An art space for formerly incarcerated artists just opened in Bed-Stuy.
| An art space for formerly incarcerated artists just opened in Bed-Stuy. Jesse Krimes’s Center for Art and Advocacy occupies the ground floor of an affordable housing complex in the Brooklyn neighborhood. Staff Writer Maya Pontone talked to some of the featured artists at the opening, including Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, who spoke about people’s need to “feel like they’re being seen and being heard.” Amy Sherald and Abraham Lincoln Walker take slightly different approaches toward that same goal of making people feel seen. Sherald’s portrait paintings capture individuals in all of their idiosyncrasies; her solo exhibition opens at the Whitney tomorrow. On the other hand, don’t miss the last couple days of Walker’s exhibition at Andrew Edlin gallery. “Walker was steadfast in coming back to that gaze that is about being recognized,” Seph Rodney writes. With all that gazing going around, let’s turn it back on ourselves: The Encampments (2025), a documentary on Columbia University’s Palestine solidarity protests, is playing at Angelika Film Center through this Thursday. Have a lovely week, New York! — Lisa Yin Zhang, Associate Editor | | |
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| | Founded by formerly incarcerated artist Jesse Krimes, the Center for Art and Advocacy will host exhibitions and programs in a 2,600-square-foot space in Bed-Stuy. | Maya Pontone |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school’s graduating students. MFA and BFA work is on view this spring in Brooklyn, New York. Learn more |
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| | | | | | | | Franz Kafka at the Morgan Library & Museum | | “What could be more Kafkaesque than circling the show, trying to enter his world but never quite managing, just as K, the protagonist in The Castle, never reaches his destination?” |
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| | | | Tatlin: Kyiv at the Ukrainian Museum | | “Tatlin: Kyiv is haunted by what could have been, if history had shaken out differently — and by extension, by the urgency of what could be, depending on how we conduct ourselves right now.” |
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WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? | | | Screening across the city: The Encampments (2025) wrests the college pro-Palestine movement from the grips of media and returns it to the organizers. Our very own Valentina Di Liscia will be moderating a conversation on the question: Can artists survive in New York City? (Wed Apr 9) [henrystreet.org] Florian Idenburg and Sam Alison-Mayne will be in conversation about design and social justice in NYC for At the Parsons Table. (Wed Apr 9) [event.newschool.edu] Beauty writers Tembe Denton-Hurst and Asia Milia Ware will talk nail art at WORD in Brooklyn. (Thurs Apr 10) [withfriends.co] Do you love plovers? (Or do you want to find out what that is?) NYC Plover Project is holding forth at Patagonia in Williamsburg, with free food & drinks. (Thurs Apr 10) [lu.ma]
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