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Postcard from New York I May 05 - May 09, 2025

Here is our weekly Postcard from New York, in collaboration with Clio Art Fair!


In this article, we will explore some of the highlights of this week, looking for the most interesting and inspiring exhibitions and events in NYC.


Let's discover our selection of NYC-based art events!New York 2025



Postcard-themed image with abstract art, microphone, and text: Postcard From New York, Rosa Barba exhibit at MoMA, 2025-2026.

In Museums

THE OCEAN OF ONE'S PAUSE - ROSA BARBA

@MOMA 03 MAY, 2025 - 06 JULY, 2026 For Rosa Barba, cinema “allows time and space to vibrate, collapse, overlap, and extend.” Barba’s conceptual explorations of film probe historical records, personal narratives, and the sensory experience of celluloid, often by documenting natural landscapes and human-made changes to the environment. This installation spans 15 years of Barba’s work, featuring film, kinetic sculpture, and sound. A newly commissioned work, Charge, forms the core of the installation and examines light as a source of ecological change and scientific innovation. Accompanying these works is a series of performances conceived by Barba as an “exploded poem.” In each event, the sonic frequencies of percussionist Chad Taylor, vocalist Alicia Hall Moran, and artist Rosa Barba will activate a symphony of images throughout the installation. Discover more



Abstract art with a person holding flowers, a bird above. Text: Postcard from New York. Diálogos do Dia e Da Noite by Rosana Paulino.

In Galleries

DIÁLOGOS DO DIA E DA NOITE - ROSANA PAULINO

@MENDES WOOD DM 02 MAY - 14 JUNE, 2025 In Diálogos do Dia e da Noite (Dialogues of the Day and of the Night), the artist presents a new series of paintings set in nocturnal environments that challenge historical perceptions of Black women. Inspired by the symbolic possibilities of nightfall and the realm of dreams, Paulino revisits archetypes, female guardians, goddesses, and spiritual guides—many of whom emerge from her ongoing series Senhora das Plantas. In these works, female figures appear with limbs stretching into tree roots, hair sprouting like leaves, and fingers blooming into flowers. They stand, crawl, or kneel in darkness, confronting viewers with the mysteries that live in the night. Through this, Paulino builds a botanical mythology—both enchanting and deceptive. The plants, weeds, and flowers that grow throughout the exhibition's paintings are commonly found in gardens across Brazil. More than just flora, they hold deep social, cultural, and spiritual meanings, often outside Western scientific understanding. These plants have long been used for protection—grown in gardens or on porches to ward off evil, or incorporated into spiritual baths and amulets. Paulino draws inspiration from these often-overlooked sources of ancestral knowledge, letting them guide her pencil and shape her art with intuitive freedom.



Surreal artwork of a head with compartments containing various objects. Text: "Postcard from New York," exhibition info. Mood is curious.

In Brooklyn

REPOSITÓRIOS - RAFAEL PLAISANT

@HIGH NOON GALLERY NEW YORK 28 MAR, 2025 - 10 MAY, 2025 High Noon is pleased to present Rafael Plaisant’s second exhibition with the gallery, Repositórios. The new body of work continues Plaisant’s interest in organizing visual language, emphasizing memory’s subjective and abstract dimensions. Drawing inspiration from cabinets of curiosity— a historical art reference to Renaissance collections of rare, exotic, and enigmatic objects— the series delves into the act of collecting as a form of self-organization; a way to structure thoughts, emotions, and creative processes.



People walking past a pink sculpture at the High Line, NYC. Text reads: “Postcard from New York” and exhibit details by Mika Rottenberg.

Outside

FOOT FOUNTAIN (PINK) - МІКА ROTTENBERG

30 APRIL, 2025 - MAY 2026

For the High Line, Rottenberg presents the colorful Foot Fountain (pink) . Originally created for an exhibition at Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland, the ten-foot-tall sculpture takes the shape of a giant pink foot and lower leg topped with a working sprinkler. The creature-like work is playfully dotted with tongues sticking out from small lipsticked mouths, and each toenail is painted haphazardly with bright red nail polish. Foot Fountain (pink) is activated by pedals installed nearby. It irreverently reimagines traditional fountains, which are often placed in the center of squares or gardens with water that is self-contained. Instead, Foot Fountain (pink) interacts more intimately with its surroundings, using water to nourish both the place and the people around it. Discover more



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