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On Governors Island, art interventions are everywhere
Rachel Libeskinds Archive Fever, from The Secret Life of Photographs, presented by Signs and Symbols, at NADA House 2021 on Governors Island, N.Y., May 4, 2021. NADA House hosts 66 galleries, nonprofits and artist-run spaces arrayed in and around stately officers residences. Nina Westervelt/The New York Times.
by Roberta Smith
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- If you want respite from the moneyed, big-name glamour of some of your larger art fairs, you can, in one little trip, leave it all behind; see some relatively untrammeled parts of New York and also revisit the way that many things in the art world begin that is, in a DIY, grassroots situation, when people take things into their own hands. If you want VIP services at this event, youll have to bring your own; snacks and fluids are recommended and of course sensible shoes. The VIP lounge is a huge greensward graced by tall, regal trees.
On Governors Island, Art Interventions Are Everywhere
NADA House hosts 66 galleries, nonprofits and artist-run spaces arrayed in and around stately officers’ residences. Expect the refreshingly unfamiliar.
A painting by Matthew Kirk, presented by Fierman, New York, features a field of drifting hieroglyphs and marks, some of which reflect the artist’s Native American background.Credit.Nina Westervelt for The New York Times
Published May 6, 2021Updated May 11, 2021
If you want respite from the moneyed, big-name glamour of some of your larger art fairs, you can, in one little trip, leave it all behind; see some relatively untrammeled parts of New York and also revisit the way that many things in the art world begin that is, in a D.I.Y., grass-roots situation, when people take things into their own hands. If you want V.I.P. services at this event, you’ll have to bring your own; snacks and fluids are recommended and of course sensible shoes. The V.I.P. lounge is a huge greensw
On the occasion of the publication of museum strategist András Szántó’s new book,
The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues, the author will speak with Sandra Jackson-Dumont, director of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, and Marie-Cécile Zinsou, president and founder of Benin’s Zinsou Foundation, about new models for what a museum can be. Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak will also speak with Victoria Noorthoorn, director of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Franklin Sirmans, director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, about how their institutions are adapting to the present moment. The back-to-back talks will stream on Facebook Live, or you can register for the program on Zoom.