New York March 22, 2023 A new exhibition at New York’s Poster House explores the civil rights militant group’s ingenious branding strategies. | Taylor Michael Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party Mar. 2–Sept. 10, 2023 Poster House, 119 W. 23rd Street, Chelsea, Manhattan (posterhouse.org) SPONSORED Amber Hawk Swanson films The Harmony Show — a talk show about personhood, race, queerness, disability, and community — live in the gallery with collaborators Davecat and Sidore Kuroneko. On view in Purchase, NY, March 29–April 2. Learn more. FROM OUR CRITICS She has taken clay and used it to recall its ancestral roots in Pueblo culture and address the present history of postcolonial recovery and ongoing trauma. | John Yau Rose B. Simpson: Road Less Traveled Feb. 23–Apr. 8, 2023 Jack Shainman Gallery, 513 West 20th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan (jackshainman.com) SPONSORED Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school’s graduating students. MFA and BFA work on view this spring in Brooklyn, New York. Learn more. Through artworks that encourage viewers to explore varied vantages, Kamiya conveys her accrued wisdom and experiences without the weight of their pain. | Vittoria Benzine Kahori Kamiya: Long Eclipse Mar. 2–26, 2023 Amos Eno Gallery, 56 Bogart Street, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn (amoseno.org) If Thomas Nast, who is considered the “Father of the American Cartoon,” has an heir, it is Gibson, who goes one step further and elevates caricature and commentary into art. | John Yau Mark Thomas Gibson: WHIRLYGIG! Feb. 3–Mar. 11, 2023 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 530 W 22nd St, Chelsea, Manhattan (sikkemajenkinsco.com) SPONSORED The 42nd edition of the fair showcases contemporary, modern, and 19th century images from 44 photography galleries. Open March 31 through April 2. Learn more. UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Sebastián Hidalgo: Encounters with Neptune Mar. 23–Apr. 22, 2023 Fortnight Institute, 21 East 3rd Street, Bowery (fortnight.institute) Artist Sebastián Hidalgo’s work is difficult to classify. He has made elegant paintings on linen and soft, dreamlike portraits on craggy fragments of marble; immaculate figurations and mouthwatering abstractions. But all his visual worlds share an ineffable magnetism that makes us want to keep looking. The works in Encounters with Neptune are inspired by the two seemingly contradictory concepts of chaos and the structure of mandalas and the tension between them. Austin Lee: Double Rendering Mar. 25–Apr. 9, 2023 Wallach Art Gallery, 615 West 129th Street, Upper West Side (wallach.columbia.edu) Austin Lee continues his exploration of digital graphic aesthetics by means of manual techniques through gawky MS Paint-esque characters and simplistic imagery with exaggerated textures and surfaces reminiscent of early computer animation. Lee’s new exhibition highlights the multiple stages of his full-circle process: creating and manipulating models through virtual reality, translating them into physical airbrushed paintings, realizing them dimensionally with a 3D printer, and simultaneously breathing life into them while sending them back to the digital realm through animated videos using motion capture technology. Sarah Sze: Timelapse Mar. 31–Sept. 10, 2023 Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side (guggenheim.org) Medium-bending assemblage artist Sarah Sze brings a distinctly contemplative spirit to an exhibition designed specifically for the museum’s structure. Considering how visitors might move through space, Sze pieces together a sensory installation, livestream projection of the moon, images on the building’s exterior, and interventions into the rotunda itself to encourage reflection on our relationship to time and memory. Be sure to check out our full list of ongoing and upcoming exhibitions in our Spring 2023 New York Art Guide! SPONSORED From March 22 to 26, over 70 local, national, and international galleries present extraordinary art at accessible prices. Learn more. MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC The recently unveiled design is meant to live alongside the iconic original and specifically address the city, but New Yorkers are not happy. | Taylor Michael A report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists revealed hundreds of works once owned by people accused of or convicted of antiquities crimes. | Rhea Nayyar Dan Rossi, a disabled veteran, says poor city oversight has created too much competition among food vendors along the Fifth Avenue stretch. | Elaine Velie Become a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a Member |