Brooklyn Museum

“The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition”

Through Sunday, January 26.

Over 200 creators—including 12 SVA alumni—from across Brooklyn are brought together for a survey of contemporary work. “The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition” spans disciplines from drawing and painting to sculpture, video, and installation, exemplifying how the symbiotic relationship between the borough and its artists nurtures artistic and cultural vibrancy.

Also on view as a Museum Spotlight is Trailer by Liza Lou, who is known for a special meticulous attention to her subject matter through glass seed beads, creating uncanny and halting environments that question notions of power, myth, and gender in the United States. On view for the first time in a decade, Trailer embodies this approach, creating a glimmering environment mirroring one found inside of a trailer home.

Museum of Modern Art

“Norman Teague—Jam Sessions”

Through Sunday, May 11.

Historically, the museum as a cultural institution has functioned as a closed system, selecting what is drafted into the canon. Designer Norman Teague and Michele Washington (MFA 2011 Design Criticism) team up to challenge this “ivory tower” aspect of museum curation from inside one of the largest cultural institutions in New York City. Using MoMA’s own collection, they’ve assembled an exhibition that seeks to reimagine the past by moving beyond the canonical idea of good modern design, one often defined by institutions that favor “European male flavor,” as Teague explains. Together, Teague and Washington ask MoMA how they have terraformed the environment of design and imagine what a future would look like with more people of color and women collected inside of their institution. Read more about Washington and her work in an interview from the spring/summer 2022 Visual Arts Journal here.

MoMA PS1

“Jasmine Gregory: Who Wants to Die for Glamour ”

Through Saturday, February 17.

Paintings sprawl into sculptural tableaux as artist Jasmine Gregory (BFA 2019 Photography) asks what it means to digest and produce within a hyper-saturated cultural landscape at her first institutional exhibition in the US. Gregory’s interest in the material histories of image-making weaves through large-scale paintings of appropriated advertisements for wealth management firms and luxury watch companies. At the same time, wine bottles, tinsel, and studio refuse embody the entropic energy of an exploding trophy case. Gregory’s subject matter and approach put pressure on the seams of ideas like self-presentation, Black excellence, virtuosity, and patrimony.

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A celebration of a legendary choreographer, interrogations of the design canon and various triennials await at these accessible and affordable exhibitions on view across New York City this winter.