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Celebrating 250 Years of American Independence, the special exhibition runs May 8–July 10 and features an original printing of the Declaration of Independence New York University and the Berkley Collection present The Declaration of Independence: Long Trail to Liberty at NYU’s Grey Art Museum May 8 through July 10, 2026. The exhibition explores the heart of the […]

by Jeffrey Goldberg The paintings are unquestionably beautiful, rich with vibrant colors, precise symmetry, intricate geometric patterns, cross-hatchings and luminescent dots. They are beautiful and I don’t understand them at all. To engage with these paintings is to be confounded. Fred Myers is trying to enlighten me. “You’ve got to stand 20 feet back to […]

The gleeful subversiveness of Duchamp at MoMA, the first major US show on Raphael at The Met, and exhibitions on spirituality, the body, fashion, and more. by Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor Excerpt: More than half a century ago, the first Aboriginal-owned art cooperative in Australia broke barriers and established a hub for First Nations […]

by Mia Shou For the Aboriginal people of Australia’s Western Desert, dreaming isn’t a trivial matter. Instead, it’s a lifestyle that takes center stage in the Grey Art Museum’s latest exhibition, “Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu: Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert.” Opened on Jan. 22 and organized by the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art […]

NYU’s Grey Art Museum hosts the landmark traveling exhibition Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu: Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert, the first U.S. survey of Australia’s most globally recognized Aboriginal art movement. Continue reading

by Natasha Clark Note: This story contains the name and image of someone who has died. The legacy of late Aboriginal artist Clifford Possum Jampijinpa, who was exhibiting in New York by the late 1980s, continues this month as Western Desert painting returns to the city. The works of Mr Possum Jampijinpa, also known as […]