Lisa Wong Macabasco

2 weeks ago | vogue.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

As the city prepares for the art world to descend around a burst of art fairs next month, New York is abloom with new gallery and museum shows. Here are six under-the-radar highlights from the many presentations on view right now—as well as three shows we’re looking forward to. Lotus Kang, “Already,” at 52 WalkerCourtesy 52 Walker, New York“Already” (through June 7) is the absorbing first solo presentation at 52 Walker of Canadian-born, New York–based artist Lotus L. Kang.

4 weeks ago | vogue.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

If you know one thing about Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year festival celebrated each year from April 13 to 15, it’s likely the water fights. (They even made an appearance in season three of The White Lotus.) Marking the start of the solar calendar, it’s known for its anything-goes water festivities: Participants armed with water guns, buckets, and hoses splash each other in a symbolic cleansing of sins and washing away of misfortunes that allow a fresh start in the new year.

1 month ago | vogue.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

There’s an ick about chinoiserie. A palpable unease gurgles beneath the veneer of politesse and delicate refinement on display in “Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie,” The Met’s new show featuring the decorative style popularized in the 17th and 18th centuries. And that’s very much by design.

1 month ago | vogue.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

In The Ballad of Wallis Island, directed by James Griffiths, a wealthy superfan arranges a reunion of his favorite late-aughts indie-folk duo for a private concert on the remote island where he lives. But getting the band, a long-estranged former couple, back together begins to dredge up old tensions, leaving them to grapple with whether the past can—or indeed should—stay in the past.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Lisa Wong Macabasco

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