If we’d like something from artwork at this dire time, it’s religion and enjoyable. The reveals under encourage flights into the creativeness or nurture hope for the longer term. Artist Tove Jansson and her Moomins creations are nothing if not beacons of heat and inclusivity, whereas EJ Hill’s set up and endurance efficiency transforms 52 Walker gallery into an area of therapeutic. Likewise, an exhibition of historic media about atomic energy at Poster Home presents an surprising message that protest can change the world for the higher. And Andy Warhol’s early style drawings — properly, these are only a pleasure to see. When you’re gallery hopping, be sure that to go to Carrie Yamaoka’s fascinating solo exhibition See-saw, ending this weekend at Nameless Gallery on the Decrease East Facet. —Natalie Haddad, Critiques Editor
Andy Warhol: Vogue
Anton Kern Gallery, 16 East fifty fifth Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanThrough August 13
Andy Warhol, “Reclining Cat With Two Shoes” (c. 1956), ink and graphite on paper (photograph Julie Schneider/Hyperallergic)
“[T]he show is infused with a subtle in-the-room-where-it-happened aura that’s playful and inviting.” —Julie Schneider
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Fallout: Atoms for Battle & Peace
Poster Home, 119 West twenty third Avenue, Chelsea, ManhattanThrough September 7
Element of Jaroslav Veverka, “Not This! But Disarmament” (1963) (photograph Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic)
“The dozens of posters and other forms of mass media on view … emphasize how deeply ingrained the visual vernacular of nuclear development and disarmament is in popular culture” —Lisa Yin Zhang
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EJ Hill: Low-slung Guarantees on the Tongues of the Religious
52 Walker, 52 Walker Avenue, Tribeca, ManhattanThrough September 13
Set up view of EJ Hill: Low-slung Guarantees on the Tongues of the Religious at 52 Walker (photograph Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic)
“In conversation with physical objects, Hill’s performance cuts through potential cynicism or preciousness and proffers a sense of solace” —NH
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Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door Is All the time Open
Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Military Plaza, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThrough September 30
{A photograph} of Tove Jansson with Moomins toys (photograph Lakshmi Rivera Amin/Hyperallergic)
“[Jansson] recognized the wisdom of children and the invaluable role of art in nurturing imagination and empathy.” —Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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