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The article discusses the use of billboards as a medium for activism by the group For Freedoms, founded by artist Hank Willis Thomas. The group aims to drive civic engagement through art, addressing issues like racism, misogyny, violence, and free speech. By commissioning artists to create billboards, For Freedoms hopes to provoke questions and spark conversations among viewers. The group has faced criticism for its abstract approach and lack of urgency in addressing pressing issues, but continues to use billboards as a tool for promoting civic engagement and raising awareness. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on Marc Kokopeli's exhibition, running through March 5, 2025 at Reena Spaulings in Manhattan.

The article focuses on the exhibition of works by Julius Eastman and Glenn Ligon, running through March 22, 2025 at 52 Walker in Manhattan.

The article focuses on the exhibition of Flint Jamison's work, running through March 8, 2025 at Magda Abakanowicz Gallery in Manhattan.

The article focuses on the resurgence of Christian symbolism and spiritual exploration among young artists in New York City's avant-garde cultural scene, who are incorporating religious themes into their work using modern technologies and exhibiting in unconventional spaces like Blade Study.

The article focuses on the growing number of subscription-based, web-powered coaching and marketing programs providing career counseling to artists and helping them workshop their statements of purpose and grant applications. Cited are the growing number of midcareer artists looking for peers beyond art schools and yearning to profit from their work, the reputation of the self-help genre in selling unrealistic promises, and the difference of these groups from traditional art education.

The article presents the discussion on Brian Oakes' solo exhibition, which creatively tackles themes of determinism and randomness through circuit-bending sculptures and robotic installations. Topics include the use of algorithms and sensors in art, the interplay between digital and analog randomness; and the representation of natural forms and processes in Oakes' detailed sculptural pieces.

The article presents the discussion on Anna Rubin's video works, which feature a homing pigeon equipped with a camera capturing a dynamic aerial view of New York City and a thrift store's shelves. Topics include Rubin's nod to Structuralist filmmaking and the historical use of small cameras, the contrast between traditional and contemporary image-making techniques; and the artistic exploration of obsolescence and alternative perspectives in video art.

The article presents the discussion on Win McCarthy's installation at the Francis Irv Gallery, which features a meticulously arranged display of bedding, building materials, and takeout containers, evoking a miniature urban block.

The article focuses on the Greene Naftali gallery's exhibition of eight works by Harun Farocki, showcasing his lifelong exploration of how images reveal underlying ideologies.

The article focuses on how the exhibition "Francese Tosquelles: Avant-Garde Psychiatry and the Birth of Art Brut" at the American Folk Art Museum highlights the influential work of psychiatrist Francese Tosquelles, who challenged traditional boundaries between illness.

The article reviews an exhibition, Malcolm Morley, at Petzel Gallery, from now through August 2, exploring the evolution of the British-born painter's career from photorealistic works of the 1960s to dynamic sports scenes of the 2000s.

The article reviews an exhibition, "Material World" at Marianne Boesky Gallery, from now through July 26, 2024, featuring works by various artists that explore the tension between superficial appearances and underlying realities through innovative art forms.

The article reviews the exhibition Tabula Rasa at Paula Cooper Gallery, which, through July 26, showcases 23 contemporary artists exploring photography as a conceptual method, featuring works that reference and reinterpret historical images and techniques.

The article reviews the exhibition "Swagger and Tenderness: The South Bronx Portraits by John Ahearn & Rigoberto Torres" at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York until April 30, 2023.

The article reviews the exhibition "Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing" at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan, New York City through August 11 which features a piece by Navajo artist Demian DinéYazhi, installation by the Los Angeles artist P. Staff, and sculpture by Carolyn Lazard.

The article reviews the video exhibition of multimedia artist Paul Pfeiffer at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) in California until June 16, 2024.

The article focuses on the first career survey of net artist Auriea Harvey at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, which explores themes of mortality, survival, and the evolving relationship between humans and technology through her innovative digital art.

The article focuses on "Art at Work," a group show that goes beyond traditional waste management conversations by showcasing artists who have been in residence at sanitation departments across different cities, highlighting their transformative interpretations of societal waste into art.

