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GABRIEL CHAILE: NO HAY NADA QUE DESTRUYA EL CORAZÓN COMO LA POBREZA
This is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. At BAMPFA, Chaile presents newly commissioned work reflecting on the social concerns of his community. Often made in homage to particular individuals—ancestors, family, and friends—Chaile’s sculptures reflect how social issues of the present connect to long histories of anti-colonial resistance.
I AM (FROM) PALESTINE: A VISUAL NARRATIVE OF EVERLASTING STUBBORNNESS
The declaration of war by Israel on October 7th of last year marked the beginning of a new phase within a conflict that has endured for at least 76 years. The Palestinian people have…
RESILIENT CURRENTS: ON COMMUNAL RE-EXISTENCE
Rejecting the limits of colonial systems of knowledge, the exhibition explores the working methodologies employed by the presented artists who acknowledge the urgency of practicing political, social, affective, and spiritual forms of action as part of a network of ethical relationships.
GREEN SNAKE: WOMEN-CENTERED ECOLOGIES
“Green Snake: Women-centered ecologies” focuses on the connections between art and larger themes of ecology in the context of rising temperatures and extreme weather events. Gathering more than 30 artists and collectives from 20 countries, the exhibition presents over 60 works that draw on mythologies and worldviews with women at their heart to explore possibilities for alternative ecological relationships and to imagine other futures.
ADRIÁN BALSECA: ROUTING RUBBER
Canal Projects presents ROUTING RUBBER, an exhibition that showcases Ecuadorian artist Adrián Balseca’s (Quito, b. 1989) research on the plantation rubber industry in the Amazon. Produced on black and white, 16mm film, The Skin…
DO WOMEN STILL HAVE TO WEAR GORILLA MASKS TO BE LISTENED?
This essay specifically focuses on the 1989 poster “Do Women Have to Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum?”—a work that the Guerrilla Girls describe as “the poster that changed it all.” An iconic poster that turns 35 in the spring of 2024, the perfect occasion to commemorate International Women’s Month.
HECTOR DIONICIO MENDOZA: BUSCANDO FUTURO
As an artist, curator, and educator based in the agricultural community of the Salinas Valley in California, Dionicio Mendoza (b.1969, Uruapan, Michoacan, MX) embraces Latinx/e futurism while exploring themes of migration and the environment, spirituality, as well as the geographies of place, memory, identity, and the visualization of immigrant stories that expand upon a new latinidad.
JOHANNA UNZUETA: NATURALIST
In «Naturalist», Johanna Unzueta’s (b. 1974, Santiago, Chile) first solo exhibition at Casey Kaplan, the artist draws from the natural world and the balance between the earth and its living counterparts. In an intimate exploration of her surroundings, Unzueta engages with her Chilean history through its landscape, communities, and labor practices, incorporating organic materials that are indigenous to Latin America.
ICP PRESENTS FIRST NYC CAREER SURVEY OF MURIEL HASBUN
“Tracing Terruño” is the first comprehensive career survey in New York City of multidisciplinary artist, educator, and advocate for Central American culture and history, Muriel Hasbun (b. 1961), curated by Elisabeth Sherman, Senior Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the International Center of Photography (ICP).
AIDS IS A SOCIAL EPIDEMIC! INTERVIEW WITH LILI NASCIMIENTO AND HIURA FERNANDES
On this December 1st, International AIDS Day, Artishock is pleased to once again collaborate with Day With(out) Art 2023, an initiative carried out since 1989 by Visual AIDS, a New York-based non-profit organization convinced…