DC’s “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame,” a major ruling on copyrights for AI art, Israel-US strikes damage a historic site in Tehran, exhibitions to visit in Los Angeles this month, and more.
As Lunar New Year celebrations continue across the world, nobody embodies the holiday spirit quite like New Yorkers. Case in point: AX Mina visited Abrons Arts Center for its annual mutual aid initiative and art exhibition. From Chinatown, with Love celebrates the kaleidoscope of queer, working-class imagery and art that makes the community so special — and amid a world in turmoil, Mina's reflections remind us of what the Year of the Fire Horse truly represents.
Meanwhile, Israel and US airstrikes on Tehran damage priceless artifacts in the Qajar-era Golestan Palace as a “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” guerrilla installation in DC reminds us of the real reason why Trump waged this needless war.
Abrons Arts Center is hosting its annual Lunar New Year mutual aid initiative, where art highlights and supports local businesses. | AX Mina
Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April
The fair will bring together 80 exhibitors and an expanded focus on drawings in a nod to the medium’s long-standing relationship with printmaking.
Through his fantastical vignettes, Halilaj suggests curiosity about others as a way to neutralize the forces that lead to difference-based violence. | Cat Dawson
The only US presentation of this exhibition by renowned artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme is on view at The Bell Gallery, Brown University.
The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman’s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel’s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi’s homegrown muralism, and more. | Matt Stromberg
Stephencribari on Bella Bromberg’s “Suffering From ‘Creative Hangover’? You’re Not Alone”: