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Postcard from New York I May 26 - May 30, 2025

Updated: Jun 2

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



Text on colorful abstract background: "Postcard from New York," "In Museums," "Circle, Point, Hoop – Candida Alvarez," "El Museo del Barrio," May-Nov 2025.

In Museums

CIRCLE, POINT, HOOP - CANDIDA ALVAREZ

@EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO 24 APR - 03 AUG, 2025 El Museo del Barrio presents Candida Alvarez: Circle, Point, Hoop, the first large-scale museum survey of artist Candida Alvarez (b. 1955, Brooklyn, New York). This exhibition examines Alvarez’s artistic practice, bringing together rarely seen works spanning five decades of her career. Alvarez’s engagement with painting, drawing, and collage has uniquely advanced a non hierarchical relationship between abstraction and figuration, thoughtfully interweaving formal exploration, personal narrative, and conceptual strategies. Alvarez emerged in the New York art scene of the late 1970s, focusing on figurative artworks that directly referenced her experience as a female Diasporican artist in a predominantly white male art world. Discover more



Art exhibit poster for "Postcard from New York" by Juan Uslé at Galerie Lelong, NY, May 15-Jun 21, 2025. Blue abstract art background.

In Galleries

CIEN DIAS DE ABRIL - JUAN USLÉ

@GALERIE LELONG, NEW YORK 15 MAY - 21 JUN, 2025 Galerie Lelong, New York, is pleased to announce an upcoming solo exhibition by Juan Uslé, CIEN DIAS DE ABRIL, the artist's second with the gallery. The exhibition will present new paintings through which the artist advances his exploration of rhythmic abstraction, creating compositions that register the passage of time and invoke a sense of place, producing works that are at once deeply personal and universally resonant. This exhibition will be followed in October 2025 by a major retrospective at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.



Bronze sculpture head with text overlay: "Postcard from New York." Exhibition details: Brooklyn Museum, Mar 14 - Jul 13, 2025.

In Brooklyn

I WILL NOT BEND AN INCH - NANCY ELIZABETH PROPHET

@BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART 14 MAR - 13 JUL, 2025 As an Afro-Indigenous woman artist, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet (American, 1890–1960) pursued her practice in the face of entrenched racism and sexism. Her sculpture is unmatched in its emotional nuance and technical virtuosity, and her story is a model of unshakable determination. I Will Not Bend an Inch—the first museum examination of this underrecognized sculptor—honors Prophet’s remarkable work and legacy with timely new scholarship. Twenty rare works and historical documentation reveal how she navigated an unwelcoming art world.



Lit candle sculptures on an urban rooftop backdrop in Manhattan. Text reads "POSTCARD FROM NEW YORK," mentioning Tai Shani's exhibition.

Outside

THE SUN IS A FLAME THAT HAUNTS THE NIGHT - TAI SHANI @THE HIGH LINE, MANHATTAN

14 APR, 2025 - 27 MAR, 2026

Tai Shani's practice encompasses performance, film, photography, and sculptural installations. Taking inspiration from punk rock, cult cinema, Greek mythology, feminist theory, and science fiction, Shani creates dark, fantastical worlds, brimming with utopian potential. These powerful works often pair emotional monologues with striking, colorful installations, creating vivid and thought-provoking images in the viewer's mind—both unsettling and beautiful. Shani was awarded the 2019 Turner Prize alongside Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, and Oscar Murillo. Discover more



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