Lorna Simpson, “Ice 8” (2018), ink and acrylic on gessoed wooden (picture Julia Curl/Hyperallergic)
A few of our favourite reveals this week allude to communal histories and identities in modern and delightful methods. Whereas John Yau seems at Indian-American artist Sangram Majumdar’s exploration of his twin heritage, Alexandra M. Thomas visits a gaggle exhibition that presents the ways in which Black ladies have formed and superior the artwork of ceramics over generations. Alexis Clements takes in one other group present that addresses neighborhood, this one connecting imagery concerning the sea with a sapphic sensibility. In the meantime, at The Met, Julia Curl finds a treasure trove of references for the “art history nerds” amongst us in Lorna Simpson’s present survey. Whether or not or not you see your self in any of those communities, these reveals are nice beginning factors to develop your horizons and all are visually and conceptually spectacular. —Natalie Haddad, Evaluations Editor
Sangram Majumdar: The Sleep of Cause
Nathalie Karg Gallery, 127 Elizabeth Road, Decrease East Facet, ManhattanThrough October 6
Sangram Majumdar, “Collaborators I” (2025), oil on canvas (picture courtesy Nathalie Karg Gallery)
“[Majumdar’s] approach seems to be driven by the desire to hold together the many different aspects of his dual Indian-American identity, along with his recognition that it is difficult to separate the personal from the political.” —John Yau
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Lorna Simpson: Supply Notes
Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, 1000 Fifth Avenue, Higher East Facet, ManhattanThrough November 30
Lorna Simpson, “Night Fall” (2023), ink and screenprint on gessoed fiberglass (picture Julia Curl/Hyperallergic)
“The painted screenprints collage together archival images from Ebony and Jet magazines, fusing these touchstones of Black culture with images of Arctic glaciers and, more recently, the rocky forms of meteorites.” —Julia Curl
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Physique Vessel Clay: Black Ladies, Ceramics & Up to date Artwork
Ford Basis Gallery, 320 East forty third Road, Midtown, ManhattanThrough December 6
Simone Leigh, stoneware sculpture from Village sequence (2023–24) (picture Alexandra M. Thomas/Hyperallergic)
“Beginning with [Ladi Dosei] Kwali’s pots … the exhibition demonstrates how Black women’s ceramics embody continuity, carrying histories across generations.” —Alexandra M. Thomas
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She Sells Seashells
Alice Austen Home Museum, 2 Hylan Boulevard, Shore Acres, Staten IslandThrough February 21, 2026
JEB, “Lazing on the Dock” (1980) (picture Alexis Clements/Hyperallergic)
“Many of the works in the show, curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley, focus on the figurative, evoking the freedom of the body by the sea — scarcely clothed, outside the built environment, at ease.” —Alexis Clements
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