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January 28, 2025January 27, 2025, by Art Spiel

Beijing Stories at the Liu Shiming Art Gallery

A sculpture of a building

AI-generated content may be incorrect. — Residential Building. 2005. Copper. 12.2 x 10.3 x 8.7

In 2021, a group of friends, family members, and former colleagues of the renowned Chinese artist Liu Shiming (1926-2010) banded together to form the Liu Shiming Art Foundation, an organization dedicated to both preserving the artist’s legacy and furthering his dedication to the power of the arts. The Foundation has undertaken an ambitious program of granting scholarships to university students around the world with a goal of funding 100 scholarships per year. They also have opened a gallery space on 15 East 40^th Street in Manhattan to showcase Mr. Liu’s work and eventually to showcase the work of pan-Asian artists.

January 27, 2025January 10, 2025, by Etty Yaniv

Jennifer Trask: What is perfect?

X-ray of a hand with a skull

Description automatically generated — Untitled, 2023, Digital image etched into glass, paint. 20 x 20.

Jennifer Trask’s materials—whether bone, wood, metal, or antique fragments—function as collaborators in her sculpting process. Their physical properties and embedded histories guide her decisions, shaping how she responds to their density, grain, and structural limits.

January 13, 2025January 11, 2025, by Claire Haik

Art Spiel Picks: Philly Exhibitions in January 2025

HIGHLIGHTS

Naoko Serino’s *Generating 9*, in *Japandi Revisited: shared aesthetics and influences* at Wayne Art Center, photograph courtesy of Wayne Art Center

Out on the Main Line, the world of craft takes center stage at Wayne Art Center in two distinct but complementary shows. CraftForms 2024, 29th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft and Japandi Revisited: shared aesthetics and influences, together invite viewers to contemplate the power of form, material, and cultural aesthetics. In Old City, at the Museum for Art in Wood, Mark Sfirri explores the many definitions of family through his exquisite woodworking in La Famiglia. Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio in Center City pairs the dreamy drawings and paintings of two Philadelphia artists, Gary Grissom and Louise Vinueza, in A Day in The Life. Together, these four exhibitions offer a diverse range of artistic viewpoints from the global scope of contemporary craft to the exploration of family and nostalgia.

January 6, 2025January 7, 2025, by Melissa Stern

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: Character Studies, Curator: Character Studies at Fort Gansvoort

A framed piece of art Description automatically generated — Dad’s Journey. 2003. Pen, ink, colored pencil, fabric, thread, buttons, on paper. 15 x 11

“She was weird,” said the Columbus Museum of Art curator affectionately of artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson at the press preview celebrating the late artist’s work. She went on to explain that Robinson made her own art supplies, lived an unconventional and rich life, making art in many mediums and acted as an informal archivist and raconteur of her community. “Weird,” in this context is a high compliment. Fort Gansevoort, an eccentric gallery in New York’s Meatpacking District announced its representation of Robinson’s estate (1940-2015) in collaboration with the Columbus Museum, to which Robinson bequeathed her work and archives. It’s a perfect match between artist and gallery.

January 2, 2025December 29, 2024, by Yasmeen Abdallah

Art Spiel Picks for January 2025: The Earthly and Celestial in Manhattan

HIGHLIGHTS

Lorna Simpson, did time elapse, 2024, acrylic and screenprint on gessoes fiberglass @Lorna Simpson

Cecilia Vicuña, Lorna Simpson and Nour Mobarak powerfully and eloquently broach heavy subject matter with diligent research in their attempts to preserve significant stories amidst the burdens of colonialism. Each artist speaks to various experiences as they contend with complicated histories of peoples, lands, and the dynamics between them in an array of circumstances. These exhibitions take on the task of engaging with past and present, depicting resourcefulness and perseverance amid the tangled threads of imperialism that wreak havoc across the globe. Viewers are offered context as they enter works that embody life through organic matter, curious objects, and ethereal modalities.

December 31, 2024January 6, 2025, by Paul D'Agostino

Looking Back, Topping Off: 2024 Books

book review

I had the pleasure of reading quite a few remarkable books this year. I had the additional pleasure of reviewing a number of them for Art Spiel.

I reviewed Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World, Dr. Todd Boyd’s sweeping and lushly illustrated account of hip hop history, published by Phaidon, back around its release date in February. You can read my full review here: “Even Greater Days: Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World”.

December 23, 2024December 22, 2024, by Etty Yaniv

Heather Cox: Roundels at Hudson Guild

In Dialogue

Artist Heather Cox at Guild Gallery II. Photo by Monika Graff

Heather Cox, a sculptor and photographer, discovered an unexpected medium in snapshots. Years ago, when she had her camera film developed, the 1-hour photo lab often provided double prints. Over time, these duplicates, along with countless other photos, accumulated in boxes. Unable to part with them, they lingered in storage—until the COVID pandemic brought a sudden shift.

December 16, 2024December 15, 2024, by Nicole Michaud

Art Spiel Picks: Philly Exhibitions in December 2024

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“Shared Vision: Portraits from The CCH Pounder-Koné Collection at The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP). Photo courtesy of The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP)

December is a gift of a month for exhibitions in Philadelphia. Those currently on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, African American Museum of Philadelphia, and Fleisher/Ollman Gallery are not to be missed. From macro scale celebrations to quiet personal yearnings in intimate moments, the works in these exhibitions explore the fullness and complexity of artists within and alongside Black contemporary life.

December 11, 2024December 10, 2024, by Andrew Fish

Art Spiel Picks: Boston Exhibitions in December 2024

Highlights

*Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore* at Museum of Fine Arts, Bosto

It’s the end of 2024 and a new year is upon us. As we go into the holiday season to celebrate, reflect, and make resolutions for a new year, let’s also remember to take time to see all the amazing art on view. In Boston, there are several knockout shows to catch while you’re out and about. Whether you’re gathering with friends or going to your favorite gallery’s holiday party, you’ll be spending time with family – chosen and inherited – to feel centered, grounded, and a sense of belonging. Family can be wondrously complicated and beautifully complex in its array of characters.

December 6, 2024December 7, 2024, by Vita Eruhimovitz

Shiva Ahmadi – Tangle at Shoshana Wayne

First thing that pulled me into Shiva Ahmadi’s Tangle exhibition were the pressure cookers. It took me a moment to recognize them: from a distance, they appeared as intricate decorative objects and archaeological relics simultaneously. While the vintage pressure cookers evoked associations of domestic warmth and memories of my grandma’s kitchen, their surfaces etched with Arabic calligraphy and floral ornamentation recall artifacts from a Persian or Arabic cultural heritage museum. The patience and meticulous craft of such engraving parallels the labor of generations of women who spent countless hours in the kitchen crafting their family’s meals.