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New YorkJuly 6, 2022 • View in browserYour Concise New York Art Guide for July 2022Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including Lee Lozano, Cindy Sherman, Tokuko Ushioda, Anas Albraehe, and more. | Billy Anania IN THE NEWS The Leslie-Lohman Museum receives $3.6M from NYC’s Department of Cultural Affairs to fund a transformative expansion project. The Met Museum is raising its general admission fee to $30. Daniel H. Weiss, the president and CEO of the Met Museum, will step down from his role in 2023. WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEK Clay maquette for “Cutting Through Mountains to Bring in Water” (1958), artist Liu Shiming depicted on the right (image courtesy Godwin-Ternbach Museum) Passages: Sculpture by Liu Shiming This retrospective showcases 62 works from the Chinese sculptor's five-decade career, from his post-Revolution beginnings to Rodin-inspired surrealism. Eva Hesse: Expanded Expansion A new Hesse exhibition leans into the Post-Minimalist sculptor’s flair for the absurd, which she often used to critique traditional formalism. Dr. Charles Smith More than 30 new figurative sculptures comprise his first solo show in New York City, hearkening to his experience exploring the legacies of slavery and sculpture as a remedy to personal trauma. Ajay Kurian: Missing Home The mounted foam core sculptures of Missing Home are cerebral and celestial, merging ancient Indian sculpture techniques with Rorschach test imagery to reveal microcosmic worlds. REVIEWS & HIGHLIGHTS Woomin Kim Quilts the Nomadic Side of Global CapitalismHer works, depicting objects from Korean markets, invite viewers to marvel at what can be achieved with fabric. | John Yau How Jean-Michel Basquiat Rose to Be King of the Art WorldThe art establishment was never quite sure what to do with a self-taught artist like Basquiat, who owed as much to bebop and William S. Burroughs’s cut-up technique as he did to African influences. | Mark Dery Crypto Believers Look for “Utility” at NFT.NYCWith a fresh Ethereum wallet ready to scoop up freebies, I attended the world’s largest conference dedicated to that controversial wart on the Zeitgeist, the “non-fungible token.” | Todd Fine Reuben Kadish’s Enduring Portraits of Human AnguishKadish’s fossil-like heads, forms, and figures remind us that every civilization, including our own, eventually collapses. | Tim Keane Become a member today to support our independent journalism. Become a Member |
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