| We’ve made it to the end of the month! Sure, it’s the shortest of the year, but there’s no need to knock an accomplishment. Something to look forward to: North America is getting its first Leonardo da Vinci museum. It’s a big year for the Renaissance man — first, the Mona Lisa gets her own room at the Louvre, and now the artist gets a whole building in Pueblo, Colorado. And right here in New York, the New Museum’s getting a makeover; its expansion is also slated to open in the fall, and will flex its 60,000-square-foot footprint with an exhibition of 150+ artists. Now that we’re all pumped up, there is some less exciting news. Trump’s budget cuts and DEI crackdowns are making a cratering impact: After canceling a show by African-descended Caribbean and American artists, the Art Museum of the Americas nixes another show exploring sexuality by Trinidad-born Canadian artist Andil Gosine. Oh, and those same funding freezes are threatening Ukrainian Cultural Heritage — this, as the war enters its fourth year. One might turn toward Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad’s piece on a group show in LA responding to the 19th-century “science” of sexuality, which — you guessed it! — pathologized the non-White and -male body. She teases out which forms of creation and reflection feel thoughtful and effective, and which might miss the mark — helpful guidance in dark times. And Nancy Zastudil also takes on bodily marginalization and autonomy in her review of Amaryllis R. Flowers, who practices what she terms a “monstrous empathy.” Finally, don’t miss my perennial faves, Associate Editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin’s twin columns, Required Reading and A View From the Easel. Helen K. Garber’s got a really cute dog that lounges in a puddle of sunlight while she works, and also — I’m not kidding — horses. — Lisa Yin Zhang, Associate Editor | | |
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| | Andil Gosine’s exhibition used visual art to explore connections between the environment, sexuality, and sexual justice. | Isa Farfan |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Featuring Christopher Blay, Laddie John Dill, and Virginia L. Montgomery, the exhibition offers immersive expressions of the convergence of human relationships, technology, the landscape, and imagined futures through a diverse range of media —including sand, foam, neon, and photography. On view March 7–June 8 at Ballroom Marfa.
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FROM OUR CRITICS | | | In her art, Flowers thinks about monster mythology and autonomy as they relate to the all-too-human experience of feeling unwanted and out of place. | Nancy Zastudil |
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| | Scientia Sexualis attempts a decolonial approach to the subjects of gender, sexuality, and representation in relation to the clinical gaze. | Natalie Haddad |
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ALSO ON HYPERALLERGIC | | | “I always have at least two dogs keeping me company while I work.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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| | | This week: Lauren Halsey’s love letter to South Central, James Baldwin’s sartorial revolution, car-free neighborhood design, painterly book covers, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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TRANSITIONS | | Jennifer Armetta was named executive director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Kerry Bickford was appointed associate curator of the Brandywine Museum of Art.
Alexandra Foradas was appointed curator of modern and contemporary art at the Princeton University Art Museum.
Allison Glenn will curate the 2026 Toronto Biennial of Art.
Lubaina Himid will represent the United Kingdom at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Jenna Sutela will represent Finland.
Tiffany Lambert was appointed curator of the department of modern and contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Heather Jones was named curator and director of programs and engagement at the Contemporary Dayton in Ohio.
Catherine Nichols was appointed curator of the 18th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale.
Halona Norton-Westbrook was appointed director of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Martha Rosler is now represented by Galerie Lelong & Co., New York. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | | George Albon, Javier Cardona Otero, and Ebony Noelle Golden are among the 23 winners of 2025 Grants to Artists awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. See the full list here.
The Arts Leadership Praxis program hosted by the Studio Museum in Harlem announced its 2025 cohort: Kendyll Gross, Naiomy Guerrero, Taylor Jasper, Dhyandra Lawson, David Lisbon, Devin Malone, Ade Omotosho, and Antoinette Roberts.
Ayoung Kim won the Guggenheim Museum’s 2025 LG Guggenheim Award.
Danielle McKinney was named the 2025 Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist-in-Residence at the Rose Art Museum.
Michelangelo Pistoletto was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. |
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