Newcity Art

3 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

1 Caroline Kent (Patron) The 2020 Newcity Breakout Artist kicks off another breakout year. Opens April 102 Faheem Majeed: All of the Parts (Document) A solo turn from the Floating Museum co-founder. Opens April 183 Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers (Guggenheim Museum, New York) A mid-career retrospective for the 2004 Newcity Breakout Artist.

2 months ago | art.newcity.com | Vasia Rigou

Grief leaves traces—objects, spaces, and the weight of memory. In her deeply personal solo exhibition, “two hundred and fifty-one days,” Bryana Bibbs transforms the mundane into monuments of loss, navigating the emotional and physical remnants of her grandparents’ last days. The title reflects the time between her grandfather’s passing on December 18, 2023, and her grandmother’s on August 25, 2024—a slow, intimate unraveling of time within their shared home.

2 months ago | art.newcity.com | Emma Riva

When Arvie Smith moved from rural East Texas to South Central Los Angeles, he was the only kid who didn’t know how to roller skate or ride a bike—but he did own a horse named Ball growing up. This transition from the Jim Crow South to the urban center of Los Angeles is the subject of Smith’s new exhibition “Crossing Clear Creek,” opening February 8 at moniquemeloche.

2 months ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

1 A Tale of Today: Materialities (Driehaus Museum) The museum opens its largest contemporary art exhibition to date, with more than a dozen Midwest artists. Opens February 72 Arvie Smith: Crossing Clear Creek (moniquemeloche) The eighty-six-year-old Guggenheim winner explores his migration story from Jim Crow-era Texas to South Central Los Angeles. Opens February 83 Alberto Aguilar (Engage Projects) A new solo exhibition from the 2012 Newcity Breakout Artist.

Jan 17, 2025 | art.newcity.com | Mána Taylor

Nearly touching the ceiling, at twenty-six feet tall, Nick Cave’s “Amalgam (Origin)” is a colossal self-portrait. In the center of the room at the new Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, a newly renovated Beaux-Arts bank with marble floors and columns, the bronze figure seems to belong in the space. There is often an immediate moment of awe when experiencing a work of art larger than yourself.