The article focuses on Carlos Martiel's provocative art exhibition at El Museo del Barrio, featuring powerful works that confront issues of immigration, racism, and bodily suffering, particularly emphasizing the experiences of undocumented immigrants through visceral and unsettling imagery.

The article focuses on installations by the Georgian artist Tolia Astakhishvili at SculptureCenter, which evoke half-remembered ruins and create a plausible yet improbable space filled with towers, boxes, and walls, adorned with delicate clusters of objects and sound works.

The article focuses on Liz Magic Laser, an artist and curator in New York, whose exhibition at Luxembourg + Co. features performances that blur the boundaries between audience and performer, exploring the social norms of events like TED talks and psychoanalysis.

The article focuses on Luigi Zuccheri's exhibition, showcasing his evolution from a conventional modernist to a painter depicting distorted pastoral scenes with hierarchical scale, highlighting topics such as dramatic irony in size portrayal and muddy matter-of-factness in surreal inventions.

The article focuses on Christopher Baliwas's exhibition "Skin 2 Skin," featuring recent wall works resembling Frank Stella's style with brown packing tape overlapped on acrylic panels, highlighting material pleasure and fragmented images from bootleg transfer process involving album covers.

The article focuses on the late Marian Zazeela, a central figure of the New York avant-garde, and her abstract calligraphy, with topics including her collaboration with minimalist composer La Monte Young and the evolution of her technique from casual flair to saturated precision.

The article focuses on Joseph J. Greer's exhibition, highlighting his six wall-mounted, laser-cut steel sculptures that mimic the structure of microchips but evolve into steampunk Swiss army knives, exploring the artist's formal variations within these compositions.

The article reviews the exhibition "Are You Down?" at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, U.S., showcases the work of artist Michael Richards, powerful and prescient sculptures and drawings.

The article discusses highlights of the World's Unfair, a public art project of a group of Indigenous artists called New Red Order, which takes place in Long Island City, Queens, New York through October 15, 2023.

The article focuses on the unique art installation "Chocolate Room" by Ed Ruscha, which is being displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and is made entirely of chocolate, showcasing Ruscha's unconventional approach to art materials, humor, and conceptual art.

The article focuses on the field of land art, exploring how it has evolved beyond traditional perceptions and stereotypes, with a focus on modern projects by artists like Marguerite Humeau, who created "Orisons" in Colorado, and how land art is becoming more diverse, inclusive, and interconnected, with artists working within city limits and aiming to connect people with the land in various ways.

The article focuses on artist Simon Denny's exhibitions in Manhattan, exploring the sociopolitical fallout of the technology industry's fascination with medieval lore and its influence on contemporary culture, as seen through sculptures, installations, and videos.

The article reviews the exhibition "Eight Paintings Proving Angels Are Really Watching Over Us" by Robert Roest at Europa in Manhattan, running through February 25, 2024.

The article reviews the exhibition "AARON" at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan on May 19.

The article reviews the exhibition "Wasted" at the Laurel Gitlen Gallery in Manhattan on February 24th, 2024.

The article reviews the exhibition "John Knight" at the Greene Naftali Gallery in Manhattan from now through March 2, 2024.

The article reviews the exhibition "Thomas Hirschhorn: Fake It, Fake It--Till You Fake it" through March 2, 2024 at Gladstone Gallery in Manhattan, New York City.

The article focuses on the White Columns Annual in 2024, curated by Randy Kennedy, featuring a diverse selection of artworks from various periods, notably emphasizing outsider art, particularly abstract paintings and assemblages.

The article focuses on an exhibition at Poster House in Manhattan showcasing environmental posters that span decades, illustrating the evolving strategies of the environmental movement in conveying urgent messages about climate change and the need for environmental conservation.

The article focuses on artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, a prominent figure in the "relational aesthetics" movement, known for interactive installations and performances, particularly highlighting his influential piece "untitled 1990 (pad Thai)," where he cooked and served noodles, embodying the principles of relational art that emerged in the early 1990s.

The article reviews the exhibition "The Trey Abdella" at the Vito Schnabel in New York City from January 13, 2024.

The article focuses on Nancy Holt's exhibition at Dunkunsthalle, showcasing her well-known work "Sun Tunnels" and "East Coast/West Coast," a video collaboration with her husband Robert Smithson.