New York
November 16, 2022 Kyung-Me’s disciplined focus on minute details is inseparable from a vast grotto of feelings that she has channeled and kept in check. | John Yau Kyung-Me: Sister
Oct. 29–Dec. 22
Bureau gallery, 178 Norfolk Street, Lower East Side (bureau-inc.com) SPONSORED Acclaimed choreographer Emanuel Gat comes to BAM with an ecstatic new work set to the music of British duo, Tears For Fears. This exuberant ode to the ’80s includes favorites like “Shout” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” Learn more ON VIEW IN MUSEUMS Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces
Oct. 9–Feb.18, 2023
MoMA, 11 West 53rd Street, Midtown West (moma.org) In 1974, Linda Goode Bryant founded Just Above Midtown (JAM), an alternative art space devoted to centering diverse work by Black artists and artists of color. The influential gallery and the now-iconic artists it supported — among them David Hammons and Lorraine O’Grady — are the subjects of this exhibition. Chris Schanck: Off-World
Feb. 12–Jan. 8, 2023
Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, Upper West Side (madmuseum.org) Ornate furniture fit for extraterrestrials or mythological creatures is on view at the Detroit-based designer’s first New York solo show. Pieces produced using his “Alufoil” process, in which steel and foam insulation are burnished with aluminum foil covered with resin, can be found alongside examples made from cast bronze or found objects. Domesticanx
Oct. 27–Mar. 26, 2023
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, East Harlem (elmuseo.org) Drawing on the concept of “domesticana” coined by artist, scholar, and critic Amalia Mesa-Bains, Domesticanx considers Mesa-Bains’s Chicana and feminist theory, and Latinx intersectionality, through the private sphere. The intergenerational show features artists who focus on healing, spirituality, and home, while refuting one-dimensional categories. See the full list of recommended shows in our Fall 2022 New York Art Guide. SPONSORED Edelheit, whose painting “Tattooed Lady” is featured in the exhibition New York: 1962–1964, will discuss her life, work, and artistic vision at this in-person event in NYC. Learn more. CLOSING SOON Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN
Sept. 16–Dec. 3
Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley, Tribeca (artistsspace.org) Siblings mulowayi and mapenzi nonó identify as one artist in their immersive world-building project, Las Nietas de Nonó. Across the ground floor of Artists Space, the artist’s first solo exhibition gathers elements of performance, video, and mixed media into a journey of radical possibility. Several dreamlike “scenarios” occur in rapid succession across the gallery, guiding visitors through biodegradable installations and surreal workspaces. In this way, Nonó cleverly implicates us all as actors in this history. maud cotter: a consequence of ~
Jun. 2–Dec. 4
Irish Arts Center, 726 Eleventh Avenue, Hell’s Kitchen (irishartscenter.org) The second exhibition in the Irish Arts Center’s new space presents work from 2015 to today by sculptor and landscape artist Maud Cotter. Inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins’s sonnet “Pied Beauty,” this body of sculpture evinces a sense of play and open-ended curiosity about nature’s material logic. SPONSORED Russel Albert Daniels, Tailyr Irvine, and Donovan Quintero provide insights into contemporary Native life in this New York City exhibition. Learn more. MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC To photographer Janice Chung, the neighborhood of Flushing in Queens, New York, is an unmatched, irreplaceable epicenter, both symbolically and in reality. | Diana Seo Hyung Lee The three medallions by James “Yaya” Hough, who served 27 years in prison upon being handed a life sentence as a minor, are now on display in Battery Park City. | Jasmine Liu Become a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a Member | 