Good news last week for the Brooklyn Museum — thanks to City Council funds and a sustained union effort, the museum is no longer moving forward with further layoffs! Maybe it’s a positive omen for the art world, and a sign that we need to get out there and see more art. This week, writers AX Mina and Louis Bury review shows by Young Joon Kwak and Edward Burtynsky, respectively, both of which offer much to think about. Meanwhile, our Associate Editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin looks at artist Chloë Bass’s investigations of identity, and I explore solo shows by two very different artists, Glenn Ligon and Hilma af Klint. The latter, at the Museum of Modern Art, beautifully illuminates the spiritualism behind the artist's botanical drawings. We’ve also got information about events like the Japan Cuts film festival at Japan Society and the Great Goat Graze-Off at Riverside Park. And if you’ve had enough of the city, make sure to check out our list of exhibitions to see in upstate New York, from Gerard Wagner’s metaphysical art at Lightforms Art Center in Hudson to Dana Sherwood’s fantastical paintings and porcelain art at Geary in Millerton — it’s a great excuse to take a trip. — Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor | | |
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 | | Gerard Wagner’s metaphysical landscapes, Michelle Silver’s thundering abstract frenzy, a group exhibition of Chinese women artists, and more. | Taliesin Thomas |
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| |  | | | Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration at the International Center of Photography | | “Burtynsky’s dazzle serves a psychological rather than a moral function. It can provoke in viewers the uncomfortable recognition that harmful ecological realities nonetheless appear beguiling. But it can also occlude the human-scaled implications of those realities.” |
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WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? |  | -
The Brooklyn Museum will not be moving forward with layoffs thanks to $2.5 million in new funds from City Council. -
Poets House is hosting a conversation between artist Lee Mary Manning and poet and collagist Christine Shan Shan Hou. (Tues Jul 8) [instagram.com] -
Poetry is Gay is launching their second annual zine with a party at Francis Kite Club. (Thurs July 10) [partiful.com] -
JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film returns to Japan Society. (Tues Jul 10–Fri Jul 20). (japansociety.org) - The, um, Great Goat Graze-Off — an eating competition between goats — is happening at Riverside Park. (Sat Jul 12) [riversideparknyc.org]
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