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2 weeks ago | 
hyperallergic.com | Natalie Haddad |John Yau |Taliesin Thomas |Monica Uszerowicz
At a moment when it’s crucial to connect the dots of history to see how we can change the future for the better, it’s heartening to know that artists are doing the work. Through linguistic systems and pop cultural references, Renée Green and Jim Shaw uncover the ways that United States history is manipulated to veil systemic and government abuses. Meanwhile, a show at Brooklyn’s Amant looks at the failings and potential of education in the US.
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3 weeks ago | 
hyperallergic.com | Taliesin Thomas
Welcome the sweetest season with Emily Pettigrew’s moody paintings, Native artists on time and memory, Renée Green’s shuffled words, Black history in the Hudson Valley, and more.
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3 weeks ago | 
chronogram.com | Brian Mahoney |Taliesin Thomas
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Arrival Art Fair
Tourists Hotel, North Adams, MA June 13-15 | VIP Preview June 12 If Frieze Week makes you want to run for the hills, good news: Arrival is already there.
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2 months ago | 
hyperallergic.com | Taliesin Thomas
Paddy Cohn’s cloud-gazing, Cathy Wysocki’s unforgettable remembrance, an autobiographical group show, and much more.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
chronogram.com | Brian Mahoney |Taliesin Thomas
From intimate sculptures to immersive installations, the Hudson Valley’s art scene is brimming with talent this February. Linda Grigg's meditative paintings at Front Room Gallery dive into the tension between nostalgia and loss, while Scott Kilgour's sunflower-filled show at Green Kill radiates pure, joyful energy. If you're in the mood for something more contemplative, Bard's Hessel Museum unveils "The Search for Power," a collaborative look at Lebanon’s fraught relationship with electricity.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
hyperallergic.com | Taliesin Thomas
The exhibition-as-memoir of Linda Griggs, a group show as history lesson, Odili Donald Odita’s vibrant abstractions, and more.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
chronogram.com | Taliesin Thomas
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When I was in my early twenties, my older brother had a girlfriend from Sardinia. She was an actress living in New York, a captivating character and a robust dose of gorgeous Italian-ness, someone I would never forget.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
hyperallergic.com | Taliesin Thomas
We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. Dear January — you again, with your wintery beauty and frosty days! Happy New Year and post-holiday hangover month for all. In tandem with the season of reflection and repose, the ever-inviting Goddess of Art beckons us to the creative hearth as diverse exhibitions crackle around Upstate New York.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
hyperallergic.com | Taliesin Thomas
Support Hyperallergic’s independent arts journalism for as little as $8 per month. Become a Member As we close out another year, December hails as the month of holy celebrations, reflection, and acts of gifting. Frankly speaking, this year calls to mind the maudlin tone of Elvis Presley’s famed ballad “Blue Christmas” (1957) as we aspire to rejoice amid the approaching reality of the January inauguration and a bitter winter.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
chronogram.com | Taliesin Thomas
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Let's be real: It smells like political-dump-farts everywhere. And lately I am hearing voices in my head who harken back to my high school social studies class and the kindhearted dude who taught it.
