Postcard from New York I May 19 - May 23, 2025
- Art Dealer Street
- May 22
- 2 min read
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
In Museums
SOURCE NOTES - LORNA SIMPSON
@METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 19 MAY - 02 NOV 2025 This presentation of work by New York–based artist Lorna Simpson is the first exhibition to consider the entirety of her painting practice to date. Simpson came to prominence in the early 1990s with her pioneering approach to conceptual photography. Since then, she has produced works in multiple media that continue to probe the nature of images and how they construct meaning. Lorna Simpson: Source Notes focuses on a significant new development in her work of the last 10 years: paintings that advance her incisive explorations of gender, race, identity, representation, and history. Through more than 30 works, this focused exhibition presents a selection of Simpson’s major paintings, including examples from her acclaimed Venice Biennale debut in 2015 and her celebrated series Special Characters, along with a recent sculpture and related collages. Discover more
In Galleries
THE VIEWING ROOM - TSCHABALALA SELF
@PETZEL 14 MAY - 23 MAY, 2025 Petzel is pleased to present the third installment of The Viewing Room, a series of presentations and events bringing together artists, curators, and historians in a rare encounter with new and seminal works. This iteration will feature new paintings by Hudson Valley-based artist Tschabalala Self.Coinciding with this presentation, Petzel is pleased to announce representation of the artist, in joint collaboration with Pilar Corrias, London and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich. In fall 2026, Self will mount her first solo exhibition with Petzel.
In Brooklyn
ENTANGLEMENT - LIZZY FINN
@FIVEMYLES
17 MAY - 15 JUN, 2025
Entanglement is a display of costumed dolls accompanied by a collection of fiber creations, nesting the bodies in embellishment that reflects their imagined spirits. The creator of this body of work, Lizzy Finn, is from New York and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design’s Textiles BFA program in spring of 2024. Her practice is inspired by the fantasy of femininity and the inherited duality of fear and desire for authenticity in a world infatuated by fabricated personhood.
Outside
BROADWAY HUBBUB - CARL D'ALVIA
09 MAY - NOV 2025
The Broadway Mall Association, in partnership with HESSE FLATOW and NYC Parks, presents Carl D’Alvia: Broadway Hubbub. The outdoor exhibition of five large-scale, colorful sculptures will be on view in the central traffic malls of Broadway from Dante Park at 64th Street north to 117th Street. Broadway Hubbub is the 15th exhibition of contemporary sculpture presented on the malls by the Broadway Mall Association. Carl D’Alvia: Broadway Hubbub features five, large-scale, monochromatic sculptures from the artist’s Liths series. The works, ranging from five-feet to twelve-feet tall, are fabricated in aluminum and auto paint, showcasing D’Alvia’s signature bright colors and bold forms against the urban landscape. Discover more
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