The artists we’re highlighting this week have numerous practices, starting from the earthy, unglazed ceramics of Stanley Rosen to the complicated, multicolored tapestries of Kenny Nguyen to the embroidered textile-photographs of Spandita Malik, however all share a need to precise private preoccupations, personalities, and issues by way of their artwork. Together with these spectacular solo reveals, a gaggle present at Scandinavia Home is an excellent exploration of Nordic artwork traditions by artists from the Higher Midwest. And NYU’s MFA college students make a strong exhibiting with works specializing in the physique. —Natalie Haddad, Opinions Editor
The New York College MFA Class of 2025 Thesis Present: Half 2
80 WSE, 80 Washington Sq. East, Greenwich Village, ManhattanThrough Might 24
Lizzy Choi, “Ctenophora” (2025) (picture Daniel Larkin/Hyperallergic)
“[The exhibition is] about coming up with novel ways to think about the bodies we inhabit, the stresses they carry, and what they can and can’t perceive.” —Daniel Larkin
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Kenny Nguyen: Mom Tongue
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 542 West twenty sixth Road, Chelsea, ManhattanThrough Might 31
Kenny Nguyen, “Undecided Title” (2025), hand-cut silk cloth, acrylic paint, canvas, mounted on wall (picture Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic)
“Kenny Nguyen’s undulating tapestries feel like a miracle, offering a truly new visual experience through the most analog of means.” —Lisa Yin Zhang
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Stanley Rosen: Alligators & Objects
Steven Harvey Positive Artwork Initiatives, 208 Forsyth Road, Decrease East Facet, ManhattanThrough Might 31
Stanley Rosen, “untitled” (Nineties), stoneware (picture courtesy Steven Harvey Positive Artwork Initiatives, picture Peter Crabtree)
“While the history of ceramics is filled with perfectly modeled, symmetrical pots with flawless surfaces and glazes, Rosen knew that any ideal is ultimately impossible.” —John Yau
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Spandita Malik: Jālī–Meshes of Resistance
Robert Mann Gallery, 508 West twenty sixth Road, Chelsea, ManhattanThrough June 28
Spandita Malik, “Heena” (2025), distinctive photographic switch print on khadi cloth, zardozi (picture Lakshmi Rivera Amin/Hyperallergic)
“Against the grain of a country and world that punishes and denies dignity to survivors, Malik’s show is more than a mere embellishment or reclamation.” —Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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Nordic Echoes – Custom in Up to date Artwork
Scandinavia Home, 58 Park Avenue, ManhattanThrough August 2
Robin Baird Carlson, “Skinnfell, or Skin Blanket” (undated), buffalo cover, wool tapestry (picture Mána Taylor/Hyperallergic)
“These contemporary interpretations offer a way for artists to acknowledge their roots while building new forms, and each work opens up portals into other lineages.” —Mána Taylor
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