won the hearts of New Yorkers during his yearlong adventure through Manhattan, is now the focus of a new exhibition at The New York Historical.

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Reginald Sylvester II Looks Toward a Year of Exploration Leading Up to His Exhibition at CANADA, New York

January 14, 2025

Reginald Sylvester II, Courtesy the artist.

The new year marks a major moment for New York-based artist Reginald Sylvester II, who will showcase his latest Semi and Offering paintings alongside the abstract works of the late Denzil Hurley in Beyond the Frame: Abstraction Reconstructed, o...

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A Trailblazer in Cultural Preservation & Collection - Belle da Costa Greene at The Morgan Library & Museum

January 7, 2025

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy at the Morgan Library and Museum celebrates the pioneering life of Belle da Costa Greene, a trailblazing woman of color who reshaped cultural history through her leadership as J.P. Morgan’s first librarian and her enduring contributions to art, literature, and historical preservation.

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Chelsea District Sees New Gallery of Japanese and Asian Contemporary Art

January 3, 2025

New York’s Chelsea district is set to bloom in the new year with the opening of the Gallery of Contemporary Art (GOCA) by Garde - set to be the first in the city to exclusively focus on Japanese and Asian contemporary art.

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